Playback Designs Merlot, Руководство пользователя

Страница: 13 / 13

Merlot User Manual
13
UPGRADING THE FIRMWARE IN YOUR MERLOT
Playback Designs is constantly innovating new algorithms and methods for audio processing and from time to
time may release new firmware for the Merlot that may further enhance the sonic performance or add new
features. New releases will be distributed as audio wave files. They can be played into the Merlot just like any
other audio file. The Merlot processor will automatically detect this file and update the firmware. No audio will
be audible as the processor will automatically set the volume to 0.
The Merlot contains 2 processors and hence there may be 2 separate files available, one for each processor.
It is possible to display the version of the currently installed software of the main processor. The version of the
secondary processor cannot be dislayed (see chapter Front Panel Functions for more details).
Upgrade Procedure:
1. Power on Merlot.
2. Connect your computer with the included USB cable to the SERVER input on the rear panel.
3. Load the wave file with the update firmware into your player software on your computer.
4. Play the file.
5. The front panel will indicate FLASh. It is important that at this point you no longer touch the
system, nor your PC, nor the remote, don't change the input, don't turn the power off. Go
have a glass of Playback Designs wine, because it will take about 2 minutes for this to finish.
6. Once playback has finished the front panel will return to either normal display or it will say
FAIL. A failure can happen when you didn't follow the instructions in the previous steps or
your PC had a dropout during playback. If this failure happens, don't panic, but follow the next
steps precisely:
a. DO NOT POWER OFF the Merlot (doing so will render your Merlot inoperable).
b. Disconnect your computer from the Merlot.
c. Push the
f
n
button on the front panel.
d. Re-connect the USB cable.
e. play a normal audio file to make sure everything is still working normally.
f. Stop playback and go to step 3.
7. If playback of the update file has finished and the front panel does not display any error
message, but indicates normal operation then stop playback and disconnect the USB cable.
8. power off the Merlot.
9. power on the Merlot and proceed to normal operation.
Now that you made it all the way to here it is time to take a deep breath and enjoy the high-rez
immersion: