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Special Notes for IFFW/DM Users Updating the DM24 Firmware to V3.00 Please note that this update is only necessary if using the IFFW/DM FireWire interface card with the DM 24. If you are not using this card, there is no reason to update to V3.00. Specific instructions related to the V3.00 update will be marked with a bold IFFW/DM indication. NOTE: Your DM24 must be running V2.10 to update to V3.00. If you are running a previous version, update to 2.10 first then update to 3.00. UPDATING THE DM24 FIRMWARE VIA MIDI The DM24's firmware can be upgraded by replacing the internal EPROM chips or by a MIDI transfer. EPROMs must be installed by a TASCAM service center, while MIDI upgrades can safely be performed by the end user. If you have a good understanding of Microsoft Widows or Mac OS and a good understanding of MIDI, you should have no problem with this procedure. If these subjects are new to you, TASCAM highly recommends that you take your DM24 to a TASCAM service center to be upgraded. If these procedures are not followed accurately there is a good chance that your DM24 will not boot up and will have to be taken to a service center for repair. Upgrading the DM24 via MIDI consists of playing five standard MIDI files into the DM24 from a capable MIDI device. TASCAM recommends ONLY these two ways of upgrading via MIDI: IFFW/DM: For the update to V3.00, only five files are used in the following order: remote.mid main.mid preset.mid diag.mid panel.mid 1. Using a standard PC running Widnows 98SE, ME, 2000 or XP. You must use a PC with at least an 800mhz processor and 128MB of RAM. The ONLY windows application that TASCAM supports for upgrading the DM24 via MIDI is Microsoft's Windows Media Player version 7.1 or higher. Windows Media Player can be downloaded from the Microsoft website. IFFW/DM: The IFFW/DM is not supported by Windows versions prior to XP with Service Pack 1. Further information in this document will only relate to XP. 2. Using an Apple Macintosh computer running Mac OS 8.6 or higher (OS X is not supported.) The ONLY Mac application TASCAM supports for upgrading the DM24 via MIDI is MIDIGraphy 1.4.3. This application is sharware and can be downloaded from the TONTATA website. http://member.nifty.ne.jp/mmaeda/e/macos.html#mg If you choose to try using other applications you do so at your own risk. TASCAM cannot help you trouble shoot MIDI upgrade problems with any other applications. IFFW/DM: It is recommended that Mac (OSX) users replace the EPROM chips with V3.00. Please contact TASCAM Service for details.