TASCAM DM-24 Downloads Update Instructions - Page 1

UPDATING THE DM-24 FIRMWARE VIA MIDI UPGRADING WITH WINDOWS 2 UPGRADING WITH MAC OS 9 INITIALIZATION PROCESS 15 The DM-24'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 proceedure. If these subjects are new to you, TASCAM highly recommends that you take your DM-24 to a TASCAM service center to be upgraded. If these procedures are not followed accurately there is a good chance that your DM-24 will no not boot up and will have to be taken to a service center for repair. Upgrading the DM-24 via MIDI consists of playing seven standard MIDI files into the DM-24 from a capable MIDI device. TASCAM recommends ONLY these two ways of upgrading via MIDI: 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 DM-24 via MIDI is Microsoft's Windows Media Player version 7.1. Windows Media Player can be downloaded from the Microsoft website: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/software/playerv7.asp 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 DM-24 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. DOWN LOADING