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How to install a firmware update on the EOS Digital Rebel XTi.
| Article ID: ART124161 |
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Date published: 05/12/2015 |
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Date last updated: 09/29/2015 |
Description
How to install a firmware update on the EOS Digital Rebel XTi.
Solution
Firmware update procedures | | | | | |
In the following instructions, X.X.X or xxx indicates either the current firmware version or the firmware version for the update.
| (2) Download the firmware update file from this page | Please download the compressed, self-extracting file that matches your computer's operating system. Extract the contents of the downloaded file to create the firmware update file. (*1) Firmware update file File name : e4kr3111.fir File size : 4,907,626bytes
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Confirm the file size of the firmware update file. (*2)
| (*1)The way to extract the contents of the downloaded file. Windows Double-click the downloaded file. Clicking [OK] will cause the file's contents to be extracted and the firmware update file to be created. Macintosh The downloaded file will automatically self-extract, creating the firmware update file. In the case the downloaded file do not automatically self-extract, double-click the downloaded file.
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| (*2)The way to confirm the file size. Windows Right-click the icon of the firmware update file and select the [Properties] command from the pop-up menu that appears. Macintosh Select the icon of the firmware update file, and then select the [Get Info] command from the [File] menu.
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In case of using the CF card reader, follow the procedure from Step (3-1) onward.
In case of not using the CF card reader, follow the procedure from Step (4-1) onward. |
| (3-1) Copy the firmware update file to the CF card. | Insert a CF card that has been formatted in the Camera into the CF card reader. Copy the firmware update file to the first window that appears when the CF card is opened (the root directory). Remove the CF card from the card reader. *When removing the CF card, be sure to do so as described in the documentation for the computer or the card reader. *If the firmware update file is placed in subfolder of the CF card, the camera will not see it.
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| (3-2) Start the firmware update. | |
Rotate the Mode Dial to select <P> mode (or one of the other modes in the creative zone). Insert the CF card with the firmware into the camera. Turn the Power Switch <ON>, and then press the <MENU> button to display the menu.
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Press the Cross keys to select the "Firmware Ver.x.x.x" item at the bottom of the Set-up 2 menu (Yellow), and then press the <SET> button.
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The firmware update screen will appear.
Press the Cross keys to select [OK], and then press the <SET> button. Follow the procedure from Step (5) onward. *If the firmware update screen does not appear on LCD monitor, the firmware update file may not have been properly copied to the CF card, so please try again starting from step (1).
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| (4-1) Connect the camera and the computer. |
Rotate the Mode Dial to select <P> mode (or one of the other modes in the creative zone).
Insert a CF card that has been formatted in the camera into the camera. Connect the camera and the computer with the USB cable, and then set the camera's power switch to <ON>.
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| (4-2) Start the firmware update. | | |
Start EOS Utility. | |
| |  | Click the [Camera settings / Remote shooting] button. Click [ ], and then click the [Firmware Ver. X.X.X]. |
| |  | The firmware update will appear on the computer screen. Click the [OK] button. |
| | The firmware update file will be copied to the CF card by following the on-screen instructions to select it. |
| | | The firmware version confirmation will appear on the computer screen. Click [Yes]. |
| |  | The confirmation will appear on the computer screen. Click [OK]. |
| | Follow the procedure from Step (5) onward on the camera.
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| (5) Update the firmware. | |
After checking the firmware update file, the message on the left will appear. Start the firmware update, after confirming the version to be installed, by selecting [OK] with the Cross keys and pressing the <SET> button.
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The message on the left will appear during the update.
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| (6) Complete the firmware update. | |
When the update is completed, the message on the left will appear on the LCD. Complete the firmware update by pressing the <SET> button.
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The message on the left appear on LCD monitor, so please turn the camera <OFF> and remove battery from the camera. The firmware update is now completed.
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When the firmware update operations are finished, turn the camera <OFF> and remove battery from the camera for at least two seconds. This will cause the new firmware to take effect after the battery has been reloaded and the camera is turned on.
Format the CF card before using it again.
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