Not your typical firmware update issue…

[John Fishback]

Of course, you might need the new firmware to use the larger cards. Talk about a Catch 22 🙂

John

MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.8 QT7.6.4 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
FCS 3 (FCP 7.0.2, Motion 4.0.2, Comp 3.5.2, DVDSP 4.2.2, Color 1.5.2)

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[Andrew Saliga]

Yeah, that’s what I’m starting to worry about haha.

I’ve heard rumors about being able to update it with USB connection? Any validity to this? I couldn’t find any documentation.

-Andrew Saliga

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[John Fishback]

Sorry, I’m not familiar with a usb procedure. I know the SD cards can’t be SDHC versions, only SD.

John

MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.8 QT7.6.4 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
FCS 3 (FCP 7.0.2, Motion 4.0.2, Comp 3.5.2, DVDSP 4.2.2, Color 1.5.2)

Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO & 192 Digital I/O, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN

[Andrew Saliga]

Hmmm. I’ve sent a support request to Panasonic. We’ll see how that goes. Below is the detailed description I sent them along with the troubleshooting steps I’ve taken.

” I have an HVX200 that has not had a firmware update in a few years. It is currently running version 2.03. I would like to update the firmware so the camera can accept higher capacity P2 cards, but the camera gives me errors with any SD card I use.

I am using SD cards, not SDHC, and I’ve tried a 1GB and a 512MB card. Neither work in the HVX200 that is running the old firmware, but my HVX that is running 4.06 has no problem with these cards.

It seems the “problem” camera detects these cards because I see the menu option for “SD Card” in MCR Mode>Operation>Format>SD Card go from gray to black when I insert the card. When I attempt to format I get the error “Warning – Cannot Format!”. In VCR Mode in Card Functions>SD Card Format>Yes I get the error “SD Card Format NG Error” The user manual mentions “Write NG Format Error”, and says to format to correct this problem. This obviously does not work.

I have formatted each of these cards several times on a Mac AND on a PC in the FAT32 filesystem. I have also formatted each of them in the functional HVX200 and then tried to use them in the “problem” camera. All saving, restoring, and formatting functions work in the functional camera, but not in the problem camera. “

-Andrew Saliga

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[Gary Adcock]

[Andrew Saliga] “Hmmm. I’ve sent a support request to Panasonic. We’ll see how that goes. Below is the detailed description I sent them along with the troubleshooting steps I’ve taken. “

I checked my original notes.

The max allowable size of the SD Memory card in the first release of the HVX200 was 64MB, it has to be that size MB size or less SD card- nothing else will work.

gary adcock
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[Andrew Saliga]

Gary, I owe you. I guess this is one reason to keep up with firmware updates.

Thanks a ton. By some miracle I was able to find one online. If you don’t here anything back from me on this thread, the update worked with the 64MB card.

-Andrew Saliga

Steelehouse Productions
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[Andrew Saliga]

Well as much as I wanted the 64MB card to be the fix, it wasn’t.

I got the card in today and formatted it on PC with the SD card formatter program from Panasonic’s site. Then I unzipped the update on the PC, transferred it to the SD card via USB on the PC and tried to update. Same errors. I know it’s not my process that is wrong because I updated our other HVX200 yesterday with the exact same process to go from version 4.06 to 4.10 of the firmware.

Any, and I do mean any, troubleshooting suggestions are welcome.

-Andrew Saliga

Steelehouse Productions
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[Jeremy Garchow]

Format in camera?

[Andrew Saliga]

Unfortunately it doesn’t work. I’ve contact a repair center and will be shipping it off shortly since it seems to be a hardware issue.

Thanks for all the input guys.

-Andrew Saliga

Steelehouse Productions
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[Ivan Gonzalez]

Hi Andrew.

I have the same problem. Im trying to update the camera from 4.06 version to 4.10. I can format the sd cards using the camera but when i go to update the camera. update doesnt show up on the operations menue.