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6.55 FirmwareUpgrade
FromtimetotimeanewfirmwaremaybereleasedforyourmodelofY‐cam.
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Tocheckforupdates,consulttheY‐camwebsiteathttp://www.y‐cam.com
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Wedorecommendyouupdatetothelatestfirmwareforyourcamerawheneverwereleaseonetotakea dvantageof
newfeaturesandbugfixes.However,thisisaseriousprocessandcandamageyourcameraifnotdonecorrectly. 
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Ifyourfirmwareisseveralversionsoutofdate,upgradingstraighttothelatestoneisperfectlyfine,youdonotneedto
installeachandeveryupdate.
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Onceyouhavedownloadedthelatestfirmware,storeitinaplacethatiseasilytogetto.ThefirmwareisinaZIPfile,
whichisacompressedfileformat.Youwillneedtomoveorcopythefilefromthiscompressedfolder(someversionsof
Windowswillallowyoutodothis,butifnot,youwillneedaprogramlikeWinZIPorWinRARtounzipthefiletoa
standardfolder).Thisisveryimportantasthefirmwarewillnotupdateproperlyifit’sleftinthecompressedstate.
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ItisrecommendedyourebootyourcomputerbeforeattemptingthisoperationandthencloseALLprogramsthatmay
interferewiththeprocess.Interruptiontothisprocesswillresultinyourcamerabeingun‐useable.
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ClickContinueifyouwanttoinstallanewfirmware.
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SelectBrowse...andlocatethefileyouhaveuncompressedfromtheZIPfile.
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