Instruction Manual

OverviewofUpdateSteps
1. PrepareaPC(Windows)orMac(Macintosh)computerandsetupyourMIDIinterfacefordata
transmission.
2.DownloadMIDIsoftware(forMac:SysExLibrarian,forWindows:SendSx)fromthespecified
websiteandinstallitonyourcomputer.
3.DownloadthelatestfirmwarefromtheFreeTheToneʼswebsite.
4.ConnecttheFLIGHTTIMEtotheMIDIinterfaceandsendthefirmwaretotheFLIGHTTIMEby
usingtheinstalledMIDIsoftware.
5.TheFLIGHTTIMEautomaticallyinitializesitselftobereadyforuse.Sincetheuserpreset
contentsarenoterasedbythisprocess,userscandotheupdateatease.
(PleasereconfiguretheMIDIreceivingchannelonly.)
FirmwareUpdateProcedures
1. ConfirmationofFirmwareVersion
1) TurnonthepowertotheFLIGHTTIME.
2) Lookatthe7-segmentLEDsonthetoppanelandnotetheversioninformationshownjust
afterpoweringup.
3) TurnoffthepowertotheFLIGHTTIME.
Youwillseeanumbersuchas“1.0”,“1.1”,etc.Iftheversionnumberofthefirmwaretobe
downloadedfromtheFreeTheTonewebsiteislargerthantheoneyousawonyourFLIGHT
TIMEʼsdisplay,pleaseproceedtotheupdatestepsdescribedbelow.Iftheversionnumbers
arethesame,thenthelatestfirmwarehasbeeninstalledinyourunitbeforeshipmentfrom
ourfactoryandyoudonothavetoperformfirmwareupdate.
2. PreparationofComputerandMDIInterface
1) PrepareaPC(Windows)orMac(Macintosh)computerandaMIDIinterface.
2) ConnectthecomputerandtheMIDIinterface.
3) DownloadtheMIDIinterfacedriverandmakedatatransmissionready.
AtthisphasetheFLIGHTTIMEandtheMIDIinterfacearenotconnected.
RegardingsetupproceduresforyourMIDIinterface,pleaserefertoitsoperationmanual.
(*WerecommendYAMAHAUSB-MIDIINTERFACEUX16becauseweusethismodelfor
operationtests.)
3. DownloadoftheLatestFirmwareforFLIGHTTIME
FromtheFreeTheToneʼswebsite(http://www.freethetone.com/support/),downloadthe
latestfirmwarefilefortheFLIGHTTIME(FT-＊YFIRMWAREV＊＊.ZIP)andunzipit.
(Notethat＊=modelnumber,＊＊=firmwareversionnumber.)
Besuretowritedownthename(ex:FIRMWARE)forthedownloaddestinationfolderinwhich
yousavethefile.
NOTE:Whendownloadingthefile,youmaysometimesencounteramessagesaysthat
downloadingFT-＊YFIRMWAREV＊＊.ZIPcandamageyourcomputer.Insuchacase,ignore
themessageandproceedtodownloading.
4. DownloadandInstallationofMIDISoftware
Macusers:gotopage3.
Windowsusers:gotopage7.
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