Originally posted by cpoteet
According to the instructions on the Ricoh website for upgrading firmware to the K-1, I should insert the memory card with the downloaded file into the camera while off. Done.
I then should hold down the "Menu" button and turn on the camera. I should see "Update the camera firmware on the camera monitor". No. I see the regular standby screen.
My workflow: formatted a new 32gb SanDisk memory card, I download the upgrade file to the memory card, I verified that the file was on the memory card and I placed the memory card in slot 1 with empty slot 2. I then turned off the camera and inserted the memory card into slot 2 with empty slot 1, followed the same start-up procedure, same failure resulted.
Any suggestions as to what I am doing wrong and how to remedy the problem so I can update the firmware to the latest will be most appreciated.
I solved the problem, one which I am 99% responsible for.
The fact is the upgrade file has to be copied to the root, repeat root, directly of the memory card. My Win 7 using Mozilla Firefox browser automatically created a DCIM file on the blank memory card and copied the upgrade file into the DCIM file.
The instructions on the Ricoh website do, indeed, say to copy the downloaded file to the root directory of the memory card. My brain did not fully appreciate that statement.
I say my error in not reading literally the instructions caused 99% of the problem. I will stand by my conviction that if the instructions had said something such as "...be sure to copy the downloaded file to the memory card's root directory and not to a folder," my brain would have absorbed the message correctly as I am used to seeing DCIM folders on my camera memory cards.
I thank those who have tried to guide me and I shall try to be more careful in my reading and interpreting in the future.