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What's the procedure with the Integra? Isn't it usually done with a notebook through the RS-232 port?
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Ack. Just try and find good laptop with a serial port these days...... PCs also, but at least you could add a 15 dollar RS-232 card to a PC but it's tough to drag over to your player.
Any engineer still designing for exclusive RS-232 port should be retired and put into a Senior Citizen's home. Might as well make their updates exclusively on a floppy disk too. Get with the times....
Sorry, in a bad mood ATM. It reads more crankiness than humor but I'll leave it as is, because it's true...
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Hi Charles,
I will now wait as well for the DTC-9.8 FW upgrade to 1.05 as I learned that there is yet a newer FW, yes 1.06, that will be out imminently. I too upgrade equipment with FW whenever available because they tend to improve performance, in general, and usually include unpublisized tweaks.
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What's the procedure with the Integra? Isn't it usually done with a notebook through the RS-232 port? it seems that one needs a straight DB-9 M/F cable connected on its F-end to a Keyspan USA-19HS (USB adapter) and its-M end connected to the DTC-9.8. Then the USB from the Keyspan is used to connect to the PC. If one has an old laptop/PC with serial port then a straight serial cable is apparently all that is required. I will find out for sure soon. John
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There is an Ethernet port on that beast. Strange they are not using it.
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Ok thanks sounds easy enough.
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There is an Ethernet port on that beast. Strange they are not using it. Yes, indeed, there is an ethernet port. To complicate things a little, it turns out that the Integra's various softwares can be updated through the RS-232, HDMI port, and the ethernet port. Each port is used to update different softwares. However, there is only some limited reference to this at AVS and I have not yet heard of any updates through a port other than RS-232. John
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Now it's going to be a long wait... Well... it's starting to be... Although I know I am still well within the lead time, I can't stop checking my e-mails every few minutes in case I get a "shipped" one! At least, once it's shipped, it's only a few hours away!
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Okay, this is too funny... I JUST RECEIVED THE E-MAIL! I thought at first it might be the EP-0, but NO, it is the big order! Can't wait to wear that new jacket. I AM SO GIDDY!
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