STR-LV700R - Sony Audio Service Manual (repair manual). Page 10

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1. Start up the STR-LV700R and press the  N.MEDIA  button on

the remote controller to open the main menu on the television
screen.

2. Use the cursor buttons and   ENTER (SELECT)  buttons on

the remote controller, select “Settings” 

t “System Settings”

t “Firmware Update” t “OK.”

Upgrade the two types of firmware (ipls.bin and route66s.bin) to
the latest versions.
Note that this method should only be employed when the software
version is upgraded.
In cases when the firmware is downloaded from the home page,
also follow the procedure given below.

1. Check the version.

Start the STR-LV700R, then open the main menu and select
“Settings” 

t  “System Settings” t  “Device Information.”

Next, check that the firmware version.

2. Start up “EU-firm-1.XX” 

t “Updater.exe” from “Test JIG

Tool CD” (J-2501-266-A). (XXX indicates version)

3. Click the  Update  button to begin updateing firmware.

The message “Wait a few minutes until this screen turns off
and the Standby lamp lights” is displayed on the screen. With
this unit, when this step is completed, the network media func-
tion automatically restarts.

How to check the operation after repairing the main unit
or writing firmware
The following items are needed to perform the check:

• A device that is able of checking the environment during firm-

ware writing along with video and audio output terminals.

• The server application (Giga Pocket Server 5.0) needs to be in-

stalled in the Vaio for testing.

To perform the check, connect the Vaio with the preinstalled server
application to the STR-LV700R and check that the test video and
audio data are played and output correctly via the network.

1. Items required for testing
   •  STR-LV700R to be tested.
   •  Test JIG Tool CD (J-2501-266-A)

•  Remote commander (accessory)
• The network cable, cross-conversion cable and connection

cable supplied as accessories (a 100BASE-TX cross cable can
also be substitute for these items).

• AV cable
• Optical digital cable
• Television set with line input terminals (video and audio ter-

minals)

• Device with optical digital input

2.  Preparation of the Vaio for Testing

Use the same Vaio used for writing firmware.

2-1. Insert the  J-2501-266-A test program disk into the test Vaio.
2-2. Install the test color bar /1kHz signal from the test program

disk. Start the Giga Pocket Explorer . From the video cap-
sule menu, select “Read” and then click “Browse…”.  Select
“CD-ROM” 

t “75p1k1min” folder t “75p1k1min.mpg.”

Enter “COLOR-1KHZ” in the Video Capsule Name field and
then click the  Run  button.

Saved in “My Cabinet” of the Giga Pocket Explorer.

3. Setup the Vaio according to the procedure given on pages 30

to 33 of the Instruction manual .

4. Connect the outputs (video, audio, optical digital audio) from

the STR-LV700R to a television set and connect the device
with the optical digital input.

1. Start up the STR-LV700R and press the  N.MEDIA  button on

the remote controller to open the main menu on the television
screen.

2. When the main menu is displayed on the television screen,

select “Video 

t Watch video clips” and press the  ENTER

(SELECT)  button.

3. When the servers list is displayed in the “Select Server Screen.”

From this list, select the name of the Vaio for testing and press
the  ENTER (SELECT)  button and select “Connect” in the
submenu.  If the servers list does not appear even after a cer-
tain time interval has elapsed,  press the  OPTIONS   button
on the remote controller to display the tool menu. In the tool
menu, select “Update to the latest information” and press the
  ENTER (SELECT)  button.

4. When the server is connected, the selection menu for all li-

braries is displayed. From this menu, select “My Cabinet” and
press the  ENTER (SELECT)  button.

5. When the video capsule selection menu is displayed, select

“COLOR-1KHZ.”

6. If color bars are displayed for video and 1kHz is output to

audio, the unit is functioning properly.
Also check the video output, audio output and optical digital
output items.

7. After the system has been completed, reset the STR-LV700R

to the factory preset values.

Select “Setting” 

t “System Setting” t “Factory Default”

t “OK.”