Tascam DR05 firmware update issue

[dad roadie]

Good Afternoon,
I’m hoping someone may be able to help me with my Tascam DR05. I have an older version of this unit which has version 1.01 0029 firmware loaded and works fine. I recently read that the version 2.11 firmware update offers a lot of great extra features such as overdub and reverb. The problem is when I download the firmware file version 2.11 from the Tascam site to a folder and unzip the file to my desktop it becomes file DR-05_2.11. When I upload this file to the utility folder on my Dr-05 and follow the instructions to update it comes back and says no file found.
Does anyone have any ideals what I’m doing wrong? Cant the earlier units be updated to version 2 ? I tried this on a Windows 7 and Windows XT system with the same results. In the update sheet instructions they say the file should start with DR05-29 .??? . Not sure what I’m doing wrong. Has anyone updated an older unit to add the overdub and reverb functions? Any help would really be appreciated.I added the PDF from the Tascam website to explain the procedure I'm following . I believe I have unzipped the files as they talk about.
All the Best!
Dad Roadie

 

[Phil Tipping]

Hi, haven't got a DR05 to test, but when you unzip the package, you get a 'folder' called DR-05_2.11. You need to open the folder to see the firmware file - in the 2.11 version, the firmware file is called DR-05_44.211. The other 2 files inside the folder are text files with update instructions.
By the way, v2.40 may be better as the website says "V2.40 fix - Operation reliability has been improved."

 

[dad roadie]

Hi Phil,
Thanks for the reply and the help! I got the2.11 revision loaded . I may work up the courage to go to 2.4.
All the Best!