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I am worried about getting a 5800
I am humming and harring about getting the last 5800 at my local store.
I am not too technical when it comes to software, and I have been looking into the Topfield web site on the subject of transferring stuff from the PC to a box via USB, and it all look horribly complicated, especially the initial setup. Am I worrying excessively, or is it really too much for a beginner? |
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Yes you are, no it's not. Even if you do get stuck you can get loads of hand-holding over on the toppy user site.
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Get it Now before someone else beats you to it.
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Get it Now before someone else beats you to it.
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Don't all Toppy's still come with a 2 year manufacturer warranty? Does anyone know?
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Right, having got the 5800 from Currys, I find that the firmware is quite an old version, and needs to be updated. Having looked at the toppy.org page on "Toppy firmware updates" I see that it says "At present, you cannot update firmware from 64 bit versions of Windows Vista, as there is no compatible driver available". Unfortunately that is exactly what I have. Does that mean that I am stuck with the existing old version, which seems to be dated 2006, or are those instructions out of date?
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Have a look over on the Toppy user forums where someone has recently written something which works with 64 bit machines to connect to a Toppy. Antares is the thing to search for:-
http://forum.toppy.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17310 Just about to start some remote control testing ... |
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Many thanks for that. I registered on the Toppy forum a little while ago and was about to start searching there, but I hadn't yet got to it.
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I am humming and harring about getting the last 5800 at my local store.
I am not too technical when it comes to software, and I have been looking into the Topfield web site on the subject of transferring stuff from the PC to a box via USB, and it all look horribly complicated, especially the initial setup. Am I worrying excessively, or is it really too much for a beginner? Trouble is that I have no idea what I am doing, and I am having to rely on the advice I am getting from some very patient users. As I say, I am not very technical and this is a very technical subject for me. |
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I have finally managed, with lots of help, to get the latest firmware installed, and things are looking a bit better, thank goodness.
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Latest software
The Toppy site does not suggest that you take the TF5800 up to the latest software update.
See http://www.toppy.org.uk/index.php Quote The Toppy.org.uk recommended firmware version is 5.13.65T for a TF5800 or 5.15.09T for a TF5810. David |
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Yes, 5.13.65T is what I now have, it was previously something from 2006!
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Slightly Confused
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The Toppy site does not suggest that you take the TF5800 up to the latest software update.
See http://www.toppy.org.uk/index.php Quote The Toppy.org.uk recommended firmware version is 5.13.65T for a TF5800 or 5.15.09T for a TF5810. David I just got the last 5800 from my local currys it has 5.14.09 on it its a TF5800VRt I dont know if that makes a diffrence and it says Software Version are we talking about the same thing ? |
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I just got the last 5800 from my local currys it has 5.14.09 on it its a TF5800VRt I dont know if that makes a diffrence and it says Software Version are we talking about the same thing ? |
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Thanks
Thanks for the reply
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The TF5800PVRt comes with the buggy 5.14.09 software loaded, but it is recommended to install the patched 5.13.65T software from the Toppy forum.
If you want to install TAPS then it was recommended I just use the MyStuff installer which automatically installs the 'correct' firmware for you and a lot of useful taps and skins. So in other words it's a one stop shop. Because the machines from PCWorld tend to have the newer firmware on them the Toppy needs to be switched off and on after the update (in my case a couple of times) to get the new firmware to kick in. I just downloaded the manual first from here http://www.toppy.org.uk/~chunkywizar...ff62Manual.pdf and followed the instructions in section 1.3 page 9. |
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