Installation instructions for the Leica V-Lux 20 - Firmware 2.0
Dear Customer,
By installing this firmware you can improve the Leica V-Lux 20 ’s operation in the areas noted below.
Update Contents
Model Number
Update Version
LEICA V-LUX 20
Ver 2.0
Update File Name/Size VL20_V20.ZIP
/ 10.563 KB
(After extraction, VL20_V20.BIN / 10.562 KB (10.814.976 Byte)
Update Date
Improvements
09/07/2010
Version
Version 2.0
Description
1. [MODE PLAY] has been added to the [PLAYBACK MODE]
This playback mode is useful if you wish to play back only still pictures or only videos.
2. It is now possible to capture still pictures from motion pictures
Save a scene from a motion picture as a still picture.
3. It is now possible to split motion pictures
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A single motion picture can be split into 2 parts.
This is convenient when you want to keep just the necessary scenes, or if you wish to delete unnecessary scenes, to increase the space on your memory card.
Firmware Update Procedures (Overview)
• STEP 1: Check the current version of firmware used by your camera.
• STEP 2: Download an updated version of the firmware and double click the downloaded file to open the zip-archive file.
• STEP 3: Drag the VL20_V20.BIN
firmware file from the archive to your desktop.
• STEP 4: Copy the firmware file VL20_V20.BIN
from your desktop onto an SD Memory Card in its
top level folder.
• STEP 5: Install the firmware update.
CAUTION:
Please do not turn off your camera, or remove the SD Memory Card while updating your camera's firmware. Doing so can cause serious damage to your camera!!!
If the camera malfunctions after the firmware updating, please contact the dealer from whom you purchased the camera or LEICA Customer Service.
Actual installation steps
STEP 1: Checking the current firmware version.
Leica recommends that you update the firmware in your camera if the firmware version indicated is older than the version being offered.
The firmware update is not necessary if the current firmware version on your camera is Version 2.0.
1. Turn the camera on.
2. Slide the [REC]/[PLAYBACK] selector switch to the PLAYBACK mode
3. Press [MENU/SET] to display the menu.
4. Press [W] [ ] to select the [SETUP] menu icon [ ]
5. Press [X] and select the [VERSION DISP.] menu item
6. Press [X] again and [ ][VERSION DISP.] appears
STEP 2: Download the updated version of the firmware by following the procedures below
to extract it.
1. Download and save the VL20_V20.ZIP
file containing the firmware onto your desktop.
VL20_V20.ZIP
/ ( 10.563 KB)
2. Double click the downloaded file and move the VL20_V20.BIN
file from the zip-archive folder to your desktop.
3. The file size for VL20_V20.BIN
should be 10.562 KB.
If the file size is not the same, please download and double click the file again. The file size can be checked by right-clicking on the file and selecting properties.
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STEP 3: Copy the firmware file onto an SD Memory Card.
Preparation of the SD Memory Card
A minimum of 12 MB available memory is necessary.
Please format the SD Memory Card before using with LEICA V-LUX 20.
Please format the SD Memory Card only in the camera. Refer to your instruction book for more details.
You will find the menu item FORMAT in the SETUP menu of the camera. When formatting the SD
Memory Card, all data, including protected files, will be erased and can not be recovered. Please make sure to back up your important data so you don't loose it.
Insert your formatted SD Memory Card to your SD slot of your PC.
Copy the firmware onto the SD Memory Card.
If your PC does not have an SD slot, use an external USB SD Reader device.
Copy the file into the Root directory (*1) of the SD Memory Card.
(*1) Root directory = The first or top-most directory in the hierarchy.
STEP 4: Install the firmware update
1. Charge the camera battery fully.
2. Make sure to turn off the power switch.
3. Insert the fully charged battery into the camera body.
If the battery is not fully charged, the update process screen will not appear.
4. Insert the SD Memory Card prepared in STEP 3 above into the LEICA V-LUX 20.
5. Set Playback / Recording switch to Playback mode.
6. Turn on the power switch.
7. The firmware update screen will appear.
Note:
If a newer version or the same version of the firmware has already been installed, the initial firmware update screen will not be displayed.
If the battery is not fully charged the initial firmware update screen will also not appear, and the
LEICA V-LUX 20 will display "NO VALID PICTURE TO PLAY". Please turn the camera off and on again then.
8. Press the UP-button to select YES.
9. Press the MENU/SET button and the screen will change.
The LEICA V-LUX 20 will start the update process.
The firmware update will take about 30 seconds.
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Please do not attempt the following operations before completion of next step
• Turning the power off and on
• Opening the SD Memory Card compartment
• Removing the SD Memory Card
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10. Once the firmware update process is completed, the LEICA V-LUX 20 will reset to
Playback mode automatically.
11. To verify the version number, follow Step1 again, the camera version number indicates
2.0, the process is completed.
12. Turn off the power switch.
13. Remove the SD Memory Card.
NOTE:
Please format the SD Memory Card used for the firmware update before taking photos, otherwise it may cause the LEICA V-LUX 20 to malfunction and/or decrease the number of pictures that can be stored.
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