The latest software version (5.0) is now available for the KN7000. It should be posted at the Technics Site but it is not.
A friend of mine checked with Technics guy and was told this is true. Perhaps we can all check in and get Technics to supply the software update online. Lloyd

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If the latest version is No5, Technics have yet to issue 1 to 4. If I load No5 without the others, will my Kn7 be adversely affected?

Peter

What others?????????????????

"The others" were issued by other sites, and I haven't down loaded any of these and won't until Technics issue them - if ever. And if they ever do I bet they still wont tell us what they do. In the meantime, touch wood, I've had no problems with my KN7 so why fix if it ain't broke?

Peter

Here we go again!! The LATEST update is Version 1.6 (that's right 1.6). You do not need to have upgraded to previous versions to install it. It is available on the Tayio website. This is a genuine Technics upgrade.
Mike O'R

I've been running 1.6 OS for some months now, no problems as far as I am aware. Then again I started with 1.3 and didn't have any problems either!
Keith

So if this is a Genuine Technics upgrade, then why does it not appear on the official Technics website??

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Willum

That is not true, you are advised to install 1.4 table before you install 1.6 system.

Whenever did Technics Panasonic ever confirm the genuine release of any official upgrade release

If you haven't upgraded to 1.4, then the 1.4 upgrade is part of the 1.6. There are 4 diskettes - use all four if you are still 1.3 or just the two marked 1.6 otherwise. Simple? I am one of thousands who have already painlessly upgraded.
Mike O'R

I know its simple because I already described exactly what you have to do in my post, I was only pointing out it was incorrect to say that you do not need to have upgraded to previous versions because you need 1.4 table before you install 1.6 system. You're lucky you're not one of the unlucky ones who upgraded to 1.5 and found the bugs that 1,6 had to fix

I must remember to wake up before posting messages on this site. I should have said that 1.5 is the latest update for the KN7000.
I have a friend who owns a KN7000 and has been mailed the disk's to update to l.5 from the Techincs guy, Eddie Williams.
What the disk's do is improve some area's but details are not covered.
Perhaps one improvement will be that the tempo doe's not "freeze up" on occasion.
I have several other owners who have had this problem. My opologies for posting the wrong (5.0) update instead of l.5
Lloyd

HI ALL,
My K7 came with 1.4 but Eddie Williams sent me 1.5.
This is the first I have heard of 1.6
Has anyone besides Mike ORegan got it installed? Did it help out any problems. I just don't seem to have any K7 problems that I have become aware of.
Bebop

i am upgrading from version 1.3 and i assume from all the advice that i should install version 1.4 and then install 1.6 afterwards.
i hope i have got this correct.

Only disk 3 and 4 of version 1.4.

At the German technics site Taiyo.de
section service you will find the download.
two disks version 1.6 and the two necesaraly disks of version 1.4

rgds.
Willem

OK, Two questions realy, (sorry I'm late, but I'm new and reading all the past posts.)
1, how do I find out the software version of my kn7000.
2, Is there any point in updating, if you have no problems.

If I remember from when I had a kn6500 it said you update at your own risk!!

Slinger

Hi Slinger,

1. To find out your system version press the [PIANO], [GUITAR] and [MALLET & ORCH PERC] button, hold them pressed and turn on the KN7000. The version 1.6 is the latest.

2. If you have no trouble with your KN7000, you don't need to update your instrument.

Regards

Crysyl

If it ain't broke - don't fix it!!
I haven't installed any udates and will not do so until they appear on the official Technics website.

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Willum

Hi Bill,

Amen!!!! Your personal policy regarding upgrades is mine also. First, if it ain't broke don't fix it. Second, if Technics does not care enough to post upgrades on their official site, don't upgrade. My KN6000 has been running beautifully for three years without the benefit of an upgrade. I've never experienced any glitches or failures. If I buy a KN7000 (or maybe an 8000?), I will play it as received and never upgrade unless problems surface for which an official Technics upgrade is available as a factory-authorized fix specifically addressing the problem I have. Which brings us full circle to the original policy of: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I know your background in electronics, and I have ample evidence in the form of your music which tells me you have put your KN7000 through its paces from one end to the other. That kind of expertise has to be respected.

Also Bill, thanks for your input regarding Track Merge.

Chuck