The firmware upgrade instructions for the MD-9600 say (in Chinglish):
“Press P1+ Alarm key(red key) to connect the power of MD-9600, ( NOT JUST TURN ON THE RADIO!!!!!!)display blinks and open upgraded software”
This seems to translate to most American English speakers that one should press and hold P1 + Alarm and then hit the power button.
Nope. That gets you exactly nowhere. And I can see how they tried to explain it (“connect the power”) and why an American English speaker would misunderstand it.
The actual sequence goes like this (and it’s documented here and there on the web; I can’t remember now where I found it):
1) Turn the MD-9600 on.
2) Turn off the power supply connected to the MD-9600. (Do not turn off the MD-9600 first!)
3) NOW press P1 + Alarm key (red key) and hold them in
4) Turn on the power supply connected to the MD-9600.
Blank screen will blink on and off, you are now in Firmware Upgrade Mode.
They also get the concepts of “upload” and “download” backward, in my book. The button that says “Download Update File” really ought to say “Write Update File to Radio” or something like that. But eventually you get the idea.
Exit question: Would it kill Tytera/TYT to hire an English-As-First-Language speaker to at least edit their documentation?
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