Mackie X.200 DJ Equipment User Manual


 
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X.200
Digital X Bus
CD ROM Method
***Requires a CD burner attached to your PC as well as a USB CD ROM drive attached to the Digital X Bus***
1. Make sure you have a CD Burner and the appropriate software loaded on your computer.
2. Download the Software update from www.mackie.com to your local hard drive.
3. Create a new folder on your desktop and label it Digital X Bus Update.
4. Double-click on the le you just downloaded, which should launch the WinZip Utility.
5. Highlight all les displayed in the WinZip window, and select Extract.
6. Point the WinZip Extractor to the new Digital X Bus Update folder on your desktop and Click OK.
7. Once the Extraction is completed, close the WinZip utility.
8. Insert a blank CD ROM into your computers CD drive or other attached CD Burner.
9. Open whatever CD burning software you use to create CDs from your PC, and burn all the contents of
the Digital X Bus Update folder (or whatever you named it) directly to the CD. Make sure you nalize
the CD so it can be read by other computers.
10. Remove the CD from your computer or attached CD drive and insert it into the USB CD ROM drive at-
tached to your Digital X Bus.
11. Select Install Packages from the File Menu on the Digital X Bus.
12. Select the new build to be installed from the list and select Run Installer. Select OK when asked to
shut down the Digital X Bus application in order to run the Installer.
13. Once you are back to the main mixer screen, re-select the Install Packages from the File Menu.
14. If there is a System Update le in the list and the Status column reads Needs Update, then high-
light the System Update le and select Install. But if the Status column reads Up to Date, then
move on to Step #16.
15. Re-boot the console. If it re-boots itself, then move on to Step #16.
16. Once you are back to the main mixer screen, select About from the Windows menu and verify you are
running the same number build you just downloaded.
Mac OS X Users
USB Flash/Pen Drive (recommended)
***Requires a USB Flash/Pen drive***
1. Insert a USB Flash Drive into your Mac so you can see the icon of that drive on your desktop.
2. Download the Software update from www.mackie.com to your desktop.
3. Double-click on the .zip le to create a folder on your desktop labeled after the build version you just
downloaded.
4. Open that same folder so you can see all the contents and les.
5. Drag all the contents of that same folder onto the icon of your Flash Drive.
6. Remove the Flash Drive from your computer and insert it into one of the available USB ports on your
Digital X Bus.
5. Select Install Packages from the File Menu on the Digital X Bus.
6. Select the new build to be installed from the list and select Run Installer. Select OK when asked to
shut down the Digital X Bus application in order to run the Installer.
7. Once you are back to the main mixer screen, re-select the Install Packages from the File Menu.