
If the radio is configured correctly, and your PC recognizes that it’s plugged in, it will show up in this window.Ĭlick on the radio in the list of one, then click update. Once the radio is in firmware update mode, and plugged into the PC, when you open the firmware update file, you’ll see a screen like this. Now you will want to put the radio into “firmware update mode” Be careful, it only goes in one way! The other end of this cable goes into a free USB port on your computer. The cable plugs into the port on the back of the radio. Next, you will need to locate the USB cable that came with your radio, it looks like this. Please note these settings are different for each car, so do not use these as a guide:

The first thing you should do is take a photo of the endpoints on your radio, as the firmware update may wipe all existing settings from your radio. If your screen doesn’t look like the one above, it’s time to update! To check your firmware version, go to the system menu, then scroll down to “firmware version”, and hit enter. This latest version adds functionality to take channel 4 off of the minimum and maximum switches, so that you can use it as an auxiliary channel that won’t move when you hit the switch to hop. Currently, the latest update was on March 12, 2021 The firmware version screen will show you which version of the firmware is on your radio. Updating your firmware requires an LR6X radio, the USB update cable that ships with the car and radio, a bind plug, a PC with an available USB port, and the firmware update file, which can be downloaded here.

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Updating your firmware is to be attempted by advanced users only, it is highly recommended that you are familiar with how to adjust all the parameters of your radio before proceeding. Any time we want to add or remove features from the radio, there needs to be a firmware update. You can think of the firmware as the operating system for your radio. The following are instructions for how to update the firmware on your LR6X radio, which is the radio that comes with the SixtyFour.
