Date: August 11, 1997

You can use this flash utility to update the firmware of CDU928E.  The new
firmware on this floppy is 1.1f and the filename is 928E11F.BIN.

To use this flash utility, you should setup the drive as master on the
secondary IDE channel.  Then you can use the following command:

FLASHUPD 928E11F.BIN

The utility will check the original firmware version and ask for your
confirmation to update.  The CDU928E LED will be amber for 10 to 20 seconds
during the update.  DON'T turn off the power during this period.  The LED
will then change to green and the update is done.

If you want to use other configurations, you can use the following commands:

Primary master:  UPDATER 928E11F.BIN /AT /P /M
Primary slave:   UPDATER 928E11F.BIN /AT /P /S
Secondary slave: UPDATER 928E11F.BIN /AT /2 /S

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VENDOR NAME:    Sony Corporation        DATE: August 11, 1997
                Reference #: ECA-928E-0003
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PRODUCT:        CDU928E-1, CDU928E-1/10
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Drive Version:  BC-> BD B.K.C.: CDU928E-1:        42-2655-02
                        CDU928E-1/10:   42-2655-12
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TYPE OF CHANGE:         Production base, Permanent
EFFECTIVE DATE:         August middle production
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DESCRIPTION:    Drive Version change (BC -> BD)
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DETAILS OF THE CHANGE:

According to the firmware change (ver.1.1e)->(ver.1.1f), the drive version will
be up to BD from BC.

Following symptoms are solved in firmware ver. 1.1f.

1) If Audio Pause Length is set to 0 with some writing software which can set,
   writing operation is not completed correctly.
   And if Audio Pause Length is set to 1~150, writing operation is completed
   correctly.
   *Drive default value of Audio Pause Length is 150(2 sec).

2) Since seeking operation is improved, access time is stabilized
