RDP-149 firmware fail..

[MARTINV5]

Hello,

I have a RDP-149 display with bricked firmware. Very stupid. First i updated the firmware to version 4.01. I also changed the backup battery and everything is working. Then I installed everything back in the ship. Powered the unit up. One beep, no screen.. so i pressed and hold the power button to turn the unit off and tried it again.. Nothing.

Long story short, i placed the wrong SD card back in the unit. Not the card with the maps on it but the cart with the firmware. I think when i first powered the unit on, the display was starting the update again with i accidentally aborted. :angry

Is there a way to bring the unit back to life? I am an electronics repair engineer en have several programmers for flash chips, eeproms and cables.

Kind Regards,
Martin

 

[Johnny Electron]

Good new, it can be recovered if that is the problem. Bad news that it MUST go to the Furuno repair center. There is a special card that can shove the firmware in after it has been blown out. There is only one of these cards and it is tightly held at the Camas repair center. I recommend you send the unit in.

Furuno Service
4400 NW Pacific Rim Blvd
Camas WA 98607

No RMA is needed. Send it with your repair request and contact info. They will contact you after the unit has been evaluated.

Regards
Johnny