HOW DO I UPDATE THE FIRMWARE OF MY ADS 5601 DPA?

The way to update software:
1. Download the updated firmware
2. Copy the update to a vacant memory card (SD/MMC/MS card). Make sure the software is the only file stored in the card.
3. Insert the memory card to your DPA.
4. In the circle of icon screen, locate to "Photo", press the button "OK" to start to upgrade the software.
5. Remove your memory card after finished upgrade. Restart photo album.

HOW DO I CONNECT THE ALBUM TO MY PC?

1. Fully charge the battery before trying to transfer files to the internal memory of the digital photo album.
2. Turn the unit on. Connect the USB cable to the album and then to the tower of the PC.
3. Scroll the icons around to the computer icon. It will say connect PC in the middle. Press OK.
4. The album should show Note: PC connected in a blue and white rectangle. (If it is going back to the circle of icons, then it is not maintaining connection with the PC*).
5. If a window comes up asking what you would like to do, scroll down to open folder to view files using internet explorer and click ok.
6. If a window does not come up on the PC asking what you would like to do, then go to the start menu on the PC and click on My Computer. Look under devices with removable storage. There should be a removable drive there labeled photoframe or memory (it may just be a drive letter as well.) Double click to open the drive and inside the window you should see a few sample photos we loaded on the album.
7. Then copy and paste or send files to that letter drive on the computer. This is the same for any files you would like to add to the internal memory. It all goes to the same storage device. Be sure that the file formats are all acceptable formats- Jpeg for photos, mpeg for movies and .txt files for ebook or text based files.

If the album is not maintaining a connection with the PC, try the following:

* Try a different USB port and repeat above steps
* Restart the album
* Restart the computer
* Keep "My Computer" up so that you can see the connected drives and if it is connecting
* Try a different USB 2.0 cable
* Try a different computer if you have access to one
* If the charger is connected and plugged into an outlet, unplug the charger (be sure battery is charged prior to connecting to computer)
* If still no connection, download and install firmware update

HOW DO I TRANSFER FILES TO THE DPA FROM A MEMORY CARD?

1. Turn album on.
2. Rotate icons around to the edit icon.
3. Press ok.
4. You should see a memory card icon on the left. Highlight it and press the right arrow.
5. Then go to the first file you want to copy and press ok. This will put a rectangle outline around the file. You can press down arrow and go to the next file and press ok.
6. When finished putting rectangle around files. Press the right arrow.
7. This will take you to edit. Press ok.
8. Then highlight copy and press enter.
9. Press the left arrow to go back to select nand (the internal memory icon)
10. Press the right arrow to enter into the file.
11. Press right arrow again to go to edit. Press ok.
12. Highlight paste. Press ok. Then the files are in the internal memory.

To delete files from the internal memory:

1. Turn the album on
2. Scroll the icons around to edit
3. Press ok
4. Press ok on All
5. Here you will see dev/nand1/1 which is the internal memory. The first file in the internal memory should be highlighted.
6. Press "ok" if this is a file you wish to delete. then press the down arrow and "ok" again to select multiple files. You will see an orange rectangular outline around the file name.
7. After selecting all the files you wish to delete, press the right arrow key. This will highlight the word edit.
8. Press "ok". A menu will come up that says copy, delete, new folder, and return.
9. Arrow down so that delete is highlighted in orange and press "ok"
10. It will then display the question "Delete the file? Yes No"
11. Make sure "yes" is highlighted and press "ok"
12. Now the files you selected will have been deleted.