UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS FROM OUR WEBSITE
A – Transfer instruction

1 – On your hard drive, create a new folder name it « Parrot VM »
2 – Go to our website http://www.voice-assistant.com
3 – Double click on the first page on the line Update Software a new sheet is opened
4 – Double click on the line UpdateSoftware 3.9.zip
5 – You open a window named “downloading window”
6 – To the question « Do you want to open or record the file on your computer?” and click on “OK”
7 – The window “save as” opens. On the line “save in”, select C and “Parrot VM”. Click on Save. When this save is finished, close the window and the website.
8 – In the “Parrot VM” folder you will find a compressed file. Double click on this file. A window opens. Click on “Extract”…the window Win zip is opened. Click on “I agree”. The file is unzipped close the window. The file is ready to use.
9 – Go to our website http://www.voice-assistant.com
10 – Double click on the first page on the line Backup a new sheet is opened
11 – Double click on the line Backup VoiceMate.zip
12 – You open a window named “downloading window”
13 – To the question « Do you want to open or record the file on your computer?” and click on “OK”
14 – The window “save as” opens. On the line “save in”, select C and Parrot VM. Click on Save. When this save is finished, close the window and the website.
15 – In the “Parrot VM” folder you will find a compressed file. Double click on this file. A window opens. Click on “Extract”…the window Win zip is opened. Click on “I agree”. The file is unzipped close the window. The file is ready to use.

B – Saving your data before Upgrading,

1 – In the folder “Parrot VM” open the file “Backup VoiceMate”
2 – Connect the cable between the computer and the Voice Mate
3 – Check if the Voice Mate has batteries in
4 – Double click to open “VMB2”
5 – Open “Set up”. Select the serial port you have connected the cable with, and click on OK
6 – Select “Backup” and Click on
7 – Name your file data (ex: terese.par) in window “Name”
8 – In the up window “save as” “save in”, select “BackupVoiceMate”
When you will want to restore your data, it will be immediately accessible without checking your computer
9 – Go to control panel of the Voice Mate and press MENU key
10 – With the left arrow, go to “SEND data” and press YES, Voice Mate checks the memory and says “Delay transferring progress please wait”
11 – CLIC on “Save” and wait for the message “End of data transferring”. Click on “EXIT” to close the file VMB2

C – UPGRADING THE VOICE MATE

1 – Go back to Parrot VM. Double click on “UpdateSoftware”
2 – Open the TestMMI file
3 – Check if the cable is always connected
4 – Remove the batteries out of the Voice Mate
5 – Select serial port
6 – Select the language
7 – Click on “START”
8 – Put the batteries back in the Voice Mate (1 side is enough)
9 – And ... the program starts
When you flash the Voice Mate, you read …
- “XPRAM Downloading”
- Xpram : 1% ŕ 100%
- “Flash Downloading”
- “Flash erasing”
- “Flash programming”
- 3% ..6%..so and so till 100% and you can read LAST FLASHING or FLASH OK
When you flash the Voice Mate it might just read…
- “XPRAM Downloading”
- Xpram:
And nothing else…in this case
a – Let the batteries in the Voice Mate
b – Click on STOP
c – Click on START
d – Reset the Voice Mate on the back
e – The upgrade is OK when you can read at the bottom of the yellow windows LAST FLASHING or FLASH OK
10 – Disconnect the cable from the Voice Mate
11 – Remove the batteries and put them in …you could hear the “Version 3.5” and “TELEPHONE”
12 – Close the file “TestMMI” and go back to Parrot VM

D – Downloading your data with the same program “VoiceMateBackup(2)”

1 – Open “VoiceMateBackup(2)”
2 – Open VMB2
3 – Click on “RESTORE” select the file you created previously.
4 – Connect the cable to the Voice Mate
5 – Go to control panel in the Voice Mate and press MENU key
6 – With the left arrow, go to “RECEIVE data” and press YES
7 – Listen to the instructions
8 – Every thing is ready to restore your data, click on “SAVE” and wait….
Transfer is succeed when Voice Mate says “End of data transferring”
Close all the files

HOPE IT GOES WELL!