Hi Lee,
here is all you need to know about this subject (updating the Genos from V1.41 or earlier to the current version 2.02):
• "Registration data are initialized the first time you start up again ..." refers to the current Registration Memory Contents (on the Reg buttons 1 -
that have not yet been saved as a Reg Bank. This unsaved Reg data is still available after a
normal restart, but NOT after an Update. What to do: If the Registration Memory still contains unsaved Registrations, simply save them (as usual) as a Bank file.
• "Registration data will not be restored ..." (in connection with the internal Backup function) means: The current Registration Memory Contents (on the Reg buttons 1 -
are always automatically stored in the .BUP file created with the Backup function. But since a .BUP file created on Genos V1.41 and older can NOT completely restored after updating: Simply FORGET this point.
• Your User data (e.g. Reg Banks, Styles, User Voices) that are located on a USB stick will of course not be affected by a firmware update.
• The data in the User Drive are also NOT deleted during the Update. However, as a precaution, I recommend copying the complete User drive of the Genos to a folder on the PC. The best way to avoid missing files is to use the USB Storage Mode:
Connect the Genos USB-to-Host socket to the computer via a USB type AB cable ("printer cable") and hold the playlist button while switching on the Genos. The Genos User Drive will be displayed as an external drive in Windows Explorer after a short time. With "Ctrl + A" you mark all data on in the Genos drive window. Then press "Ctrl + C" to copy it to the Windows clipboard.
On the PC you create a new, empty folder at a location of your choice. Open this new folder and paste the copied data from the clipboard here with "Ctrl + V".
• It makes no sense to use the Genos' internal "Backup" function (with which a .BUP file is saved on a USB stick). With such a .BUP file one could restore the content of the User drive after the update ("in the event of a case"), but it is much better to save it in USB storage mode, as just described.
The User System settings, MIDI settings and User Effect settings can NOT be restored from such a .BUP file after the Update. Therefore, the "Backup" function is useless in this case.
• Your previous User defined
System settings
can NOT be saved so that they can be restored after the Update. If you have changed certain settings, you could take pictures of these displays or document them in writing so that you can access them after updating if necessary.
• You CAN save your User defined
MIDI settings and
User Effect settings, if needed: Go to "Menu > Utility > System > Factory Reset/Backup > Page 2/2 > Setup Files". Here save the MIDI settings and / or the User Effect settings to separate files on the USB stick. (Do not save the SYSTEM settings as a file at this moment, because it can't be restored after updating anyway, as menitioned.)
• After you have observed all the points just described, you can safely install the update.
P.S.
The most important thing is, as described, to
back up the User Drive on the PC as a precaution (even if it is normally kept unchanged during the update). But "safe is safe".
After updating, I recommend simply calling up ALL (!) setting displays, one after the other. In this way you will get to know all the (partly new) settings and, if necessary, you can adjust them as required.
Please note, however, that many System settings can be saved in Registrations or, of course, can be CHANGED by Registrations. It therefore does no harm to save your desired settings in one or more "Setup Registrations". (To be on the safe side, it does not hurt in this case to tick the checkboxes of ALL parameter groups when memorizing these Setup Registrations. This guarantees that EVERYTHING that CAN be saved in a Reg IS properly saved.)
Hope this helps!
Best regards,
Chris