cuuhl 0 Posted April 1, 2014 If I buy a 500x from a high-volume dealer; GC, Musicians Friend, Music 123, would it already have version 2.0 loaded in it? I'll be challenged just trying to learn all the settings and finding my sound. So, I'm thinking this could immediately save me from purchasing a midi cord and figuring out how to do all the upgrade functions. Any ideas? Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie_Watt 432 Posted April 1, 2014 Why don't you call them and ask. Sweetwater is the most likely one to do it for you. I have had great luck with them. If you don't ask you will probably get it with downrev firmware installed and you will have to upgrade yourself (with the supplied USB cable) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheRealZap 7,364 Posted April 1, 2014 there is no such update. 1.2 is the latest on HD500x. nearly all the updates since release have to do with L6LINK anyway... so the sounds and features of it by itself would be the same. having said that, I'm not certain what firmware it will ship with... i'm merely stating that I don't think it would be noticeable unless you are using a DT amp or stagesource speaker setup. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stumblinman 200 Posted April 1, 2014 Everything above, plus the upgrade uses the included USB cable, not midi, so that's a fairly simple process. Don't fret. If I buy a 500x from a high-volume dealer; GC, Musicians Friend, Music 123, would it already have version 2.0 loaded in it? I'll be challenged just trying to learn all the settings and finding my sound. So, I'm thinking this could immediately save me from purchasing a midi cord and figuring out how to do all the upgrade functions. Any ideas? Thanks! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redlight7777 4 Posted April 2, 2014 He was talking about the POD HD 2.0 software. And the answer was yes it's preloaded on the 500x. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silverhead 8,725 Posted April 2, 2014 The latest Pod HD firmware is v1.2. There is no v2.0. There is a v2.0 for the JTV firmware, and a v2.01 for Workbench HD. Perhaps that is what you are thinking of? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phil_m 4,422 Posted April 2, 2014 Updating a POD HD is so easy, even a caveman could do it... I wouldn't worry about it. But the post above is correct - no MIDI cable is needed. It's just plain ol' USB. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
