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Problems downloading from Nikon Asia website.

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:00 pm
by mickwhit
Hi All,

I occasionally roam around the Nikon Asia website to see what new items they have out and what to download and I noticed one recently that might interest all of us as D70 owners.

An updated version of the D70 manual. It appears on their website that it was last updated on 11 May 05. That’d be nice to own I thought however, I have attempted several times to download this .pdf file and after I enter in all my login details (again) for the download I receive the following Error message:

File Download Error
There are problems in retrieving the file download due to one of the following reasons:
* You are not logged in.
* You are attempting to access the file from an invalid location.
* The file no longer exists.

I have written to Nikon Asia about a month ago regarding this problem and as expected there has been no solution to the problem. Still waiting......................!

I have tried other manuals also to see if the problem is isolated by attempting to download the Nikon Capture 4.2 manual. however, I receive the same error message.

Can someone else please log on to the Nikon Asia website and see if they can successfully download these .pdf files as this will eliminate if it is a problem on their website or a problem with my login/PC. (I suspect it's their website as I even created another login account with the same error message.)

Thanks in advance.

Mick.

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:06 pm
by fozzie
Mick,

I will give it a try now, and get back to you on this thread shortly.


Cheers,

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:25 pm
by mickwhit
Thanks Fozzie

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:26 pm
by fozzie
Mick,

I have downloaded 29% of the pdf so far, with just over 35 minutes to go.

Remarks: very slow download rate. I am running ADSL 512k/128k


Cheers,

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:35 pm
by mickwhit
But it's working though?????? DOH!!!! (HOMER VOICE!!!)

Wont download via my laptop either........

Maybe it's my ADSL provider?

If you're happy to keep downloading it I'll grab it off you later.

Cheers,

Mick.

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:44 pm
by stubbsy
Mick

Is the pdf the one here

If so you need to provide your userid and camera serial no. Did you do this and it was wrong perhaps? If you don't get asked for this I wonder if this is in a cookie and you're cookie is wrong

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:45 pm
by fozzie
Mick,

mickwhit wrote:But it's working though?????? DOH!!!! (HOMER VOICE!!!)

Wont download via my laptop either........

Maybe it's my ADSL provider?

If you're happy to keep downloading it I'll grab it off you later.

Cheers,

Mick.


I will continue to download, and then copy to a spare CF card to you to grab later on. BTW: 55% downloaded now.

Cheers,

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:51 pm
by mickwhit
G'day Stubbsy,

Yep. I entered in all my login details and camera serial number correctly.

I only receive the error message when trying to access those .pdf files. I can download other pdf files like the SB800 flash shooting techniques guide for example with no problems.

If my cookie is corrupted (which is possible) how do I fix it? I've tried re-registering with a different login name and it still doesn't work?

Thanks for the help though.

Cheers,

Mick.

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:57 pm
by gstark
mickwhit wrote:If my cookie is corrupted (which is possible) how do I fix it?


Medium oven (175C) for 20 minutes.

Failing that, try a different browser.

And yes, it could be that your ISP has a transparent proxy that might be causing issues, or there might be an obscure timeout issue or an MTU issue between you and the host from which you're downloading.

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 6:02 pm
by fozzie
Mick,

Download completed. I'm about to transfer to CF card for handover.

Cheers,

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 6:09 pm
by fozzie
Mick,

I just went into the downloaded pdf, and the following appeared:

There was an error opening this document. The file is damaged and could not be repaired.


What a bummer :cry:

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 6:23 pm
by mickwhit
Hey Thanks anyway Fozzie,

I thought it was too good to be true :-)

Thanks for using up your bandwidth for me though!

Speak soon.

Mick.


P.S Has anyone had any success downloading the updated D70 manual? I've even looked on the USA Nikon website but the updated d70 Manual with a release date of 11 May 05 is not on their site.

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:10 pm
by stubbsy
Mick

I downloaded it successfully. It's 20Mb - how do you want me to get it to you (PM me with the details). Downloaded fast too - ave of 51.9K on my 512 DSL

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:13 pm
by BBJ
I tried to get NC update but dont think i will bother but very slow, down to less than 5k.

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:24 pm
by fozzie
Stubbsy,

stubbsy wrote:Mick

I downloaded it successfully. It's 20Mb - how do you want me to get it to you (PM me with the details). Downloaded fast too - ave of 51.9K on my 512 DSL


The original maunal was 20.546Mb.

The revised version (11/05/2005) that I downloaded this afternoon was 14.2Mb, but could not be opened due to error.


Cheers,

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:29 pm
by digitor
BBJ wrote:I tried to get NC update but dont think i will bother but very slow, down to less than 5k.


I'm getting the same thing! Seems everybody is grabbing this one ATM - I'll keep it going and see what happens.

Cheers

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:30 pm
by birddog114
fozzie,
:lol: perhaps your PC could not read Chinese or Japanese symbol / character :lol:

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:40 pm
by fozzie
Birddog,

Birddog114 wrote:fozzie,
:lol: perhaps your PC could not read Chinese or Japanese symbol / character :lol:


My 'Dell' keyboard has all these different coloured characters (Chinese , Japanese) on each key, I wondered what they were for :lol: :lol: :lol:

Cheers,

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:42 pm
by birddog114
fozzie wrote:Birddog,

Birddog114 wrote:fozzie,
:lol: perhaps your PC could not read Chinese or Japanese symbol / character :lol:


My 'Dell' keyboard has all these different coloured characters (Chinese , Japanese) on each key, I wondered what they were for :lol: :lol: :lol:

Cheers,


May be the CPU does not understand the keystroke, cos the CPU is for difference region :lol: Take the CPU out and look underside to see what region code is :shock: :lol:

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:45 pm
by BBJ
im not real worried about getting it yet if everyone is having troubles with it, i got a bit of a crook HD so got a 200 gig on the way so might wait off for a bit.
Thanks Dig

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:49 pm
by Aussie Dave
digitor wrote:
BBJ wrote:I tried to get NC update but dont think i will bother but very slow, down to less than 5k.


I'm getting the same thing! Seems everybody is grabbing this one ATM - I'll keep it going and see what happens.

Cheers


seems to be DL fine for me. I'm currently DL from the NikonAsia site at almost 50Kb/sec.

Fingers crossed it installs OK :roll:

EDIT:
:oops: :oops: whoops, should have read the start of the thread first. Thought we were talking about the NC update....sorry :oops: :oops:

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:19 pm
by Kristine
Here is a download link on the PixSpot server for the D70 User Manual:
http://www.pixspot.com/kristine/D70_UserManual.pdf

PostPosted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 2:50 am
by MCWB
Birddog114 wrote:May be the CPU does not understand the keystroke, cos the CPU is for difference region :lol: Take the CPU out and look underside to see what region code is :shock: :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol: Malaysian chip in my machine, but it understands the pdf just fine. 8)

Oh and nice work Kristine! :)

PostPosted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:56 am
by mickwhit
Kristine wrote:Here is a download link on the PixSpot server for the D70 User Manual:
http://www.pixspot.com/kristine/D70_UserManual.pdf


Awesome work Kristine! Thanks heaps.

I'm still puzzled why my PC and laptop cannot download this file but again my thanks to you.

Cheers,

Mick.

P.S Thanks to all those who also attempted or did download this file on my behalf. It's greatly appreciated.