How can I update my Nikon B700 firmware?

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I have just bought a second hand Nikon b700 and it has never had a firmware update. I have tried several times and could not get the camera to see the firmware update file on the memory card.
Having looked on lots of places it seems to be a problem to lots of us. Am I missing something?
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I have downloaded the update file to my laptop.
I have formatted the card in the camera.
I have transferred it to the card I am not sure if this part is done in the right way.
I put the card back in to the camera, switched it on and gone into the firmware menu. The new firmware is not visible it only shows the original 1.1 firmware.

The battery is fully charged as this is said to important. Can anyone help please?

Michael C · Answer

I have transferred it to the card I am not sure if this part is done in the right way.

If you don't know what you did, how are we supposed to know in order to help you?
In general, firmware update files should be decompressed (i.e. unzipped or extracted) on the computer before transferring them to the memory card. When placed on the memory card they should be in the card's root directory. That is, if your memory card is drive M on your computer, then you should place the extracted firmware file at M: firmware file name.bin. If you place it inside an existing folder, such as M:DCIM firmware file name.bin it will not work.
Have you followed the instructions for the B700 at Nikon's Download Center?

How can I update my Nikon B700 firmware?

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