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POSSIBLE TO CHANGE IT FOR EACH MODE ACCORDING TO THE OPERATORS
PREFERENCE, AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 8.  TO CHANGE BETWEEN MODES, THE
CONNECTED TALKGROUPS TG OR REFLECTOR, JUST PRESS MODE ON THE SCREEN
TO SWITCH BETWEEN THE ACTIVATED MODES.  IN MY CASE, I USE DMR AND D
STAR MOST OF THE TIME.  EACH OF THEM IS CONNECTED TO A SPECIFIC
NETWORK, THE DMR IS CONNECTED TO A TG ON THE BRANDMEISTER NETWORK
WHILE THE D STAR IS CONNECTED TO A DCS REFLECTOR.  THUS, THE RADIO
MONITOR BOTH MODES AND SOFTWARE UPDATE IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO
UPDATE YOUR DVMEGA CAST BEFORE CONFIGURING THE UNIT.  INDEED, IF YOU
COMPLETE THE CONFIGURATION AND THEN PERFORM AN UPDATE, YOU WILL LOSE
ALL THE CONFIGURATIONS AND NEED TO START OVER.  THE CURRENT VERSION
CAN BE VIEWED IN THE SAME SCREEN AS THE ONE SHOWING THE IP ADDRESS
IN FIGURE 5.  I THEREFORE STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU CHECK FOR AN
UPDATE ON THE MANUFACTURERS WEBSITE AT WWW. DVMEGA.  NL/UPDATE AND
COMPARE WITH YOUR CURRENT VERSION.  I HAD A REGISTRATION CARD IN THE
BOX WITH THE RADIO, BUT THE SAME INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE
REAR PANEL OF THE UNIT SEE FIGURE 6.  YOU WILL NEED THESE DETAILS TO
REGISTER THE DEVICE ON THE MANUFACTURERS WEBSITE TO OBTAIN THE
UPDATES.  ITS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT UPDATES ARE FREE OF CHARGE.
THE UPDATE PROCESS IS WELL EXPLAINED IN THE DOCUMENTATION ON THE
WEBSITE, BUT THE USER NEEDS TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH COMPUTERS BECAUSE
THE PROCESS REQUIRES THE MANIPULATION OF FILES, INSTALLATION OF
SOFTWARE, AND THE USE OF PERIPHERALS TO READ AND WRITE TO THE
MICROSD CARD.  THE UPDATE IS IN THREE STEPS THE OPERATING SYSTEM,
FOLLOWED BY THE UPDATE OF THE MOTHERBOARD, AND FINISHING WITH THE
DISPLAY.  THE UPDATE OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM MUST BE DONE WITH THE
INCLUDED MICROSD CARD LOCATED INSIDE THE DVMEGA CAST, BECAUSE ITS
THE NANOPI COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEM.  TO DO THIS, YOU MUST FIRST
OPEN THE ENCLOSURE AND EXTRACT THE MICROSD CARD, WHICH IS LOCATED IN
A CRAMPED PLACE AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 7.  YOU WILL NEED TO CONNECT THE
MICROSD CARD DIRECTLY INTO A COMPUTER TO TRANSFER THE OPERATING
SYSTEM.  MANY LAPTOPS AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET TODAY INCORPORATE AN
SD AND/OR MICROSD CARD READER.  IF YOU DONT HAVE ONE, YOU WILL NEED
TO USE AN EXTERNAL READER NOT INCLUDED THAT CONNECTS TO ONE OF YOUR
COMPUTERS USB PORTS.  THE USE OF THE FREE WIN32 DISK IMAGER SOFTWARE
IS NECESSARY, ALLOWING YOU TO TRANSFER THE IMAGE FILE IMG OF THE
OPERATING SYSTEM ONTO THE CARD.  IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE
RASPBERRY PI, THIS PROCESS IS THE SAME AS TRANSFERRING AN IMAGE OF
THE RASPBIAN OS.  PERSONALLY, IM COMFORTABLE WITH THIS PROCESS, BUT
I DID ENCOUNTER A SMALL CHALLENGE THAT OTHERS MAY ENCOUNTER AS WELL.
IVE BEEN USING A LAPTOP RUNNING WINDOWS 11 AT HOME, AND I HAVENT
BEEN ABLE TO GET THE WIN32 DISK IMAGER SOFTWARE TO WORK PROPERLY ON
THAT COMPUTER.  ACCORDING TO THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, HIS DISK IMAGER
SOFTWARE IS COMPATIBLE WITH WINDOWS 7, 8R1 AND 10, IT DOESNT MENTION
WINDOWS 11.  CONSIDERING THAT ITS STILL A RECENT VERSION OF WINDOWS,
I HOPE THEY WILL DEVELOP A NEW
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