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DISPLAY IS CRISP, ITS EASY TO USE, AND THE EXPERIENCE IS COMPARABLE TO WHAT
THE MAJOR MANUFACTURERS PRODUCE.  ANOTHER PLUS IS THAT IT MATCHES VERY WELL
WITH THE OTHER EQUIPMENT IN MY STATION.  AT FIRST GLANCE, I WAS PUZZLED
THAT IT WAS A COMPUTERIZED IP RADIO.  THE OPERATION OF SUCH RADIOS BASED ON
MINICOMPUTERS, SUCH AS HOTSPOTS, IS OFTEN VERY CAPRICIOUS.  STARTING AND
STOPPING THE DEVICE MUST FOLLOW A STRICT PROTOCOL TO PREVENT CORRUPTION OF
THE SOFTWARE LAYER.  TO THE CONTRARY OF MOST HOTSPOTS, THE DESIGN TEAM
INCLUDED A PWR BUTTON RIGHT ON THE MAIN SCREEN TO TURN THE RADIO OFF.  THE
POWER ON BUTTON IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ROTARY ENCODER KNOB, WHICH
INCORPORATED A PUSHBUTTON FUNCTION.  THIS PUSHBUTTON HAS TWO FUNCTIONS THE
STARTUP OF THE RADIO WHEN THE RADIO IS OFF, AND A MUTE FUNCTION ON THE
LOUDSPEAKER WHEN THE RADIO IS ON.  RADIOID JUST LIKE ALL DIGITAL HOTSPOTS,
BEFORE YOU START PROGRAMING THE DVMEGA CAST, YOU MUST HAVE A REGISTERED
RADIOID.  THIS IS REQUIRED TO ACCESS MOST DIGITAL REFLECTORS IP REPEATERS,
INCLUDING DMR, D STAR, AND C4FM.  OBTAINING THIS RADIOID IS FREE OF CHARGE
FOLLOWING THE REGISTRATION OF YOUR CALL SIGN ON THE RADIOID WEBSITE WWW.
RADIOID.  NET/ REGISTER.  THEN JUST FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS.  YOU WILL BE
ASSIGNED A UNIQUE RADIOID LINKED TO YOUR CALL SIGN BASED ON YOUR COUNTRY OF
ORIGIN.  FOR EXAMPLE, MY CALL SIGN, VE2BQA, IS ASSOCIATED WITH RADIOID
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