= NOW 35 WPM = TEXT IS FROM JUNE 2022 QST PAGE 48 = 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 = END OF 35 WPM TEXT = QST DE W1AW <