Revo RE8/16DVR1 - Manual (Page 21)

Digital Video Recorder
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To upgrade the software, connect a USB device containing the upgrade
package file to the DVR. Highlight Upgrade… and press the
button. The Upgrade screen appears. The screen displays the upgrade
package file names that are available. The “.rui” indicates that the
file is for software upgrades and “.ofi” indicates that the file is for
optical drive firmware upgrades.
Select the desired file and press the button. Highlighting the Install button and pressing the button will install the
selected software package. Highlighting the Cancel button and pressing the button will close the window without
upgrading the software. If the upgrade package file is not installed on the DVR properly, you will get an error message.
The system restarts automatically after completing the upgrade.
CAUTION: The USB device must be FAT16 or FAT32 format.
You can import saved DVR settings or export the current DVR settings.
To import saved DVR settings, connect the USB device containing
the setup file (.dat) to the DVR. Highlight Setup – Import… and
press the
button. Select the desired setup file and press the Import
button to import the selected settings and change the DVR settings
accordingly. Highlight Include Network Setup and press the
button to toggle between On and Off. When set to Off, the network
settings will not be changed.
To export the current DVR settings, connect the USB device to the
DVR. Highlight Setup – Export… and press the button. Highlight
the box beside File name and press the button. A virtual keyboard
allows you to enter the file name. Selecting Export will save the
current settings in .dat file format on the USB device.
NOTE: Even after changing the DVR settings by importing saved settings, the time-related settings (Date/Time,
Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time) will NOT be changed.
CAUTION: The USB device must be FAT16 or FAT32 format.
Highlight Show System Log… and press the button to display the System Log.
The System Log screen lists system activities (up to 5,000 from
the latest) that have occurred along with the time and date. The
icon will be displayed in the last column for system activities
of the remote site. You can scroll through the log pages by
using the Up and Down arrows, or you can go directly to a
log page by entering the log page number in the box at the
bottom left of the screen. Highlight Close and press the
button to exit the screen.
To export the system log information, connect the USB device to the
DVR. Highlight Export… and press the button. Highlight the
box beside File name and press the
button. A virtual keyboard
allows you to enter the file name. Selecting Export will save the log
information in .txt file format on the USB device.
NOTE: When opening the saved .txt file, setting to the proper character encoding and using fixed width fonts
will be required to read the file properly.
The box beside Recorded Data – From / To displays the time information of recorded data.