NewTek TriCaster 855 - Manual (Page 118)

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Among other reasons, doing so will serve to identify the unit to NewTek as yours in case
of theft, and will also allow you to check for software updates that may have been
recently released. (The steps in the registration process were outlined back in 3.3, so
we won’t repeat them here.)
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Update TriCaster – NewTek may periodically provide software updates for your
TriCaster. Updates can enhance performance, security or even add useful new features.
If TriCaster is connected to the Internet, clicking Update TriCaster will automatically
check for a more recent software version and offer to install it. This way you can be
sure the very latest release version of the software for your TriCaster is installed.
Alternatively, you can go to the NewTek web site, click My Account, and use the login
details you provided when registering your TriCaster to access your personal product
page. Click the “my downloads” link at the top of the page, and check the list shown.
If you find an update, you can install it manually as follows:
1. Locate a suitable update in “downloads” and click on it.
2. At the dialog popup, choose Run.
3. Comply with any onscreen prompts that follow.
Advance software releases are also sometime posted on the ‘downloads’ page for
manual download and installation. The versions, listed as “Latest” on the web page, will
be newer than the automatic update version, and (although not yet approved for final
release) might be well worth trying if you encounter a software issue.
Hint: If you wish, you can instead access the same webpage from a second computer
connected to the Internet, then transfer update files to TriCaster using a network
connection or perhaps a USB thumb-drive.
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Defragment all Drives
Over the course of lengthy use, data on hard drives devoted to audio and video storage
tends to become fragmented, which degrades playback performance. Defragmenting
will correct this condition.