EVA8000 Firmware Version 2.0.159

Published Feb 22, 2008

New Features:

1. Firmware recovery tool for failed upgrades
2. Wake on LAN support for sleeping PC/NAS
3. USB Keyboard & Mouse support
4. Enhanced trick modes for all video types
   Media / Playback Improvements:
5. Full DVD Support (including full DVD menus control)
6. DVD Closed Captioning • Matroska (MKV) video support
7. M4V Podcasts
8. Audio/Video RSS Podcasts support
9. Improved DivX / XVid support
10. Photo Playback Improvements
    • Auto rotate JPEG photos using EXIF orientation flag
    • Photo playlist create
11. PC Access enhancements
12. Audio bypass support
    Usability and Interface Improvements:
13. Enhanced YouTube UI
14. User Definable Skins
15. User Definable screen saver graphic
16. User Interface Improvements
    • Scrolling menus
    • “More” indicators
    • Dynamic re-sizeable PIP
    • Multiple Backgrounds
    • Multiple Layouts per Screen
    • Reflections, transparency and fading
    • Improved cover flow with caching
    • On Screen pop-up keyboard
17. Revised/consolidated settings
    • Use USB as data save location
    • Static volume setting
    • Brightness, contrast, color
    • Default aspect settings
    • Slideshow settings
18. Improved Error Handing & Responsiveness
    • Most network activity in background threads
    • Down server detection
    • Improved time-out response
19. Numerous bug fixes

To Upgrade:

1. Download the correct firmware using the button below to a convenient place such as your desktop.

   For North America Users only:

   6.95 MB

   For UK Users only:

   6.95 MB

   For Australia Users only:

   6.95 MB

2. Uncompress the downloaded file and rename the file with no extension (e.g. EVA8000_V2.0.159NA_WEB) to eva.bin.
3. Copy the eva.bin file to the root of a USB flash drive
4. Plug the flash drive into the EVA8000.
5. Ignore the “Scanning” message.
6. Select More > Supervisor > Update > Specify a location
7. Key in eva.img file – do NOT erase “/mnt/usb1/.” This is case sensitive which means “Eva.bin” is not the same as “eva.bin.”
8. Select OK
9. Do not turn off your EVA8000 until the upgrade process has completed.

This product includes software code developed by third parties, including software code subject to the GNU General Public License ("GPL") or GNU Lesser General Public License ("LGPL"). As applicable, the terms of the GPL and LGPL, and information on obtaining access to the GPL Code and LGPL Code used in this product, are available to you at NETGEAR's Open Source Code Web page. The GPL Code and LGPL Code used in this product is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY and is subject to the copyrights of one or more authors. For details, see the GPL Code and LGPL Code for this product and the terms of the GPL and LGPL.

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