Captive Works
CW800 PVR
S/W Installation Guide
Using Serial Cable
By: mrokarvi
Captive Works CW800 PVR S/W Installation Guide
Using Serial Cable
First of all you need following tools to upgrade your new Captive Works CW800 PVR receiver.
1. Captive Works CW800 PVR receiver.
2. Null Modem Serial Cable.
3. Captive Works CW800 PVR Software Loader “CW800SUpgradeV1.02.exe”
4. Latest available Software bin file from the Company Website.
Download all required files and unzip them using winrar or winzip and extract them
in a same folder.
1) Connect your PC and receiver with twisted RS-232C Null modem cable.
2) Plug in the power supply cord of your receiver to the power source and leave
your receiver turned OFF.
3) You can load bin file using two methods “boot” Mod and "Standby" Mod. If you want to load the
software using "Standby" Mod go to #4. Standby Mod is recommended method to load bin file
because it is faster and safe.
Here how you get into “boot”MOD:
Hold power button on the front of the receiver and turn the power ON from the main power switch
of the receiver. You will see a word “boot” on the front LCD screen of the receiver.
4) Turn receiver Off from the back and then ON the receiver; Once it has rebooted; now press
"POWER" key on front of the receiver panel to bring it to standby, the LED display will display “- - : -
-“.
5) Start Loader CW800SUpgradeV1.02.exe
Check if the right COM port is selected. Most of the time COM 1 is default.
Also make sure Download S/W is selected.
6) Press File Icon beside File Box and select the Latest bin file you downloaded from the Company
website “CW800V1.XX_date.bin".
Now Press Open or Press Enter key on your keyboard to load file in your loader.
You can see in this picture, file is loaded in the Loader program.
7) Now its time to start loading the software, Press Start button on the loader and the upgrade
will begin.
LED screen on your receiver will change to A ####s and then Writing. Finally you will see “–End”.
Congratulations!! Your receiver is upgraded and now you can use all new features available for your
receiver.
If you experience any problem during the upgrade start over again.
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