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I haven't had a chance to update the L1 yet, but on the P6, I checked earlier and mine says max 2, active 1. I would have expected it to say active 2 (since wife was also watching upstairs on the 4900). I am wondering if it is just reporting (active connections -1). Did you guys have any other boxes streaming at the same time ? I haven't checked a sub with more than 2 max connections, but I can check that tomorrow night. Due to the fact that I increased the text size on the P6 (yes, it's called old age) , there seems to be some minor overwrite (due to text wrap) on the text in the account info screen, but you can easily tell it is active connections 1.

The Classic and one of my 4900 are my recorder and they just work. The Classic it is the box I always recommend to friends who are looking to get a buzz. Still the best bang for the buck in my opinion. It's also the box I tend to lend to friends when they want to try a buzz box before they buy one, and they typically get hooked right away and always end up ordering one. But X5 or Classic, you can't go wrong. However having said that, recording from MAC server can be tricky. If the app is still running in the background and it is still has a stream open, then it may fail because it will try to fork another stream, which MAC server only supports a single stream and can get disconnected. I don't know all the logic for the recording stream, but if it is always going to be recording the same channel, you "may" increase the odds of success if you change to that channel that will be recorded before exiting.

You didn't need to revive and 8 month old post ? Could have started your own thread. A little more info would help. What model box do you have ? When you press buttons on the remote, is there any LED or sign of life on the remote. Have you changed the batteries with a fresh set ? Check the Remote factory reset section and try to reset the remote: https://buzztv.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/BT400-300_manual_MOBILE_v6_Compress.pdf

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It's called "crooks". I've seen it locally also, with some of the asking prices by bundling everything together and getting clueless customers to fall for it. I personally don't even want to sell people a box. I give them the link to buzztvglobal, tell them what they should buy and then I set them up with a service.

Buzz sells hardware only. They do NOT sell services. If you bought the box with a promise of service, you got scammed, consider it a lesson, and move on You will need to visit a different forum to find another service, since this forum does not discuss services. If you paid more than you would have from the web site below, then you obviously overpaid. And with current holiday promo, the prices are pretty good. https://buzztvglobal.com/collections/buzztv-boxes

The Classic is a great box and it runs on BuzzTV 5, with Android 11. The newest box, the Powerstation, is running BuzzTV 6 along with Android 13. I am pretty sure all new features (and requests) will eventually be added to BuzzTV 6. Not sure too many new features will be added to BuzzTV 5. They do add a few occasionally, but they are mostly bug fixes nowadays. And there has been no mention if BuzzTV 6 will even be migrated to Series 5 boxes so I would not count on it. Right now, only 2 boxes run Android 13 (Powerstation and X5 SS). And only 2 boxes are running BuzzTV 6 (the Powerstation and the Linux Player). The X5 SS, for now, is still running BuzzTV 5. This does NOT make the Classic a bad box, it is actually still the box I mostly recommend to friends. Best bang for the buck for IPTV. I understand your requests, and I did make the request for adding in BuzzTV 6, using SMB shares for recording/playback (since it is something I would like to see also). However to get realistic, there are feature that less than 15% of the users would even use (or even know how to configure). So for most people the features presently available on BuzzTV 5 are more than sufficient. The adding of SMB for recording shares, is not a tiny new feature. It is quite involved in both firmware and buzz software. So I would not hold my breath to ever see it on 5 series boxes. However, adding an "end date" to recording of multi-day recordings, may be something we see in BuzzTV 5, since it is a little simpler I assume to do. Not making any promises (since I don't work/code for Buzz), but this might be something we see in 2025

What part of "Stick to one thread please" did yo not understand ?

Future Feature Request: Mounting and RECORDING/DOWNLOADING to an network shared folder One nice thing to see would be the option to mount an SMB or NFS share (like on a NAS) and use that as a destination for Recordings/Downloads. Also, if in the same directory or subdirectory it can include whatever file (xml or whatever...) is needed to be able to get the show info (show name, epg description if there was any, channel, etc..). That way if you have more than one Buzz box, they can point to the same directory, and everyone can share everyone's recordings/downloads. A huge bonus would be to also have the filenames something more informative (like first 20 characters of show description, followed by date/time of recording). That way when you look at the directory, you have a good idea of what the media files are. Right now, they look like random names, but I am sure it has something to do with the stream URL. Thanks.

Well, the short answer to both your questions is NO. For the schedule of multi-day recordings, once you set a schedule, it will continue to do it, until you cancel it. There is no counter. Now for the recording to be accessible from multiple devices. If you are using an external USB drive to store your recordings, there is not much that can be done really. Short of pulling the USB stick, putting it into the other device you want to watch your episodes on, and then using something like VLC to browse to the directory the recordings are stored in and playing them, assuming you can figure out what episode is which (I guess you could use the dates), because the names of the files are useless for identifying them Now if the are stored on the internal storage, you can enable network shares on the device (I believe in BuzzTV utilities) you may want to access remotely. This will expose the "internal storage" only of the box as an SMB share. Then from the other box you can use VLC, and browse network share and go to the location the recordings are stored on the internal drive (\\CLASSIC-5\Internal\Android\media\buzzxr4000.tv) . CLASSIC-5 is the name of the device (make sure the 2 units have a different name to be able to distinguish them). However once again, you will have the issue with the names being useless for recognizing what you recorded. And you will probably run out of internal storage pretty quickly. Would be nice if there was the option to record to an SMB share (like a NAS) and also have some sort of xml file associated with each recording, which would contain the relevant info of each recording (Program name, date/time it was recorded, any EPG description that was available at the time,etc..) so that way if any buzztv client used the same destination for PVR, it would be able to pick up and play recording from any other device. Unfortunately, this feature does not exist, and don't think that at this stage it would be added to BuzzTV 5. New features are probably being concentrated on BuzzTV 6 right now, which at this time, there is no plans to roll it out on 5 series devices. Guess I'll add that to the BuzzTV 6 wishlist if no one has already requested it.

And the E5 is a step up from the B5, which is pretty nice also With the sale, the Classic was pretty much the same price as the E5. I'm sure they'll have an xmas or boxing day sale if you can wait.

You say bug with latest update. Did it ever work ? Don't forget, the Classic never came with Voice search remote, and probably no capabilities for it either. Just because you add a voice remote, does not suddenly give the box voice capabilities.

That's why the BT500 got a mute button, due to popular demand

The problem is not BuzzTV. The problem is amazon being picky on what boxes their dumb app works on. Same with Netflix. It's all about DRM and protectionism. Do not update the pre-installed apps, and unless they change their API, you should be fine.

"reorder app function" ? Can you provide more details ? Reordering apps on the home screen ? Reordering channels in channel lists manually, auto sorting, etc.. ?

BuzzTV 6 does not have a backup feature yet as you have already realized. Hopefully it will come soon. I am sure pretty much every major feature from BuzzTV 5 is on the "to do" list. They are knocking them out one at a time, and from the number of beta releases coming out, there is a huge effort right now.

We don't have access to your ticket (most of us don't work for buzz), hence why we ask the questions, even if you put it in your ticket. Wild question, but you did not by any chance enable the android "developer options" on your box and make any changes ? Also, I know it may be a little drastic, but if you have not customized your box much, have you considered doing a "hardware" factory reset ? If you have not customized it much yet, then if you unplug the box, turn the box upside down, remove the door to the storage, you will see a small little tiny hole. You can use small tool (like a paperclip or even a sim ejection pin) and press the little hole (you should feel a very light click), as you are holding that pressed, you can plug the power back into the box (obviously, easier done with box upside down sitting on a flat surface). If it is being pressed, you should see the quick buzz logo, and then jump into bootloader screen within 2 seconds. From the bootloader screen, you can scroll down and select the option to "Wipe data/factory reset", and that will initiate the factory reset. If you plug it in, and you start to see the animated boot logo, then the press of the button did not register. Anyhow, keep in mind a factory reset will clear the box and you will need to reconfigure it. Just realized Buzz already has a small video on the reset process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bnzmXNyXcg

So from the HOME page, if you go to the setting ICON (the gear icon on top right near with the weather), then choose Settings->Device Preferences-> Display and Sound, you don't have the option for "Advanced Display Settings" ? As in the pic shown by nbs above ? Try connecting the box to another TV or even a computer Monitor. Curious if it is dependant on some EDID type info from the display connected before being available. Is your box connected directly to a TV, or going through some receiver/kvm or distribution box ?

Just use the USB3 USB-A port already and move on. If you don't care for the USB-C feature, just ignore it. It's not like you will get anything more in terms of performance out of the USB-C port even if it was designed as a USB Host type port. The only other box I have ever had, that had a USB "device" port used to be my old Pivos AIOS HD player from a decade ago, and it was a USB3 USB-B type port on the back, to be able to access the HDD you had installed internally. It was a great feature and I used it quite a bit back then to transfer movies to/from the local HDD when I used to take it along on road trips. And either way, your USB dock even comes with both USB-A and USB-C cables in the box anyhow

Keep in mind that docks have a tendency of having internal USB hubs and bridges, and therefore may NOT be supported by all devices. However on this case, it was never advertised for connecting USB storage. In fact the port does NOT act like a USB Host. It is a USB device. Like DU mentioned, it is for data transfer. It allows you to plug the U5 into a PC, and the PC will see it as an eternal drive. It is to allow quicker transfer to/from the box. If you don't like the purpose and functionality of the port, or you assumed something different, then that is your problem. It is very clear in the boxes literature that it is for data transfer. The box has 3 USB-A ports on the side of the box. the black one is USB2 and the 2 blue ones are USB3. I don't see the issues, since you can use the USB3 ports to connect external storage.

If you are planning to use Kodi, stick with 4GB. Just using the Buzz app for IPTV, either one is fine. In my opinion, the best bang for the buck is "The Classic". It's the one I always recommend to family and friends. Not the most expensive box, yet it has the same CPU as the X5 and U5 devices. But obviously, it all depends on your budget. With the current sale on the Buzztv web site, it is the perfect opportunity. Keep in mind the sale finished on the 9th I believe.

When they ad the option to choose video player, you can choose external and let the external player give you the option to resume. Like it has been mentioned before, many of the Buzztv5 features will make it into buzztv6.

Maybe you should post your firmware/software versions, so we can make sure we are all working with the same versions.

For next time, Just to rule out a wifi issue, have you at least tried with an ethernet cable ? Since the HD5 has dual band wifi, have you tried splitting your 2.4 and 5Ghz bands (disable band steering at the router) and try to force connect to 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz and see if either one makes it better ? 5Ghz may be faster but range is shorter and can be temperamental with showing full bars one second, and then showing 1 the next. 2.4Ghz may be slower (but still plenty for most iptv typically), but range is longer and can typically have a more stable connection. If you don't split it, then the router decides if it will move you to 5Ghz or not (which may not always be the optimal situation).

Keep in mind that the server will often marry to the first box/software you connect to it after the reset.