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works fine here also.

Both boxes are great. Software is identical. Where they differ is the U5 has the onboard slot underneath to be able to install a 2.5" SATA drive (I recommend an SSD - due to less heat generation and quicker access). If you will be doing a lot or PVR recording, or downloading of your VOD movies, then the U5 is a little more convenient. However with the addition of a USB3 storage device, you can do the same on the X5. Keep in mind that there are 2 new devices which will be released soon. There is the Buzz P6 Powerstation, and the X5 Supersport. You can google them to get some details regarding them (or you can check the forums on this site dedicated to those boxes - info is posted as it becomes available). They will come with Android 13, and if they launch with BuzzTV 5, they will eventually be upgraded to BuzzTV 6 via an OTA update.

You'll find all the same guys from satfix forums here. We already provided the comparisons (in that forum), so you can make an educated choice. No point in re-iterating everything. We all have our preferences and for different reasons. There is no right or wrong choice. Both boxes are great. Just depends on your preferences now.

OK.. Just saw it on the other forum.. spent more time posting, than checking out his own config. And at the end does not even say "what" the issue was. All over the place.

Have you tried a different provider, just to see if it is not something the provider has changed recently ? You can find hard reset instructions here: https://stbtalk.com/topic/300-factory-reset-hard-reset-xr4500-xrs4500/

First issue could be that the box is NOT connected to the internet (regardless if you are wired). Try other app like Youtube to ensure internet is up. If it is up, then it could be your ISP, possibly blocking. Try with a VPN and see if it helps. Or maybe your service provider is has ISP/IP locked your account on the panel, and with change of IP due to new modem, they need to reset your account to take into account the new IP range. For the issue of the box no longer powering up, it could be a bad power supply. Are you 100% sure you did not accidently swap the power adapter for the buzz box, with one from another box ? the XR4000 uses a 5V power supply (typically 5V, 2A) ? And even though you say the outlet is good.. take it to another room, don't need to plug it into a TV, but plug the power adapter in and connect it to the box and see if the lights come on.

Oh, you can !!! But should you is a different story Different people have different needs. And some people love their toys. The 4500 and 4900 boxes have aged well. They were and still are pretty nice boxes. As a matter of fact, I have many of the newer boxes (X5, U5, Classic, etc..) but my 2 main boxes are still my xrs4900 boxes. Keep in mind that this and the X5 SS will come with BuzzTV 6, so will come with a bunch of new features. Can't wait to try it out. I'd be very surprised if BuzzTV 6 is released to the series 4 boxes (Android 9). Maybe, eventually to some Series 5 (Android 11), but even there, not 100% sure. We'll have to see what Buzz surprises us with.

No, it is for LiveTV channels only. But only for HLS streams (so depends on your server capabilities). Power button definition can be controlled directly in the settings. You can configure the power button on remote to do a suspend, shutdown, or restart. By default I believe it is set to "suspend". But I always switch it to "shutdown". So pressing the power button, initiates a proper shutdown.

Right now,the latest public version of BuzzTV is version 5. So the answers below reflect that. BuzzTV 6, will be released relatively soon, with the introduction of the X5 SS, and the P6 powerstation, and some of the answers below may change. 1. Yes it does, options are under the BuzzTV Utilities and give you details choices for enabling it under LiveTV, VOD/TV Series and PVR recordings. Also has some other advance settings (for 3rd party apps). 2. Buffer settings, allow you to choose between 1 to 10 seconds on LiveTV. There a "RealTime streaming" (RTS) option, which can buffer up to one minute ahead on HLS streams only. And with RTS enabled you can also FFWD to skip to the fastest available part of the stream. 3. You can add dozens of portals. But you need to switch between them on BuzzTV 5. 4. This is an option that can be set in the configuration menu (Start Live TV on Boot). And I know it works, since I do that on my mom's box. 5. Standby is standby, so no, there are no boot scripts launched when coming out of standby, so the answer is no. Either way, after having used 100s of boxes over the years, I have learned to prefer the complete shutdown of the box when not using it. Suspend/standby tends to cause issues over time on most boxes. Memory leaks, poor OEM drivers, and other issues tend to accumulate over time when always using suspend/standby mode. Hence I prefer taking the extra minute to properly do a clean boot every time, instead of throwing the dice, and then wondering if glitches, hiccups, micro-freezes, etc.. are due to my server, my box, my ISP, etc.. This way, I know the box is at least fresh boot every time. And for 1 extra minute, it is not a killer.

My interpretation of his request is to adjust the increment "size" of the fwd/rwd jumps. ie: being able to define if a single tap on FWD would advance by 10s, 15s, 30s, or even just 5s per press. Right now, both Primary and backup players I believe is 10secs. With VLC on Android, I do not see any "adjustment" to even define what a "normal" jump period is. On the Windows and Mac versions of VLC there is an option to define it, if you go to "tools->preferences->hotkeys" at the bottom, select to show "All" settings, instead of "simple". Then scroll down to "interface->hotkey" settings, you will then see the definition of the jump length in seconds. For VOD and TV Series I tried a few external players (obviously android), and both VLC and HB players default to 10 seconds, and no option to adjust. Only player I saw an option to adjust is MX player pro, which under player/navigation settings, it defaults to 10 seconds, but allows you to adjust it to anything between 1 to 60 secs. So at least MX Player is an option for VOD/TV Series if someone wants to be able to adjust it. For adjusting it on liveTV/Catchup (internal primary and backup players), I guess that would be dependant on the player libraries used by Buzz. Assuming that the players even have the options available internally, and then for Buzz to "expose" them somewhere for user to be able to adjust if they want. But that would be a new feature addition.

First of all, something is not normal with your box slowing down on large files. I have easily streamed 50GB BluRay rips (with a dozen or so included soundtracks and dozens of subtitle tracks encoded in the mkv), without an issue in the past directly from my Synology RS2418+ NAS, and from my smaller DS1817+. Secondly why are you so stuck on trying to get the U5 drive visible on windows ? Why don't you just use a file manager on the U5, and do it the opposite way around like I mentioned previously. Solid explorer, ES File explorer, Total Commander just to name a few are Android file managers which support SMB and can see windows file shares. Find the window share, select the movies you want, and copy them over to your attached storage. Not complicated really.

And like nbs mentioned, even the testers have not received it yet, so pointless in asking questions yet. When info is available for the general public, it will be posted.

Did you read what DU said ? If it is seen as internal storage, then the enable of sharing will be able to browse that also. Other option if you want is to use a file manager (I use solid explorer, but there es file explorer, total commander, etc..) which have SMB support and can access you other network shares and you can initiate the copy from your U5 and copy from your remote share to your box. I do this all the time. But WHY copy locally ? The U5 has a gigabit connection, why not just stream directly from network instead of copying locally ? Even without setting up any plex or jellyfin server, you can use VLC and it will allow you to browse your local network. I just tried it even on my older 4900 and it saw all 5 of my currently active NAS servers without even a hesitation and was able to browse and stream.

Once you plug a USB drive into any Buzz, you can launch VLC and you can then scroll down to the external device, and locate the media file that is on it and play it. I do it all the time on my mom's box.

Lol.. Sure you can find them (never said you can't). But if you have a service like the OP, which has dozens of each movie, you can use the ":" to narrow it down to a specific movie. There is always a way around it. Guess the search box could also be completely converted as an input and use the default google keyboard popup for input. That would allow people the flexibility to just configure their google keyboard and search in whatever character set they want.

The "_" you don't see much in titles. But the ":" is quite common in movies with sequels and franchises.. Just search for "Star Trek" or "Star wars" and you will see many of them have a ":" to separate the Franchise name, from the specific movie title.

If the controller is registered as a device and Steam Link app doesn’t seem to recognize it, it is NOT the box that is the problem. Steam link app is the issue. And don't expect any updates for the hardware. The 4900 is an older box (on Android 9), but it is a great box for IPTV (what it was intended for). The 5 series boxes are on Android 11, and just around the corner are the new Android 13 boxes which were recently announced.

WiFi or wired ? If it is WiFi, can you test with Wire ? Could be router getting overwhelmed and not the U5. I gave up on plex a little while ago. Every version brought a new bug which annoyed me. I have my video library on my Synology and just use DS Video. But in this case, since you tried streaming using VLC, I don't think it is a plex issue. I'm assuming no transcoding is enabled on the plex server ? Does it do this with h.264 encoded media also ? Have you tried to use a file browser (lie ES File explorer, solid explorer, total commander, etc..) which has SMB support, to try to copy the file from your file server over to the U5, to see if it can do so in a stable manner without slowdowns ? There are quite a few variables and you need to divide and isolate them one by one. File server, network (wifi vs wired), router, plex server config, etc.. Does your equipment support 5.1 surround ? Have you tried with media that does NOT have 5.1 audio (just stereo) ? If your setup does not support 5.1 audio, try disabling the auto detection.. From Home screen, Settings->Device preferences->Display and Sound->Advance sound settings->Select formats (and select "none: never use surround sound").

Same here. XC login, Server EPG (xml works fine also and seems quicker, but server is most up to date), and I have just a little over 6 days forward and the Buzz has cached 7 days previous also. You using MAC/XC/M3U ? Have you confirmed that your service HAS a decent amount of EPG (Try using some other iptv app just as a test) ? I have used a few in the past that barely have anything (but that is not Buzz issue). I even still use one service, which has 0 EPG, but it has piles and piles of international channels that others don't. Have you tried to "clear EPG" in order to force it to try to refresh ? On the older boxes like the 4500/4900 when clearing EPG, they can sometimes be a little picky. So what I do is go into the menu->settings->configuration, clear EPG, then once I see the message at the bottom, that says EPG has been cleared, I get out, long press the back button to get the "exit" prompt. Exit BuzzTV 5 LiveTV, and then once back to home screen, launch LiveTV again. It will slowly populate again. Some servers are faster than others however. Main server I use is relatively quick, however I have seen others that are incredibly slow (1 channel per second in some cases).

Is the buzz box the only thing they use on that TV ? I have one TV and that is all I use is my u5 buzz box. My remote is not programmed to TV. So configured the buzz box to disable "Force max volume", so that way the volume on the remote controls the variable volume output of the buzz box. The TV volume is always set to about 65%, so that way the volume button on the remote will control the volume from the box to vary from 0% to 65% max volume of the TV. And the tv input is always set to HDMI1. So all I need to do, is power on the TV (I usually just press the button on the TV), and then afterwards everything else is controllable from the buzz remote.

From Menu->settings->configuration->backup/restore From one box to another, no problem. From one server to another on same box, not typically.

If you did a factory reset of the REMOTE, it should no longer be paired with the TV. It should have 0 control of the TV. That was the whole point. I never pair my remotes with the TV. My box is configured with powerkey definition as "shutdown". Disable the "force max volume" option. Then I turn on the TV, put the volume to halfway or 60%. Then control everything from the box, including the variable volume. On remotes like the BT250, which have learning keys, I'll program the 4 keys for TV volume, source and TV power. But the BT300/400 pair, but does not always work well with all brands and CEC implementations. I prefer just leaving it unpaired so the buzz remote controls only the buzz box, nothing on the TV. .

Did you actually "program" the remote ? Try to do a factory reset of the remote (to be independent of the TV). To factory reset the BT300/400 remote: Hold the D-Pad Down button and the 0 (Zero) button for 4 seconds until it blinks 3 times. Then try it again. Also make sure the powerkey definition is set to "shutdown". I believe by default it is set to "suspend".

Next time, just get some sexy background instead, so you won't "want" to go back to the default background Enjoy

On your Modern screen, I don't know if that is some reflection, but you seem to have applied a background image. If that is what you want to fix, then From Home Screen->Settings, and then go over the "BG Image" button, and long press, to remove the background image.