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I get what you are saying, but if it worked before, then the provider has changed something I guess ? I primarily use W** and have not had a media streaming error in a long time on any of my boxes (including the new X5 SS). Actually the X5 SS did show it once earlier today, but it was a quick message, and within about 2 seconds, it started streaming with no input from me. I know some of the streams (like the Pluto streams) that W** carries used to be in some other format, and was causing primary player to not work well, but w** fixed the stream to be like others, after it was reported to them. And 2 other services I use, I have not seen any increase in media stream errors. If it is not w** you are referring to, then maybe you can provide the details to aab on the specifics of the service in question.

If there is not much 3rd party software installed/configured, then it might be worth backing up your BuzzTV servers/favorites (ensure you get a ZIP file on a USB stick). Then doing a factory reset on the box and then restoring your servers/favorites. Might be quicker than stabbing in the dark

Just curious, have you rebooted the box recently (ie: not suspend or anything), maybe try unplugging it for a few secs, an then plug it back in. Have you tried possibly rebooting your modem/router ? Any VPN in the loop (I've had many complain lately of many vpn services causing grief for streaming) ? Any specific box ? Are you wired or wireless ? If you are wireless, do you have the option to temporarily run a cable to the router to see if it helps ? I can't say I have experienced any issue with my main sub (w...) and I am using it primarily on both my 4900 units, and have an old E2 in the kitchen and no issues there either.

I had a BT100 do the same, and then I realized how often the wife would drop the remote on the floor. We had it for the TV in the bedroom, and she would fall asleep and the remote would be on the blanket. So when she'd get up in the middle of the night, as soon as the blankets would come off, the remote would hit the floor. OK, it is durable, but eventually it had it's final fall It takes one drop and to hit the floor at a strange angle, and that's it. Now she has the ARQ-200 on her side, and I keep my BT-200 on my side so hopefully it'll last quite a while. Did you remove the remote from the list and re-pair it, or did you just connect ? Sometimes removing it completely and re-pairing it from scratch can help. If you have another box, try using that remote on the other box, to see if it truly is the remote having issues, or is it some combination of remote./box not liking each other all of a sudden.

Try another set of batteries. If I had a dime for every time I've heard people tell me they just replaced the batteries with new batteries and it turns out the batteries are bad, I'd be a millionaire When you say it was unpaired, was it listed in the accessories but just not connected ? Did you just click on it to have it connect, or did you delete it from the list and then re-pair from scratch ? Also, try turning the bluetooth off for 5 seconds, and then turn it back on.

If your service does not allow multiple connections, then you cannot set your X5 to record, while you are using another device to watch the same service. As soon as the X5 tries to record it realizes that MAX connection for service is "1", and number of active is "1", hence it has no available free streams to be able to stream and record on that service.

If you are using an USB key, then it is quite possible it is a poor quality and slow USB key. Also, is the USB key plugged into the USB3 port (ie: one with blue connector) ? the other one is only USB2.

Using external player for LiveTV would probably slow things like channels changes down quite a bit. Do you actually use the CEC function ? For my purposes, I could not care less for it (since I just turn my TV on manually), so I just turn it off. This should essentially stop the box from trying to control your TV volume. As a test, try turning OFF CEC.

I never programmed by BT400 remote. So did not try to get it to work with TV or anything. So the BT400 remote JUST controls my X5/U5 devices. Sure I need to manually turn on my TV using TV remote or button on the front of TV. And if you use different inputs you need to select the input (in my case, input is not an issue since I only use the Buzz on that TV and it always turns on at same input selection). The TV volume is set to about 60%-65% or so by default.. So to watch TV, I turn the TV on using button in front of TV, and then use the BT400 to turn on the buzz box and control the box. Including Volume, which the remote ONLY controls the box volume (since it was never programmed). When finished watching, I shutdown the box using the BT400 remote, and then turn off the TV.

And any updates are ONLY sent via OTA (unit will download and install).

Something is for sure wrong. It should be like nbs mentions. And I know it is that, since sometimes I go over to my mom's and I switch server, and then after I leave she calls me to tell me that her channels are all different and she tried to reboot the machine and no difference. Then I have to guide her through changing servers, and she is good again and does not change through reboots When you are in your XC server, LiveTV, long press the "back" arrow to get the "Exit" dialog and then exit the LiveTV app. The M3U server, if you don't use it, then why not just delete it ?

Please keep it to one thread. You already posted the details, did not need to stat a second topic/thread.

First of all the integrated drive location on the bottom of the U5, is NOT a USB drive bay, it is for a SATA drive. Did you try removing the drive all together to see if it behaves the same ? Is the drive a traditional mechanical drive, or an SSD ? I find that traditional mechanical drives tend to get extremely hot, since it is a non-ventilated compartment. I strongly recommend using a decent quality SSD drive, which typically get just slightly warm. When the drives get too hot, they will often auto-eject. You said you checked the power supply. Is it the original power supply which was provided with the U5 ? The U5 uses a 12V power supply, compared to most other buzz boxes which us a 5V power supply (xrs4900 is another exception).

Like I said, On Android 11 boxes (which includes the X5), I don't recall if it is FAT32. You'd have to check. But if it is, NO there is no way to change that, since that is part of the Android OS, not a Buzz customization. Simple enough test, put a USB key into your box, format it as portable storage, then remove it, and plug USB key into a PC and check what filesystem type it has ( on Windows just open My Computer, an right click on the USB drive to see the properties). But this will only affect people who are are going to be downloading large VODs locally (like some 4k ones), or doing really long recordings. The majority of people will not be affected during normal use.

I always use shutdown. That way every time I turn it on, it is a clean boot, with no glitches from previous sessions or drivers lingering and potentially causing performance issues. Sure it take an extra minute to boot, but I'd rather take an extra minute than having things acting up and not knowing if it was due to some stuff lingering from previous sessions or actually something with my ISP or service . Yes, if you format media using FAT32, you are limited to 4GB per file. So any movie downloads (from VOD) you do, will be truncated to 4GB. Any any really long recording may fail also if they surpass the 4GB mark. IF possible, you should connect any media (USB key or HDD) to a PC and format it in exFAT format. I don't remember what Android 11 boxes do nowadays, but I know with older Android 9 (and previous) boxes would default to formatting all media to FAT32. This was not a Buzz choice, it was an Android default.

I don't recall ever seeing "Standby". It has always been Suspend, Shutdown and Restart on Buzz devices. Suspend is pretty much Standby.

This all depends on your service and your ISP quality also. I have mine set to 6 seconds.. But keep in mind, it does not "buffer without playing". Keep in mind when you connect to a stream, you are not ALWAYS at the tip. So when you connect it tries to buffer the stream ahead, so if there is a "glitch" in the stream (either service related, wifi related or even ISP related) you would not notice if the glitch is for fewer than "x" seconds. It would simply continue playing the buffered streamed. The fact that you are not always at the tip can easily be noticed if you have 2 boxes streaming the same channel. You can often notice a few seconds difference. If you have SUPER internet and great provider, keep it low. On WiFi, I recommend at least leaving it on 3 (which I think is the default). In other situations, you can increase it.

Let it go already When the devices have been given the green light after thoroughly being tested, they will be available for order. Last thing buzz wants is a bad wrap due to releasing something that has piles of bug and frustrates their user base. It is not their style, and that is what people respect. In the meantime, they have piles of nice boxes already on the market, and they are still relevant today. Most of my colleagues when they ask for recommendation on a box, the Classic is always my best bang for the buck recommendation. And when they get them, they always comment on how they were always turned off by IPTV offerings due to the crappy app UIs, but the buzz box changes their complete view of things. Some choose to buy an x5 variant, or the U5 if they like to download/record quite a bit, but any of the boxes are great.

The legend for what the colored buttons do are typically at the bottom of the various screens. They do different things, depending on what screen you are at.

Would be a shame to have a perfectly capable box sitting doing nothing because of a bad flash. I would strongly recommend taking allaboutbuzz's offer. Even out of warranty, Buzz would take care of reflashing it. It was an unfortunate bug in the 06/24 firmware, but Buzz does step up and take care of those customers even though most of the boxes are out of warranty by now. You'd probably just have to pay for shipping there (don't know where you are located).

You also mentioned to me that when you schedule a recording and you are watching some other channel, you get a countdown timer and then it changes to that channel to start the recording. Is that still the case, or did I misunderstand ? If that is the case, even though account info says max 3 or 4 connections and active 1, for some reason, the buzztv software seems to think there are no more connections available so it will switch your current active stream. So I don't know if there is any other flag being negotiated by the XC login client (ie: your box) and the server panel, or does the client just check "MAX connections" minus "Active connection" to see if there are any available connections ?

He said he had a Classic, so typically the Classic comes with a BT-250, so there is no programming as with the BT300/400. IT is just learning keys from TV remote.

Lol.. Same codes as some of the 2nd tier brands like TCL, Haier, Vizio, etc.. My mom's does the same when she turns on/off her electric fireplace, she has a Haier Since the remote is connected to the STB using BT, you can try covering the IR receiver on the front of the STB. However there are some cases I've seen, that power on for the STB requires IR. But you can experiment.

Just curious, is the UK category one of the first categories in your providers natural lineup ? Reason I ask, is that I have one friend who swear that his box, every time he turns it on, it goes to the 4th channel (yes channel #4 without any renumbering active)) in the first category (which in his case is a 24/7 channel). Funny part, I use the same service and it has happened to me 2 or 3 times (same channel), but originally I ignored it, as a fluke, that maybe I had accidently hit some button before powering down.

But they didn't post what versions they have Agreed, the update for the firmware to s/w is from where YOU mentioned. But for data on which version of f/w and s/w should be from Updates screen.