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Don't know what you are smoking but there is no preamplification issue with any of the boxes. I have pretty much every box model since the xrs4500 series (xrs4500, xrs4900, x5, u5, b5, e5, st4000, hd5, e1, e2, ..and even my original xpl3000) and I have them connected in many different ways. Some direct to TV and using integrated crappy TV integrated speakers ; one on a TV with a Bose sound bar ; another connected through my Yamaha receiver and JBL control 1 speakers; one connected to a computer monitor via HDMI and using the audio out from the monitor to the a basic set of Bose Sound companion computer speakers ; and even one connected to another computer monitor, but using my Anker soundcore Bluetooth speaker paired to it. The only method I have not connected it is using the optical output, but that should not make any difference since there is no internal amplification involved on that, it is a pure digital audio output. They all work exactly as expected. And in some scenarios I even found that it was louder than other devices, so on the newer boxes (5 series- running Android 11) I had to disable the "max volume" option they have (if using external volume control) to decrease the volume output by the box manually to match other inputs a little closer. On most boxes I typically leave the volume control at about 60% to 65%, and then control the volume using the external source.

Is it written anywhere that they DO support HLG ? If they don't, then why would you "assume" that they do ? Truth is, 90% of the users of these boxes don't care about many of these feature, and in many cases, even know what most of these features even means Chipsets can support piles of things. But devs choose what to support, depending on what the masses would want to use, and there are other reasons behind the scenes, like the maturity of the OEM sdk and drivers to support many features. No one falsely claimed to support anything, which they don't. I had purchased another brand box a while back with an S922, and it is supposed to support piles of different features, but they were all half developed from both amlogic and the box maker, that they were more of a distraction than anything else. I would have preferred that they just remove all the attempted support for it, or allow us to turn it off But that never happened and that box (great specs on paper), is now collecting dust.

However be careful using the suspend option in the screen saver screen. I tried it for kicks, and when it kicks in, it puts the device into a bizarre state. LED was still blue, but device was in a suspend state, and no mater what I did with the remote (BT or IR), it would not respond or come out of the suspend state. I needed to pull the plug. I didn't do piles of testing, but twice that I tried it, I got that issue. I typically have it set for the BuzzTV app to exit after 2 hours. It is rare that I would not touch the remote for 2 hours. If I don't, odds are I have fallen asleep So it bails me out to the home screen after 2 hours of no remote activity, and then after a little while, the screen saver kicks in (fading clock). But I do not have the suspend option enabled.\

allaboutbuzz mentioned a while back that they are working on implementing TWRP for backups on the newer devices. But never got into details. But TWRP is not for selective app backups. It typically a backups to ensure if something goes wrong (corruption or otherwise), you can restore your system to a known state. It typically backs up system, data, and boot sections of a device. To allow you to restore them on the "SAME" device. Not to another device. Would it be nice to be able to export favorites, sure... But is it a simple task, I can assure you not. And even if you make it as such that it can only be used on same server setup and within a day max of exporting (to ensure not many changes on server side playlists), there will still be cases where it fails. And you will have people complaining that they can't import a backup.

It would probably be for the exact same thing. It is meant as a backup/restore for the exact same box. Would help in case you need to do a factory reset. And not sure if it is for ALL boxes or just the new "5" series (X5, U5, E5, B5, etc..), since those have no backup at all if I recall.. Doing a backup/restore system between devices can become a source of headaches. Backup would need to be tied to a specific server. Then you'd need to decide hat to tie the backup to, channel number is not an option, since that can change. Then you have various channel tags (similar to M3U file), but it can work, assuming servers don't cut corners and properly create those tags. I have seen many that do cut&paste jobs for many channels and use same tag IDs which causes all sorts of issues even when sorting out EPGs. Can it be done, sure. And for 95% of the cases it could work. But it will not be 100% idiot proof and you will get people complaining that service x backup they took last week, they can't restore properly this week, and it causes all sorts of issues (because there were channel changes, offsets, etc.. between those times). Guess we'll see.

The one in config settings just exits the BuzzTV app and stops streaming if you don't do anything un BuzzTV after a certain amount of time (like if you want it to stop streaming in case you fall asleep). Typically goes back to home screen. The one under screen saver would put the box into suspend mode if the box stays idle for more than x amount of time.

104Mbps should be plenty. Most of my buddies use 60Mbps (and so did I for a while) and no issues. Most streams are 5 to 11 Mbps, unless you are doing true 4k streams and even then, it depends. But if you are connected via WiFi, then stability is more of an issue than speed.

Could be everything you mentioned and other stuff. STB Hardware/Software WiFi quality (can test by trying to use an Ethernet cable) Internet provider throttling (can sometimes overcome by using a VPN) The service itself (subscription) (can test by trying a different service - they are pretty cheap) Sometimes just one of the sources used by the service is having issues (not much you can do other than changing services)

You are referring to the ARQ-250, not the BT--250. The BT-250 does not have a MIC as far as I know, but the ARQ-250 does.

Ya, the last channel and info buttons are not far. But they are in different places from the BT200 (which I prefer - probably because I'm also used to it). I have 2x BT200 (from my 2 xrs4900 units, but on one of them I have recently added an ARQ-200 (to keep the second BT200 as a spare). I do have the BT250, and I do like it more than the BT400. It is a little thicker than the BT200, and button layout (around the Dpad) is similar to the BT400. But it does bring back the discrete buttons that were mentioned earlier. And it does incorporate an Air Mouse. When Air mouse is active, the only other key that is active is the "OK" key. I would have liked to have a few other keys active (like the back button and the home button which would be handy), but it's not a deal breaker. The little blue LED stays on while the remote is in Air Mouse mode.

TheHD5 does NOT have suspend option on powerkey definitions. It is just shutdown and restart. However it does go into suspend if you turn off the TV and you have the appropriate CEC settings configured. OK, the BT400 may not be my favorite remote (I'm still love my BT200), but I don't use any of these buttons (VOD,TVSeries, Server, etc..) anyhow. Don't think I ever used them once on any of my buzz remotes, other than during initial testing. In the dark, I hate looking at a remote to find a button. I am so used to the dPad and all the key buttons around it (Menu, back, guide, mouse cursor), that it is just easier, even it if is 1 or 2 clicks more, to just use those buttons. I admit, I liked having the "Last CH" and "info" button around the dPad (like on the BT200), but that is personal taste. Maybe I just got used to simplistic remotes, like on my older MiiBox 3 and it is all just muscle memory after a while.

Welcome to the forum. However please keep in mind that changing anything in the developer options can cause some apps to misbehave, as harmless as some of the options may seem. These are typically harmless, but I have seen some apps do strange things even depending on how certain things are implemented. And the impact is not that dramatic on an android box, as it is when you disable these animations on a windows machine..

If the behaviour changes, I'd hope that that it is selectable as an option, because I personally prefer the loop around. One of the biggest annoyances with other software is that when you hit the end, you need to PGUP all the way back to the top. Thanks, but no thanks.

I have not tried it myself (since now all my boxes are hardwired), but some people say if you turn hotspot on, then turn it off, it will allow it to reconnect afterwards.

deactivated remote Android ? What is that ? Anything that triggers the internal flag that accessibility options are enabled (any of them), will change the volume bar timeout from 3 seconds to 20. That is not a bug, it is a feature. I actually found an article which explains it. Obviously you need to understand a little bit about coding to follow the article. https://www.xda-developers.com/why-android-phone-volume-dialog/

suspend mode may be nice on many boxes (buzz and others), but it has it's drawbacks. The only box I ever had which ran for ages with "suspend" and never had issues was my old MiiBox 3. Nearly every other box, always seems to have glitches if using suspend mode. It was always a hit and miss and eventually would need to reboot because something misbehaves. As such, at least Buzz gives me the option to do a full shutdown, and I always choose that. May take an extra minute to boot, but always comes up fresh and I don't need to second guess it.

The P6 looks sweet. Nvme storage... and 16GB of memory!!!! wow.. Will surely be a nice box (like all the other Buzz boxes).

That's not what I said. You will not find anything specific to the volume bar in there. Did you modify anything previously in those options. ANY option that is enabled in the accessibility options can change the timeout for the volume bar. So if you have enabled features like "high contrast text" or "captions" via the accessibility options, DISABLE it if you don't want long volume bar delays.

Have you enabled any of the accessibility options in the settings ? Depending on how things are coded in the app, enabling accessibility settings, like "high contrast test" or "captions" via the accessibility settings can change the volume bar timeout from 3 seconds to 20 seconds instead.

Don't know what service this is, but wondering if they are locking in the user agent string ? Not even sure that the string changes between versions to include the new version number. Only Dev would be able to confirm. I've had at least 5 services here in the last few months and never had an issue. Updates come in, The app closes, then relaunches, you get the release notes and then everything continues like usual.

And how does that have anything to do with Buzztv5 ? Try updating to a newer version of VLC if you want try.

My buddy travelled from Montreal to Florida (snowbird for the winter) with 2 of his boxes (E2 Max and an old Mate1), and connected them up in his condo and had no issues. If you have not fixed your issue, are you sure there is no captive portal on the internet connection ? ie: have you tried using youtube or any other app to see if that works ? If you want to run some tests with another playlist let me know and I can sent you a playlist to test with a bunch of PlutoTV channels (so nothing illegal - but enough to test the connection and make sure it is not server related). Keep in mind, some server providers will implement a "region lock" to limit "hacking".

You don't see the menu, or you disable them and it makes not difference ? You use the left D or Green button from "which" screen ? If you are in the full view screen, the green button should bring up the options on the left. Does it not ? If you press the "info" key on the remote when watching full screen, you will see the banner on the bottom with the program info and what each colored button does in that screen. Do you see that ? Now, like nbs mentioned, there are some programs which have subtitles hardcoded into the video. In those cases, obviously even if you turn off the subtitles in the options, it won't make a difference. What version of BuzzTV are you running on your 4500 ? Hit MENU button and it should be printed at the bottom of the menu.

Sorry, don't have a 4000 to test it. I used to have my xpl3000 (which I never tested the BT), and then jumped to an xrs4500. On the XRS4500, most bluetooth devices I have, work fine. There are few el-cheapo Chinese headphone I have, which rarely reconnect on their own. A few minutes ago, I re-tested with one of my Plantronics PLT Focus headset and it works flawlessly. I power it off, and the xrs4500 (within 3 or 4 seconds) detects it's offline and switches audio output.. I turn it back on and reconnects within 5 seconds max. Tried it at least a dozen times and it was flawless. Tried the same test with an Anker BT speaker and it works pretty much the same. And even an el-cheapo promo BT speaker from "Sapporo", works just as well. Like I mentioned, 2 cheap sets of in-ear BT headphones that I have will not auto reconnect. I need to go into the accessories screen and force it to repair. But those are the only ones, and I think it is the headphones crappy design, more than anything. I don't know if the 4000 is the same, but maybe try different devices.

Check out this posting. Includes Link to the 3 files and a link to a video showing how to do it. https://stbtalk.com/index.php?/topic/4446-new-official-x5-firmware-buzz-5-app-update-september-22nd-2022/&do=findComment&comment=16422 Be patient when you do it, at some points it may look like it is doing nothing, but let it go. Can take a few minutes.