Smart TV problem communication 3 groups
1, connect to the TV
The most commonly used output interface for Android TV boxes is HDMI, which is also the standard interface for LCD TVs today. Connect the two via the included HDMI cable, and then plug in the power adapter to power on directly. Some set-top boxes have composite video interfaces for connecting older models, but such products are relatively rare. If this is the case, one end of the composite video cable is connected to the box, and the other three plugs are plugged into the interface on the side of the TV according to the color. After entering the box-side setup options, there will usually be an output resolution option that can be adjusted according to the specific resolution of the home TV.
Android TV box needs to access the Internet to use its online audio and video functions. The most commonly used method is to use wireless WiFi to connect to WiFi, like mobile/tablet/laptop, to find your own WiFi source, and then enter the password. , One-time input can be automatically networked, without having to directly insert the network cable. It is not necessary to connect the box via a network cable unless the wireless signal in the room where the box is located is not suitable. I have not used the wired network access method, but it is not difficult to imagine that the network settings will not be complicated. Of course, this is related to the specific type of network access used by the user's home. This does not belong to the scope of this article.
2, install the software
In fact, Android product installation software is a similar method, and there is no complexity. What is different about a box product is that it is basically out of the PC. Because the vast majority of boxes are provided with standard USB interfaces, connecting to a computer requires a double male connection. Such a line needs to be DIY or purchased separately. Even when connected to a computer, there are often problems with the USB debugging mode not being turned on by default (unable to use 91-class management software), and mass storage being invisible. So the installation of software still has to use other methods, the wired way has been ruled out, you can consider the wireless way, may wish to see the following articles:
"Android TV box installation program method is simple to explain", "through the computer wireless installation APK program detailed tutorial", "to the TV box to copy files in several ways", "wireless installation program + a key to push the computer video box dedicated management tool" Sofa Butler Mobile Edition "," "recommended in the computer management program and push multimedia "box Fan child TV Assistant", "integrated ROOT / one-click installation software and other functions Android box small tool box"
Although there are hundreds of thousands of programs on the Android platform, considering the particularity of the box products (horizontal screen display, remote control operation), not all software is suitable for it. Therefore, you can consider installing a dedicated software market for boxes. These programs are often designed specifically for boxes and are more targeted. Alternatives include the Android Market TV version, sofa butler, and more.
3, watch live TV
Putting aside the restrictions of various laws and regulations, watching the live broadcast of a TV station with an Android box can be regarded as its most important function. After using the habit, it can completely throw away the wide-area electric set-top box that needs to pay monthly rent. However, due to the corresponding regulations (radio broadcast is both a referee and an athlete), the large-brand box products that were officially listed did not provide live TV broadcasts. (Special case: LeTV's live broadcast of sports programs is a direct purchase right. Time-shifted TV is about half an hour later than live streaming.) Fortunately, we can make up for this regret by installing some live broadcast software developed by the development team.
The live TV network is the current trend. The radio and television departments around the world are also actively launching corresponding online webcasting services. The most known is CNTV Internet TV. It is because of the existence of a series of online streaming media broadcasts that makes it possible for Android boxes to play Internet TV. Because its principle is not complicated, it is through the decoder to play online streaming media. Here are a few recommended live broadcast software that I think is doing well: support for channel search "Mars live", features simple and fast "geek live", built-in 400+ channel "Jeko GITV", including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan live broadcast "CloudTV" and "Cloud TV Live Streaming", which allows you to add custom channels, can download more live software in the forum software area.
One of the advantages of the Android TV box compared to traditional wide-area STBs is that it can be infinitely expanded. It not only has live broadcast software with hundreds of TV stations built in, but users can also find TV programs on the Internet that they like to watch. Play. Related methods can be found in "Custom TV Live Streaming Programs All Over The World". As far as the live TV broadcast sources on the Internet can be said to be quite rich, I have previously collected and tested multiple batches of resources and can go to the program source sharing zone to download and use. . In addition, for the downloaded source, the computer can now be screened, and the available software includes the "Network Channel Cloud Management System" and the "How to Watch TV Live Streaming Source on the Computer". Players with strong hands-on ability can also grab the source manually, refer to "Method of Sharing Manually Grabbing Local Channel Live Source", "Manually Grabbing Program Source to Move Network TV on Computer to Box"
4, on-demand movies / TV shows
This can be said to be another big selling point for Android set-top boxes. For many people, watching live TV is nothing more than wanting to watch TV shows or variety shows. Watching movies on large-screen TVs is far more effective than the PC side. The software that provides the aggregation of video content has become a must-have item on the box. These software can update TV dramas and on-line movies on TV stations almost immediately, and allow users to play back at any time without the constraints of live streaming. .
According to my habit, at present, this type of software can be divided into three types according to the type of developer. The first is the aggregation software launched by the relevant development team, such as "vst all-aggregate", "Taiwan Video", "TV Cat", etc.; Then there are softwares such as “Baidu TV Cloud†and “TV donkey TV Edition†launched by video search engine websites; there are exclusive clients brought by traditional online movie and TV websites, such as Youku, Thunder, and Sohu videos. There is such a client. There is a lot of film and television aggregation software that is not listed. You can download and use it in the software area.
For these three types of software, I simply commented on the next. The first type of function is more focused on large and complete, and it can often be set as the main interface. There is a great desire to replace the original desktop of the box. The second type of aggregation software functions are relatively more centralized, while the video sources of the first two types of software are major online video websites, that is, third-tier software providers. It is difficult to judge whether you are better or poorer from a personal point of view. We still choose according to our own habits.
5, play the local video
In fact, the main purpose of the Android box is network video playback, playing the local video is only an auxiliary function, often the box itself comes with a very small space (nominally 4GB or 8GB mostly), plus inward copy is not convenient, want to use Movies you download yourself require external storage. Most of the boxes provide a USB-OTG interface, which can be inserted into a USB flash drive or a mobile hard disk (the mechanical hard disk is usually powered).
At present, the Android set-top box is basically a domestically-made chip, such as Rockchip RK3188, AML8726-MX, and A31s, etc., which generally have 1080P decoding capability, so it is not a problem to deal with the general network download source playback. Who is stronger in real HD decoding? Different scenarios TV box local video playback effect comparison "this article. There are also some problems, which are mainly reflected in the imperfect support for subtitle audio tracks. It is recommended that users install the third-party player MXplayer to make up for this problem.
In addition, in addition to playing local video can be downloaded on the computer, and then put on the storage disk to see, you can also directly through the box to achieve remote Thunder download, in addition to the sea Meidi variety of TV boxes native support, currently including music as C1S, Skyworth i71, Lynx Box and many other boxes have firmware that supports this feature, other boxes can also see this article to use this feature to download video resources for local viewing, the article "the box into the download machine Thunder remote download Installation method and box partner recommendation."
On the local video, it also involves the popular 3D movie. I don't have much practical experience in this area. As far as some of the boxes I have used are concerned, LeTV C1S UI 2.3 firmware provides a full-interface 3D mode option. The box of the QuanZhi program has a variety of 3D mode options when playing in local video. In addition, some video aggregation software provides 3D zones, but all need to be matched with 3D glasses or use 3D TVs for viewing. As to whether or not 3D decoding can be performed, there is nothing special from the point of view of the source itself, and the video is still produced according to the same pressing specifications. It can be said that as long as the box supporting 1080P decoding can basically play these 3D videos, Whether to see 3D effects is related to whether there is 3D glasses or 3D TV.
6, play the game
The quality of the game on the Android platform has now greatly improved, and many large-scale games have good quality. But the game on the box product is very different, it can't be installed, but it is limited by the control mode. Almost all Android games are designed for touchscreen operation, and the control end of the box is often just a button-by-digit number remote control. There is no way to perform other complicated operations except up, down, left and right. Through the handle can initially make up for this shortcoming, but many boxes do not have a dedicated button mapping function, it is inevitable to encounter some incompatible issues. Even if the troubles of handling are solved, there is a new problem that large games on Android often have large data packets. The storage space of the box is generally limited, and it is inconvenient to copy the data packets inside.
Therefore, the game on the box presents completely different characteristics. Although the graphics capability of the processing platform is good, it is definitely not expected to move closer to the home console. In fact, the more popular games on the box are some simple games that are easy to control and can be operated directly through the remote control. For related resources, please refer to the “More than a dozen games extracted from the iQiyi box for all remote controls†and “Latest Finish the TV game perfectly adapted to the remote! 》 There is also a special game software market "Grape Game Hall."
In addition, somatosensory games and hand-held games are also popular, and correspondingly, somatosensory remote controllers and game controllers are also required. For somatosensory games, there are also consoles that can be manipulated through mobile phones. See "Let the phone change hands to play somatosensory games on the TV through the box." The existing somatosensory games are mainly sports casual games. As for the game played by the controller, the simulator game is mainly used, and the pairing of the handle and the box can refer to the use of the "Android handle assistant" software, the simulator to be used to "review the childhood classic three arcade simulator. Big collection" download.
7, karaoke
Speaking of set-top box products, there is also a certain inheritance relationship with early DVD players, and karaoke is the beginning of the era of early players. At present, as the new selling point of the box has been re-taken out, so in addition to being a selling point, I don't think it is really practical. After all, K song is not a pastime for entertainment, but it is also a gathering entertainment activity and is not suitable for use in a family environment.
Of course, chasing the popular, you can also experience through the corresponding software, you can refer to the previous "very good a K song software" Cool I K song "", "with song MTV K song software "Karaoke"", "Build a KTV with a box, a good click song software "song it"", "software from Hisense smart TV "singing" to share"
8, Internet and other applications
Based on the open Android system, the extensions that the box can achieve are also the same. For example, we want to use it to chat online, hang QQ, chat with WeChat, process documents, and so on. But considering the frequency of use and the effect of the use, box products are limited to the inconvenience of operation - I believe the vast majority of people will not use it to access the mouse, the actual functional applications will not be infinitely expanded. Take the browser as an example. The existing Maxthon TV, UC browser, TV viewers and other browsers are still the main page video playback.
Here are a few other applications that I think are pretty good for the box. You can try it out: "The runaway comic TV version of the hot evil graphic camp", "Can hear the newspaper "People's Daily" voice version", "Love See the "Anime Park" green puzzle living room for children", more resources can be downloaded to the software area.
9. About ROOT
Crack ROOT permission seems to have become an Android user happy thing, for the box, whether to open the ROOT permission does not affect the actual use. Most users do not have to care about it. After the actual ROOT, only part of the situation will be used, such as modifying the underlying system settings or streamlining the system. For my personal feeling, the system of the box is generally more streamlined, and it is not recommended to delete the program after ROOT, so as to avoid the situation that it cannot be booted.
If ROOT is really needed, please refer to the article: "Android TV Box Gets ROOT Permissions via Wireless Network", "A ROOT Tool That Works Well, You Can Get ROOT Privileges Directly on a Box," and "Another ROOT Tool Available "ROOT Treasure Box" recommended download, "integrated ROOT / one-click installation software and other functions Android box small tool box", "appropriate for iQIYI box / music box as a key ROOT tool starting! 》, "One-click ROOT program for Lynx box", "One-click ROOT tool available for fast broadcasting of small squares". In addition, if you just want to disable the self-initiating program through ROOT, see “No need to ROOT to increase the running speed by disabling self-booting softwareâ€
10, firmware update
Firmware updates can fix bugs or add new features. So whether you like tossing or not, you can't leave the firmware update. Since the box product is out of computer operation, the firmware upgrade is generally implemented through an online push update (OTA). This mode is also relatively simple, nothing too much to explain, directly in the box's system settings to detect updates.
In addition, different types of products can be used for card printing and thread brushing, depending on the specific model. In the firmware sharing area, there are several official firmware and third-party firmware download and flash methods for popular products, which are available for review.
There are many topics related to the derivation of the TV box, which are not listed and explained here. Everyone can pay attention to the article updates under the TV box channel, and welcome to participate in the discussion, exchange and share your experience of using the experience. I believe that digital products are always serving our lives, and endless agonizing loses the original intention of using it. We also hope that everyone can use it happily, regardless of what model they use, to enrich the video resources to enrich our lives.
In fact, the above-mentioned functions can be satisfied after installing the sofa butler application market.
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