M96X VBOX Colorful TV Box 905X 2/16GB fast Lan 2.4GHX WiFi BT4

[trebor]

Model: M96X VBOX Type: TV Box System: Android 7.1 Processor: S905X CPU: ARM Cortex-A53 Core: 2.0GHz,Quad Core GPU: Mali-450 RAM: 2G RAM RAM Type: DDR3 ROM: 16G ROM Max. Extended Capacity: 32G TV Box Features: 5.1 Surround Sound Output

Decoder Format: H.265 Video format: ASF,AVI,DAT,ISO,MKV,MOV,MPEG,MPG,RM,RMVB,WMV Audio format: AAC,APE,DDP,FLAC,HD,MP3,OGG,TrueHD,WAV,WMA Photo Format: BMP,GIF,JPEG,PNG,TIFF Support 5.1 Surround Sound Output: Yes

Bluetooth: Bluetooth4.0 Power Supply: Charge Adapter Antenna: No Camera: Without Language: English,French,Germany,Italian,Spanish DVD Support: No HDMI Version: 2.0 Other Functions: 3D Video,External Subtitle External Subtitle Supported: Yes HDMI Function: CEC Power Comsumption: 2.5W RJ45 Port Speed: 10 / 100M

System Bit: 64Bit WiFi Chip: AP6335 System Activation: Yes

Power Type: External Power Adapter Mode

Product weight: 0.3000 kg Package weight: 0.4200 kg Product size (L x W x H): 11.80 x 11.80 x 2.30 cm / 4.65 x 4.65 x 0.91 inches Package size (L x W x H): 21.00 x 15.00 x 5.20 cm / 8.27 x 5.91 x 2.05 inches

Package Contents: 1 x Smart TV Box, 1 x Power Adapter, 1 x Remote Control, 1 x English User Manual

Gearbest

[trebor]

M96X VBOX Colorful TV Box 905X 2/16GB fast Lan 2.4GHZ WiFi BT4

Well After the last 905x, today we can add some colour into things,
M96X VBOX, Android 7.1 S905X 2G/16gb Fast lan,2.4GHZ Wifi and BT4

Whats in the Box

One Shiny box something for those stingy fingers

No Leds on tops/see thru but a stip of something going to happen across the front.

Ports to be seen

Some Venting

A bit look on the Inside

Top Side

Underneath, note quality stick tape holding the clear tubing into slot

Closer top side view

Ram don't recall this brand

eMMC

WiFi

There we have the Box and Bits...bit of a tour around hardware looks ok, not a lot of ventilation Small heatsink stuck on good.
Fire it up soon and see what it has to offer


And The Power Led looks kinda funky...

[trebor]

M96X VBOX Colorful TV Box 905X 2/16GB fast Lan 2.4GHZ WiFi BT4

Interesting Looking device,
Onto the Testing and whats going on inside...
We do have root, and looks like it has been tweaked running upto 2016 mhz get a little warm..
Running Android 7.1 performance is looking OK
Only 2.4Ghz Wifi and Fast lan, chugs along ok so far

Lets have a look

Standard UI

Installed Apps

Android 7.1 no fancy seeting all basic

Storage and Ram Truth

Lan and Wifi connects

DRM Level 3

CPU-Z

Antutu

Ram has a bit of speed, help things move along a bit

Testing so far and performance as seen is not too bad for a 905x
Interesting design you either like it or not, different.

Setup wizard on startup so very easy setup
Wifi and Ethernet speeds are ok here.

No troubles starting up, connection to Google etc all good.
Remote control ok no problem in testing 5 meter range tested
Also using Logitech Wireless Keyboard mouse all good.

As mentioned we have Root, also Upper and Lower task bars.
UI is ok the Help on menu takes you some website to dload
Apps, Addons etc, not sure about all that.
Some unwanted Icons in Upper task bar, can be removed
Also some apps not running full screen, so some work needed there

Temps of this Box are Fair when idle below 40C when pushed up in the 60's seen
Due to the Overclock or whatever they did to achieve this.

Hardware seems OK, Heat sink not sitting Square to CPU, so some of the CPU has some Heatsink
Ram brand unknown at present but performance looks ok
Connection to BT speaker ok and streaming YT 1080p WiFi and BT no problem found here.

Full size SD card used, like that compared to those fiddly little suckers.

With all the work about on Amlogic 905x Boxes no doubt a custom rom is just around the corner.

[gale]

Excellent presented tv box as always. Is there space for a larger heatsink?

[trebor]

Could go a little larger, site atop a small fan would be the easiest..

[scooter2014]

Kinda looks like the geekbox but more bling color...

[armagani]

Good look,good hardware, but i never see so bad software. I never see 4k so laggy...even 1080 is dream for this crappy soft...Try to boot to LE,dont work ... Do someone knew better firmware it looks like dolamee,but im not complitely sure. With factory firmware is total crap ..i test more than 100 units,but never see so crappy .Even worst MXQ qith recycle ram plays better multimedia .Do someone know who is manifacturer and how to get newer firmware

[armagani]

Finally find alternative firmware that works. Nano rom for minim8s find even wifi drivers,but i cant make remote works. I copy remote conf, change to rw - r-r but still no luck .Can someone help me ..i have original remote conf files from other device-same model

[mXHX]

Please any who has this box, please send me the IMG file or TWRP backup from pictures above by trebor. It is

S905031-userdebug 7.1.1 NMF26Q 20170622