MECOOL M8S Plus DVB - T2 / T / C TV Box Amlogic 905D

[trebor]

MECOOL M8S Plus DVB - T2 / T / C TV Box Amlogic 905D 1GB RAM + 8GB ROM 2.4G WiFi 100Mbps Support 4K H.265



Main Features
● GPU: Amlogic S905D Quad Core 64-bit Cortex-A53
● CPU: Penta Mali-450
● OS: Android 7.1
● Storage: 1GB DDR3 RAM + 8GB ROM
● Support Windows XP, Window 7, iOS, Android
● 2.4G WiFi
● Support 4K, H.265

Gearbest

[trebor]

Today thanks to Gearbest we can have a close look at the

MECOOL M8S Plus DVB - T2 / T / C TV Box Amlogic 905D 1GB RAM + 8GB ROM 2.4G WiFi 100Mbps Support 4K H.265

The Box


Contents of the Box


Close up remote


Only Ports on rear



Underside:


Remove the Lid not a lot to see


Remove some Screws our with PCB, Heat Sink and thermal pad should be OK


Top View, Amlogic 905D

[trebor]

Interesting little unit,
Has its own UI on top of Android TV, usable for sure.
Also has L1 widevine, but no HDCP2.2
Netflix Plays HD 1080 with 5.1 so far tested.

Only 1/8GB might become a good little streaming unit.
Aptoide is installed, (thank you) makes it a little easy to get the apps you need as this is running ATV Google Play store ETC.

Setup Google ATV Style or quick and easy update ups OK so far, after updating Netflix still working

More tinkering as I start the Dloads etc for a bit of testing etc

MECOOL M8S Plus DVB - T2 / T / C TV Box Amlogic 905D 1GB RAM + 8GB ROM 2.4G WiFi 100Mbps Support 4K H.265

Gearbest

[trebor]

Lets have a look at the UI and some info

UI

Installed Apps



Settings



Clicking on Model for 10 or more clicks will bring up the normal A7 system menu etc

Ota uptodate

Root explorer

DRM L1

RAM


Ram and Storage Truth



Ethernet Speed Ok Wifi soso


CPU-Z



Temp

Manual


Ram speed very slow and app kept crashing.

Youtube if updated will crash from launcher, can run form apps but then freeze after a minute
Uninstall the update and it all becomes good again..

I mentioned Netflix all good HD, 1080p 5.1
Generally ok, for a 1/8 it may struggle but so far Ok

The Only Bad at the minute is the box will not detect for local TV channel while scanning
Finds nothing I see the signal meter raise to 50% to 80% but Nothing.
If I use another Mecool box, older model, all good so something not 100% in the DTV area at the minute.
And as we know all these new boxes can be a bit flakey when they get out in the real world.

All fixed due to Region/scan error in APK or something fix further on reading.

But for what it has and can do as mentioned most likely be a good streamer

Gearbest

[bluesmanuk]

When the main selling point is the DVB - T2 / T / C functionality and it doesn't work at all, then that is not flaky but abject failure.

[trebor]

Well yes it is, all in good time we can hope or its dead

[trebor]

But in saying that a bit of a look at the KIII and the range of frequency it scans
looks as tho the M8S is not getting correct Region info in settings to scan,
So a simple fix to a abject fail,

All in good time


And further digging i find if the region in the DTV app is set to England (how ironic) it appears to scan/detect,
The setup of tuner is basically the same as other MECOOL DTV.

[trebor]

DTV settings on the MECOOL M8S Plus DVB - T2 / T / C TV Box Amlogic 905D 1GB RAM + 8GB ROM 2.4G WiFi 100Mbps Support 4K H.265
Just a quick run thru on setting up DTV as mentioned same as other Mecool DTV units.

Remote has all functions to set/adjust/record and must say for an IR remote appears to be working well.


Menu (can be found on remote)


DTV preference: few things to fiddle with.


Area Setting (lots of luck with that) DTV Preference/General


Scan for channels: Menu Installation


Once scan is done will drop to a channel:


7day EPG




We can hope for a OTA Update soon to fix this Region TV scan issue, all good so far...

Gearbest

[henkel6]

HI.

Please link original android rom.Pc version

Many Thanks.

[edragon]

Freezes randomly, what is the reason?

[gpmg]

Looking for more recent firmware shown in https://youtu.be/ZXkHOE4J0Gc and https://shopee.vn/MECOOL-M8S-Plus-DV...098.1460144531
The build date is Fri Aug 10 11.49.28 CST 2018 and comes with android tv launcher.

[gpmg]

Found, https://dropmefiles.com/tbRmE

[edragon]

Found, https://dropmefiles.com/tbRmE

Thanks for the link. Any review of the new FW? Can solve the freezing problem?

[gpmg]

Just installed the firmware from recovery after twrp backup original firmware from July.
Playstore is normal version, not ATV. Launcher is the same, not ATV leanback launcher as seen in the youtube link.
Junk app like gmail added, disable them at settings.
My complain for the previous firmware is that dtv app hangs the os and needs power recycle. So far i have 1 such occurance during 2 hrs use, still monitoring.
Other iptv and streaming apps works well like before.
I hope atvXperince firmware comes to this box soon, https://www.atvxperience.com.

The firmware link i received is from the seller of vontar m8s plus dvb-t2, the youtube link version is probably from mecool. Maybe mecool owner can request latest firmware from their seller.

[gpmg]

I found a design fault that overheats and sometime hangs app and the os: the heatsink and vents are at the bottom but should be at the top.
Going to need some mod to cool it down.