MXQ HF10 Digital TV Box 1/8GB 2.4GHz WiFi, Fast Lan BT4.2

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Brand: MXQ Model: HF10 Type: TV Box System: Android 6.0 Processor: S905X CPU: Amlogic S905X,ARM Cortex-A53 Core: 1.5GHz,Quad Core GPU: Mali-450 RAM: 1G RAM Type: DDR3 ROM: 8G Max. Extended Capacity: 128G Color: Black,White

Decoder Format: H.263,H.264,H.265,HD MPEG4 Video format: AVC,DIVX,H.265,MPEG1,MPEG2,MPEG4,RM,RMVB,VC-1 Audio format: AAC,APE,DDP,FLAC,HD,MP3,OGG,TrueHD,WAV,WMA Photo Format: BMP,GIF,JPEG,JPG,PNG,TIFF Support 5.1 Surround Sound Output: No

5G WiFi: No WIFI: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ Bluetooth: Bluetooth4. Power Supply: Charge Adapter Interface: DC Power Port,HDMI,RJ45,SD Card Slot Antenna: No Camera: Without Language: English,French,Germany,Italian,Multi-language,Simplified Chinese DVD Support: No HDMI Version: 2.0 Other Functions: 3D Games,3D Video,ISO Files,NTSC,PAL External Subtitle Supported: Yes HDMI Function: CEC Power Consumption: 18W RJ45 Port Speed: 100M

System Bit: 32B System Activation: Yes

Power Type: External Power Adapter Mode

Product weight: 0.5700 kg Package weight: 1.0500 kg Product size (L x W x H): 9.10 x 9.10 x 12.80 cm / 3.58 x 3.58 x 5.04 inches Package size (L x W x H): 18.00 x 11.00 x 18.00 cm / 7.09 x 4.33 x 7.09 inches

Package Contents: 1 x TV Box, 1 x Power Adapter, 1 x Remote Control, 1 x HDMI Cable, 1 x English User Man

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MXQ HF10 Digital TV Box 1/8GB 2.4GHz WiFi, Fast Lan BT4.2

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Well its taken a while for this to appear, finally has, thanks to Gearbest.

Today we have a bit of an unusual unit...

Its not a Nuclear Reactors Cooling Tower


But I think it has a bit of an identity crisis, not sure what it can be, is or do

We have a MXQ, HF10, Android 6.0, S905X Amlogic S905X,ARM Cortex-A53 1/8GB, Dual WiFi, BT4 and BT Remote for Audio/Mike
Its Part Amazon Alexa and a Typical Andorid 905x 1/8, also a BT Speaker when HDMI removed from TV/Box
More on that Later

Lets have a look

The Box, bit of a rough journey I think.


What's in the Box.

The Look around



Base Of, Not to sure how good the thermal pad will work against the plastic base, its the thought that counts i guess.

What you see Closer

Other side, Heat sink

Heat sink Removed

To remove PCB lucky a Connector, and all sorts of cables for IR and Touch Controls etc

Light Show Out Front

Bit of a Glow

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As mentioned a 1/8GB Android 905X Media Player, typical speed and performance reflects the Hardware that it has.

It's also a Blue tooth speaker and the sound is Good, solid enough to have the missus saying turn it down, (Best test ever).
BT remote that you can chat to Alexa (there own cut down MXQ Alexa I feel)
No integration as yet with Netflix, and other Installed apps on this Unit.

First need to log in or create an Amazon account to use.
Chat away asking for world events and weather etc, try and play music or interacting with apps installed,
Nope, advises has no skills attached and needs to set up in Alexa App/Login etc, or Amazon Music is not supported by this device,

Maybe it did not work out well with Amazon and could not get it approved/certified, may be still happening ?

As Amazon have their own range, maybe they don't want to share, Our Alexa, Our Box show us the money

The MXQ Alexa app installed has no settings , and the real version of Alexa app will not Run on this Player.
Still looking to see if there is a solution, when time permits.

Once the unit is fired up you can pair the speaker with your phone etc, music/audio plays on TV.
No option found on how to divert to speaker only, need to unplug HDMI cable then speaker becomes stand alone device.
Then there is no Visual indication on speaker that you are Asking or Pairing, is Alexa is Thinking or Listening.

So If you're feeling alone, you can stream your music to the Speaker and have a chat to Alexa and ask the hard questions.
Being an Amazon thing this player needs to be more amazon friendly to work with Alexa 100%

Anyway lets have a look at some information and a few Benchmarks etc.

First Run setup




UI


Android 6 System and their own




DRM Info

Ram and Storage Truth


CPU-Z



Temps 50 ~ 60c

Antutu


Geekbench CPU


More Info > http://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/4733739

Geekbench Compute


Kodi 17.5 installed

The Alexa App: You can push the mike at anytime and ask.

A1 SD Bench


It works Fair for what it is,
WiFi and Ethernet Ok, set up all good with Google and installed apps etc, bit slow when pushed 1/8 units are ok but can lag.
Netflix in its 480 display watchable, as YT 1080 looked.

This unit had a dud power pack putting out 20v pulsing so some circuit protection by the looks, just as well
Or the Nuclear looking Cooling Tower might have blown up...that would have been a good photo to see.