HM-9001S HD Media Sat Box

[Mickah]

Just testing this new box and thought I would share with you, its a new sat box which uses Linux based software, but its as easy as as a blade or similar to flash via usb, below is some specs and also what I have found to date with it,

Specs
· HDMI Video & Audio Output (576i,576p,720p,1080i,1080p)
· H.264 / MPEG4 – HD, SD/ DVB-S2 Compliant
· Recording & Playback With External USB 2.0 Device
· Recording and Time Shifting Simultaneously
· Event Recording by EPG
· USB 2.0 Host Ports (MP3 & JPEG Viewer
· Various Media File Format Playback(Xvid, MKV file Playback)
· 10/100 Base-Tx RJ-45 port
· 4 Digit Alphanumeric LED Display
· Fully compliant with DVB-S2
· Blind Scan
· Multi-LNB Controlled by DiSEqC Control Version 1.0,1.1,1.2 and USALS
· Multi-Satellite Search
· Support EPG (Electronic Program Guide)
· On-Screen Display with Full Colour & Resolution
· Favourite Service Groups
· Powerful Service Control by Favourite, Lock, Skip, Move and Delete
· Service Sorting by Alphabet, Transponder and CAS
· Multi-Language Supported (OSD & Menu)
· Teletext Support
· Maximum 10,000 Service Programmable
· PIP(Picture in Picture)
· Parental Lock / System Lock / Installation Lock
· CVBS Video & Audio Output via RCA
· Optical Output for Digital Audio (SPDIF)
· Software & Service Database update via USB and Ethernet port
· Utube, Uporn, Fashion TV, Uakino TV, Earth Touch, Metacafe TV
· Web browser(Internet), Facebook, CNN, Google Maps
· Kartina TV, Internet TV+, Internet Radio+, Weather Forecast, RSS News

Below are some pics of the box and menu's








Ease of Use - The remote is small and compact but not fiddly, you can easily move about the menu's with ease, the menus as you can see are simple and concise,

Pic Quality - The HD chans are spot on, clear and crisp and chan change is quick

Sound - Have connected the box to a 800watt home cinema system and the sound is clear and not muffled using both the SPDIF and also the standard Audio cable output

Updating - The box is updated via the USB at the rear, the chan file is of the SYS type and I will include the chan editor in the post, its simple to use easy to move chans about.

Sharing - Again the box comes with the full range of cams loaded, I have tested this box using a NLINE and its been faultless, clearing chans as required, will add a tut on how to do this

Add Ons - The box comes loaded with youtube, you porn, Internet TV and Radio, Google and a host of other, all work and are fast

Updates - This is the bit I like and simple, the firmware updates are done via a USB or online via the box menu, but it also shows you a change log of each software and what has been updated and keep a record of this in the box itself

Recording - The box utilizes the USB at the rear for this, the usual can be done pause, rewind etc, no issues at all, used a 4GB mem stick formatted to FAT32

Media - The box plays media via the USB, MKV, AVI, MP3 etc, with ease

Media Server - The box has the facilty to play media on your network (havent tested this myself) but you can set this up from the menu.

Whats in the box - Each box comes with a HDMI cable and a RCA cable (yellow, white, Red), remote and batteries


Based on what I have seen, the box is a good one and I would recommend it for someone who is looking to get a good sat box, the support for the box is there. The box is small, smaller than the old SV4 box, One thing that is slow is the box starting up, its Linux, the USB at the back is close to the lan port, underneath it, so if the memory stick u use is bulky, you will have a slight issue slotting it, due to the proximity of the lan port and cable, but if you use a small HD with usb cable then ure fine, but other than that, I havent found fault yet with it or the running of the box, havent encountered any freezing with it

Below is the Chan Editor
https://hotfile.com/dl/184330990/a6b825a/PolarEditOctagon10x8Setup_0.725.zip.html

I have the Chan file done should anyone need it, lined up with Irish chans and favs all done such as movies, sports, HD etc - I added a tut below on adding lines to the box, a few retailers have these now such a DC Receivers and I can see them taking off,

Adding a line to the HD 9001s Box

Press Menu - then Plugins then scroll to XCAMCONFIGURE, press the red button on the remote and change this to Auto, then press the green button to start and this will take you to server list and press OK on server 0.

Where you put your Username and password, it will be starred out out, so highlight username and enter in 1407 on the remote and this will then open it up to edit or add details, once you enter your line (always take your time doing this, its where all easy mistakes happen, then go to XCAMCLIENT, change this to Auto by pressing the red button and press green and this will start your line and do it automatically,

Turn the box off and back on and your line if entered correctly, will now clear chans

 

[Rumpelstiltskin.]

It's a clone of a clone lol
When you say linux based I take it no reshare so it's closed linux?

 

[Rumpelstiltskin.]

Strange card/cam slots on rear.

 

[Mickah]

Yeah its not open based linux like a Dream, but have to say have found it to be a good box so far, havent found anything so far to fault with it, if I do will post it for others to see

Yeah cam slots on the back

 

[joe516]

Edited By Rat

 

[Mickah]

Are we allowed mention where if folks want to get more info?

 

[Rumpelstiltskin.]

No links to traders, need to edit your posts.

 

[mdt]

looks like a sales pitch anyway imo,regards mdt

 

[Mickah]

no its called review for those who may or may not be interested in the box or thinking about buying one and not sure if they should, I am not selling the box nor affliated with it, same as my feedback on the Ariva 250, just was asked to test it and gave my honest review of it, if it were crap, I would have said as much,

 

[turner brown]

having a problem with this box
after update the box lost cams and all other plugins. i did follow your post elsewhere on this but i cant get the plugin file to show
anywhere via usb
i have unzipped it and tried . took it all out the plugin folders and still no go
even after ftp'd the files accross its still no go
what have i missed

 

[Mickah]

hi mate, remove everything of yer USB, download the plugin zip file, unzip it and copy the plugin folder to the USB, pop it into the box and you should get a notice on screen, you will need to tap right using the remote until you come to the Plugins option on the menu, you can then select the plugin folder and download them to the box, when you initially put the USB it should pop up on screen, you have to tap across and change the menu option until you come to the correct section for your files, in this case Plugins, let me know how ya get on,

 

[turner brown]

didnt work mate i even tried ftp to box and dropping in files . got plugins to show but wouldnt load the config to add details

 

[Mickah]

Yes that last update is not correct, it done the same to my box, it wiped the plugins, internet TV etc and also the emu menu I have advised those of what happened, you need to go back to the last version, you can do this from the box menu, you can roll back to the last version V2.11.18 or download the below, put onto a USB, put it into the box, the box will pick up the update, you can tap across on the remote and select the file and update the box, this will being the box back to the previous level
Below is the image file
https://hotfile.com/dl/186394569/c41fa6f/FDU_121212.fdu.html

Plugins, attached is the full plugins, unzip, add file to USB stick, plug into the box the box will advise on screen there is an update, tap across until you come to the plugins and install them, the box will restart and all plugins are now back
https://hotfile.com/dl/186397043/b40a89f/plugin.zip.html

Adding Apps back On
Menu - Installation - Network setting, scroll down you will see software update, click this and you will be presented with options, select freeTV+addons, press ok on all options, metacafe, youporn etc and this will reinstall the webTV options

This the latest chan file to fix the chans back into order, I have also moved some chans about and also fixed the box office section, follow the steps above to load the chan file to the box

https://hotfile.com/dl/186396476/7631cfc/MickV5_121219.sys.html

 

[Mickah]

How to recover box from bad flash,

1. put the image in a flash disk
2. plug in the flash disk on to the receiver
3. power off reciever.
4. while reciever is off, press and hold one of the up/down arrow keys at the front pannel.
5. Power on the reciever.

It will scan and install the image from the flash disk.

 

[bhav007]

does anyone know where i can get the latest hotbird boquet for this box. It was on the box but when i updated my 28.2 boquet i lost all hot bird channels.

 

[dru]

Can anyone point me in the right direction? - I have tried following the instructions to add c-line with no success.

My c-line looks like (C: serveraddress port username password) and the XcamConfigure cccam section has server address section and port section but no option for username or password.

Every way I have tried results in XcamClient throwing me up the following error - "Can not start any client! - Please check cardclient.conf file or Network connection".

Even though my c-line is for cccam - Should I be using a different protocol eg Mgcamd?

 

[johnnycash]

Can anyone point me in the right direction? - I have tried following the instructions to add c-line with no success.

My c-line looks like (C: serveraddress port username password) and the XcamConfigure cccam section has server address section and port section but no option for username or password.

Every way I have tried results in XcamClient throwing me up the following error - "Can not start any client! - Please check cardclient.conf file or Network connection".

Even though my c-line is for cccam - Should I be using a different protocol eg Mgcamd?

Exactly same problem, i have a see lion n: server port user naem and password.......i enter it into newcamd and nothing happens, the sea lion works fine with sky box f5s..........what on earth do you do, its incredibly frustrating as no where on the whole of this internet is an explanation how to make it work.......beginning to think this box is a complete joke ripoff scam and the box doesnt work, its scam