Hi, I'm interested in getting either one from you. I went to read the detailed specs of Q5II and Q10 from taobao.com, I have a few questions to ask:

1. For Q10, what size of the hard disk that we can put in? desktop or laptop?

2. Is Q10 single core?

3. Other than 3D, are the system that's installed in Q5II and Q10 the same, and having the same features?

4. I found this feature on Q5II but not from Q10, can you confirm? If Q10 doesn't have it, can we update the OS and get it? or should we wait for Q10II?

Thank you.




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Thank you inquiry bro. Please find below my answer :

1. The harddisk size is 3.5" which normally use for desktop.

2. Yes, Q10 is single core.

3. The operating system is not the same, the launcher is not the same, but the media player apps are the same.

4). The default apps auto start only available in new launcher in Q5II but not in Q10. The new launcher could not install in Q10, only for Q5II. I could not confirm when will the Q10II oversea version will be available, maybe 2-3 months time.

Received mine today. Nicely pack. Plugging in my 3.5" HD is a piece of cake. Only setback is on the HiShare app which I think can be further improve as the control is very limited.

Thank you bro for the feedback :-)

Hi bro, just to check, I'm trying to watch us series (i.e SHIELD) via XBMC app and find that the HD quality version is lagging very seriously. However if I watch those HK drama in HD, it runs smoothly. I know its a free service and no guarantee on quality, just want to double check with you. I'm on 10Mb Unifi.

Don't worry bro, pls always feel free to ask.

About the xBMC, the streaming factors depend of the internet line, the content server and the streaming technology. Most of the China content using P2P streaming technology which do not go back to the content server but take the content from the peer who downloaded the movies. With this the traffic do not concentrated in one server but distributed with a few peers. This is same as the Bit-torrent P2P technology. (Just to share with you, you can find US movies in English using China apps as well if you can read mandarin.)

If the media source do not use P2P technology then direct stream from content server to your device. Especially if the content from US or Europe, the streaming traffic travel from US to your device which could be lagging. Btw, do you try few different addon? 1Channel, Icefilm, Mash Up? Each addon has few different source for you to choose.

Last point I would like to highlight is the 10Mbps provided by TM or any service provider is just last mile bandwidth. Which mean the 10Mbps is just within Malaysia, when the traffic go out Malaysia, your internet speed maybe just 1Mbps.

Thanks bro. I will try more sources.
Note:I'm banana (english ed) so chinese words is a challenge to me, luckily my wife can translate for me

To be honest, I hv no chance to try all addon and all media in xBMC, there are too many. You need some effort to explore the xBMC.

This post has been edited by nicety: Oct 12 2013, 04:47 PM

Hi nicety,

Is there a manual on how to operate himedia launcher? I ran into several problem and unable to figure it out. I'm trying to connect to my PC shared folders using the File Manager. Two problems

1. I can see the shared folder and connect to it but it did not ask for username and password as my shared folder is protected. How can I make it ask for user and password?

2. I add the folder as shortcut. How do I remove the shorcut?

What is the common method other users are using to connect and play media files from pc/server on himedia?

Thanks.

There are few icon in the Himedia Launcher in Q10,

A). Apps Manager
B). Browser
C). My Favorite
D). File Manager
E). Setting

Please let me know which above icon you need help.

Regarding your two questions, would be appreciated your further clarification to ensure I understand correctly :

1). When you see the shared folder and click the folder, can you access to the content? or open the file from the shared folder?

2). How do you add the short cut? Do you mean in File Manager ? If yes, just click the Menu button from Himedia Remote Control then you see the button "Operation". The operation menu allow you to create or delete files.

I select File Manager -> select Globe (LAN). It list all my shares from PC. I select one of the share (let say Media1). It ask if I want to put in shortcut. I select yes. It put in shortcut but did not list files. it should not list any files as my Media1 is password protected but it never ask for password unlike the example from video/youtube.

Thanks.

Ok, I got you bro.

I presumed you are using basic windows authentication protection not the domain base authentication. Himedia File Manager is not that user friendly, please goto ES Explorer which I pre-installed for you and follow the below steps :

1). At the left Panel of ES Explorer, select Network -> LAN.
2). Click "Scan" to auto scan shared folder in your network or click "New" to add the shared folder manually.
3). If you click "New", then ES Explorer will prompt you to enter PC IP address, User Name and Password.

is it require a dish?

Bro, this is not Satelite TV.

This is android same as normal Android phone, just connect to your TV. There is no dish required.

my tv is old version....big size....

is the cable can be connect?

is it i can get the normal tv channel also?

Hi nicety,

I heard about xbmc but never use it before. Do I need to setup something? I click on it and the screen just blank. Thanks.

Yes, you can connect to old TV with Red, white and Yello cable.
However, we do not recommend to use old TV as new TV channels required higher resolution.

The available channels are more from China and US, Malaysia channels only got a few such as TV1, 2 and 3.

I hv preconfigured xBMC for you, you do not need to perform any setup.

There is a bug in xBMC R12, when you start xBMC, please unplug any USB dongle such as wireless mouse or Air Mouse. After xBMC fully loaded then you can plug back the USB.

bro, I have experience twice hang during shutdown (keep showing shutting down but it didn't after I left it for a night). Any advise?

OK got it. I have k400r dongle plugged in. It is working now. It is good if have a FAQ in the first page so that all the learning can be compiled there. Thanks.