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 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.

When you click the live TV menu, and press the right cursor to move to the right. You should see the new channels list at the right end of your menu.

ES File Explorer is file manager is does not control the movie auto resume. When you file time open the movie file in ES File Explore, it will prompt you list of the video player apps in your device. The video player will determine whether your movies to be auto resumed. If you use Himedia Native video player, it will resume automatically. If you MX Player, just goto setting -> Resume to enable or disable auto resume. If you other player, there must be setting to enable the auto resume. Please let me know your finding.

I would advise to switch to Himedia Native Media Player which will always prompt for resume, there are two way to do this :

1). The most easier way is open the movies file from Himedia File Manager, it will auto open Himedia Video Player to play.

2). Reset the default player in ES Explorer, follow the below :
a). Start your Explorer
b). Click the movies and hold it until the sub menu appear, click "More"
c). Select Open As
d). ES Explorer will prompt the list of player again
e). Tick the select as default
f). Select Himedia Video Player (the second one)

Since all the players having has the symptom, could it be the media file ? Please test different media file on different harddisk/pendrive.

I got you now, you play from shared folder not local file. I'm so sorry did not get your question correctly. Will come back to you if found the solution.

Btw, your network shared folder is via NAS, samba, nfs or windows file sharing?

Will come back to you once I found the solution.

Sorry bro, I do not manage to find the solution to resume from Windows file sharing so far. Will continue search for it.

Btw, are u using wifi or LAN port for the network?

Just tested using the File Manager(native Himedia file explorer), the movies can be resumed without problem.

Pls test with file manager( not ES ) and let me know. If still the same, you may double check your network.

Just click the Globe icon at the top right corner, it will prompt you to enter IP address of your PC, login account and password. Then you can access to your windows share folder.

If you are using new HDD, first plug into your PC to initialize the disk and format it as NTFS. If the HDD is in good condition, it should be auto detect by the Q10, no setting required.

When I try the Himedia File Manager, it prompt me for login account and password. Actually password protection is control at the shared folder level where you can specific public share or private share in your PC, public share do not need password. The File Manager or ES Explorer do not control whether the shared folder is password protected, when access to public folder it skip the password prompt and when access to password protected folder it prompt for login and password.

Thank you bro. Let me summary our finding here and share with anyone that might encounter the same issue.

Problem Statement : MKV file unable to resume when stream from PC shared folder via ES File Explorer, MP4, AVI files are not affected

Solution :  Use the native HiMedia File Manager to stream MKV from PC Shared folder as below steps :

Good news for Q10 1st generation buyers:
Himedia do not forget you, although the Q10 1st generation already end of sale but Himedia still continue release the new firmware version 1.1.5. Please download from my skydrive since Himedia website download speed is too slow. This is the beauty of buying Himedia product where you get continue firmware support as I shared in the selection criteria for Android TV Box. Please use the force upgrade method as per below steps :

1. First download the latest firmware.
2. Copy the file into USB disk , ROOT directly. ( don’t change the filename)
3. Remove all other USB and HDD device from Q device, keep only the USB disk with upgrade file.
4. Press and hold the button in the RESTORE hole, then power on your Q10 ( release the RESTORE button after 5 sec)
5. The box will enter into Recovery mode, then start to upgrade. You should see the greenrobot and the upgrade progress bar.
6. Wait for the upgrade finished and the box will reboot.