Homatics Box R 4K Plus

Help & Support Hardware
3513

Thank you frodo I have just ordered a flirc and will pick it up tomorrow. I will be happy to get this sorted. The Kodi side of coreelec is great but the homatic side is a bit of an arm wrestle. I just hope the IR operation is as good as the bluetooth. I have been very impressed with how snappy that is.

Shout out to all the problem solvers on this forum…you guys rock!!

3514

First unpair the homatics remote from the android tv os , then program the flirc in the pc, use kodi remote, then pair in the android again. IR will in CoreElec use, BT will in ATV use.

3515

You make that sound sooo easy :crossed_fingers:

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3516

What is the setup regards Booting mnd with the Homatics plus? I am guessing a USB drive with the Image written as I can see no SD Card slot. The reason I am asking is I ordered the Homatics Box R 4K Plus earlier today, realise it may not be here for at the most a couple of weeks, just trying to get all of my ducks in a row so to speak.

Thanks …

3517

Yep, booting from a USB drive.

3518

Thanks mnd

3519

On 21. Dune HD is connected to receiver. Signal loss to TV when playing 4k content.

1080p works fine

Suggested settings?

3520

Try to force 422 or 10 bit.

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3521

Thanks. 4:2:2 gets it to work.

Also,to those who might find it handy, i had to enable Player-led DV for Dolby Vision to work.

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3522

I’m using the Dune remote (in BT mode). The Direction up/down is the same as D-pad up/down.

I was really hoping to remap Channel up/down to Page up/down.

If used in IR mode, are they different buttons? Yes they are!

3523

This thread is hugely confusing for someone looking at these boxes. Is the Dune or Homatics box better overall? Do they both do CEC ok?

3524

CEC works great for me.
Both the Dune and Homatics are basically the same. Nokia and RockTek are also basically the same, same platform, different plastic case.
There are some differences in board revisions which are out of your control, but overall it seems that most of them work fine. The edge cases are being addressed.

3525

Thanks, that’s awesome. I’ll go the Dune I’d say, once you go black……

3526

Choose the one with the HW feature you prefer. IMO, ignore the DuneHD software…its pathetic.

Rocktech and Homatics offer a microsd card slot. Rocktech adds a bigger remote.

DuneHD has an IR sensor.

3527

Anyone successful getting DSD to bitstream? (dsf files)

I’m on C21 alpha and it converts to 192 LPCM regardless of SACD add-on settings.

Its not a big deal, but it’d be nice to have all my files bitsream. Atmos and DTS tracks bitstream fine.

3528

Flirc upgrade certainly fixed some issues but one problem persists and that is shutdown. If I use the shutdown button all I get is the Kodi power dropdown and choosing shutdown works but there is no way to restart other than by cycling power to the homatics box. If I choose to restart from nand ,and then operate power button, box shuts down and will restart but only in ATV. Still need to cycle power to boot to Kodi. Any tips?

3529

Im use reboot to android, and there, sleep/power off.
No any chance. Full shutdown not supported in Android.
Or you can stay on Coreelec, without shutdown…

3530

And you use power button to resume? And does it resume back to Kodi or ATV?

3531

Yes, power button in android use to wake up, then in the last homatics beta fw, long press on power allow me reboot. Then boot coreelec…

3532

Cool. Thanks mate try it now