I have found that Coreelec is the only way I can achieve all the audio options and Dolby Vision advertised for this box. However the inability to suspend and re - wake is a real problem. There is mention of reeboot into AV before powering down but the problem I have found with that option is that when I re - boot the box returns to AV. The only way back to Coreelec is to cycle the power and this sometimes takes several attempts before success.
For now I leave the box powered up and just change inputs on my TV or if I am not using the box for a while I switch off at wall socket. It would be great if the coreelec and homatics teams could find a better solution.
Appreciate the great work you have already done.
@vpeter, would be possible to change the the off state red led to 0? I mean led will be in the power on state as is now, just when the CE power off state, the led not light up, no red light. thanks
Yes, I want to all led off when device off… No need any led there…
We have asked homatics, in the beta forum, to be possible separate set the on and off status led in ATV side…
The main issue is the USB 5V are powered off by the bl30 blob. So on resume the physical USB device where CE was booted got removed and reinsert. This should be no issue on the Dune when using µSD as it keeps powered.
One user soldered the CHQ1838/vs1838B IR diode, to the original homatics box mainboard, and he said, he can wake-up the device from the CoreELEC power-off state. He use the remote IR, with the remote conf was shared here earlier. I will made the modifications in mine when my diodes arrived, and will check…
Using just Homatics could be confusing if you want to buy one online. I think only the Box R 4K Plus has the Dolby Vision yet they have similar look and names Streaming Media Player – Homatics
That’s not what I meant, use Homatics full name everytime you want to. I just wanted to distinguish the dune version from the Homatics one in specific conversations.
When auto powered on by the Dune box power-up, my TV defaults to its own home screen. An extra button press (any one) on the Dune remote will switch it to the Dune’s screen and everything works fine.
Would be nice to not need that (so as not to confuse an SO). Not a big deal for myself and most I suppose.
Dear @vpeter,
I see, thats the blue led light was good some nightlys earlier, not disturbingly strong.
But with the last some nightly that go to double strong. In the Atv led setting 5 the smallest, currently in the CE, fit to ATV led setting 10.
How can we back set to smallest brightness as possible? thx
Would it be possible for Homatics to replace their version of Kodi with the Coreelec version. That would negate the need to boot from usb and shutdown and wake would work perfectly along with HD audio and Dolby vision.
Works fine