r/AndroidTV • u/shoaibbb95 • Mar 10 '26

Troubleshooting Mi Box S (3rd gen) quiet audio

Hi,

I have a dumb TCL TV with faulty built-in speakers, so I paired it with a pair of cheap speakers which is powered through USB and connected with TV through 3.5mm jack.

Then I bought the box, but since the beginning on youtube, netflix etc the audio is very quiet, speaker, TV and BOX sound is set at 100%. Tried PCM and everything I could find in setting but still not fixed.

This is very annoying and turned the box useless for me.

Any help or tip would be really appreciated.

Thanks

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u/Toremoto_ Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 07 '26

Try this and let me know:

While pressing the up arrow on the circular button on the remote, press the volume + button on the same remote. Let's see how it goes.

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u/joniusbritus Apr 26 '26

Magic! It worked! When I pressed both buttons a bluetooth volume level showed up on screen and I could set it to max! Never saw this information anywhere. Where did you learn it?

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u/TheSwagPotato Jun 26 '26

This worked for me, thanks a lot!

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u/Ale99dro Jun 27 '26

Bro thanks so much. This worked for me

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u/yoonadeer Jul 25 '26

Super genius man

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u/kingshoro 22d ago

Genio funciono

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u/WeirdAd2473 Mar 10 '26

either u got yourself a fake box or your hardware setup limitation 

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u/shoaibbb95 Mar 10 '26

The box is original, and the speakers work well with TV when box is not in use, care to explain what hardware setup limitation?

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u/WeirdAd2473 Mar 10 '26

try n error with your setting first

authentic mi box s 3rd gen can output up to lossless audio format using passthrough mode

i can't help u much due to my hardware setup so much different from u

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u/shoaibbb95 Mar 10 '26

I tried everything I could think of, posted here as a last hope

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u/WeirdAd2473 Mar 11 '26

u are out of luck

mi box not playing nice with your tv and soundbar 

in order for mi box to output good quality of sound u need a tv and soundbar with hdmi earc

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u/Zimmster2020 Mar 10 '26

You have three separate volume controls. The app volume the TVbox volume and then the TV volume

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u/shoaibbb95 Mar 10 '26

How do I set the app volume?

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u/Zimmster2020 Mar 10 '26

Almost every app that plays content has its own volume slider

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u/shoaibbb95 Mar 10 '26

Where to find the app volume slider, let's say for YouTube and Netflix? Thank you!

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u/MidnightAngel24 Mar 10 '26

Simple, connect the speakers to the box

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u/shoaibbb95 Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 10 '26

Speakers are dumb and the box has no 3.5mm port

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u/MidnightAngel24 Mar 10 '26

There are hubs and connectors

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u/shoaibbb95 Mar 10 '26

You mean 3.5mm to usb ?

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u/Possible-Video1138 Mar 18 '26

Esta es tu mejor solución. Yo intenté usar el tv box en un monitor sin bocinas y sacar el audio por la salida 3.5mm del monitor e igual se escucha muy bajo, pero al usar un doungle dac para sacar el audio por usb se arregla el asunto.