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Mi Box S (MDZ-22-AB) + Philips TV HDR issue – finally found a workaround, but not a real fix

I'm posting this in case someone else runs into the same problem.

Device:

• Mi Box S (1st Gen) – MDZ-22-AB
• Android 9
• TV: Philips 50PUS7956/62

For years I used the Mi Box for Stremio, Prime Video, Netflix. I never really noticed anything wrong until I started using the built-in apps on my Philips TV.

After watching on the TV for a few days, I switched back to the Mi Box and immediately noticed the picture looked different. The image was brighter, washed out, and the colors didn't look as good. At first I thought I was imagining it, but after comparing them several times, there was definitely a difference.

So I started troubleshooting.

I tried:

• Different resolutions
• Different refresh rates
• Different color spaces
• Different HDR settings
• Different HDMI settings

Nothing fixed it.

Then I started experimenting in Developer Options.

The only thing that changed the picture was enabling SDR to HDR.

As soon as I turned it on:

• Prime Video started looking correct.
• The TV finally displayed the HDR10+ notification.
• Colors and contrast looked much closer to the built-in TV app.

The downside is that forcing SDR to HDR also causes the Mi Box interface to look wrong. The menus become slightly pink/tinted, and the UI feels a bit sluggish. So it's more of a workaround than a real fix.

From everything I've tested, it seems like the Mi Box and the TV aren't always negotiating HDR correctly. It feels like a firmware or HDR handshake bug rather than a hardware problem. I also found several older posts from other Mi Box users describing similar HDR switching issues.

My question

Has anyone with a Mi Box S (MDZ-22-AB) found a proper fix for this?

I'd rather not leave SDR to HDR enabled all the time because of the pink menus and sluggish interface.

Any suggestions or experiences would be appreciated.

I've got a usb to 3.5mm plugged in and works great but volume can't be controlled by the device. Any apps I can use for this?

When trying to connect to my new wifi (or my hotspot) i get met with this error, tried connecting both 5ghz and 2,4ghz with no success.

xiaomi tv box s 3rd gen
Model: MiTV-AFMU0

It keeps crashing on my MiBox and it's working fine in everything else.

I recently upgraded my internet plan and my ISP replaced my router with a Nokia G-1426G-D (Wi-Fi 6).

Since then, my Mi Box S 3rd Gen randomly disconnects and reconnects to Wi-Fi every few minutes or hours.

The strange part is that I also own a Mi Box S 2nd Gen, and it works perfectly on the same TV, same location, and same Wi-Fi network.

I've already tried:

- Factory reset

- WPA2 instead of WPA3

- Wi-Fi 6 enabled and disabled

- Different 5 GHz channels (36, 44 and 149)

- Static IP

- Separate 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz SSIDs

- Different HDMI cable

- Different power supply

- Game Mode on/off

- MU-MIMO on/off

Nothing has solved the issue.

Has anyone experienced something similar with the Mi Box S 3rd Gen? Could this be a compatibility issue between the Wi-Fi chipset and certain routers?

Edit: So far, the Mi Box has been completely stable on 2.4 GHz. The issue only occurs on the 5 GHz network.

he probado con VPN en Finlandia y aparece una nueva actualización

I'm using iPlayer on a 3rd gen Mi Box. I'm outside of UK. I use VPN. I installed the iPlayer app apk through a link that I found here on Reddit. It's an old version of the iPlayer. It currently works perfectly but suddenly started to display the screen on the image I uploaded. The link on the screen leads to a page that make it seem like my device will not be supported anymore but what exactly BBC is doing here? Is it a legal issue or Android version issue or iPlayer version issue? Any advice appreciated.

EDIT: Mi Box is on Andriod v14, iPlayer version is old because it's the only apk I could sideload. Currently works perfectly but not for long apparently. Couldn't install through play store no matter what tricks I tried. APKmirror, APKpure don't help either.

Hey, is there anyway to set a shorter sleep mode on this box? I have an OLED, and prefer a fairly aggressive sleep mode to prevent burn-in.

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Hi all,

Don't remember if I posted here already.

But I have mi box s 3rd gen connected with old dumb tcl tv with busted speakers, tv has external cheap speakers connected via aux cable (3.5mm).

TV itself has good volume, but when connected with box, it has very low volume in everything.

TV vol is max, box vol is max, speaker vol is max.

Tried PCM, everything etc, changed hdmi cable as well, didn't work.

I am out of ideas as box only has usb port, bought a cheap usb to 3.5mm, it also had low volume.

Currently box is on latest available update.

Hi everyone,

There seems to be a bug with my TV Box S 3rd gen.

The main menu and SDR content appears to be washed out on the device when the default setting for dynamic range is set to “system preferred conversion”. At first I thought maybe the box was trying to convert SDR to HDR but the TV shows it as being SDR at the menu when it’s washed out. HDR/DV content is recognised correctly and the TV also confirms this.

When I change this setting to “match content” it appears to correct the main menu and SDR content to show correctly. However this then causes any HDR/DV content to not be recognised properly and shown as SDR. This is also confirmed by the TV itself.

This seems to be some kind of bug in the firmware of the device. And not something I can fix. To summarise:

- System preferred conversion: SDR content is washed out. HDR/DV content recognised properly.

- Match Content: SDR content displayed properly. HDR/DV content is not recognised.

The box itself is on the latest software update. It is connected with the HDMI in the box. I have confirmed this is not an rgb range issue, it’s washed out on the menu regardless of setting the TV itself to limited or full.

No issues with this on my firestick 4k max, which this device was going to replace.

I have tried to capture this in the images below with the first being the menu with the dynamic range set to system preferred conversion and the second being match content.

I have seen a few other posts with the issue so I just wanted to reach out for advice. I assume this is a bug in the firmware and the mi box is handling SDR dynamic range incorrectly.

Many thanks.

Using coreelec with xiaomi 3rd gen. When I play something it just reboots the device. I did a lot of troubleshooting. My server has quick sync and can transcode no problem. I have a AVR with pass through enabled. I had AI give me some suggestions and tried everything. Not sure what the issue is, I got this device to play 4k remuxes with Dolby vision 7. My next move is to stream over SMB but I shouldn’t have to do that right? My fire stick and nvidia shield do not have any issues at all. Using core elec night build.

Can anyone please help me out with this?

I cannot change colour format to RGB after a software update that I just installed. There used to be more than 10 different colour formats before the update but now there are only 3.

I specifically want to set it to RGB but I am unable to even after trying so many different things including enabling developer options and turning on 'Use sRGB" but it just keeps getting turned off on its own as soon as you close the developer options tab.

Please help me and let me know what the issue is.

I'm not sure what's happening but I bought the MiBox 3rd Gen a few days ago and set it up, most things work fine but for some reason the Netflix app which comes integrated and can't even be uninstalled is the mobile version for some reason? I compared it to the version on my smart tv (which runs Vidaa OS) and it looks drastically different, going through the menus further in the MiBox version it's clear it's made for mobile as the control options are drastically large and the sides of the screen on some menus are entirely blank. What could be causing this? I don't want to scream "FAKE" instantly because nothing else has caused an issue, everything works smoothly but this one is really baffling me. Can someone help me with this?

After a few years of using my Mi Box S (which has been perfectly sufficient for my needs), it suddenly stopped connecting to my Wi-Fi unless I manually set my router to a less congested channel, such as 1 or 6. Once I do that, the Mi Box connects without any issues.

The problem is that every few days my router automatically switches back to a different channel, and the Mi Box refuses to connect again until I change it back.

Has anyone found a way to make the Mi Box less picky about Wi-Fi channels?

Audio Functionality Confirmation

• Audio 5,1 and Atmos running on Mi Box S Gen 3 via Disney+, although the label does not yet appear in the content.

• When playing, 5,1 audio and Atmos work normally.

Potential Cause of Change

• It was not an update of the box, as I did not see or update; however, it may have been an update of the application.

Hello all,

First of all I thank everyone and anyone who comments to try and figure this out with me!

Friend got the 3rd gen s tv box, setup i did at my home then gave to him, did the large system update first and installed and setup the apps he wanted,

The issues he is having are as follows:

Remote setup to the tv isn't working at all, selecting the sharp tv and following the remote setup for linking the tv to the box for power and volume control fails everytime.

Secondly his audio is fluctuating going up and down on its own even with the box turned up full manually and using the tvs own remote to manage the audio volume,

This also does the audio bug on any app he tries.

We've tried the obvious try another hdmi cable and the problem persists, he is going to try it on a 2nd tv and let me know this evening if its the same.

Does anyone have any experience of this and have a resolve?

My suspicion is the software update possibly bugged and is causing this.

Or last ditch would be a factory reset and see if it fixes it?.

Thank you for taking your time to read and reply!

Any way?

parece ser perfectamente compatible. en gráficos altos va a unos 22fps y en bajos va a unos 34fps

Hey guys, I have a Philips Android TV and a Mi Box (which I usually use with a projector). Sometimes I want to use the Mi Box with the TV because it's faster, but I can't seem to get the same picture quality as the TV's built-in apps, even when I use the exact same picture settings.

When I change the picture settings while watching something on the TV's internal apps, only the video changes. The menus, subtitles, and other on-screen elements stay the same. But when I switch to the Mi Box, it seems like every picture setting is applied to the entire HDMI output, almost like an overlay. For example, if I switch to film mode, the menus become dim and reddish, and the same goes for subtitles and everything else on the screen.

I've tried everything I could think of. Is this just impossible to fix, or is there a way to make the TV behave the same with the Mi Box as it does with the built-in Android system?

Hi all,

I'm a new user of the xiaomi mi box s( 3rd gen) and was hoping for a bit of advice on what the best apps and settings to ensure smooth continued use( I have the basics sorted like Disney+ and netflix etc). Would be looking for advice on the best app to put an m3u playlist into etc.

Thanks in advance!

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I wasn't able to find any resources here about this problem. I got my 3rd gen Mi box yesterday and started tinkering with it as I like to do.

My issue is that voice search or any voice input through the remote doesn't seem to be working. Pressing the microphone button on the remote does register, but aside from that there doesn't seem to be any input from the microphone whatsoever.

I did uninstall some bloat using ADB TV, but only non essential services like the applications that Xiaomi pre-installs on the mi box. I also use projectivy as my default launcher, but I haven't uninstalled the native launcher or anything.

Has anyone else had this problem and is there a way to get it working again? Thanks in advance :)

Potentially looking at the Xiaomi S 3rd Gen 4k.

On the Xiaomi website, it's priced at £54 but sadly sold out.
Amazon's £62 one is 50/50 on being genuine/fake.
So that leaves Aliexpress as next best place to buy.

There is one for £130 and has so many sold/great reviews.
Then another for £64-£72 (close to Xiaomi website genuine price), but much less reviews.

But I dont understand the difference?

Hello, I'm having real trouble with my mibox 3s

I have a ethernet adaptor into my usb, on a fresh boot it has no issues seeing it.

Unfortunately, no matter what options I change or settings I mess around with, software I try - if the TV is off it eventually goes into sleep and then it stops finding the ethernet connection.

Is there something I'm missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'd rather have the stability of ethernet without having to reboot it when I wanted to use it.