r/Homatics

Hey everyone,

I was browsing the listing for the new Homatics Box R 4K Plus V3 over on Android TV Guide (https://www.androidtv-guide.com/streaming-gaming/homatics-box-4k-plus-v3/) and noticed an interesting regional hardware difference.

While the standard global version comes with the typical 3GB RAM / 32GB storage configuration, there seems to be a Turkey-specific variant listed with 4GB RAM / 64GB storage.

https://preview.redd.it/5id2jny9rnth1.png?width=886&format=png&auto=webp&s=888764978b6f0b68c9d92cfc1b7a8da61d69a23a

Usually, TV box manufacturers tend to keep global specs identical or even downgrade regional batches, so seeing an upgraded 4/64 combo designated for a specific market is a welcome surprise. Extra headroom on internal storage is always great considering how quickly 32GB can fill up with apps, caches, and emulators.

Has anyone seen official retailer listings or confirmation on this yet? Wondering if this 4/64 version will eventually make its way to other regions or stay exclusive.

So I purchased a Homatics Box R 4k Plus to replace my aging 2017 Nvidia Shield. While I enjoy just about everything about this box, this annoying message is driving me up the wall.

I have it plugged in a TCL QM8K and a Yamaha TSR receiver via eARC. The audio works fine, I passthrough all audio codecs via eARC and the remote adjusts the volume on the receiver just fine, it's just this darn message appears on the screen every time a touch the volume buttons and I just can't get rid of it. I never had this issue with the Shield, an ONN pro and even a CCWGTV with the exact same TV/Receiver combo. I searched hi and low and tried all google and AI tips but nothing works. Using the TV remote works fine and the message does not show up but I don't like the TCL remote, it's huge and has way too many useless buttons on it.

Changing the remote to directly control the volume on the receiver via IR (instead of using CEC) also works but the volume controls are much slower plus holding down the + or - buttons doesn't work and you have to keep clicking those buttons to get each incremental volume adjustment so constantly hitting the - button to turn down the volume really sucks.

Anyway, does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this issue. The box is on the latest firmware and so is the remote. I also added my shield pro remote to the homatics box and the same issue persists so I know it's not a remote issue. It's strictly this box.

Thanks

UPDATE: For those having the same issue, I finally came up a workable interim solution until hopefully this bug gets fixed. I ended up pairing the B21 H Box remote with the TCL TV. By using the TV as the CEC controlling device, the annoying message does not show up when adjusting the volume. It's ironic that I have to pair the B21 remote with the TV instead of the H box that it shipped with to in return control the H box. While I do notice a slight latency versus when the B21 remote was paired with the H box, I am satisfied with the results.

Here is a 30 second clip to show what I am talking about.
https://imgur.com/a/kx60AgO