ZIDOO Z9S

Zidoo Z9S TV Box

The Zidoo Z9S is one of the first Realtek RTD1295 based TV boxes products to come onto the market, and it has to its credit a very striking set of features, such as simultaneously running Android 6.0 and OpenWrt, HDMI connection for recording videos and PiP, a SATA external interface , 4K multimedia support including HDMI 2.0 output, 4K at 60fps H.265 and VP9 & 4K 24Hz H.264 video decoding, as well as HDR and 3D support.

The device includes a SATA cable for 2.5 “laptop hard drives or SSDs, an HDMI cable, a 12V / 3A power source that should be enough to handle the SATA disk as well as a USB 3.0 drive, a laser remote control infrared with learning function for the infrared ray, 2 large Wi-Fi antennas, a warranty card and a “Simple Manual” in English of the Zidoo Z9S.

The front panel includes a VFD screen and a window to receive the infrared signal from the control, while one side includes the SATA interface, a USB 3.0 port and two USB 2.0 ports. The back panel has two connectors for Wi-Fi antennas, a Gigabit Ethernet port, HDMI input and output, an AV plug (composite + stereo audio), optical S / PDIF, a hole to recover the firmware, a tray for Micro SD, the power plug and a mechanical switch on and off.

The shield is soldered to the card, so I did not try to remove it. The back of the card reveals the Micro SD tray, the Genesis Logic GL852G 4-port USB hub, and a Titan Micro TM1628 LED driver found on the smallest electronic card used for the front screen of the device.

Again there is a large shield soldier in the main ICs, so we can not check the SoC, the RAM or the Emmc FLASH chips. But if we get a battery for the RTC, the Realtek RTL8821AU USB 2.0 802.11ac, the Bluetooth 4.0 chip, and a transformer SG24002 10/100 / 1000M to Gigabit Ethernet (The GbE PHY and the MAC are inside the chip RTD1295).

The serial console / UART head seems to be located between the USB 3.0 and SATA ports. The SATA port must be a “true” one since the SATA is supported natively by SoC Realtek RTD1295.

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