Pivos Technology XIOS DS Media Play Smart TV Companion Review

Others/Miscelleneous by stefan @ 2013-04-23

The Xios DS is a small, but well optimized Android Media Player that can run XBMC in good conditions and features enough ports in order to plug in multiple storage devices or wired/wireless keyboards and mice. With the player we also get a simple remote for navigating through the menus.

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A Closer Look Contd.

Inside the User Guide, we will find the necessary information to get started:

 

 

 

 

The supplied power adapter is rated on the output 5V, 2000mA:

 

 

 

The remote is similar to the one that we have found with the iconBIT Toucan SX and with it we can navigate easily through the menus:

 

 

 

On the bottom we will find the battery compartment:

 

 

 

On the front we have the IR sensor:

 

 

 

The remote works with a 3V CR2025 Lithium battery:

 

 

 

On the top side of the unit we have one DS Media Play! Logo in center, along with a small Android green robot on the sides:

 

 

 

The front comes with the activity LEDs and the IR receptor:

 

 

 

On its right side we have a slot for microSD cards and also two USB 2.0 ports:

 

 

 

The back side has a LAN port, an additional USB 2.0, one HDMI port, the DC-IN and a Power button:

 

 

 

The left side has a product serial number, along with the MAC listed:

 

 

 

The bottom side is covered by a layer of grey rubber and here we will find a secondary product serial number, along with the Reset button (helpful when flashing different firmware versions). From the serial number we can find out that the sample we have received has M3 hardware revision:

 

 

 

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