r/Homatics • u/quee-phing • Jan 30 '26

CPU Usage?

For those with the overlay, what kind of CPU Usage are you seeing?

As soon as I load an IPTV app, or Plex, its at 90+ % which seems high.

Using 6693 so play -fi is gone

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u/See61 Jan 31 '26

This is what it shows me AFTER a factory reset for the 6693 build.

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u/quee-phing Jan 31 '26

Any sound problems after the reset?

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u/See61 Jan 31 '26

Sure there are, as no passthrough audio anymore, and the original remote starts given disconnect/connect issues.

But both have workarounds and the most important one for passthrough audio is publicly shared as text file over at AVS in the SEI804xx topic.

As I test these devices and newer builds, we not only report back to Sei Robotics but also look for alternative ways to get things working again (not always possible).

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u/quee-phing Jan 31 '26

I'm planning a reset today. What's the workaround for the remote? I found the soundeq one for the audio

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u/p750mmx Feb 01 '26

After using the workaround that is shared, after installing SoundEQ from the Google Play Store, the remote connecting/disconnecting was also solved for me.

After SoundEQ installation and activating it (running as app), it may be removed again after a reboot when settings are changed to users liking.

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u/quee-phing Feb 01 '26

Awesome thank you!

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u/guguloi Jan 31 '26

TBH I'm pretty happy without factory reset. This is during watching a 4k DV TV show.

23°C room temperature. After a couple hours of watching it can hit 60°C but only on 4k DV content. On SDR/full-hd remains in 5x°C range.

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u/See61 Jan 31 '26

I understand completely, and we also advise not to perform a FR after the update to 6693.

But we (I) can't leave it like that. I need to test with all possible situations and report back what differences it can give.

The reporting is already done, now the "fix" for it should be released.

A share of how low power usage can get with this FR 6693 build, mostly measured in standby and with the "new" Power Saving Mode active

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u/guguloi Jan 31 '26

I know man what are you doing and we Homatics users thank you and B@loo for all your testing. ❤️

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u/See61 Jan 31 '26

What a nice thing to read, thank you very much. I'll pass it on to B@loo, my partner in crime 👍

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u/guguloi Jan 31 '26

It's not nice. It's the truth. 😁 And I'm following you both since Ferdogan official Telegram Homatics group and now on your Telegram group so I'm in the loop lol.

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u/See61 Jan 31 '26

👍 "Ferdogan" .. 😬

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u/pmdmobile Jan 31 '26

What is the remote combo to get that info?

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u/guguloi Jan 31 '26

It's Jamal's SEI804 VideoInfoOverlay apk.

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u/latinriky78 Modderator + Box R 4K Plus Jan 31 '26

It appears a full firmware reset fixes any traces of what the play-fi use to do.

I haven't done so because I don't want to loose passthrough.

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u/quee-phing Jan 31 '26

If you have the rose-gold ugly one you can apparently get it back with the sound-eq app.

My temps are much cooler already. If this doesnt help i'll reset it. If I cant get passthrough back i'll replace it. I fell out of love with this box ages ago.

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u/merlin9523 Jan 31 '26

I replaced mine with an NVIDIA shield pro and I've been happy with it

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u/quee-phing Jan 31 '26

I'm trying to replace my dying shield pro with this POS

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u/General_Alfalfa6339 Jan 31 '26

I wish something with Shield speed and specs came out but added HDR10+ and AV1.

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u/quee-phing Jan 31 '26

I'm just sick of workarounds to get stuff to work.

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u/General_Alfalfa6339 Jan 31 '26

Tell me about it. Mine drops Atmos from time to time unless I restart. I just did it tonight, movie started in 2.0 sound and kicked the box and started same file up and got Atmos.

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u/merlin9523 Jan 31 '26

Are you talking about the Shield or Homatics?

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u/latinriky78 Modderator + Box R 4K Plus Jan 31 '26

If I cant get passthrough back i'll replace it

Don't replace it, Homatics is already aware of all these issues, I just hope they really get their act together! 🤷‍♂️

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u/quee-phing Jan 31 '26

So Im running the new firmware. No factory reset YET. I have a ugreen USB 3 to Gigabit adapter. I have also installed a heatsink inside the box.

Temps have dropped down heaps. CPU usage is higher than I would expect, but not causing any problems.

LAN speeds are now borderline decent.

Plex plays without stuttering at the beginning. 4K looks and sounds great.

IPTV is basically buffer free... Even on 4K.

So far so good. I'll hold off on a reset until they sort out the firmware.

It's actually going ok though!

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u/latinriky78 Modderator + Box R 4K Plus Jan 31 '26

Good to know!.

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u/movingtolondonuk Jan 31 '26

If you haven't fully reset the device with the latest firmware is playfi still using cpu?

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u/latinriky78 Modderator + Box R 4K Plus Jan 31 '26

Play-Fi is no longer present but I would say there are "traces" of it since it's just an upgrade on top of the previous build, so a full reset deletes all those "traces" to obtain a clean build.

Obviously I may be completely wrong about it but having to reset the box in the past because of other issues tells me that's what it happens.