A rather impressive topic is obtained, we will break it into three submenus “Creating a new Google Play account” - intended for completely “new ones”, “Logging in with an existing account” - who already has a registration on Google Play and forgot how to do it, and “Deleting a Google Play account ”- for those who are already tired of all this))) The beginning will be common for the first two topics, it will fork in the process

We display in the main menu (we already did this ⇒ here ) and press:

The prefix will start thinking and checking an empty account, we are waiting for:

(you have a different menu ⇒ Click)

When the check is over, you will be offered a choice, now our topic is bifurcated:

Create a new Google Play account

Select “Or create a new account”, click next:

Take a leaf pen and better duplicate the data that you will further enter into the Android Box, namely, enter your first name, last name:

Now the phone number, select the region - for Russians RU, as in my screenshot, enter the phone number without the country code (Russians remove +7):

Please enter correct data! When recovering a password, and it is almost always forgotten, this data will be asked!

They will ask if it is possible to send you a code, you have no choice, and they didn’t withdraw money from me .... click "continue"?

“Magically” an SMS will come to the phone, and a form for entering it will drop out on the TV screen, leave everything that was typed in the form, just add the code from the SMS, click “next”:

We remember your gender and date of birth, still duplicate everything on a leaf:

And now the most difficult thing is to come up with a name for your mailbox, believe me, all easy, cool and even complex names are busy, only mega-complex ones remain, so dilute the numbers with letters and vice versa, experiment - duplicate with a pen on a piece of paper:

When you succeed, the full name of what you came up with @gmail.com is your account name and also your email address.

Next, you will be asked general questions about data backup and card payment details, I will describe them at the end of the two subsections in green font . Let's move on to the next subtitle!

Login with an existing account

“ When the check is over, you will be offered a choice, now our topic is bifurcated, ” remember this phrase? now we make a different choice:

Further on the knurled, enter the password, suddenly forgot, I hope you understand how to restore, if not, write in the comments:

And now the general ending, about which I already wrote in green , this applies to both subsections, we will be asked about consent, but in fact they will not leave a choice:

“Someone”, we think, checks:

Here “I do not touch the checkbox”, I confirm the Android Box backup:

Now they will ask for payment details. Why are they on the console? Well, pay for paid Google Play apps. I always refuse, in general I don’t write payment data on the Internet - it’s personal. Yes, and Russian origin interferes with installing something for money)):

Click continue - we get the usual Google Play search page on smartphones and tablets, but already on the Android Box console:

Go to the mail (name of your account) there will be a letter - confirmation, you need to click "Yes, it's me", i.e. confirm entry. All!

As they say - you can use it, now let's talk about how to erase your account, I recommend doing this before resetting to factory settings (it is written ⇒ here )

Deleting a Google Play Account

We enter the usual settings and look for the word “Accounts”:

We select Google there we have an account:

We see this, and then click where I show:

The following screenshot explains what I wrote here about the dampness of the set-top box software, but we boldly click “Delete account”:

It is done! Google Play account disappeared:

The entry is by far the longest, if you are not tired of reading, write what you think, and where you can cut back on my meticulousness, thanks!

Here I will not tell you how to download programs, this is the topic of a separate post about the Android Box. Let's just figure out how to make already installed by default or downloaded programs visible on the main menu of the Android Box set-top box.

Click on the huge “+”:

Now you need to click once on “OK” so that such green checkmarks light up. Look carefully, I have highlighted 3 installed Android Box programs:

Double clicking will remove the selection and, accordingly, the program will not appear in the menu, so click “smoothly”!

We go back (we discussed how to control forward back ⇒ here ), and this is what we see:

The goal is achieved, the programs are visible, you have a successful holiday with the Android Box prefix set up together!

Z.Y. You can still add programs in the Android Box category, these big squares “On Line Video”, “Recommented”, “local', etc. But just click on them and you will immediately understand everything.

Apply when everything is bad with the Android Box prefix: hangs, buggy, and when this article .

Check if everything is saved! Further actions will delete all settings, applications, languages, photos!

Before installation, it is better to delete Google Play accounts (described ⇒ here )

The prefix will be the same as you printed it out of the box (dust and scratches do not count).

Rushed!

In the settings menu (below), select the following:

(you have a different menu ⇒ Click)

Here is the finish line:

Feel free to press, agree, but the time until all this happens (5 minutes on average) is enough for you to write a comment about this site and the girl who harnessed me to do it, I’ll say right away - beautiful :)

Now again you need to select the language and connect WiFi

Instead of Z.Y. I wonder how Google Play will behave, whether it is possible to register another account on it after a rollback, or, as in modern smartphones, I forgot my Google account, you can’t do anything with the phone. Who has set-top boxes with Android 7 and above, can you write? I have not yet tracked my kickbacks, and I have one Google account.

For a long time I dreamed of this topic and the rubric of its placement, but nevertheless included it in the First Acquaintance , well, when this will happen, is it unknown? But Android Box will shut down anyway, it's a matter of time. Why? Yes, because gladiolus! A raw operating system written for a tablet, that explains it all. Those. all programs were developed for a tablet - at best, for a smart phone - at worst.

A reboot almost always helps, you need to turn off and turn on the Android Box from the outlet.

Did not help? So you need to roll back to the factory settings .

Throws out the program

It often happens that after installing the program (we will also talk later how to install them), the program does not work at all, in any way, it just throws it out. After several sleepless nights, I managed to trick the Android Box and in this submenu I tell you this secret.

We need to change the menu, make it like on the phone! Everything is very simple! Well, what about moving on to another article? Will you figure it out yourself? Well, okay, I've persuaded you, I'm posting screenshots.

After entering the settings, select:

(you have another menu ⇒ press )

Now move the dot up:

Well, here is the menu we see:

How to work with the tablet menu on the Android Box is intuitive, especially when you have chosen the right device for this.

Personally, many programs went to me, both for the phone and for the tablet on Android Box, but we'll talk about this in the heading “ Complex tasks ” .

The topic will go on and on, because there are a lot of bugs, but the more interesting it is (I rub my hands)

Write an attentive reader) About bugs, about life)

It would seem, why the time and date on the Android Box? But many people want "the watch to show everywhere." Well, the topic is small, but we will also consider it! Yes, and from experience I will say that some programs take time in these settings, television, for example.

We go into the usual one from the last entry , the Android Box settings panel, go into them and press this:

(you have another menu ⇒ press )

Well, now we do everything as shown in the following screenshot, of course, if your time is different from Moscow time, then you should select a different time zone for the Android Box:

That's all, here of course you can tell how happy I am that you read this, well, to fill the page with text! But I'd rather suggest you send greetings in the comments :), Thank you all!

We deliberately skip the connection via LAN, the set-top box recognizes it automatically. So let's get started!

WiFi connection

Connecting WiFi or according to the popular Wi-Fi (WiFi) is an important matter! We enter the settings of the set-top box, as it was written earlier, and we immediately see the familiar WiFi icon:

(you have a different menu ⇒ Click)

We entered, and we find the lever, or the WiFi enable box:

Carefully look for where WiFI is turned on - in these settings this is the main thing!

Now let's search for networks!

We see a magical list of Wi-Fi networks. To the left of the records, you can see the quality of the received signal:

I hope you remember what your WiFi “is called” and you have a password for it written on a piece of paper. Remembered? Click on "your" WiFi. Enter password:

After entering, click connect.

At the top right near the clock, where monitors are drawn in the screenshots, you must have a WiFi icon. What did not work out or there were problems with the keyboard for typing (and it works the same as in smartphones), write, we will analyze all your cases, and if necessary, we will write an article on how to use the keyboard.

Before you start equipping the brand new Android Box, let's take a look at how it is controlled. The main three principles of management are described in the table of contents of the articles, so let's start in order.

Remote control

Well, from experience I’ll say that there are no control panels for set-top boxes, and the latest market analysis showed that more recent remotes appear along with set-top boxes with fewer and fewer buttons.

Honestly, I use as often as possible only the Android Box power button on the control panel, I do everything else with the mouse, but more on that later.
Let's analyze the main functions of the remote control, it was not in vain that I drew numbers there: 1. Turning on.
Everything is simple, it puts it into standby mode, the indicator on the set-top box changes color from blue (working mode) to red (sleep). 2. Turns off the sound, the same button is on the TV remote control
3. A colorful block, but in fact useless contains 4 keys (they can be modified but are clear in meaning):
♦ Media - opens a funny explorer in which you can see folders and files, only video is visible -segment
♦ Music - the same as the button above, only distinguish between music files
♦ WEB - opens the browser that comes with the console (the only useful button)
♦ APP - opens the menu of installed applications.
♦ TV - (on some remotes) it just constantly clicks back, it does not work like a “Reset” button (7), but in general it simply flips everything back through minimized programs, and menu settings, only already closed menus are not subject to it.
4. Rewind, but it works so interesting, experiment yourself, I personally flip through films, but it should take time
5. Volume control - quieter-louder sound of the speakers.
6. Home - from any program will throw you into the home menu.
7. Return will take you back one step, even one step.
If you are in the menu of the Android Box program, it will remove the menu when you are in the program, and generally close the program. 8. Joystick.
The name speaks for itself, you can switch up and down, left and right. The “OK” button works like the “Inter” button on a computer keyboard. 9. Settings menu - it opens some submenus in any program and application, even opens something on the home page.
It's funny, in many programs I did not know that there were such menus. We try. 10. Mouse Mode (sometimes labeled as “Cursor”) - switches the console and it only responds to the joystick (8), to turn it off, you need to click on “mouse mode” again. The button takes skill, but in some situations the mouse mode is vital.

If the console does not respond to any keys, you are in mouse mode.
11. Shift button works when typing.
Switches the keyboard layout. 12. Erases a character. When typing, deletes the last character (similar to the Backspace button (backspace))

Everything is clear with numbers (0-9) - numbers and numbers
Let's consider several other remotes, let's designate the blocks in the same way
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The main button that comes in handy is marked (prefix setting), but it can be found in another way.

The section turned out to be large and I hope it is useful, let's move on to another device for controlling the Android Box prefix - namely the mouse

Mouse and Air Mouse

Although I have never held the AeroMouse in my hands, I am sure that the principle of the equation is the same for it as for a conventional computer wireless mouse (only more functionality).

The connection is very simple, find the transmitter, it is hidden in both devices under the battery cover, and plug it into one of the USB sockets of the set-top box. We all insert batteries and we can use it.

Does not work? If suddenly the mouse or Air Mouse does not work, then change the USB socket for the transmitter to the Android Box

There is still a difference, if you type a lot, then the “Air Mouse” is much faster, with a large screen and dexterity. You have to get used to everything.

A computer mouse and Air Mouse are much more convenient to use, but they do not turn off the set-top box in standby mode

You are unlikely to have problems with the controls, there are not so many buttons, and the captions for them say a lot, in addition, when you shoveled the information above about the remote control

Wireless keyboard with touchpad

The TouchPad has always been difficult for me, even on a laptop, so I treat this functionality with particular distrust. Carrying a finger over this square is a misunderstanding. But the possibility of working with this device is available. How convenient is it? Well, for everyone this is their own understanding, if you type a lot of texts and are used to the touchpad of a laptop, then the amount is within $ 10 and this control device is yours.  

There are a lot of buttons here, and how they will work on the Android Box is better if you write to me in the comments, because I don’t have this gadget.

What to choose and how to manage the console is up to you. I made my choice - a wireless computer mouse for a few dollars, and a remote control to turn off the set-top box. Where did you end up and why? Write in the comments.

Keyboard apps for SwiftKey are here and LeanKey are here .

Let's look at the whole path from receiving (purchasing) the Android Box, to the first appearance of the image on the TV screen. Interesting? Go!

Opening the box

The prefix is ​​received, unpacked and is practically the following:

The Android Box prefix can be very tiny, from personal experience I will say that I have seen a prefix that is less than the width of the palm of your hand. This probably only affects the number of USB slots in that set-top box, there were only 2 of them, in larger set-top boxes there are 4 of them. But in any case, you can connect a slot expander (USB hub).

I will say right away: reading the instructions is a useless exercise. there is absolutely nothing there, and you will be lucky if it is in English. You can only find out how much electricity it consumes, but this data is useless to us.

There are no batteries in the Remote Control. We need “mini-finger” (little finger) type AAA (2 pcs).

Android Box connection

Let's study the connection sockets:

Everything is clear in the picture above, the only thing is if you want to connect the set-top box via WiFi, then leave the connection to the LAN of the Android Box set-top box unattended and connect only the power and HDMI cable. Plug the other end of the HDMI cable into your TV.

The HDMI cable is very short in the kit, a meter HDMI cable costs about $5-$10 on the market.

To connect old TVs, there are HDMI-tulip and HDMI-Scart type cords (sold separately):

Check if the connection is correct:

• The power supply is connected to the network, which is inserted into the set-top box (the power indicator lights up and looks at us).
• HDMI cable connected to set-top box and TV.
• If we connect the Internet LAN - the cable with the RJ-45 connector is inserted until it clicks.

Turning on the TV for the first time

We turn on the TV and use the “input” button on the TV remote control to switch it to HDMI mode (tulip, Scart).

Android Box not showing 

Causes:

1. Power not on, check if the indicator is on.
2. The console is not included from the control panel. The indicator must be blue.
3. The TV has a lot of HDMI inputs. Switch several times to empirically understand which Android Box is included.
4. The Android Box is connected to HDMI incorrectly, double-check everything again.

Do the checks sequentially as described here.

I will continue the page, what if there are problems at the first, and perhaps the most important stage - please write in the comments. Thank you.