Askey TV Box/Dongle

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Askey TV Box/Dongle
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Askey TV Box/Dongle What Is It?
Askey TV Box/Dongle

• It is a mini Android PC!
• It is a smartphone companion!
• It is a Skype Phone!
• It is a smartphone video player!
• It is a game machine!

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TV Box/DongleProduct Specification

• Rockchip ARM A9 Cortex 1.4-1.6 GHz Dual Core CPU
• 1GB DDR, 8GB NAND flash
• Android 4.1
• WiFi Bluetooth
• Remote WiFi soft keyboard mouse APK on Android
  phone
• Remote WiFi game motion sensor game controller on
  phone
• DLNA media share support
• Apple Airplay media share no mirroring

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Askey Special Software Features
Askey TV Box/Dongle

• 1. BT Soft keyboard mouse APK
• 2. Automatic one key setup software
• 3. Simple P2P smartphone file transfer
• 4. Unattended remote SKYPE answering
• 5. Remote music player
• 6. Airprint and Google WiFi print support (tiafu)
• 7. NAS support (TianFu)

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Askey TV Dongle
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Askey Dongle Special Features

• Integrated single chip WiFi BT
• BT soft keyboard/mouse on phone/tab.
• Patented silicon antenna design
• Earphone Mic for SKYPE, gTalk
• File Transfer phone to U disk on box

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Askey TV Box
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Askey TV Box
MIC Jack
Earphone Jack
SD slot
LAN
USB4
USB1
USB3
Power
HDMI
USB2
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Askey Box Special Features

• All above special features in Dongle plus
• 3 programmable buttons with LEDs for SKYPE,
  customized programming
• Internal MIC, Speaker for voice app.
• Infra red IR transmitter to control TV, DVR..etc
• Power ON/OFF button and LED.

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Askey Box Special Features Why 3 Programmable
Buttons LEDs

• 3 buttons are programmable by Apps (APK)
• Buttons and LEDs used without TV on.
• Software tools, SDK and sample codes for user
• Customized function examples
• 1. If email arrives, lit up left LED.
• 2. email can be converted to voice email by
  Google voice
• 3.To listen to voice email, press left button
  below lit LED.
• 4. Press middle and right button for next or
  previous email.
• 5. To reply voice email, press and hold middle
  button and speak
• 6. Voice prompt e.g. press F1 to read for
  each step.
• Other examples WeChat, gTalk, SKYPE

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Askey Box Special Features Why int ext
MIC/Speaker

• Both External and Internal MIC/Speaker for voice
  Apps like Skype, WeChat
• TV may be off, but still get voice call.
• Perfect for WeChat, Skype, gTalk.
• No external wires, MIC/Speaker need
• External MIC/Speaker for privacy, extra
  flexibility.
• Internal for quick convenience

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Askey Box Special Features Why IR transmitter

• IR transmitter works as remote control for TV,
  DVR, STB
• IR transmitter cable plug into IR TX jack,
• Long IR cable can be placed in front of TV, DVR
  etc.
• User programmable IR receiver to learn control
  code.
• Software App to set up to send control code to
  TV, DVR.
• E.g. turn on TV, switch to HDMI2 for Askey box
• OR schedule Askey TV to turn on DVR at 3 am.

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Bluetooth (BT) Soft Keyboard (KBD) MouseWhy we
need it?

• For travelers, you bring dongle and smartphone,
  NO mouse.
• All other vendors need physical USB mouse to set
  up WiFi password.
• Without USB mouse, you cannot setup WiFi, dongle
  is dead.
• Solution BT Soft KBD/mouse as a downloadable APK
  for Android phones
• Download/install BT KBD-mouse APK on Android
  phone/tab
• and use it as keyboard mouse.
• TV box/dongle will auto start, set up to receive
  BT keyboard mouse
• TV box/dongle can also accept physical BT
  mouse/keyboard.

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Why Bluetooth is important in TV box/dongle?

• WiFi needs set up, password, BT can auto detect
  like iMac PC.
• BT earphones, speakers are common.
• BT earphone is ideal for voice SKYPE.
• BT implementation is low cost and driver is
  common

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BT soft keyboard mouse what does it look like on
smartphone?

• Status
• Connected
• To TV box?
• Hide keyboard
• Mouse only

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Example of wifi setup picture
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File TransferSmartphone to/from TV box-dongle

• A simple way to back up video, photo from phone
  to USB Drive.
• TV box/dongle can support large USB drive even
  2T disk.
• Users smartphone has lots of files, Docs,
  videos, photos or music to transfer.
• User installed our Android App on Android
  phone/tab.
• Simple tap and drag to transfer

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Files are transferred directly to USB disk
attached to TV box/dongle
TV dongle
wifi
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File Transfer vs NAS support

• NAS Network Attached Storage
• NAS is for multiple network attached storage
  devices
• NAS implemented in TV box
• Allows multiple storages to be access from
  iOS/Android devices

iOS (iPhone) or Android.
TV box with NAS connected to LAN
NAS is for file access/management among multiple
storages in a network. Askey file transfer is
phone to TV 1 to 1 transfer
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Unattended Remote Skype Answering

• You are far from home, No ones home. but
• Want to see what is going on at home?

Now you are here.
Your home with TV box video cam

• Install and use SKYPE on your Android phone to
  call home
• Home TV box Skype will auto answer and let you
  see video of home.

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Use Skype from outside to TV box at home
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TV Box Game MachineSmartphone as Game Controller

• This is standard feature from Rockchip.
• Other chipset solution may not have this
• Runs game on TV, Smartphone as controller
• Use phone as game controller

iOS (iPhone) or Android.
TV box
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You can play like this

GOOD GAME, MOTION GAME! BUT SCREEN IS TOO
SMALL! NOT COOL!

• Play game on Phone
• Battery power limited
• Computing power limited
• Small screen
• Inaccurate control to the game role
• Bad for eyes when played a long period time

Phone
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You can play like this
I'M MOVED... BUT ONLY MOVIES?BORING!! I WANNA
PLAY MOTION GAME ON TV!
Phone
YOU JUMP.I JUMP!
TVBOX

• Watch movie /TV shows only
• Play simple and uninteresting game
• Can it run wonderful motion games ? NO

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Can you play like this?

• TVBOX connect TV with physical line
• Is that convenient? Of course , NO !!!
• No sensors on TVBOX
• SO CANNOT play motion game.

WORKING OR NOT? THIS A QUESTION!
Phone
TVBOX
LEAVE ME ALONE!! I HAVE NO SENSOR.
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This is what you really want?

• Or spend lots of money (gt 200) to buy a XBOX/WII
  ?
• Wait a second

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YES! This is what you exactly want!
SO COOL! I LOVE THIS GAME!!
Phone
WIRELESS CONNECTED
SENSOR DATA
TVBOX

• Games run on TVBOX app RemoteControl run on your
  phone
• Phone connect TVBOX through wireless
• Phone send SENSOR data to TVBOX,
• TVBOX get the data and regard them as local data
  ,use the data to control game.

GAME RUNNING IN IT
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Remote control demo
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Air print
How to print files such as doc, PPT, XLS, photos
from phone to a printer?
One way is using USB cable to connect phone to
PC, then connect Printer to PC via USB.
usb cable
iphone usb cable
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Air print
Another way is using WiFi printer- this kind of
printer is expensive
wifi
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Our solution
TV dongle (wifi, cups included)
wifi
Printer

1. No need to install App on iOS phone
2. Print on regular USB printer (not WiFi printer)
3. Printer connected to dongle by USB cable
4. Android phones use Google Print.

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Remote Music Player
speaker
Songs output to speaker Controlled by phone
USB disk with songs
wifi
Ethernet cable
router
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THANKS FOR WATCHING!