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<h1>Installing Volumio on Amlogic S905x Android TV Box (Sunvell T95x)</h1>
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<p>The box used in this video is a Sunvell T95x I picked up refurbishesd on Amazon for $21 shipped. It sports an Quad Core Amlogic S905x&nbsp;@ 2GHz and 1 GB of DDR3 RAM.</p>
<h2>Things You Will Need</h2>
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<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A&nbsp; microSD card at least 4&nbsp;GB</li>
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<h2>Downloads and Flashing to MicroSD</h2>
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<li>Download Volumio&nbsp;<a href="https://community.volumio.org/t/volumio-2-on-tv-box-amlogic-s9xxx-s8xxx/7202/151" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
<li>Download Balena Etcher <a href="https://www.balena.io/etcher/" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
<li>Run Balena Etcher</li>
<li>Burn the Volumio image to microSD card</li>
<li>Safely remove microSD and re-insert</li>
<li>Ignore/close the Windows dialogs to format the inserted microSD card</li>
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<h2>Configure MicroSD Card for Volumio</h2>
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<li>Open the readable BOOT partition of the microSD card in Explorer</li>
<li>Navigate to the /dtb directory and locate the dtb file for your Android TV box<br />
For the Sunvell T95x use the gxl_p212_1g.dtb file</li>
<li>Copy the .dtb file to the root of the BOOT microSD device</li>
<li>Rename the copied .dtb file DTB.IMG</li>
<li>Safely remove microSD</li>
<li>Insert microSD card to Android TV box</li>
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<h2>Booting to Volumio for the First Time</h2>
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<li>Plug the power adapter and network cable into the Android TV box</li>
<li>If the device has never booted from external storage before the stock Android OS will load</li>
<li>In Android, navigate to the application drawer &gt; Run Update &amp; Backup</li>
<li>Select Local &gt; Navigate to the microSD card &gt; aml_autoscript.zip</li>
<li>Select Update</li>
<li>The system will reboot and should then begin booting Volumio from the microSD card</li>
<li>You should see the Volumio terminal running startup scripts, this process can take up to 10 minutes according to the forums</li>
<li>After several minutes, the scrolling text will stop, press Enter</li>
<li>Login with username root and password volumio</li>
<li>Type ifconfig and press Enter to display the IP address</li>
<li>On a separate device, open a web browser and navigate to http://IPfromAbove to access the Volumio web interface. Depending on your network setup, you may be able to reach the device by opening http://volumio.local as well</li>
<li>Follow the setup wizard to complete the Volumio configuration</li>
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<p>Source:&nbsp;<a href="https://community.volumio.org/t/volumio-2-on-tv-box-amlogic-s9xxx-s8xxx/7202/151" target="_blank">https://community.volumio.org/t/volumio-2-on-tv-box-amlogic-s9xxx-s8xxx/7202/151</a></p>
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