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Tronsmart T1000 Elite 1080P Miracast/DLNA/Airplay Dongle €9.99 Delivered [GeekBuying]

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    #32
    davidom2513
    Registered Users Posts: 477 ✭✭davidom2513


    If I ran XBMC on my desktop, would I be able to use screen mirror on this to show it on my tv?


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    #33
    cruhoortwunk
    Registered Users Posts: 2,355 ✭✭✭cruhoortwunk


    Would that work with Widi (Intel wireless display)


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    #34
    Allyall
    Registered Users Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    toby2111 wrote: »
    Thanks for that. I'll try it again later. Can this yoke mirror /display apps from my android smartphone?
    davidom2513 wrote: »
    If I ran XBMC on my desktop, would I be able to use screen mirror on this to show it on my tv?
    cruhoortwunk wrote: »
    Would that work with Widi (Intel wireless display)

    Yes to all three.
    There was a video on http://www.youtube.com/user/tronsmart that showed all the functions and differences and how to connect, but it seems to have been removed, maybe to update.
    It may appear on this page
    http://www.tronsmart.com/products/miracastadapter/tronsmart-t1000-elite

    I think the quality out of this is pretty good. Even casted from an old Ainol Tablet that has been wiped and reinstalled so many times that it crawls.
    Sony Vaio with Widi working no problem.


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    #35
    carrigy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 42 ✭carrigy


    Mine arrived this morning, not entirely sure what to use it for though. just bought it because....well bargain alerts always has me buying things whether I want them or not.:o

    anyway what exactly can this do? what are you guys using it for? ive only managed to get it to duplicate my laptop screen which i'm thinking i might put to use with emulators maybe.

    What are you guys using it for.


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    #36
    toby2111
    Registered Users Posts: 2,280 ✭✭✭toby2111


    I just figured out how to screen mirror on my Z3,quality is great. Only thing is-its not full screen on my TV,just a narrow rectangle-any way of making it full screen?
    I have a Cloud ibox 2 plus.I can stream to my phone and mirror it on the TV.Strangely,It shows full screen on TV. Very handy,saves me running long HDMI cable to the bedroom now!So I reckon XBMC will work.
    Apart from that,I'm not too sure what else it can do.I'm the same as carrigy,just bought this out of curiosity. Heard that chromecasts were good so decided to get this,delighted so far.Thanks Allyall.


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    #37
    CreepingDeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,016 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    toby2111 wrote: »
    I just figured out how to screen mirror on my Z3,quality is great. Only thing is-its not full screen on my TV,just a narrow rectangle-any way of making it full screen?

    This caught me out for a little bit.
    Turn the phone sideways !

    When the phones screen autorotates it fills up the TV screen.


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    #38
    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users Posts: 5,231 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    Got my one yesterday, for my sons sony E3 phone, have not set it up yet, do i have to download a App to phone first and can i power it by the usb connection on the tv ?


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    #39
    duridian
    Registered Users Posts: 3,541 ✭✭✭duridian


    Also got mine today. Great little gizmo for the money, and delighted to find it plays MKV which Chromecast doesn't.

    The presence of the Tronsmart dongle + a Chromecast does seem to cause a bit of confusion with the Anynet+ on my fairly old Samsung TV. (circa 2009 model)
    The TV will switch directly from the CC to the Tronsmart no problem, but if I try to go from the Tronsmart to the CC it won't switch. I have found a pretty simple workaround though, by switching back to the "normal" tv channels (Saorview, RTE) with the Channel up or down button I can then go back into the Source list and the Chromecast then works when selected.

    I've been using BubbleUPnP and Allcast for "casting" to the dongle, as I had purchased those apps anyway for use with my Chromecast.
    Also used EZCast app to set up the passwords etc.. Noticed there is an "EZCast Pro" app on the Play Store by the same crowd as the regular app so I tried it as well but it doesn't seem to work with this dongle, whatever the difference is in the "Pro" compatible dongles.

    Overall very pleased with it. Thanks again OP.


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    #40
    duridian
    Registered Users Posts: 3,541 ✭✭✭duridian


    SCOOP 64 wrote: »
    Got my one yesterday, for my sons sony E3 phone, have not set it up yet, do i have to download a App to phone first and can i power it by the usb connection on the tv ?

    Yes to both. App is called EZcast published on Play Store by "Winner Wave Ltd." This will mainly allow you to interact with the settings of the dongle.
    It should run fine if you power it off the TV USB port.


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    #41
    davidom2513
    Registered Users Posts: 477 ✭✭davidom2513


    This code has expired now unfortunately!


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    #42
    carrigy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 42 ✭carrigy


    from reading the comments I dont think i really need this. I used to hook my tv up to my router via ethernet and use showbox with the twonky beam app to beam movies to the tv. This item would have done the same job I think.

    But now I have a mxiii android tv box with xbmc so I dont use showbox or twonky anymore.

    Its still useful for mirroring my laptop or using the tv as an extended screen. no need for long cables. I need another hdmi port though, my tv only has 2 and they're being used by the ps4 and the tv box.

    I if could make the tv box play ps1 and other games that be better, not sure if thats possible though.


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    #43
    g0g
    Registered Users Posts: 2,780 ✭✭✭g0g


    Jest testing mine here now this morning. Using a laptop to test it. Very easy to set up anyway - can connect to it directly via WiFi (it'll show as a new network) to adjust settings and get it connected to the internet. Then I set it to miracast mode and connected the laptop. Picture shows grand on screen but completely laggy for me on any videos I've played from youtube. Good novelty I guess and useful maybe for projecting photo slideshows or something. It sends the audio from videos to the TV too.


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    #44
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,834 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    duridian wrote: »
    and delighted to find it plays MKV which Chromecast doesn't.

    It does.


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    #45
    duridian
    Registered Users Posts: 3,541 ✭✭✭duridian


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    It does.

    It wouldn't play the ones I tried. Maybe it didn't like the embedded subs in the mkv files I was trying or something like that. I admit it was well over a year ago and I never bothered trying any more mkv since then until this new dongle arrived so could be different story now if I had the same files to test.


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    #46
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,834 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    What app were you using? Videostream handles everything I've thrown at it so far, better than DivX for which you need to buy extra codecs for some files.


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    #47
    duridian
    Registered Users Posts: 3,541 ✭✭✭duridian


    Ah, now I get you. You mean for casting from a PC? With Videostream is the transcoding not done on the PC and a compatible stream then cast to the CC much like from a Plex server?

    For my situation on the odd occasion when I use my PC, a desktop, to watch video I'd simply just use its own monitor which is big enough.

    It's only really Android streaming using either BubbleUPnP or Allcast, the Android apps from my phone or tablet that I am referring to in my earlier posting.


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    #48
    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users Posts: 5,231 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    Cant seem to do anything on this, downloaded ezcast app connected to phone, connected to internet, how to get it mirror whats on phone? turn app on phone, 2 icons on phone
    1 DLNA, 2 settings, on the DNLA, no DNLA app on phone?
    can get into settings and do adjustments but that's about it,
    which button do i press to mirror phone ?

    update: mirrorcast dont seem to work with a sony expire e3, switch ezcast app, on set to mirrorcast but goes no further, but can now use DNLA using a app call bubble, can see see photos with this and play music, but not what it was brought for, my son wanted to play games on phone and to view on tv, but still it was only €10 wasted.


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    #49
    duridian
    Registered Users Posts: 3,541 ✭✭✭duridian


    SCOOP 64 wrote: »
    Cant seem to do anything on this, downloaded ezcast app connected to phone, connected to internet, how to get it mirror whats on phone? turn app on phone, 2 icons on phone
    1 DLNA, 2 settings, on the DNLA, no DNLA app on phone?
    can get into settings and do adjustments but that's about it,
    which button do i press to mirror phone ?

    I got it mirroring from my devices by switching to Miracast mode on the dongle using the button on the dongle itself, then going into the display setting of my Android devices and looking in there for stuff related to casting the screen.

    On my Nexus 7 tab and My Moto X phone which are both pretty much stock Android interface, it was under cast screen and I had to "Enable Wireless display" from a submenu (3 dots)

    On an old cheap Alcatel Tablet it was under TV link instead of cast screen.

    I tried playing Oddworld Stranger's Wrath on the Nexus. TBH while it works, the delay between the image updating on the casting device tv screen makes gaming using this fairly impractical. Also I found myself constantly having to look down at my tablet to see where the controls were in relation to my fingers. Maybe this would be less of a problem if using a gamepad, but there is nothing can be done about the delay unfortunately.


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    #50
    allimac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 314 ✭✭allimac


    Got this today and works well from my android phone, can this mirror a PC as well and if so can anyone run me through the setup?


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    #51
    Bane
    Registered Users Posts: 133 ✭✭Bane


    My one won't play ball with me. When I switch it on, the HDMI channel has a Tronsmart screen, then after a min or so it says there's an error and that it needs to restart and after restart the same happens. And also my after using ezcast on my Surface Pro 3, it doesn't seem to find it at all?


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    #52
    duridian
    Registered Users Posts: 3,541 ✭✭✭duridian


    Bane wrote: »
    My one won't play ball with me. When I switch it on, the HDMI channel has a Tronsmart screen, then after a min or so it says there's an error and that it needs to restart and after restart the same happens. And also my after using ezcast on my Surface Pro 3, it doesn't seem to find it at all?

    Could be a lack of juice causing instability.
    Might not be getting enough power from the USB port on your TV. Do you have a high amperage USB charger, maybe something that came with a tablet that you could try using as a power source just to test this theory. What type of charger does the Surface Pro have? Could you use it to test?

    If the dongle is in DLNA/Airplay mode, then it is also working as a WiFi access point which other devices should see the same as they see your internet router. The password will be on-screen. You need to connect to this access point and then through this use the Ezcast app to configure the dongle so it can connect to your internet router for streaming from the net.
    For streaming local files you don't really need a router, as directly connecting to the dongle's access point from your phone, tablet or PC should allow you to do that.
    Miracast mode is more or less mirroring from what I've seen of it, and not as useful to me personally, but the DLNA mode on this dongle works very well for streaming.


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    #53
    Bane
    Registered Users Posts: 133 ✭✭Bane


    duridian wrote: »
    Could be a lack of juice causing instability.
    Might not be getting enough power from the USB port on your TV. Do you have a high amperage USB charger, maybe something that came with a tablet that you could try using as a power source just to test this theory. What type of charger does the Surface Pro have? Could you use it to test?

    If the dongle is in DLNA/Airplay mode, then it is also working as a WiFi access point which other devices should see the same as they see your internet router. The password will be on-screen. You need to connect to this access point and then through this use the Ezcast app to configure the dongle so it can connect to your internet router for streaming from the net.
    For streaming local files you don't really need a router, as directly connecting to the dongle's access point from your phone, tablet or PC should allow you to do that.
    Miracast mode is more or less mirroring from what I've seen of it, and not as useful to me personally, but the DLNA mode on this dongle works very well for streaming.

    Yeah I was thinking it might be a low power thing. But then my bro plugged the USB from the dongle into the TV and still same result for some odd reason.


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    #54
    Allyall
    Registered Users Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    Bane wrote: »
    Yeah I was thinking it might be a low power thing. But then my bro plugged the USB from the dongle into the TV and still same result for some odd reason.

    It could be just that the firmware didn't sit right when it was installed.

    Try updating or reinstalling firmware

    http://www.tronsmart.eu/downloads/

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s3kjBMOAJk

    http://chinagadgetsreviews.blogspot.ie/2014/03/how-to-manually-upgrade-firmware-for.html


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    #55
    allimac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 314 ✭✭allimac


    duridian wrote: »
    For streaming local files you don't really need a router, as directly connecting to the dongle's access point from your phone, tablet or PC should allow you to do that.
    Anyone got a fools guide on how to connect it to a PC?


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    #56
    Del007
    Registered Users Posts: 1,587 ✭✭✭Del007


    Can you play videos from you tube to the tv?

    I eventually managed to mirror my ipad to it but it's not full screen. However when I go into youtube, nothing happens. As in it wont play any of the videos. Is this an apple thing or what?


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