BuzzTV Powerstation first glimse unboxing

[Emporium]

Numerated items above:

1. Powerstation box
2. HDMI Cable
3. Power supply
4. Cable for power supply
5. Silicon plugs (Green/Yellow) to plug any unused ports on the box, should you wish.
6. Energizer AA batteries (as usual, no cheap batteries here)
7. extra retaining rubber plug for NVMe
8. Buzz BT500 remote

Connectors on both sides of the box
Front side: USB3, USB2, and USBC along with the green power button with the buzz logo on it.
Back side: Power connector, TF (MicroSD), Optical connector, HDMI and gigabit Ethernet port.
(Not pictured) There is a small LED bar on the top of the box (under one of those hex patterns) And it is Green when power on, Red when in suspend (I assume will be same when powered off), and nice touch, you can turn the LED BAR off all together from within the menus.


Cover comes off the bottom, to reveal an NVMe slot. There is already a single rubber retainer in the 2280 size location. However you can surely install 2230, up to 2280 NVMe drives, and either move the existing plug to support it, or use the spare one if you are using something smaller than a 2280.


Power supply is a universal 100-240V, 50/60Hz with c(UL)us certification markings. Unlike previous Buzz power supplies, this powersupply has a separate 2 pin power cable going to it as you can see. No ground and does not take up more than one plug on an outlet or any power bar. I received the North American version so the power cable has the standard NEMA plug on it, but for other countries, I assume buzz will either include a universal plug adapter, or a different power cable to connect to the power supply.

For those who care about the power supply other specs, it is rated as 12V 3A
And the barrel connector at the end has a 5.5mm OD, 2.1mm ID (pulled out my calipers to confirm) and is Center Positive.

This box is quite a bit bigger than other buzz boxes. It measures roughly 6 inches (~15cm - front to back) x 5 inches (~ 13cm side to side) x just over 2 inches high (~5cm). measurements are approximate

[dishuser]

the length of the power supply is a nice addition

[Emporium]

the length of the power supply is a nice addition

YUP.. Close to 6ft from end to end. ~2.5ft on the power cable, and about ~3.5ft from the power supply to the barrel end that plugs into the box.

And if someone needs longer and doesn't want to use an extension, you can easily replace the power cable going to the power supply for a longer one. You can get 6ft, 10ft, 12ft cables for about $10 on amazon.

[dishuser]

YUP.. Close to 6ft from end to end. ~2.5ft on the power cable, and about ~3.5ft from the power supply to the barrel end that plugs into the box.

And if someone needs longer and doesn't want to use an extension, you can easily replace the power cable going to the power supply for a longer one. You can get 6ft, 10ft, 12ft cables for about $10 on amazon.

I have a couple from old laptops

[Emporium]

BTW: If anyone in Canada needs an NVMe drive to go along with their Powerstation, Canada Computers has the Samsung 990 EVO 1TB units for an interesting $79.99 (In-store only). And as of this posting, there seems to be some decent stock available in stores, but they are going fast.

https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=179_4229&item_id=251901

Interesting price for a Samsung unit. Sure, it is not their top tier units, but at this price, it is nice.

[dishuser]

that's a good deal

[nobodyspecial]

The tiny hole in the nvme slot is for hard reset

[Emporium]

The tiny hole in the nvme slot is for hard reset

Could you also use the power button I assume, like on some other devices (like the classic) ?

[nobodyspecial]

Not at this time I had a lot of issues the first day with it When I told aab I was going to do a hard reset he directed me to the name slot