A short post since 38North has a much longer write up about the Manbang set top box here: https://www.38north.org/2019/02/mwilliams022219/

But I recently came across the manual to the Manbang set top box that was part of an .apk file. The app is corrupted but I was able to extract some of the contents. Specs from the manual are below, as well as the manual and font files used by the app.

Android Version: 4.4

Processor: S805 CPU Cortex A5 Quad-core 1.5GHz

Memory: DDR3 1GB RAM, 8GB internal storage

Video Formats Supported: H.265, H.264, MPEG1/2/4, DivX/Xvid, 3GP, m2ts, MKV, MP4

Audio Formats Supported: MP3, AAC, WMA, MID, OGG, WAV

Image Formats Supported: JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, JPG

USB Ports: 2 x USB 2.0

Network Port: 10/100M RJ45 Ethernet

Video Output: HDMI 1.4a, supports 1080 x 720 resolution

What’s interesting is that hte manual lists 8.8.8.8 (Google DNS) and 114.114.114.114 (a Chinese DNS) as configuration options. The manual also states that newly purchased devices must be registered with the Manbang Management Center before it can be used. Outside of that searching can be performed in Korean or English which might suggest that some content has English metadata. There’s also a few images in the docs folder that don’t appear to be used

Manual: Download

Fonts: Download