Western Digital TV Live Hub

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WD TV Live Hub 1TB Media Center
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Status Unknown
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Western Digital TV Live Hub (1TB)
Type	NAS, media streamer
CPU1	Sigma Designs SMP8654AD
Flash1 Chip	Samsung K9F2G080UB
Flash1 Size	256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size	256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Nanya NT5TU64M16GG x 4
ETH chip1	Realtek RTL8110SCL
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
Ethernet OUI: 00:90:A9 (8 E, 8 W)
Expansion IF types	USB 2.0, SATA
USB ports	2
SATA Ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, 2 A
Connector type	barrel
Flags: HDMI 1.4, Composite A/V, Component Video, SPDIF
Retail
Availability	common
(Est.) release date	October 2010
ASIN	B004GK0GKO
Country of manuf	Thailand
CPU1 brand FLA1 RAM1 Western Digital TV Live Hub Sigma Designs 256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br /> 256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br /> Western Digital WD TV Play Sigma Designs 256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br /> 512 MiB536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br />

For a list of all currently documented Realtek chipsets with specifications, see Realtek.
For a list of all currently documented Sigma Designs SoC's with specifications, see Sigma Designs.

For a list of all currently documented Western Digital device with specifications, see Western Digital.

Overview

Support page

Model number: WDBABZ0010BBK-NESN

HD: WD Scorpio Blue 2.5" 1TB (WD10TPVT)

Links of Interest

• Def Con 22 presentation and video by Felix Leder.

• WD TV Live Hub on Wikipedia
• Review on AnandTech

JTAG-Serial Info

Serial

Serial Pinouts

Serial is JP4 (115200 8N1):

FRONT
  _____________

R| RX         1 ©
I| GND        2 ©
G| VCC 3.3V   3 ©
H| .          4 ©
T| TX         5 ©
  _____________
REAR

The default login is "root" and the password is the result of "echo $SERIAL | md5sum"

where $SERIAL is the serial number display just before login in the boot log.

Pictures

User Images

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  Serial pins