How to remove encrypted channels on Xiaomi TV: the complete guide

Owners of modern Xiaomi Smart TVs, such as the Mi TV P1 series or Mi TV 4S, often face a situation where, after automatically setting up digital TV, channels with the words “Encrypted” or a lock icon appear in the list. This is a standard situation for DVB-T2 on-air digital broadcasting, where some of the content is only for subscribers of paid packages or requires special equipment for decoding. For the average user watching free public channels, these positions only clutter the list and interfere with convenient navigation.

There are a number of ways to remove these channels, from simple concealment to a complete tuner reconfiguration. In the Android TV operating system on which Xiaomi TVs are based, the channel list management process has its own features that differ from older models with proprietary software. It is important to understand that it is impossible to completely remove the encoded signal from the air, but you can make it so that the TV ignores it when switching or does not store it in memory at all.

In this article, we will discuss in detail all available methods for cleaning the broadcast list, you will learn how to use the pass function, how to set up the right setup. CAM-We will also look at the hidden engineering menus that may be required in complex cases and answer frequent questions about how the digital tuner works.

Reasons for Encrypted Channels to Be on List

The appearance of blocked content in the broadcast list is due to the principle of the DVB-T2 standard. The TV tower broadcasts a packet of channels (multiplex), in which signals are encoded by streams. Xiaomi TV remembers all the frequencies found when scanning, regardless of whether the signal is open on them or not. If the user does not have an active smart card of the provider or the corresponding access module, the TV marks such channels as encrypted.

The two types of encoding are often confused: the first type is paid federal or regional channels that do require access purchases; the second type is technical channels or channels that are temporarily closed by the provider but are formally included in the broadcast package; in MIUI for TV, they are displayed the same way, creating the illusion of a malfunction or unnecessary debris on the air.

⚠️ Warning: Trying to find “unlock codes” on the Internet to view paid channels for free is useless. Current encryption standards (for example, Verimatrix or Irdeto) cannot be circumvented by software methods without a legal access key.

In addition, encrypted channels can appear when you connect cable TV through the antenna input, if the provider did not provide you with a list of frequencies for manual input. In this case, automatic search saves everything. Also, it is worth considering that some Xiaomi models have built-in support for DVB-C (cable), but without authorization from the cable operator, these channels will always be closed.

Blocking and Hiding Channels Through the Menu

The easiest and safest way to get rid of annoying channels is to use the built-in concealment function. The TV's operating system allows the user to manually edit the list by marking unnecessary positions as "Miss." This does not remove the channel physically from the tuner's memory, but makes it invisible when switching the Up and Down buttons on the remote.

To implement this method, you need to go to TV viewing mode. By pressing the Menu button or a special button with a list of channels on the Xiaomi Remote remote, you will open the sidebar. Here you need to find the item "Edit channels" or "Manage channels." In some versions of the firmware, this section is in the general settings of the system.

Inside the editing menu, you'll see a complete list of all the frequencies you find. Encrypted channels are usually marked with a lock icon. You need to select that channel and select the "Block" or "Hide" option. Once you confirm the action, a crossed circle or similar indicator will appear next to the channel name.

• 🔒 Press the menu button on the remote while watching TV.
• 📺 Select the "Edit Channels" item in the list that appears.
• 🚫 Find the encrypted channel and check the “Pass” box».
• ✅ Save the changes and exit the menu.

This is ideal if there are not many encrypted channels, but if there are dozens of them, manual locking can take a long time, and then a more effective solution would be to completely reconfigure the tuner with selective saving, as we will discuss in the next section. Remember that after resetting the TV settings to factory, all your manual locks will be reset.

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Before you start a mass channel lock, take a picture of the current list on your phone, which will help quickly restore order if you accidentally hide the desired channel.

Full reset and re-tuning of the tuner

If manual concealment fails to produce the desired result or the channel list is too large, you can perform a complete tuner reset, which allows you to “start from scratch” and ignore certain types of signals when you search again if the TV model allows you to choose filtering. However, most often the tuner will find all the channels again, so this step is often combined with manual cleaning immediately after the search.

First, you need to log into the main Android TV settings menu. Go to Channels or Television. Find the Channel Setup or Channel Search subsection. The system will warn you that the current list will be removed. This is exactly what we need to clean up the accumulated junk.

Settings → Channels → Channels → Digital → Full Search

When searching, if the TV supports Encrypted Pass (not found on all Xiaomi models), be sure to activate it. If this option is not available, wait until the scan is finished. Immediately after the search is completed, without leaving the list of channels, quickly block all encrypted signals until they are mixed with the workers in the browsing history.

It is important to note that some MIUI firmware has a hidden ability to filter when searching. If you are using a regular room antenna, make sure that the search type only selects DVB-T2, not DVB-C. Cable search often brings a lot of paid local ISP channels that you don’t need and will show up as encrypted.

Setting up CAM-decoding-module

The situation changes dramatically if you are a pay TV subscriber and you have a smart card on your hands. CAM-In this case, the phrase "encrypted channel" means that the system has not yet authorized your card. In order for the channels to work, the module must be properly installed and activated in the system.

Xiaomi TVs are equipped with a built-in Common Interface slot (CI+), And that's usually on the back of the device, and you need to put the smart card in the adapter (CAM-module) chip up (or according to the scheme on the body of the module) and carefully insert the assembled structure into the slot CI+ You can do this with the TV turned off or in a special standby mode, although modern models support hot connection.

After you physically install, turn on your TV and go to the channel settings menu. Find "CI+ Setup" or "Module Information." The system must read the card data. If the module is correctly defined, start updating the authorization key list. This process can take from 1 to 10 minutes, at which time the channels can remain encrypted.

⚠️ Attention: Never take out CAM-module and smart card during key update or authorization process, which may cause data on the card to be damaged or temporarily blocked by the provider.

If the channels continue to appear encrypted after installing the module, check the subscription status with your carrier. Also make sure that the settings of the TV are in the Digital Sound section or «CI+» Do not check the box “Block adult channels” (if you are trying to open them), as this may require entering. PIN-code.

Using IPTV Applications as an Alternative

Android TVs have a huge advantage over traditional Smart TVs, which is that they can install third-party software. If you're worried about over-the-air encrypted channels and the carrier's paid packets are too expensive, switching to IPTV technology is a great solution, allowing you to watch TV over the Internet without having to use the built-in DVB-T2 tuner with all its restrictions and encodings.

You don't have to remove encrypted channels from the built-in list. You just stop using the built-in Live Channels app and install an alternative player. There are dozens of apps available on Xiaomi's Google Play Store on its TV, such as Peers.TV, Wink, Megogo, or universal players like Televizor and VLC.

Installing an application solves the problem of locks radically: you only see channels that are included in your tariff or that are free in the application. The interface of such programs is usually more convenient than the standard one, there is an archive of transmissions and the ability to view in high quality without interference typical of digital air.

• 📲 Open the Google Play Store on your TV.
• 🔍 Enter the search «IPTV» or the name of a particular service.
• ⬇️ Install the application and log in (if required).
• 🎬 Enjoy content without any encrypted channels.

IPTV is especially relevant in environments where the broadcast signal is unstable or when operators are constantly changing broadcast frequencies, forcing users to reconfigure the TV.

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Transition to IPTV-applications completely eliminates problems with etheric encoding and gives access to transmission archives, which is impossible in the standard mode DVB-T2.

Frequent problems and their solution

Even following the instructions, users may encounter technical difficulties, and one common problem is saying “No signal” or “Weak signal” instead of an image, even if the channel is not encrypted, which may indicate an antenna malfunction, oxidation of contacts in the connector, or too long a cable, which leads to signal attenuation.

Another common situation is time and date desynchronization, to allow some coded streams and services to work correctly (especially when using the same system). CAM-The time of the modules must be set on the TV. If the clock is lost after the power outage, go to Settings → The device → Date and time and enable automatic synchronization over the network.

Also worth mentioning is the codec problem: If the channel opens but there is no sound or image (black screen if there is sound), it is possible that your Xiaomi TV does not support the encoding format of that particular channel (for example, MPEG-2 instead of H.264 or HEVC).

To sum up, managing encrypted channels on Xiaomi TVs is a matter of fine-tuning the built-in features or switching to more modern broadcast technologies. CAM-module IPTV Allows you to have complete control over the contents of your channel list, making TV viewing comfortable and free of unnecessary digital noise».