Auto standby [never option]
In the last software update the 'never' option was taken away for whatever technical reason. I miss it and should imagine others do.
Will we get it back in the October update? if not, when will it return?
Will we get it back in the October update? if not, when will it return?
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What is being shipped with the retail version?
I have posted on another post, but think it would be nice to have the option to turn it off.... my poor old Mum sat in silence for an hour last night because she thought the TV had gone off at the transmitter.... and I wondered what had happened tonight for 10 mins... only to realise it had switched itself off.
However, one could speculate that having listened to customer feedback they would now find some middle ground for the software update on 30/10/2012, e.g. maybe introducing additional inactivity standby time options of say 8 or 12 hours. This would broadly address the needs of those that do not want the box going off when they leave it on throughout the day. Maybe others want it on permanently though although they may equally be happy with such a longer setting combined with low eco mode for a fast 15-20 second startup each day.
It wouldn't be so bad if the boot-up time was faster...
Hope it's sorted in the update...
The update contains various improvements. Whilst the never option as requested on this topic has not been reinstated they have added a 12 hour options.
Not sure what this is supposed to do, but I interpret it as meaning that you can do something on the box, but not on the remote, which sounds retrograde to me.
My box is set to 12 hours, but I still get the problem, and nowhere does Youview say when the 12 hours starts from. I am rapidly becoming disenchanted with this piece of hardware..
To answer your question about when the timer starts, it's from the last time that you press a key on the remote or the front panel. If you've not touched any keys for e.g. 12 hours, the warning message appears and counts down to standby. You can stop this by pressing any key so the device only goes into standby if you're not there. (or you're asleep!).
Do you see the message at the top of the screen about the box going in to standby soon with a countdown timer? If not, your problem may not be related to auto-standby.
As a rider ro Cicero's question could CEC lead the TV going into standby telling the Youview box to also go into standby?
It is connected to a Sony TV, and I have checked with Sony, who say the TV is not causing the problem.
The last time it happened, we had left the room, only to find the box had shut-down when we came back, so I can't be sure if a message was shown on the screen, but
I will wait and try and see what message, if any, is shown on the screen before it shuts down the next time.
Thanks to everyone for your asistance.
I feel sure the preceding issues could be mitigated by allowing users to control various settings as are available on my satellite receiver, such as adding to start / end of programmes I find the 'failed' recording message too frequent and use Sky for things I do not want to miss.