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petrocman

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My 2000T has started switching off while I am watching TV! Any ideas?

| Mon 4 Jan 2016 11:33:33 #1 |
Barry

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Welcome to our Forum

Is it after approx 3 hours of viewing, if so turn off auto standby:

Menu
Settings
System
Power Management
Automatic Power Down

If not a factory reset might be worth trying.

| Mon 4 Jan 2016 11:46:28 #2 |
grahamlthompson

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Hi welcome to our forum.

Two menu settings to check

Menu - Settings - Preferences - Time - Power Off Timer - Off

Menu - Settings - System - Power Management - Automatic Power Down - Off

| Mon 4 Jan 2016 11:47:57 #3 |
petrocman

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Thanks guys I think that was it, I had done a full reset a few weeks ago to remedy a jerky picture problem and maybe that reset the power down to ON, Many thanks

| Mon 4 Jan 2016 11:56:18 #4 |
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petrocman - 2 minutes ago »
Thanks guys I think that was it, I had done a full reset a few weeks ago to remedy a jerky picture problem and maybe that reset the power down to ON, Many thanks

Definitely the cause. A reset restores everything to defaults.

Examples

Box volume
Power Saving In Sby
Auto power off.

| Mon 4 Jan 2016 12:01:32 #5 |
petrocman

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now where is box volume setting? never seen that! I do find the volume on non HD channels is very low, can I alter it? Off topic sorry!!

| Mon 4 Jan 2016 12:33:58 #6 |
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petrocman - 1 minute ago »
now where is box volume setting? never seen that! I do find the volume on non HD channels is very low, can I alter it? Off topic sorry!!

It's set to 50% by default and you alter it using the remote control volume setting. If you are using a TV for the audio turn off Dolby Digital audio (which doesn't change with the box remote volume level).

Menu - settings - preferences - Audio - Digital Audio Out - Stereo.

Now turn up the box volume to near max using the remote control. Thereafter use the TV volume control to adjust.

If you use a av reciever with it's own Dolby Digital decoder.

Tune to a HD channel and adjust your amplifier volume to a suitable level.

Tune to a SD channel, match the volume level using the box remote.

| Mon 4 Jan 2016 12:42:55 #7 |
petrocman

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thats what i do thanks, goes through a 5.1 system, still don't get the SD sound near HD, it is closer if I just have it through the TV

| Mon 4 Jan 2016 12:48:58 #8 |
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petrocman - 1 minute ago »
thats what i do thanks, goes through a 5.1 system, still don't get the SD sound near HD, it is closer if I just have it through the TV

Is that with the box volume set to 100% ? On my amp a setting of about 80% matches the HD channel audio levels. I have the input levels for my Freeview+ boxes set to 0dB on my receiver, you may be able to tweak this with the receiver setup options. I never use the TV audio at all.

| Mon 4 Jan 2016 12:55:04 #9 |
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The advice/reason for it switching off has left me puzzled. I have both the 2000T and the 1000s, both use auto standby.

As you say both will switch off after 3 hours (of non-use). However, neither will switch off automatically when I am watching them or if I switch to the correct AV input for that device just before the 3 hour period is up.

In fact I often switch to the device input just before the 3 hour period is reached (if I haven't been using it during that period) in order to prevent a shut down.

Are my machines unique?

| Mon 4 Jan 2016 14:43:08 #10 |