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Does a UPC digital+ box need to be left on?

  • 03-10-2009 3:03pm
    #1
    Neilw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,795 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    I have a upc digital+ box and it seems fairly noisy when on stand by, does it need to be left on standby or can I just turn off the socket when I'm not going to be watching for a while?

    Does it use much energy while in standby, it's one of the black thomson boxes.

    Thanks,
    Neil.


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  • #2
    Fresh Pots
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,234 ✭✭✭Fresh Pots


    Perfectly ok to plug it out when your not using it if you can be bothered that is. It uses about one third the electricity in standby.


  • #3
    Neilw
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    squared wrote: »
    Perfectly ok to plug it out when your not using it if you can be bothered that is. It uses about one third the electricity in standby.

    Thanks :) Switch on the socket is easy to get at so will turn it off at night.


  • #4
    who_me
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,669 ✭✭✭who_me


    You might consider these. Have a few of these packs, and can shut everything down with one remote. So instead of a half-dozen boxes under your TV all on standby, you just have one remote control plug, drawing minimal power.


  • #5
    seamus
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    I've found you can hear the disk quite clearly when it's on, but once you put it on standby, the disk shuts down and there's not a peep out of it. Maybe your box is faulty?


  • #6
    The tax man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭The tax man


    Neilw wrote: »
    Hi all,

    I have a upc digital+ box and it seems fairly noisy when on stand by, does it need to be left on standby or can I just turn off the socket when I'm not going to be watching for a while?

    Does it use much energy while in standby, it's one of the black thomson boxes.
    Thanks,
    Neil.

    That model box has an on/off switch on the rear panel. You can turn it completely off using it if you wished.(or wall socket as mentioned)


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  • #7
    Neilw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,795 ✭✭✭Neilw


    seamus wrote: »
    I've found you can hear the disk quite clearly when it's on, but once you put it on standby, the disk shuts down and there's not a peep out of it. Maybe your box is faulty?

    Yes I can hear the disc running all the time, sounds exactly the same even when it's on standby.

    You think it's a faulty digibox?


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