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

Neilw · 03-10-2009 03:03PM #1

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.

Fresh Pots · 03-10-2009 03:09PM

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.

Neilw · 03-10-2009 03:10PM

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.

who_me · 05-10-2009 02:20PM

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.

seamus · 05-10-2009 02:22PM

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?

The tax man · 05-10-2009 04:39PM

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)

Neilw · 06-10-2009 03:29AM

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?

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

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