UPC box slow to come out of standyby

bold_defender · 23-07-2011 12:20PM #1

My UPC box is very slow to come out of standby, I think its been like that for a few weeks before the "upgrade".

When on standby it used to just go to showing the time and when you pressed the UPC button the box would power up in a few seconds.

Then a while back it seemed to go to a deeper sleep when put on standby and the display would go blank and not show the time and it would take a little longer to power on, maybe 20 seconds.

Now when you hit the UPC button you hear a noise like the fans starting up and the lights change and it appears to power up, but it just gets to the point of showing the time. This takes about a minute and then it sits there. If you press the channel buttons it will eventually power up but you could be pressing channel buttons for a minute or two. Needless to say it drives the wife nuts as I put it in standby each night.

assasins creed · 23-07-2011 12:45PM

your power settings are probably set to low in standby change it to high and that should sort ot out

coylemj · 23-07-2011 01:47PM

+1 It's set to low power on standby.

It's a trade off, if it's on low power it uses very little juice when in standby at the cost of a very slow power up. Same applies to my Sony S480 Blu-Ray player which has a low standby power option.

bold_defender · 27-07-2011 09:28AM

Your right guys, and now I remember changing this a few weeks back. A trade off between low power consumpsion and getting grief of the wife when it doesn't power up!

I have to say that the low power function seems a bit flaky, if its starts to power up even if it takes 5 minutes it should finish powering up. I've hit the button and heard it start to power up and in 20 minutes been no fiuther along.

califano · 27-07-2011 12:22PM

This sounded like my problem so I tried switching from low power high but next day i tried to swtch the HD box on it just stayed on the blue screen and said something like 'not recognised'.
I needed to plug it out and back in again for it to startup. Havent switched it back off and on again yet.

wowy · 27-08-2011 11:42AM

I'm having this problem too, but I never changed the power settings. It just came about by itself, and now each time I try to start it, I have to unplug it and leave it for a minute before re-starting. Leaving it for a couple of minutes doesn't help it - the time just stays on the box, and "No Signal" comes up on the screen.

Very frustrating.

Red Alert · 27-08-2011 12:45PM

The power saving it'll make to your electricity bill on low power standby will be minuscule - it's a needle in the haystack of all your other appliances. Leave it in "high power" standby, assuming the clock doesn't bother you.

UPC box slow to come out of standyby

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