mikky Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 bought a sony veira plasma telly and a phillips dvd 160gb,for some reason after i switch off at night ( both on standby ),occasionally the phillips switches itself on and boots the telly up,there are no timer recordings set ....anyone any idea why this happens ..cos its annoying having to get out of bed and switch em off again mikky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulkyuk Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Boogie men Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno 357 Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 bought a sony veira plasma telly and a phillips dvd 160gb,for some reason after i switch off at night ( both on standby ),occasionally the phillips switches itself on and boots the telly up,there are no timer recordings set ....anyone any idea why this happens ..cos its annoying having to get out of bed and switch em off again mikky Probably cos the Sony wants to be a Bravia Mikky Pansaonic use the Veira technology Jonno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikky Posted February 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 you cant beat a technical reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Have you got a sky box attached to the setup at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikky Posted February 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 pin...no mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 (edited) Baffled Applying logic to the problem I would separate the two units from each other, remove all connections between the two. If one ends up switched on and the other not, you know which is to blame. From there you can try and work out why. I would take the remote controls away from the sets, put them in another room or remove the batteries - to rule out some fault with those. If they both end up on, when not connected together and the remote controls removed, you either have poltergeists who like films or someone is winding you up Edited February 5, 2008 by pin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 funnily enough i have a philips DAB radio that does that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr lee Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Could it be your Neighbours switching their tv on/off with their remote and the signal is affecting yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushkin Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 We used to have a phillips telly that switched itself on during the night. Turned out to be a batch of faulty main switches and the company did a replacement free of charge for owners. The missus thought I was sleepwalking Pushkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSA Shaun Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 I'd start by replacing the batteries on your remote control, some when they get low emit signals, if not eliminate signals from any other remote etc cover up the infra-red receptor on the front of your TV and leave it overnight, using tin foil will do the job If this does stop it, then look for unexpected signal sources. Have you added a remote control extender or anything else which could cause spurious signals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddypigsaw Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 I suspect the fault lies with the DVD. If it has a Freeview tuner, they sometimes actvate in the night to update the EPG (electronic program guide). If there is a scart connection to the TV, the DVD activation will take the TV out of standby. Not sure if this is still true with HDMI. Either look in the setup menus of the TV and DVD to look for this function to disable it or turn the TV off at the main switch or perhaps unplug it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Have you got a sky box attached to the setup at all? pin, I know where you are coming from. We have an HD Sky box and there are all sorts of noisy little gremlins living in it. On the next full moon my wife wants me to take it into the garden, tie it to a stake and burn it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 of course if you wanted to lower your carbon footprint and switch it off at the mains then if it switches on you have got bogie men about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 pin, I know where you are coming from.We have an HD Sky box and there are all sorts of noisy little gremlins living in it. On the next full moon my wife wants me to take it into the garden, tie it to a stake and burn it. Sky boxes with HDMI are well known for causing all kinds of problems, do a google for sky+hdmi+problem Sky admit there is an issue, it takes out the whole HDMI bus of any connected kit and causes problems with things like viera link, which is why I asked if there was a sky box in the loop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petethegeek Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 Mikky, if it's still giving you grief you might like to try this California-style approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie1606 Posted February 9, 2008 Report Share Posted February 9, 2008 If it has a Freeview tuner, they sometimes actvate in the night to update the EPG (electronic program guide). Been wondering why my new freeview hdd was coming on at about 3am every morning for aprox 2mins. Bloody annoying as it is in the bedroom and often wakes us up. Now I know why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikky Posted February 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 did it again last night just after i switched it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundowner Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 Mikky, if none of the guys on here can help you, I'm sure I got the number of an exorcist lying around here somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikky Posted February 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 sundowner...dont laugh...years ago i used to switch all the lights off/tele/radio etc before i went out....many a time i have come back home to find all the lights on/tele/radio ....one night i came home to find the back door key which then always hung on a hook beside the back door......jammed under the front door as i tried to open it......my girlfriend at the time didnt believe me...so i sat in the car,she switched everything off.......we came back later that night to find the radio on and the lights on upstairs ....she went white as a sheet and wouldnt stay in the house after dark....it all stopped after i got married mikky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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