Turn ON or Turn OFF?

[Sofaboy]

When not in Use I turn my AV Amp OFF

Sky digital always left ON

DVD OFF

SUB OFF

TV OFF

So should I leave my amp ON all the time or turn OFF when not in use?

And should I turn OFF the sky Digital??



So what should I be leaving ON or OFF????





Thanks

[Madge]

Everything but the Sky off, but turn them all on (well the one's you want to use) about half an hour before hand, to allow the internal components to reach thermal equilibrium. Sky should remain on to download OTA software updates IMHO.

[juboy]

When you say 'off' do you mean left in stand-by or actually off completely?



I leave my kit in the following state when not in use:



AV:

Sky - Stand-by

TV - Stand-by

VCR - Stand-by

DVD - Stand-by

Amp - Stand-by

Sub - On



Hi Fi:

Pre/Power Amp - On

Power Amp - On

CD - On

MD - Off

Tape - Off



Most consumer electronics officially available in the UK these days are designed to be left on or in stand-by and are NOT fire hazards.



Mudge is definitely correct in saying turn everything on at least 30mins before sitting down for proper viewing/listening. Most TVs need at least half and hour before warming up correctly and most amps take around an hour - depending on your room's ambient temperature.



Before watching a DVD I allow at least an hour for the TV and amp to be on and in use and tend to actually play a DVD for about 30 to 45 mins before going back to the menu screen and starting it proper.

[encaser]

Long gone are the days of valves, NOT :P~:-P~:razz: :lol:

The electric Co's must love you lot :D~:-D~:grin:

As far as I see it, there is no reason to leave anything on. Afterall, all gear has a finite life span. I do however leave things in standby should they have the facility to maintain a certain temp. Warming up a few mins in advance is done though for amp/receiver. But again for a cd/dvd player this seems a waste as they have little that needs that much lead time. And as I have a plasma this is pretty well irrelevant for that - though again left in standby.

Standby is laziness for many; who have gone to the huge effort of making adrink and sitting down, that don't then want the trauma of needing to get up and turn stuff on!

There is an ad on every now and again stating that leaving a tv on standy all night uses more juice than a few hours of viewing :o~:-o~:eek: :lol: That is clearly balls but I wonder how many it has diving for the off switch each night, that is untill they've sat down and gone, D'oh!

And leaving Sky on for updates, what important software updates? No wonder so many units fail, have you felt how hot those suckers get?!http://scorpius.150m.com/master/smilie/burnnuke.gif

[martintyler]

Everything on standby for me, for convenience, nothing else :)~:-)~:smile: my pronto turns everything on and off. Speakers and power amp stay on all the time as they dont have remote control.

[deckard]

Here's my low down:



DVD player - standby (auto power down)

Processor - off

Integrated amp - on

Power amps - standby (auto power down)

CD player - standby

TV - standby

Sub - on



In terms of equipment longeivity, I believe there's an argument for leaving everything on. The greatest 'shock' (no pun intended) to electric devices occurs at start up - just think of all those light bulbs that have blown when you've flicked the switch.

[encaser]

YOu're right about the power on bang theory, but then it's internals are supposed to control power burst, wheras a lightbulb has none for this. But point taken. Had this argument at uni with a pc head.

Are friends electric...

[Madge]

A couple of months ago I could have told you in exquisite detail exactly what happens when a light bulb blows, and now I can't really remember.

Something to do with thermal expansion and flaws in the crystalline structure of the filament. Beyond that, blank! :o~:-o~:eek:



Valves simply fail to work when cold, whereas contrary to normal logic, noise in semiconductors falls as the device heats up (up to a point anyway, more stuff I'm forgetting). Also electronics need time to settle from the intial pulse caused by switching them on and may still be oscillating gently at very low frequencies long after switch on.

[juboy]

Something to do with thermal expansion and flaws in the crystalline structure of the filament.




I think you're confusing exploding light bulbs with a plot summary from an episode of Star Trek.

[deckard]

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Something to do with thermal expansion and flaws in the crystalline structure of the filament.




I think you're confusing exploding light bulbs with a plot summary from an episode of Star Trek.






LMAO :lol:



Do you think they put the enterprise into standby at night? :D~:-D~:grin:

[Madge]

<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">Mudge wrote on Wed, 17 September 2003 00:19</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
Something to do with thermal expansion and flaws in the crystalline structure of the filament.




I think you're confusing exploding light bulbs with a plot summary from an episode of Star Trek.




:lol:

Just imagining the script now:

'Sensor readings indicate that after 400 duty cycles this component will fail, Captain.'

'What happens then?'

'The whole room will be plunged into darkness.' 8)~8-)~:cool:

[stevegreen]

Mine is as follows:



TV : Standby

Amp : Standby

DVD : Standby

Video : Standby

Cassette Deck : Off

Sub : On



I never use the cassette deck so it's never turned on, the rest if the stuff is always either on or on standby so everything can be turned on from remote.

[Sofaboy]

My point is, internal Components only have a lifespan and if a unit is left on all day surley the transformer's lifespan must be shortened?



Must be better to turn off everything.

Im also good at turning off the missus as well :o~:-o~:eek:

[Slartibartfast]

I only turn off the TV, the tuner and the cassette deck. I also turn off the Rock+ video processor when not in use because the fan is noisy and runs even when only in standby mode. :x~:-x~:mad:



All the rest I leave in standby when not in use. Quite apart from the wear and tear on components during the initial power-inrush on switching on, from a total power-down, my system takes about 2 days to come back 100% on song. :?~:-?~:???:

[ricdiggle]

Don't TVs do something important when you turn them on from off, rather than standby? I thought they degauzed or something?



Makes me wonder why mine is always in standby!



All my kit is left off except my MD deck as that can;t be turned off!



Richard

[sprainedmind]

Don't TVs do something important when you turn them on from off, rather than standby? I thought they degauzed or something?



Makes me wonder why mine is always in standby!



All my kit is left off except my MD deck as that can;t be turned off!



Richard




Yeah, I was told that my TV degaussed when turned on (from off).



So:

TV - Off

Amp - Standby

DVD - Standby

Video - Standby

Sky - On

CD - Off

[Bob007]

Mine as follows:



TV - Standby during the day, off during sleeping hours.

DVD - Standby

Amp - Standby

NTL Digital - Standby

Sky - Permanently off

DVD Recorder - Standby

Sub - On



Have been leaving equipment on standby for years, hasn't appeared to shorten any of it's life, saying that it doesn't have chance to do anything as I'm always upgrading every year.



I thought that leaving equipment on standby each component only uses 2-3 watts anyway.

[Squirrelecto]

Don't TVs do something important when you turn them on from off, rather than standby? I thought they degauzed or something?



Makes me wonder why mine is always in standby!


Yes, they do indeed need to be turned properly off and then on to degauss. For this reason my TV goes off each night and in standby throughout the day. DVD player mostly on standby too; Freeview always on standby. Sub off, receiver off (doesn't have a standby - or maybe it does and it can only be turned off from the socket).

[Sgt.colon]

and apparently according to the electricity companies, leaving your TV on standby over night uses more electricity then watching it during the day. :nod: