What is the use of standby?
 

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GaryM wrote:

The Tivo manual lists all the things Tivo does in standby mode, which
sound like the same thing as when it is running normally. Aprat from
turning the light off, can someone tell me why I would ever put my
machine in stand by.

Its not recording to a 30 minute buffer in standby or outputting a
Video/Audio signal. Thus it:

1. Saves energy

2. It's safer it you were hit with a power glitch.

It also immediately reinstates Parental Controls -- if you care about such
things.

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In article ,
GaryM wrote:

The Tivo manual lists all the things Tivo does in standby mode, which
sound like the same thing as when it is running normally. Aprat from
turning the light off, can someone tell me why I would ever put my
machine in stand by.

Its not recording to a 30 minute buffer in standby or outputting a
Video/Audio signal. Thus it:

1. Saves energy

2. It's safer it you were hit with a power glitch.

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In article ,
GaryM wrote:

The Tivo manual lists all the things Tivo does in standby mode, which
sound like the same thing as when it is running normally. Aprat from
turning the light off, can someone tell me why I would ever put my
machine in stand by.

Its not recording to a 30 minute buffer in standby or outputting a
Video/Audio signal. Thus it:

1. Saves energy

2. It's safer it you were hit with a power glitch.

Believe it also changes the RF output to passthrough like a TV/VCR
button on a vcr.
--
Jud
Dallas TX USA

2. It's safer it you were hit with a power glitch.

No it's not. This was a surprise but there's nothing it does to sync or
otherwise shutdown the filesystem when using the standby feature.

In article ,
"wkearney99" wrote:

2. It's safer it you were hit with a power glitch.

No it's not. This was a surprise but there's nothing it does to sync or
otherwise shutdown the filesystem when using the standby feature.

It's less likely to be writing to the Hard Drive as the 30 minute buffer
is off. So unless its fulfilling a request from the To Do list or
updating from the Satellite, it isnt writing to the Hard Drive.

"Jack Zwick" wrote in message
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In article ,
"wkearney99" wrote:

2. It's safer it you were hit with a power glitch.

No it's not. This was a surprise but there's nothing it does to sync or
otherwise shutdown the filesystem when using the standby feature.

It's less likely to be writing to the Hard Drive as the 30 minute buffer
is off. So unless its fulfilling a request from the To Do list or
updating from the Satellite, it isnt writing to the Hard Drive.

Actually, the standalone units do NOT stop writing the 30-minute buffer in
standy mode - only DirectTiVos do. So standalone units are ALWAYS writing
to the hard drive, whether in standby mode or not. The ONLY thing that's
different vis-a-vis standby with a standalone is that it turns off the
video-out circuitry and turns off the lights on the front, I believe.

Not sure if the OP was referencing DirectTiVo or standalone.

- John

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In article ,
"wkearney99" wrote:

2. It's safer it you were hit with a power glitch.

No it's not. This was a surprise but there's nothing it does to sync or
otherwise shutdown the filesystem when using the standby feature.

It's less likely to be writing to the Hard Drive as the 30 minute buffer
is off. So unless its fulfilling a request from the To Do list or
updating from the Satellite, it isnt writing to the Hard Drive.

Live program buffering continues on a Standalone TiVo when the unit
is in Standby. The DirecTV DVR disables buffer loading while in Standby.

"John" wrote in
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Actually, the standalone units do NOT stop writing the 30-minute
buffer in standy mode - only DirectTiVos do. So standalone units
are ALWAYS writing to the hard drive, whether in standby mode or
not. The ONLY thing that's different vis-a-vis standby with a
standalone is that it turns off the video-out circuitry and turns
off the lights on the front, I believe.

Not sure if the OP was referencing DirectTiVo or standalone.

Standalone. What you describe is what I am seeing and why I questioned
it basic utility.

On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 08:37:45 -0500, GaryM
wrote:

The Tivo manual lists all the things Tivo does in standby mode, which
sound like the same thing as when it is running normally. Aprat from
turning the light off, can someone tell me why I would ever put my
machine in stand by.

The stand-alone does not record suggestions if the remote control
has been used in the previous 30 minutes. Putting the TiVo into
standby allows suggestions to record immediately.

Nick.

In article , GaryM wrote:
"John" wrote in
. com:

Actually, the standalone units do NOT stop writing the 30-minute
buffer in standy mode - only DirectTiVos do. So standalone units
are ALWAYS writing to the hard drive, whether in standby mode or
not. The ONLY thing that's different vis-a-vis standby with a
standalone is that it turns off the video-out circuitry and turns
off the lights on the front, I believe.

Not sure if the OP was referencing DirectTiVo or standalone.

Standalone. What you describe is what I am seeing and why I questioned
it basic utility.

One thing not mentioned is that standalone standby, along with turning
off the TiVo video-out circuitry, passes through any original coaxial
signal. Thus many people use it to watch a show using the TV's tuner
at the same time as the TiVo is using its tuner to record a different
show. One way to handle conflicts that works for some folks (depends
on your setup)!