Phillips 30PW842.. Turn on from cable box?

Hi,

I have a somewhat annoying problem. Every tv I've ever owned will turn
on and off from the cable box.

Typically you just plug the tv into the power outlet in the back of the
cable box and when the cable box goes off the tv goes off when the
cable box goes on, the TV goes on. Not with this one. If you turn on
the cable box, you have to wait like 10 seconds and then you can
manually turn on the TV.

The cable box is a scientific atlanta HD cable box.

Any advice?
TIA

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Hi,

I have a somewhat annoying problem. Every tv I've ever owned will turn
on and off from the cable box.

Typically you just plug the tv into the power outlet in the back of the
cable box and when the cable box goes off the tv goes off when the
cable box goes on, the TV goes on. Not with this one. If you turn on
the cable box, you have to wait like 10 seconds and then you can
manually turn on the TV.

The cable box is a scientific atlanta HD cable box.

Any advice?
TIA


Ah plug the TV into the wall or the unswitched outlet on the cable box if it
has one. The delay might be the warm up time that wouldn't occur if plugged
into the wall?

Rich

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Hi,

I have a somewhat annoying problem. Every tv I've ever owned will turn
on and off from the cable box.

Typically you just plug the tv into the power outlet in the back of the
cable box and when the cable box goes off the tv goes off when the
cable box goes on, the TV goes on. Not with this one. If you turn on
the cable box, you have to wait like 10 seconds and then you can
manually turn on the TV.

The cable box is a scientific atlanta HD cable box.

Any advice?

What type of display? Projection systems should not have the power
interrupted to effect a shutdown as the lamp usually requires the fan to
run for some period of time after shutdown. Still other sets go through
a completer power-up self reset and self test procedure after a power
interruption.

My advice would to plug the TV into a non-interruptible outlet and use
the TV controls to turn it on and off.

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Hi,

I have a somewhat annoying problem. Every tv I've ever owned will turn
on and off from the cable box.

Typically you just plug the tv into the power outlet in the back of the
cable box and when the cable box goes off the tv goes off when the
cable box goes on, the TV goes on. Not with this one. If you turn on
the cable box, you have to wait like 10 seconds and then you can
manually turn on the TV.

The cable box is a scientific atlanta HD cable box.

Any advice?
TIA

The TV's that you've used must have been older with mechanical switches
(where a set of contacts physically make contact when you turn them on at
the set) so applying power to the set through a switched outlet would turn
them on and off. The contacts in the switches in the "on" state are
physically connected until they are mechanically separated. The newer sets
use electronic switches that need to be energized by circuitry that turns on
with the on/off button on the set so just applying power to these does not
power up the set. Not sure why there would be a delay in the cable box's
switched outlet...you can plug a lamp into it and see if it comes on
immediately when you turn the cable box on.
Bob

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wrote in message
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Hi,

I have a somewhat annoying problem. Every tv I've ever owned will turn
on and off from the cable box.

Typically you just plug the tv into the power outlet in the back of the
cable box and when the cable box goes off the tv goes off when the
cable box goes on, the TV goes on. Not with this one. If you turn on
the cable box, you have to wait like 10 seconds and then you can
manually turn on the TV.

The cable box is a scientific atlanta HD cable box.

Any advice?
TIA

The TV's that you've used must have been older with mechanical switches
(where a set of contacts physically make contact when you turn them on at
the set) so applying power to the set through a switched outlet would turn
them on and off. The contacts in the switches in the "on" state are
physically connected until they are mechanically separated. The newer sets
use electronic switches that need to be energized by circuitry that turns
on with the on/off button on the set so just applying power to these does
not power up the set. Not sure why there would be a delay in the cable
box's switched outlet...you can plug a lamp into it and see if it comes on
immediately when you turn the cable box on.
Bob

Another thought on why there is a delay from the switched outlet on the
cable box...even with the TV off there is probably a small amount of current
applied to it's circuits to keep capacitors and circuitry charged and ready
to turn on. Some years ago tv's started to incorporate an "instant on"
function that really didn't turn off all the power to them as long as they
were plugged in to an active outlet. Before that there was quite a long wait
before a TV actually produced a picture and sound as all the circuitry was
energized and came up to operating voltage, the downside of that was that
the circuitry was subjected to a turn on surge that would contribute to the
eventual breakdown of internal parts. Just an educated guess on my part as
I'm not a tech but this has been my understanding of all this.
Bob

Is it possible that your cable supplied remote has not been programmed to
actually switch the Philips product off and on?
Or, have you recently changed the batteries in the cable supplied remote and
did not program it for the TV set? Check the power functions of the tele
using the original Philips remote, see if the functions work with the
original remote, if so then the cable supplied remote may be your problem.
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Hi,

I have a somewhat annoying problem. Every tv I've ever owned will turn
on and off from the cable box.

Typically you just plug the tv into the power outlet in the back of the
cable box and when the cable box goes off the tv goes off when the
cable box goes on, the TV goes on. Not with this one. If you turn on
the cable box, you have to wait like 10 seconds and then you can
manually turn on the TV.

The cable box is a scientific atlanta HD cable box.

Any advice?
TIA

The TV's that you've used must have been older with mechanical switches
(where a set of contacts physically make contact when you turn them on at
the set) so applying power to the set through a switched outlet would
turn them on and off. The contacts in the switches in the "on" state are
physically connected until they are mechanically separated. The newer
sets use electronic switches that need to be energized by circuitry that
turns on with the on/off button on the set so just applying power to
these does not power up the set. Not sure why there would be a delay in
the cable box's switched outlet...you can plug a lamp into it and see if
it comes on immediately when you turn the cable box on.
Bob

Another thought on why there is a delay from the switched outlet on the
cable box...even with the TV off there is probably a small amount of
current applied to it's circuits to keep capacitors and circuitry charged
and ready to turn on. Some years ago tv's started to incorporate an
"instant on" function that really didn't turn off all the power to them as
long as they were plugged in to an active outlet. Before that there was
quite a long wait before a TV actually produced a picture and sound as all
the circuitry was energized and came up to operating voltage, the downside
of that was that the circuitry was subjected to a turn on surge that would
contribute to the eventual breakdown of internal parts. Just an educated
guess on my part as I'm not a tech but this has been my understanding of
all this.
Bob