No Standby button

I've had my TiVo for two days now and I really like it. Surfing the
program guide is addicting.

One observation.
Too bad that putting the TiVo in STANDBY mode requires navigating the
menu system. Not a hardship by any means, but the manual says some
remotes have a STANDBY button, but maybe that was on earlier units.
Progress I suppose.

One question.
I've heard talk that the hard drive is always spinning, but even in
STANDBY? I can hear the drive clicking some even after hours in STANDBY,
and this is not at the time of the unit calling home.

Later,

Jerry

Jerry writes:

I've heard talk that the hard drive is always spinning, but even in
STANDBY?

At least on a standalone, yes.

In a standalone, the only thing STANDBY does is connect RF-IN
to RF-OUT. Aside from that, the machine operates exactly as
it does in non-standby. It definitely does *not* put the machine
in any sort of standby or "spun-down" state.

--
Rich Carreiro

Jerry wrote:
Too bad that putting the TiVo in STANDBY mode requires navigating the
menu system. Not a hardship by any means, but the manual says some
remotes have a STANDBY button, but maybe that was on earlier units.
Progress I suppose.

There's a discrete remote code for Standby that you can use for a
programmable remote such as Pronto or Home Theater Master. It works
fine, except it's a toggle -- there's only one code, no "standby on,"
"standby off."

I've heard talk that the hard drive is always spinning, but even in
STANDBY? I can hear the drive clicking some even after hours in STANDBY,
and this is not at the time of the unit calling home.

It's still going to record your TODO list and suggestions (if you have
them enabled) plus process new guide data and scheduled activities like
phone calls and database maintenance.

Mojo
--
Morris Jones *
Monrovia, CA

http://www.whiteoaks.com

"Jerry" wrote in message
...
I've had my TiVo for two days now and I really like it. Surfing the
program guide is addicting.

One observation.
Too bad that putting the TiVo in STANDBY mode requires navigating the
menu system. Not a hardship by any means, but the manual says some
remotes have a STANDBY button, but maybe that was on earlier units.
Progress I suppose.

One question.
I've heard talk that the hard drive is always spinning, but even in
STANDBY? I can hear the drive clicking some even after hours in STANDBY,
and this is not at the time of the unit calling home.

My question is whether the "standby" mode to which you refer is the same
as "sleep" mode on my Pioneer DVR-H810 system? I cannot figure the purpose
of "sleep" as TiVo seems to behave no differently from usual. Does the
hard drive power down in "sleep" mode to, perhaps, extend its life
expectancy???

Wanda

On 10/6/04 10:36 PM, in article , "Jerry"
wrote:

I've had my TiVo for two days now and I really like it. Surfing the
program guide is addicting.

One observation.
Too bad that putting the TiVo in STANDBY mode requires navigating the
menu system. Not a hardship by any means, but the manual says some
remotes have a STANDBY button, but maybe that was on earlier units.
Progress I suppose.

One question.
I've heard talk that the hard drive is always spinning, but even in
STANDBY? I can hear the drive clicking some even after hours in STANDBY,
and this is not at the time of the unit calling home.

Later,

Jerry

Yes, the drive is active 100% of the time, even in standby. Standby does
basically nothing except turn off the video outputs. The TiVo still
constantly records all of your programs, suggestions, and the 30 minute
buffer. Standby's only use is to pass through the RF signal so that you can
watch-live-while-recording without a splitter, but only if you use RF.

Because standby is basically useless, there's no reason to have a button for
it on the remote.

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:24:09 -0700, ZikZak wrote:
buffer. Standby's only use is to pass through the RF signal so that you can
watch-live-while-recording without a splitter, but only if you use RF.

Because standby is basically useless, there's no reason to have a button for
it on the remote.

My reciever and amplifier are source-auto-sensing. The standby mode
stops the audio & video out, thus allowing the receiver and amp to
shut down. It would be REALLY nice to have this button on the remote.

In article , Scott
wrote:

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:24:09 -0700, ZikZak wrote:
buffer. Standby's only use is to pass through the RF signal so that you can
watch-live-while-recording without a splitter, but only if you use RF.

Because standby is basically useless, there's no reason to have a button for
it on the remote.

My reciever and amplifier are source-auto-sensing. The standby mode
stops the audio & video out, thus allowing the receiver and amp to
shut down. It would be REALLY nice to have this button on the remote.


The unit is in standby mode when you turn it "off." It isn't truly off
unless you pull the plug out of the wall.

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:21:39 -0400, "Dr. Personality"
wrote:

In article , Scott
wrote:

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:24:09 -0700, ZikZak wrote:
buffer. Standby's only use is to pass through the RF signal so that you can
watch-live-while-recording without a splitter, but only if you use RF.

Because standby is basically useless, there's no reason to have a button for
it on the remote.

My reciever and amplifier are source-auto-sensing. The standby mode
stops the audio & video out, thus allowing the receiver and amp to
shut down. It would be REALLY nice to have this button on the remote.


The unit is in standby mode when you turn it "off." It isn't truly off
unless you pull the plug out of the wall.

Yes, I don't care if the TiVo is "off", only that it lets my receiver
and amp shut down, those are the big power consumers. To do that I
have to turn the video & audio outputs off. Hitting "StandBy"
accomplishes that.
I could automate that if they had a button on the remote for it.