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JamesAbrahart's avatar
JamesAbrahart
Joining in
2 years ago

Re: 360 box keeps turning on TV during the night

New customer here. No problem with my main 360 box in the living room BUT my 360 MINI box in my bedroom turned itself on TWICE last night which also turned my tv on both times, waking me up.

  • Freg's avatar
    Freg
    Joining in

    Might be worth a look at any SIMPLINK (HDMI-CEC) settings on your tv (in the hdmi / devices settings).  Disabling simplink May stop tv switching on (if box activates overnight if virgin  do an overnight update) It worked for me on my main tv with virgin 360 box.  

  • Hi James. I started this thread over a year ago. VM still not sorted out the problem! Mine still turns the TV on in the middle of the night about twice a month..

  • b1lly's avatar
    b1lly
    On our wavelength

    My 360 box has turned it's self on the last 3 nights. I had already turned off the HDMI auto turn on on my Panasonic TV because I'd had the issue last year, so it has only been the 360 box turning on, not the TV. It hadn't happened for a few months and then this. A long term ongoing issue Virgin clearly cannot fix.

    It's turned it's self on and been on in the morning, I don't mind but it's using electricity.

    The Tivo V6 system was much better than the 360 box in many ways, it's actually quite frustrating, so much so I'd go back to a V6 system if I could.

    • Daniel_Et's avatar
      Daniel_Et
      Forum Team

      Hi b1lly, thank you for your post.

      We're sorry to hear about what's been happening 😔

      When you turn off the TV, do you specifically turn off the 360 box or just the TV itself? Unfortunately, we're unable to revert you back to the V6 system, but we can certainly have a look into the issue for you. 

      Please pop back to us at your earliest convenience.

      Regards,
      Daniel

      • b1lly's avatar
        b1lly
        On our wavelength

        Sorry, I didn't realise you'd replied to me as I've been discussing yet another issue with your colleague Molly_T.

        3 times the box has turned it's self on this week in the middle of the night. I had disconnected the Viera link and the auto HDMI link on the TV which has stopped the TV from turning on. None the less the 360 box is still randomly turning it's self on during the night. Yesterday the 360 box turned it's self off twice in the afternoon so whatever it is, is getting rather tedious.  

  • japitts's avatar
    japitts
    Very Insightful Person

    Any code drops or software updates will cause TV boxes to restart, this is the same for V6 & TV360.

    Your power-saving settings then kick in as if you'd turned the box on yourself.