Ѕky Pace box turns off after two hours

[Burnham Beech]

My old Pace box turns off by itself after about two hours.

No problem if watching the channel at the time because a warning box pops up on screen. But I lost some recordings because I was watching something else at the time.

Is this a standard feature of Ѕky software or is there a setting I can use to stop this happening.

 

[Analoguesat]

Auto power off was enabled on all boxes on the last software update. You can turn it off in the menus somewhere.

It will turn off after about 4 hours of no button presses during the day or 2 hours at night.

 

[Lazarus]

Is this a standard feature of Ѕky software or is there a setting I can use to stop this happening.

Yes and Yes.

 

[Burnham Beech]

Wow, that was quick response.

Explains why I've had the box years and not noticed it before.

 

[2cvbloke]

Makes me wonder what the point of the feature is, if everyone's switching it off...

That said, what does a sky box do when it is "off"? Cos the tuner's still active and receiving data, the processor and memory is still active, so, why bother with an auto-shutoff feature when all it does is turn off the video-output and turn the green light to red?

If you want to save energy, switch it off at the wall!!!

 

[Lazarus]

If you want to save energy, switch it off at the wall!!!

Exactly.

There is a risk of missing Firmware Updates, but if that is borne in mind, you can save around 30W of juice.

No "Low Power in Standby" mode for Sky Boxes yet - and as you surmise, the difference in consumption between On and Standby is negligible.

Flannel and fluff by Sky to make their Green Credentials look good.







They aren't.