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Anyone know how to turn it off?

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DVDSP

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Jan 6, 2003
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And I mean off, not sleep. I know I can hold the play/pause button and put it to sleep but I want it off. Even when it's asleep it still gets fairly hot. I don't want it running up my electric bill when it's not in use, know what I mean.

Any suggestions?
 
DVDSP said:
And I mean off, not sleep. I know I can hold the play/pause button and put it to sleep but I want it off. Even when it's asleep it still gets fairly hot. I don't want it running up my electric bill when it's not in use, know what I mean.

Any suggestions?
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Sorry, do you mean an iPod?
 
Just noticed it was in the Apple TV section.

So not an iPod.

As for turning off the AppleTV. I don't know. Is there a power button on the back?
 
psychofreak said:
Unplug it :)
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Ha! I knew as soon as I clicked the submit button that I should have clarified that point. :)

Excluding unplugging it.

Well, at least it's out of the way now.

alexprice said:
Sorry, do you mean an iPod?
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No, I mean an Apple TV. I figured that was self-explanatory in the Apple TV forum. Guess I shouldn't assume...
 
DVDSP said:
Ha! I knew as soon as I clicked the submit button that I should have clarified that point. :)

Excluding unplugging it.

Well, at least it's out of the way now.



No, I mean an Apple TV. I figured that was self-explanatory in the Apple TV forum. Guess I shouldn't assume...
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Yea my bad, didn't notice. On forum Spy mode. I need to sloooow down a little.
 
Even if there was an off button leaving it plugged in could still cause it to pull an electrical current. If you want to save on your electrical bill then you should just unplug it. Lots of electrical devices continue to use power even when "off." Sleep mode would most likely use the same amount of power if there was an off mode.
 
zim said:
Even if there was an off button leaving it plugged in could still cause it to pull an electrical current. If you want to save on your electrical bill then you should just unplug it.
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Mostly I just don't want it generating so much heat when it isn't being used. My wife's iBook doesn't get this hot while it's in use, compared to the Apple TV in "standby".

zim said:
Lots of electrical devices continue to use power even when "off."
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I know, but the only one that gets hot when "off" is the Apple TV. My cable box and receiver don't stay hot when "off". When asleep, the iBook cools down and seems off except for that nice little glowing light giving the status away.

The Apple TV only has one light, it's lit while in use and then completely off when in standby. I find that a little odd.

I'm not trying to be argumentative here, btw, just trying to add a little more information.
 
DVDSP said:
I'm not trying to be argumentative here, btw, just trying to add a little more information.
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I know. I don't own one (yet) so I can't really give you any advice. But I do know that like with my external drives, even when "off" their power bricks are still drawing power... not a lot but they are still technically "on."
 
DVDSP said:
And I mean off, not sleep. I know I can hold the play/pause button and put it to sleep but I want it off. Even when it's asleep it still gets fairly hot. I don't want it running up my electric bill when it's not in use, know what I mean.

Any suggestions?
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I'd just set up a power strip with the TV, DVD player, etc. It's easier to flick that off with your foot as you walk buy instead of physically removing the plug from the socket every time.

Conversely it's not that hard to install a switch to turn a plug on or off. I have three laptops running off an electric circuit that has a light switch.

Or there is the clapper. Don't see why that wouldn't work.
 
MacNut said:
Stop playing porn on it.:p
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How dare you even make a suggestion like that! If I stop playing porn on it my wife will get pissed, so no can do.

ethernet76 said:
I'd just set up a power strip with the TV, DVD player, etc. It's easier to flick that off with your foot as you walk buy instead of physically removing the plug from the socket every time.
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That was my thought, too, in the event that it isn't ever really off. The two things stopping me now (and only by a small margin) are 1) it takes a little while for the cable box to work itself out after killing power to it and it is on the same strip as the Apple TV, HT and HDTV and 2) the power strip is mounted behind my giant, oak entertainment center which I have to move away from the wall in order to move the strip to a spot that is reachable.

However, if it comes to that (and it looks like it is going to) I won't hesitate to do it. Seems like I may be breaking out the tools this weekend...
 
The two things stopping me now (and only by a small margin) are 1) it takes a little while for the cable box to work itself out after killing power to it and it is on the same strip as the Apple TV, HT and HDTV and 2) the power strip is mounted behind my giant, oak entertainment center which I have to move away from the wall in order to move the strip to a spot that is reachable.
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Or you can unplug it from the Apple TV end ...
 
Having to unplug the Apple TV is annoying, so I leave mine on all the time.

I have the screensaver set to show random photos, which must mean that it has to fetch them from the hard disk periodically. Since the Apple TV doesn't know whether or not the TV set is on, it must do this image fetching now and then, so the disk can't be asleep all of the time. Perhaps if I switched the screensaver to use the Apple logo, it would let the disk spin down for all the time I'm not using the Apple TV.

Edit: Reading the manual sometimes helps! If you hold play/pause down for 5 to 10 seconds, the Apple TV goes to sleep.
 
Doctor Q said:
Having to unplug the Apple TV is annoying, so I leave mine on all the time.

I have the screensaver set to show random photos, which must mean that it has to fetch them from the hard disk periodically. Since the Apple TV doesn't know whether or not the TV set is on, it must do this image fetching now and then, so the disk can't be asleep all of the time. Perhaps if I switched the screensaver to use the Apple logo, it would let the disk spin down for all the time I'm not using the Apple TV.
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Is there a difference between the screen saver and standby/sleep on the Apple TV?
 
I used to have this thing I used with the fan in my room. It was a box that you could plug anything into (it just plugged into the wall and provided another outlet) that had a wireless remote to click it on or off. The fan was always on, but this plug dealie could cut the power to the fan via the wireless remote. If/when I get the Apple TV, this type of set-up seems ideal.
 
EricNau said:
Is there a difference between the screen saver and standby/sleep on the Apple TV?
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Yes. With the screensaver you get a display on the TV (you have a choice about what is displayed). With sleep mode you get no display.

The Apple TV is supposedly still able to sync with the Mac in either mode.
 
I think it's hot because to make it a virtually silent device, it doesn't have a fan blowing air out of the case.

I don't know if you can necessarily equate the fact that it's hot to it using a lot of electricity.
 
aristobrat said:
I don't know if you can necessarily equate the fact that it's hot to it using a lot of electricity.
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The Apple TV may be equivalent to an always-on lightbulb - drawing a small steady amount of power and converting much of it to heat.

At our house we're gradually replacing lightbulbs with more energy efficient ones, to avoid that waste of energy.
 
if you go to radio shack they have the remote control things

one end plugs into an outlet and the other one has an AC jack

plug ur apple tv into the plug and then when u press the 1 simple button on the remote control it will cut off the power
 
It always makes me cringe to pull power on a booted operating system with a hard drive. But I suppose the Apple TV is designed to take it.
 
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