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Old 25-03-2008, 16:23   #4
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Re: Energy Saving Mode

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Originally Posted by Wicked_and_Crazy View Post
Why switch off at night? surely the whole point of V+ is to allow it to record as and when it needs to therefore stopping you from forgetting to record something. Surely by switching off at the mains you will eventually forget to switch it back on one day and miss something.

Do both boes power down after they have been on standby for a while?
The box apparently goes into standby mode, but still consumes a lot of power (relatively). I haven't measured it, but even if it's only a couple of Watts, over the space of a year, that is still a considerable amount of electricity.
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