Thread: TiVo Do you unplug your TV set before going to bed?
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Old 04-04-2017, 10:29   #16
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Re: Do you still unplug your TV set before going to bed?
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter View Post
Not heard of that before, AIUI the transmitters automatically switched themselves off after a period of not receiving a signal to broadcast.

Sometimes BBC1 had to stay on air with a tone until all the nation's had finished broadcasting to enable them to opt back into the sustaining feed ready for the following morning!
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The BBC certainly used this method for a few years with TV, & it was used with the BBC Radio 1 & 3 Medium Wave transmitters until the frequencies were given up for commercial use.
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