Posted by Bob Frolek on 09/20/05 16:33

Thanks for the input, fellas. But is it the DVD or the TV that goes
into standby?

littlejoeflub@yahoo.com wrote:
> Bob Frolek wrote
> > On a dvd recorder, what actually does Standby-On mean? Are Standy and
> > On alternatives, as in an On/Off lightswitch? Or does this switch
> > toggle between Standby-On and Standby-Off?
> >
> > On my Philips DVD-615 the Standby-On button is a toggle that displays
> > either an icon that looks like a cactus or an icon made of the letters
> > TV. It makes no mention of "Standby".
> >
> > For a Timer Recording, after storing and exiting Timer, I come to the
> > instruction "Press Standby-On to switch off the DVD recorder". So
> > what do I need to see? Cactus or TV? (Seems odd to me that I have to
> > switch off the recorder to record something). The situation is further
> > clouded by the next explanation that "The DVD recorder must be in
> > standby mode for the timer recording to occur." (Which seems to imply
> > that the DVD must be switched on.) BTW there appears to be no simple
> > On/Off switch on this machine.
> >
> > Currently I'm getting Timer recording to work only about 40% of th
> > time I try to record.
> >
> > Can some kind soul please get me out of thuis mess?
>
> The Standby-On button is basically a power switch. It isn't labeled
> OFF because your not turning the machine off fully, your just putting
> it in a Standby position when it isn't in the full On mode or needs to
> be in Standby in order for the Timer Recording to work. When you put
> your dvd recorder in Standby it's the same as pressing the Timer Rec
> button on some vcrs. Since you aren't engaging Standby everytime that
> is why your recordings only work 40% of the time. It would be like me
> leaving the vcr On and not pressing "Timer Rec" first to put it in a
> mode for the timer to operate.
>
> A few items I own that will explain standby better are:
>
> (1) Satellite dishes from Directv and Dish Network have On/Off switches
> that are really On/Standy switches because the receivers are
> technically "always on" no matter what position the button is in. ON
> sends video/audio to the tv set, while Standby sends what is called
> "video black" to the tv with no audio. The outputs on the receiver are
> "always on" and sending either of these to the monitor.
>
> (2) Apex makes tv's with a Master Power Button on the tv itself and an
> On/Standby button on the remote. When the Master Power button is
> turned off all power to the tv is cut off. It you leave the Master
> Power Button in the ON position and press the On/Standby button on the
> remote control the TV goes into a Standby mode and displays a red light
> next to it or can be turned On again using the remote. The Master
> Power Button can also be used to turn the tv on and off if you don't
> have the remote or want to shut off the tv fully during a lightning
> storm.
>
>
> (3) In the 1980s Pioneer labeled their rack-mounted stereos with
> On/Standby buttons instead of On/Off. When the machine was in Standby
> a red light lit up below it to let you know the stereo was off. When
> the stereo was turned on the red light went out and other lights on the
> stereo lit up depending on what function was selected.

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