My PVR won't turn off if it isn't "live". If it has been paused or reversed and is running a bit behind, but I forget to make it catch up to "live", and I try to turn it off, it shows a box asking me to switch to "live", and if I select "yes" then it will do so and turn off. A green LED on the PVRfront tells me it's still on. The trouble is I won't see the box because the TV shuts off first. I can then manually go through those motions on the PVRfront controls because I can remember the navigation without seeing it. It's a Bell ExpressVu PVR. But I doubt that's your problem.