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Basic DSS receivers with discrete on/off??
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| Topic: | Basic DSS receivers with discrete on/off?? This thread has 7 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Monday September 1, 2003 at 12:17 |
skent Lurking Member |
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IS there a current non-HD DSS receiver that has discrete on/off except the Sony's. I need them for a Crestron system. WE currently have tried using Samsung SIRS300's with Niles APC2 triggers but they APC2's are to sensitive.
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| Post 2 made on Monday September 1, 2003 at 13:37 |
McNasty Founding Member |
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Not sure which ones do, but as a side note, we leave ours on at all times on all of our jobs, and I've found a lot of other here do as well.
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| Post 3 made on Monday September 1, 2003 at 20:06 |
Ahl Founding Member |
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RCA boxes have discrete on and off
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We can do it my way, or we can do it my way while I yell. The choice is yours. |
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| Post 4 made on Monday September 1, 2003 at 20:54 |
quest51459 Founding Member |
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all the RCA's and the Sony's have discrete on/off. If you need the codes email me at [email protected].
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| Post 5 made on Tuesday September 2, 2003 at 02:50 |
Ernie Bornn-Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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When you turn off a DSS receiver, it looks like all you do is turn off its video output. It draws very little current, and appears to draw the same whether on or off.
Why turn it off? I really would like to know your reason for doing so...I can change my mind if I hear a good reason.
Edited addition: I just thought of a reason to turn it off, which would be using an auto-switching video selector. I haven't used these often enough to have an idea if they are a good approach or not.
In those cases where I have found discrete codes for DSS receivers, I make a point to issue an ON command just in case some bozo turned it off by hand, but I never use the OFF command.
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| Post 6 made on Tuesday September 2, 2003 at 16:56 |
Warren Long Time Member |
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Ernie, back when DSS receivers first came out, I was curious. Hooked one up to a Sencore power meter. I cannot tell you why, but it actually drew about 5 more watts turned off than turned on. It was indeed strange. A customer had asked me about wasting electricity by leaving it on. That was why I got curious and checked it.
Totally correct. Even when turned off, they are still up and running to get downloads and send billing information.
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| Post 7 made on Wednesday September 3, 2003 at 11:05 |
The new RCA boxes have a really lame design for rack installs, they are sloped and have the cards on the side. We started using Phillips. They have no discrete commands that I know of but you might think of using a LED sensor or a video sync. We just leave them on. They hold there power state with a power failure. Good luck
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| Post 8 made on Monday September 8, 2003 at 19:48 |
AVGuy43 Lurking Member |
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My opinion is to leave it on unless the receiver is being shared with another system (i.e Whole House Audio and television). Less problems to deal with in the long run. I have never had problems except with defects with bad sat. receivers. Just my 2 cents.
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