Add an option to boot into standby at power on

[#1]

One of the reasons I bought this device was the reputation of the company and the fact that guys from WD listen to consumer community with proper respond.

The device is excellent, but there is one annoying behavior which is really unexpected from a media device of this class.

When the device is plugged in the power grid or when power is restored after power loss, default behavior of the device is: boot up into full operation mode.

This means that device is: loading GUI, starts internal HDD, starts LAN, HDMI, network share and DLNA service etc.

This is totally undesirable behavior from a media device.

For example, imagine your 52inch plasma TV, 7-channel AV receiver (1kW), satellite dish receiver etc. all power on after short power outage. DISASTER!!!

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These are my ideas:

Add an option(s) in settings:

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1. Default behavior at power up:

  Values (power states):   

  - Stand by (everything down; Logo LED OFF; lowest power consumption) (Default)

  - Media sharing (active: LAN, Internal HDD, USB Ports, Sharing, Media Streaming; Logo LED Flash every 15 seconds)

  - Full power on (Media sharing + GUI and AV outputs; Logo LED ON)

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(plus nice to haves)

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Device should trigger power saving event after a certain time of inactivity.

2. Power Save Event Timer (PSE Timer): 

  Values:

  - Off

  - 15 minutes

  - 30 minutes

  - 1 hour

  - [or just add an input field for user to enter desired number of minutes]

(plus we could add this countdown to the screen saver, when active)

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What "power state" should be entered after PSE.

3. PSE Timer Behavior:

  Values:

  - Stand by

  - Media sharing

[#2]

I agree, just because a device is connected to the power line, it should not start its operation. After all WD TV Live is a client - not a server. It should be "ready to start" by using the remote. But I don't see the necessity of adding any "power loss" question to the settings menu. How should this setting be processed without needing the device to load up first?

[#3]

Naming of option(s) maybe isn't appropriate, it could be named differently but the essence is there.

[#4]

+1

Only reason I registered is to support this idea.

[#5]

I have connect my home theater components with a multiple socket and disable it if I do not use it because of power saving and security. I control it with a Logitech Harmony. So if I want to use an activity with the WD TV LIVE it is powered off since the Harmonyn does not know that it is powered on.

This is very annoying and if  the WDTV Live would not be a gift I would it send it back!

[#6]

Interesting comment. Thanks.

[#7]

Greetings,

I'd like to report that I'm having the same problem with my WD TV Live. I use the player in my home theater, I have a "master" power switch to save energy and protect my gear from surges (when I'm not using it), and I don't like the player to turn on everytime I'm going to watch TV or a DVD. I'm sure there are more people in the same boat.

I believe the default power-on state should be stand by. People who use the device for serious media sharing probably already have a UPS anyway.

If an option could be added to system settings, even better.

Thanks,

VMat

[#8]

I also have this issue as I'm powering down my home theatre system when not using it. So I vote for an option if possible even if it has to go on for some seconds and then go down. result is when I power on all system and use my logitech harmony to watch an activity other than the wdtv it stay on for no use and when I decide to use wdtv then it goes off as the harmony assumes the device to be default to off.

[#9]

I support this idea. This is the only annoying thing i experience with the WD TV live hub. I also have a master power switch to save energy when i don't use the home theatre. Everytime i turn the switch on i have to turn of the WD TV. I hope this will be fixed in the next update.

[#10]

+1

It would be nice to have the device boot into Stand-by. I also wouldn't mind a way to adjust a timeout for the HDD sleepstate. After manually copying movies over from a network share my WDTVLiveHub drive spins for 2ish hours even if it's running in stand-by.

[#11]

+1