My father, who can't really handle the pathways of all the buttons. Simple enough for me, not for him.
It's simple cable box from local cable company. It's only for tv. When tv/box isn't used for several hours, it goes to floating mode (my word, I don't know what else to call it). My father was confusing tv and cable buttons on the remote, so I removed 2 buttons and just left the tv power button. Remote is cable company's. When tv is turned off, cable box is always on. After several hours, when tv is turned on, the screen has "spectrum" floating around. I don't know what to call this except it's sleeping.
I disabled all of the power save or sleep functions on the cable box. I even got new box. Same thing is happening.
So when floating name is on the screen, I turn the box off, turn it back on, then tv works. It's like cable box is in some mode (not power save or screen saver or sleep), and turning it off makes it erase that mode. This is not rebooting the box.
So anybody can guess at what's happening? He's using another remote now with just the cable box power button. So tv is always on now, though that's ok. I figured immediate problem solved by turning the box on and off and leave the tv on always.
I talked with the cable company too and all they can suggest is what I already tried. Tried rebooting too.
It's simple cable box from local cable company. It's only for tv. When tv/box isn't used for several hours, it goes to floating mode (my word, I don't know what else to call it). My father was confusing tv and cable buttons on the remote, so I removed 2 buttons and just left the tv power button. Remote is cable company's. When tv is turned off, cable box is always on. After several hours, when tv is turned on, the screen has "spectrum" floating around. I don't know what to call this except it's sleeping.
I disabled all of the power save or sleep functions on the cable box. I even got new box. Same thing is happening.
So when floating name is on the screen, I turn the box off, turn it back on, then tv works. It's like cable box is in some mode (not power save or screen saver or sleep), and turning it off makes it erase that mode. This is not rebooting the box.
So anybody can guess at what's happening? He's using another remote now with just the cable box power button. So tv is always on now, though that's ok. I figured immediate problem solved by turning the box on and off and leave the tv on always.
I talked with the cable company too and all they can suggest is what I already tried. Tried rebooting too.
