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Q: What is the purpose of putting the Apple TV (latest gen) to sleep?  Power saving?

When my Apple TV goes to sleep it messes up the HDMI for my Tivo on a Samsung LED TV set.  I think when the Apple TV sleeps it causes this.  I see you can set the Apple TV to never sleep.  If I do this what are the downsides?  What are the benefits to putting the Apple TV (newest version) to sleep?

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 9.1

Posted on Nov 12, 2015 12:00 PM

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Q: What is the purpose of putting the Apple TV (latest gen) to sleep?  Power saving?

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  • by Phil0124,

    Phil0124 Phil0124 Nov 12, 2015 12:04 PM in response to marcvv
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    Nov 12, 2015 12:04 PM in response to marcvv

    Sleep uses less power, and does not send a video image to the Tv. Its for all intents and purposes turned off.

     

    Its very unlikely it would be interfering with TiVo. 

     

    What exactly is happening?

  • by marcvv,

    marcvv marcvv Nov 12, 2015 12:10 PM in response to Phil0124
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    Nov 12, 2015 12:10 PM in response to Phil0124

    When it goes to sleep it seems to trip up the HDMI connection.  It may be the Anytime+ CEC signal trying to turn off the set and/or Tivo when the Apple TV goes to sleep.  The only way to get the picture back on Tivo is to restart or manually wake up from the front of the tivo. 

     

    For now I have disabled Anytime+ CEC and will see if that keeps it from happening but thought if I could keep the Apple TV on permanently it might be a better solution.  Not sure what the power draw is on the Apple TV and if any harm would come to it running it 24x7x365

     

    thanks

  • by Phil0124,Helpful

    Phil0124 Phil0124 Nov 12, 2015 12:16 PM in response to marcvv
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    Nov 12, 2015 12:16 PM in response to marcvv

    Probably no real harm to keep it on.  It will go into screen saver mode after a while of no activity. There's also a setting for how long it will wait before it goes to sleep on its own.

    Settings > General > Sleep After.

     

    Put your Apple TV in sleep mode - Apple Support

  • by Briansyddall,Helpful

    Briansyddall Briansyddall Nov 13, 2015 9:09 AM in response to marcvv
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    Nov 13, 2015 9:09 AM in response to marcvv

    Hi

    To stop Atv 4 messing up HDMI switch input to normal TV

    Before putting Atv 4 to sleep .

    Cheers

    Brian

  • by Winston Churchill,

    Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Nov 13, 2015 3:21 AM in response to marcvv
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    Nov 13, 2015 3:21 AM in response to marcvv

    Leaving it on will consume more power and possibly lengthen the life of the product, I can't think of anything else.