I have just plugged to the power; I cannot belive to my eyes: the device switch on without doing nothing else. Sorry, but this behavior cannot be considered normal for an hi-end device !! This means that when the home power goes down and up you will find the device ON ! I think that only a power botton (id in remote control) can get on and off the device. I hope a firmware upgrade will solve that.
If you are leaving the device in Standby (quick power button press), there is little to no power consumption difference as the Hub functions as a NAS whilst in Standby. It simply turns off HDMI output.
However, if you habitually put the unit into full-off mode (long button press), there is a difference in power usage and turning itself on is a problem.
Ideally, it shouldn’t behave this way. It’s not a problem for me but I think I’ve seen this as an Idea in the Ideas Exchange forums. Might be worth heading over there and voting for it.
Hi,
it is not a question of consuption.
I use it as a player, I have other NASes that act as media servers.
Just imagine: when you plug a DVD player or a TV, they switch on or simply go to standby? If you are away from home, after switching off the HUB; in meanwhile the power goes down and up, will find the HUB on when you come back after days … not a great thing.
Ivan
If you are saying that its not a matter of power consumption then what does it matter if the hub is on when you come home.
I understand what your saying, but unless you completely powered down (if it’s just in Standby) then it is still on. The only difference is that the front panel light is not on and it’s not accessing the UI.
Many (if not most) media players completely power on when power is applied. They do this because it is a part of the recovery procedure so that the firmware can be reflashed, in case of a crash, without having to go through the UI.
I can’t say for sure that this is part of the HUB’s recovery procedure, since I have not personally had to do it, but I did help someone who had a problem getting the firmware to flash on the HUB, and suggested trying the “Cold Boot flash” method and it worked for him.
richUK wrote:
If you are saying that its not a matter of power consumption then what does it matter if the hub is on when you come home.
The correct behaviour should be coming back to the same “status” you left before the power off.
Actually, this is the correct behavior. As I said, this is the same behavior of many if not most media players, as well as many satellite & cable top boxes.
Which is the “correct” behaviour is more of a matter of debate than a matter of facts. Some folks want it one way and say that’s “right”, and some folks want it the other way, and say that’s “right”.
Almost any server, or home PC designed to act as a server, will power up when power is applied. Both my Dell workstations do this. If I’m 500 miles away and the power goes out, the servers will be back up and running when the power comes back on, without me having to touch anything, and there doesn’t appear to be a BIOS setting to change this. My HP desktop also does this, but it does have a BIOS setting that I could change. It’s certainly “normal” behaviour for other servers costing hundreds, or thousands, more.
So, since the WDTV’s are designed to serve attached (and internal, in the case of the Hub) media to other network devices, it’s no great surprise for WD to have designed them to act like servers and not act like VCRs and TVs which only power up to a standby mode when power is applied.
It is a rather simple matter of disconnecting power, if you don’t want it powering up while you’re away. Even if the wall wart isn’t readily accessible, the power jack can be unplugged from the back quite easily… then the WDTV won’t come on if the power goes out, and can be plugged back in when you return.
