Hi Everyone:

My MX4000 keeps turning itself off and on when its in standby mode and switches in andout of "V.Tape" - a Freeview box is connected to this. This doesn't happpen regularly enough for it to be an electronic fault (in my opinion) as it happens iregularly say once or twice every  few hours. Last night (this is my bedroom TV) it switched itself on about five times durung the night.

The TV is situated in a flat designed to look like a coach house and the bedroom is effectively over the arch that cars drive through. This is gated and it has a remote gate beeper needed to open it - perhaps this is interfering with it.

Does anyone know what to suggest to resolve this (other than turn it off using the button on the TV).

Thanks

Graham

Had the same problem with my BV3-32 when I had a Philips DVD recorder connected to it. It would turn itself on to the RF connection (TV). Or if you were watching another source it would also turn over. Never found out why this happened, but changed the DVD in the end.

Craig

Try unplugging the Freeview  box from mains and see it if still happens.

Hi guys;

Thanks for your very quick reples - the Freeview box is also Philips maybe as b&o and Philips probably have some components in common this is why it does it - I will try and disconnect it and see if it works. It definitely sounds like this is the problem.

Thanks

Graham

If having the box "not there" solves the problem, it should be because of the SCART control voltage from it coming and going for some reason, and therefore confusing the MX.

Then you can try disconnecting pin 8 from the SCART lead (or as a reversible fix, wrap a piece of hard tape over pin 8 in the SCART plug to isolate it, it should last a couple of insertions). The MX doesn't support aspect ratio control anyway so the signal isn't really needed for anything.