directv gemini power saving feature?

[sportman13]

directv gemini power saving when it is on or off it looks like can I please have screenshot of both please

 

[Derek K]

directv gemini power saving when it is on or off it looks like can I please have screenshot of both please

I honestly don't think any of these boxes with any provider use any less power when turned off. I think they have an off button so people don't have a fit they can't turn the box off thinking they are saving power.

 

[sportman13]

Derek K directv gemini power saving when it is on or off is it blue or white ?

 

[Tom Speer]

in Menu>Settings>Device Management>Power Savings there are two on screen slide switches for Screen Saver and Power Saving. You can toggle the switches with the Gemini Remote OK button, or "SELECT" on older remotes. If the option is enabled the switch shows a blue dot on the right of the switch. If it is disabled, it shows as a white dot on the left of the switch.

The Gemini itself uses almost no power, so I leave the power saver off. I do let it go to screen saver if there has been no activity.

 

[sportman13]

Tom Speer How do you keep Gemini on all of the time is it done by my Samsung TV ?

 

[Tom Speer]

No, I don't want to keep my Gemini on all the time. I use my Gemini remote to turn on my Gemini, my TV and my AVR receiver with the on button. And I turn them all off with the off button. The Gemini through the HDMI cable should be controlling everything else. But the Gemini remote, if you program it for your other devices will turn them on and off via infrared codes.
But I sometimes stream music via my Google home account while I'm doing other things around the house. That sometimes goes over the 4-Hour limit.

 

[sportman13]

I have Samsung to I think you can do it by their Go to Settings > General > External Device Manager > Anynet+ (HDMI-CEC) and switch it off.

 

[Tom Speer]

I wouldn't switch the CEC off. You want them to go on and off together. You don't want the Gemini to be on all the time. If it never gets put in standby (lights off), it never can receive any software updates.

 

[Tom Speer]

I think I remember you were trying to use an old fashioned DirecTV remote with the Gemini. I have used every kind of DirecTV remote over the years, and I find the Gemini remote to be superior to all of them. I especially like the voice command. When I occasionally need to use the Roku features of my Roku TV, I use the Roku Remote, and I use it to connect earphones when I am watching something my wife doesn't care about. But I control the video and sound levels with the Gemini remote.

 

[sportman13]

Tom Speer I want to keep my Gemini on all the time how do I do it ?

 

[I WANT MORE]

Settings - System - Device Preferences - Screen Saver - Power Saving.

 

[b4pjoe]

I want to keep my Gemini on all the time how do I do it ?

Why would you want the Gemini to stay on when you turn your TV off?

 

[John2021]

why do you want the gemini to stay turned on . what's the benefit to it never shutting off

 

[John2021]

Why would you want the Gemini to stay on when you turn your TV off?

maybe he's feeling charitable and has money to burn and wants to give it to his power company !!!

 

[Tom Speer]

II have no idea. I doubt it is even possible. Too much of the design of the firmware in the Gemini depends on it being off for updates periodically.

Tom Speer I want to keep my Gemini on all the time how do I do it ?

 

[sportman13]

Everyone and please answer reason I want the Gemini to stay on when you turn your TV off I have my Samsung TV shut off 4 hours idle I never really shut off tv

 

[b4pjoe]

Everyone and please answer reason I want the Gemini to stay on when you turn your TV off I have my Samsung TV shut off 4 hours idle I never really shut off tv

So you have the Energy Saver turned off on the Gemini and your TV is set to shut off after 4 hours when idle and when it shuts off the TV the Gemini also shuts off? If that is happening then I think the only way to accomplish it is to not have the TV to shut off after it is idle for 4 hours.

But again….WHY? When you go to watch TV again you have to turn on the TV…which also turns on the Gemini.