UE65RU8005U, auto shut off timer bug (?)
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2024 9:19 am
My living room TV is a UE65RU8005U.
When the auto power off timer is about to run out, a dialog box pops up, "TV will turn off automatically. Please select OK to keep your TV turned on..." and so on. I press OK with the remote, and the dialog box disappears. You'd expect that to reset the timer, but a minute later, the TV shuts off anyways.
It's been like this since I bought it a few years ago, through numerous firmware updates. It's not a big problem, just a bit annoying, and I assumed Samsung would fix this at some point. I can't be the only one to have noticed it. Now the TV is getting old though, and I've lost hope.
Since I tend to fall asleep in the sofa, I'd like to keep using the timer.
I've tried to google for a solution, but I only find generic info on the auto shut off timer, how to enable/disable it, etc, nothing about this specific problem.
Is it possible to get the timer to work as expected somehow?
When the auto power off timer is about to run out, a dialog box pops up, "TV will turn off automatically. Please select OK to keep your TV turned on..." and so on. I press OK with the remote, and the dialog box disappears. You'd expect that to reset the timer, but a minute later, the TV shuts off anyways.
It's been like this since I bought it a few years ago, through numerous firmware updates. It's not a big problem, just a bit annoying, and I assumed Samsung would fix this at some point. I can't be the only one to have noticed it. Now the TV is getting old though, and I've lost hope.
Since I tend to fall asleep in the sofa, I'd like to keep using the timer.
I've tried to google for a solution, but I only find generic info on the auto shut off timer, how to enable/disable it, etc, nothing about this specific problem.
Is it possible to get the timer to work as expected somehow?