Tekkie® posted for all of us...



Clare Snyder posted for all of us...



On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 02:45:46 -0000 (UTC), Diesel
wrote:


Wed, 20 Feb 2019
01:54:12 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:

Do you have a TV with cable access ? If so, does the cable service
have music only channels ? Our Xfinity/Comcast does.

Have your timer turn the TV on/off. Leave cable box set to music
channel.

While a timer could be used to turn a modern tv off, it's highly
doubtful you can turn it back on with the timer. All tvs I've seen in
the past say, ten years have standby modes. If you connect them to AC,
they don't just turn on, you still have to press a button. You can't
really tape the button down or short it out in most cases either,
because it'll most likely do one of two things if you did:

(a) stay off all the time
(b) turn on, but go back to stand by a short time later, because you
aren't letting go of the button

I seriously doubt it would come out of standby and remain on if you the
button remained pressed. You'd need an older tv that had a real power
switch that actually did turn it on or off, not one with a standby or
sleep mode.
Or a "smart" tv with auto turn on - - - does not need to be a real
"smart tv" with internet connectivity - just power saver or timer
start - or some that revert to power on on power up. (just like some
computers) My ancient Panasonic Viero PT700 has the capability to
start and stop by itself

To OP: As i do see Micky posts.

My Comblast DVR has audio outputs on it. Hook it up to a sound bar and use
the soundbar control. The DVR does not switch the soundbar on/off.

Do NOT see Mickys posts.

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Tekkie