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Janner103
Channel Surfer

Re: Roku TV turning off the channel that's on and putting Cars In Roku City Screensaver on instead

While roaming around in "Settings", I did find something called "Power" - it's under Settings > System > Power.  There are two settings there and both were checked.  I left the first option checked to prevent any screen damage on my TV.  I unchecked the second option to see if it makes any difference.  But I honestly don't know if this will have any effect on it booting us out of our channel with the "Cars" screensaver showing up.

The first setting is "Reduce power after 15 minutes" - the explanation says "Allows the TV to reduce power when there is no signal and no interaction after 15 minutes."

I think this first setting kicks in if you just have your home screen on and haven't hit any keys on your remote to start watching any apps.  I am guessing that "reduce power" means that it dims or turns off the home screen until you hit any key on the remote.  Like going into sleep mode on a desktop or laptop.  Maybe you could set a "screensaver" to confirm that it's kicked into "reduced power" mode.  But you'd have to worry about screen damage either way, I'd think, so I am leaving this first option checked.

The second setting is "Turn off after 4 hours" - the explanation says "Automatically turns the TV off after 4 hours of no interaction - this does not apply when you're watching TV or videos.  When "Fast TV Start" is enabled, this setting is overridden and more power will be used."

This second option is very confusing - it says it won't turn off the TV if you are watching something, but it also says it will turn the TV off after 4 hours if there's been "no interaction".  I am guessing no interaction means you haven't hit any key on the remote for 4 hours.  So, as I understand it - and I could be wrong -  basically, it will turn the TV off, if you haven't hit a key on the remote, even if you are watching something.

It does say that "Fast TV Start will override the "Turn off after 4 hours", so I checked to see what that is.

The explanation for "Fast TV Start" says it "allows you to wake up your TV with:

- music or video casting

- Hands free voice ("Hey Roku")

- The Roku Mobile App

- Voice Assistants

Fast TV Start will use more power than the default settings."

IMO, none of that seems to be very fast, except for maybe yelling at your remote.  I don't know if you can say "Hey Roku" turn the TV back on and go back to the channel I was just watching, where it left off" and if it is "smart" enough to do that.

But to do casting or use the mobile app, you'd have to get your phone out and run through a lot more steps to get back to where you were before.  It would be easier to just turn your TV back on or just go back to the channel that it had kicked you out of.  And Roku doesn't have a built in voice assistant, like Siri, on the actual TV,  so I don't even understand why that option is there.

I don't know if any of this will work.  Seems like the only real solution is to hit some key on your remote every few hours.  I don't know if adjusting the volume a step or two will work, but maybe pausing the feed for a few seconds and start it back up will. 

I wish us all good luck!

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