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RWEE
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Re: Roku Ultra Indicator Light

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The Roku front panel light is only on when either a Roku app is streaming or the Screensaver Start Time timer is timing. This timer starts and runs when the home button has been pressed as long as none of the Home screen menu navigation and selection buttons are operated which resets it to start timing again from zero. Once the timer times out, the screen saver display comes on and the Roku front panel light goes off. If a Home Screen option is displayed (no app streaming) and the Roku (or TV) power button is used to turn off the TV before the timer times out, the TV shuts off and the Roku front panel light stays on until after the Screensaver Start Time timer times out. However, I have also seen the light turn off after only a brief 5 to 8 sec. delay. This behavior is entirely unpredictable and I’ve not been able to consistently reproduce it. The easiest solution is to simply set the screen saver start time to one minute and accept the 60 second or so delay before the indicating light goes off at night. It's irrelevant whether or not the screen saver is prematurely active at other times since one can simply press the Home button to return to normal use.

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RWEE
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Re: Roku Ultra Indicator Light

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It's previously been suggested that changing the Auto Power Savings setting might affect the problem of the white front panel LED remaining on. After testing the operation of the power savings mode set at its 20 minute default delay and the screensaver start time set at 30 minutes, the front panel LED remains on but the TV turns off when the unit enters the power savings mode. That's what achieves your power savings. LED's typically operate on less than 20 mA of current at around 1.5 to 2.0 volts which equates to a very small amount of power, approximately 40 milliwatts. Any power savings that would be achieved by turning off only the front panel LED would be negligible.

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