just bought end of june,am i supposed to keep it on every night?now works 15 min and shuts
299010
I bought this one year ago. It lasted one month! A piece of junk!! Send it back if you can. I contacted seller and never got a response--good luck!
299011
mine started leaking in a month or so, rusted the batteries and shot. big waste of $$$. i tried several and they all leaked. i searched and searched for something. really wanted blue light. finally changed mt white pool light for a color show light, but cost $400+ install. you'd think a company could make a decent product
299012
Mine worked well for several weeks ,then stopped,I have noticed some condensation in it,so,I presume it is not absolutely water tight,I have brought it inside to try to dry it out,to see if it will start working again.
352080
ours only go on at night, go off at daybreak, i thought it was automatic bit maybe there is a switch, on the solar unit? ours stay lite all night.
1786859
Same here. Unplugging for a night used to work. Now I've waited a full day after plugging back up and no luck. Seems like mines is now dead :(. No reset button or anything on this box
955640
I ordered this because they say here it does not auto off but when it came it says it does in 2 hours and I tried it and it does turn off in 2 hours. What is up? I am going to try disabling it.
1025468
Like others have mentioned, the sound machine stays on all night. That's what we do, we leave it on the entire night. I have never had a use for the timer. The button for the timer is directly below the power button. I've hit it accidentally once and found I had no sound in the middle of the night. But that's not a regular ongoing issue.
540722
Sounds like you got a bad battery. Mine goes on for about 2 hours. 20 minutes is unacceptable. As for a new one
292860
My own does the same thing it just turns off on its own..even if i haven't touched it or anything near it in like an hour..I have had this product for 2mth nw
2205126
Hi, my friend bought her tv (save model KDL-46VL150) from a dealer around here and since january 15, 2010 has not been able to listen to it. It worked about 10 days, then a red flashing light came on et OFF went the TV. If I were you, I would return that model number. They all seem to have the same problem and unless you have bought from Costco the other dealers won't take it back (they sent you back directly to Sony who sent's you a repairman. And Sony is sure not in a hurry to fix it. She is still waiting for the repairman even after numerous phone calls and complaints. Check the web and see others that have the same problem. Good luck. Hi, my friend bought her tv (save model KDL-46VL150) from a dealer around here and since january 15, 2010 has not been able to listen to it. It worked about 10 days, then a red flashing light came on et OFF went the TV. If I were you, I would return that model number. They all seem to have the same problem and unless you have bought from Costco the other dealers won't take it back (they sent you back directly to Sony who sent's you a repairman. And Sony is sure not in a hurry to fix it. She is still waiting for the repairman even after numerous phone calls and complaints. Check the web and... » Read More Hi, my friend bought her tv (save model KDL-46VL150) from a dealer around here and since january 15, 2010 has not been able to listen to it. It worked about 10 days, then a red flashing light came on et OFF went the TV. If I were you, I would return that model number. They all seem to have the same problem and unless you have bought from Costco the other dealers won't take it back (they sent you back directly to Sony who sent's you a repairman. And Sony is sure not in a hurry to fix it. She is still waiting for the repairman even after numerous phone calls and complaints. Check the web and see others that have the same problem. Good luck. « Show Less
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just purchased this and have not set any daily modes for the week, but activated the vacation security mode to see how the random on and off light feature worked. I've also set the day and correct time in this unit,, so far for the last 2 nites, the unit has turned on the lamp at around 6PM but I've manually turned off the unit late at nite before I go to bed because it stays on. during the day, it stays off. I can only surmise that I have to set on and off times for each day & that the random timer works off of that,, otherwise it does not appear to do the random on and off.
1712455
Mine stays on 24/7 too. I even tried replacing it and new one was no different.
2051641
Forgot to mention i only turn it on in the night time and, turn it off in the morning i do this every day...hope this be helpful to you.
1086908
That sounds like a defect in the unit. Mine stays on about 5 seconds, then turns off. There isn't a button that I know of to be able to turn it off. I'd write to the seller and ask for a replacement. That isn't normal.
823242
There is an option to set the machine to shut off after a certain amount of time. You must manually activate it every time you turn the device on. It's like the sleep function on your TV.
2273537
Seriously ? Mine never stops unless I power it off. The only thing I can think of is something with the timer setting. Maybe you have the timer set to go off every few minutes. Can you get a stopwatch and get some data on the intervals of on/off ? Maybe unplugging it will reset it if it is for some reason set by the timer option. If that doesn't reset it then perhaps it is malfunctioning. It definitely sounds like timer related.
1267796
It shuts off automatically after 1 hour. I don't think you can override that.
1819945
I don't use mine anymore because it constantly trips the dedicated breaker. However, I just plugged it in (as it sits in the corner) and you press clock which defaults to 24 hour, press clock again and it will be in the 12 hour mode. From there, enter the current time and you should be good to go. Regards
430566
Just start using it as long as the indicator is blue. Check the indicator occasionally to see that the indicator remains blue. If not, plug it in overnight until it turns blue again.