When I push the power button on the remote, the internal hard drive doesn't stop spinning. Is there an option to stop it? Resolved. Thanks All. It does shut off after some time and replacing the fast drive with a slower green drive was even better. When I push the power button on the remote, the internal hard drive doesn't stop spinning. Is there an option to stop it? Resolved. Thanks All. It does shut off after some time... » Read More When I push the power button on the remote, the internal hard drive doesn't stop spinning. Is there an option to stop it? Resolved. Thanks All. It does shut off after some time and replacing the fast drive with a slower green drive was even better. « Show Less
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Are you pushing the power button on to turn it on or off? also, are you sure you're not hearing the fan spinning?
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If the Micca doesn't completely power down just turn it off with the power switch on the back.
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The console shuts and also the hard disks when I press the power off button.
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Hi! I have checked on mine, and the disc stops spinning once the device goes off... I have notices the remote isn't very responsive, I mean, I have to hold power button for a couple of seconds in order to make it turn off
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I rec'd my WDTV a couple of days ago and have been playing with it a lot. I have 2 different hard drives connected (400gb western digital passport and 500gb freeagent portable). I had the same problem...hard drives wouldn't shut off even when ejected and turning off the WDTV. I updated the firmware this morning and now, my seagate freeagent portable turns off when ejected. The western digital passport however, didn't shut off. I will be exchanging the passport for another freeagent portable drive for that reason.
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No, the drive does not have a "on and off" switch. The drive has its own power source, so it is on, as long as it stays plugged in.
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No on off switch. There is a sleep setting on the WD Drive Utilities software that comes with the drive. It is 30 minutes default sleep mode but can be set to other times.
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I've had mine ever since they came out early on, and Its has been turned on ever since I purchased it. Through out my years of experience, turning the hard drives off/on is more harm full than just leaving it on. I would say that my WD My Book 2TB has been on since I originally plugged it up. Do not by Seagate or Matrox. WD never gives up on me or at work. However, connect it up to a UPS black out , power strikes, and brown outs will hurt the drive worse than anything else you can allow to happen. Good Luck
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By pressing the button, it opens up. To close you need push the drive to close. Hope this answers your Question.ThanksSrinivas
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I just press the power button on mine until it turns off. It makes two sounds, the first time it makes a sound you have to keep holding down the button until it makes the second sound, after that it should turn off.
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make sure all your programs that pertain to your workings of the hard drive are closed and nothing is running. sometimes it takes a little while but it works for me. i've unplugged the hard drive without waiting at times and never lost anything. don't recommend it though.
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On mine, the power button also changes the speed. Push it once to turn it on, and it is on the highest speed. Keep pushing it and it changes to the middle speed, then low speed. After reaching the low speed, you have to push it one more time to turn it off.
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Not to be too insulting, but have you made sure it's on? It does have a small "on" button, unlike some other drives that don't have an on/off switch.
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I just got mine. It has a power button and a remote control. You can turn off the power from both. I suppose there is still some power draw, so you might want to consider unplugging it.
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has to be unplugged, doesn`t have a turn off switch like some other harddrives
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Agree with previous response, yes it does turn off, I think its a design flaw, hopefully they will make newer version which will have some battery backup to cover moments like starting the car. But it does restart where it was, I did not have to do anything, not so for game DVDs, but movies yes.
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The one I received didn't have that button. But I'd assume it was a one button backup that worked only with the software they send along with it. Either that or a drive switch button to switch between drives of you plug in more than one. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
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Looks like the drive is set up to go to "sleep" after a period of time. That affects a lot of operations, and there's no direct fix for it.
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Unfortunately I do not recall hearing or seeing the hard drive power down or stop when idled for an extended period. However, a power switch is available to manually shut down when necessary.
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Hi all,I just got the unit and it does switch well. I have one problem though: once I operate the source linked to OUTPUT B (pause, click DVD menu, ...), the unit shuts off the B output and I have to reset it or reselect the B source each time ! Since it takes 5s for the unit to sync each time you select something, this is getting annoying ! It does not "lock" into the setup I want.Can I disable the "smart" input recognition/crap ?Thanks.