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TV Power On Issue
ptinolv:
Try to turn on the TV and keep the powerON button pressed. Unplug and plug the TV (while keep pressing the button).
It worked in my case (samsung TV), so I guess it worth the try.
bkenobi:
It's a bit of effort potentially, but you could use Lirc (or WinLirc) to send the commands to turn on the TV and switch to a specific channel/input.
You will have to build/buy an IR blaster of some kind, but that's not really hard or expensive. The simple one I built is ~5 components which cost less than $10 from Radio Shack. I bet you can buy complete units on ebay for less.
As for the software, if you can use non-discrete commands (power toggle, channel up/down, etc.), you should be set pretty easily. If you need to have discrete commands (power on/off, channel 3, video 1, etc.), you may have to do some searching/testing. I was able to find the commands for my set after a bit of effort and this setup works fairly well. I'd be a lot happier if I could use a different method (hotel mode for instance), but it's not available.
On the up side, since I'm using WinLirc, I can turn on the TV when everything is running and I don't see the BIOS stuff.
Spock:
All,
Thank you very much for all your input. I did try holding down the power button. Lo and behold, the simplest solution worked. (although part of me wanted to go down the road of building my own ir blaster and use Lirc. I'm a nerd). That's what I love about this forum, I probably would have had a crappy solution to my problem if the forum wasn't here. But now, one drop of superglue later, it's fixed. Bravo.
Thanks,
Spock
bkenobi:
You really are much better off with your solution. While WinLirc does work for me, it doesn't always work consistently (as is typical with IR blasters). I'm not sure why it doesn't work every time in my setup considering the IRLED is inside a light tight wooden box, but that's the way it is. When they work, it's great, when they don't, it's a PITA. Glad you got it working the easy way!
gryhnd:
I asked the same question regarding an old LCD I had. While I ended up not using that monitor for unrelated reasons, qrz did post a small circuit he thinks would work:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=102067.msg1096021#msg1096021
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