Seriously: Is your TV randomly being turned on overnight by your console?

Steve Wright writes, "For the past week, I’ve woken up in the morning to find my living room TV on, but nothing else.

"Every. Single. Morning."

[MCTJim]

I can say without reservation...Nope

Maybe you yell in your sleep XBox on!!

well, since you eliminated the xbox, try eliminating the ps4

[kneon]

He's probably got HDMI CEC enabled and when one of the consoles turns on to check for updates the TV also turns on.

[SilentNegotiator]

Probably. All of the connectivity features on modern TVs can be nice, but also sometimes a hassle.

[Bathyj]

This is what Im thinking. Even if it is, its still not random, you schedule when it turns on dont you?

Its strange but, cos I've woken up to find my PS3 doing an update, but the TV isnt on. Maybe this guy just drinks.

[Ashlen]

This is the correct answer.

[jspsc123]

it has to be a hdmi issue. i turn all that off. when i first set it up i turned off my ps and it turned off my tv and receiver at the same time.

[WildArmed]

It should only turn on when someone hits the controller (if you have the HDMI CEC enabled).

When I remote play my PS4, the PS4 doesn't turn on my surround system or HDTV. But when I hit the PS button my DS4 (regardless of whether the PS4 is off or in remote play), both my surround system and TV turn on.

Neither my PS3, PS4 nor Xbox 360 do that (I keep HDMI CEC enable on all that support it).

[dumahim]

It shouldn't be turning on for updates. It has a stand-by mode that can work with main power off to handle that.

[rainslacker]

Maybe, but my TV is set up to turn on whenever I turn on any device connected to it through HDMI-CEC. Will turn on my receiver as well and switch the input automatically, and I don't have this problem.

I've been up at night and heard my PS3 or PS4 turn on for updates and nothing else came on.

To my knowledge there is no special setting other than to enable HDMI-CEC.

I don't think the PS3 or the PS4 send out any kind of signal for any kind of update turn on. I've had it come on for updates late at night without it auto-switching the receiver, and with the receiver still on and the input switched to it, and nothing ever showed up on screen.

[GUTZnPAPERCUTZ]

This is what I have noticed so far (Xbox One).

A Friend of mine went out of town for a few weeks, He let me borrow his brand new 55" LED 240hz TV while he was gone. Went I hooked it up in my living room, I sat my 60hz 42" LCD in the floor next to the stand with ONLY the power plugged in (no HDMI,etc.). When I said "Xbox On" it turned on my tv and his tv, I did not program his tv to my Xbox yet nor was my controller on when it turned on my tv. That's when I found out that it's all controlled through the Xbox's infrared, NOT the HDMI lol. He could of had another TV of the same brand and it turned it on when his TV turned off?

[Ballsack]

I think he needs a priest to do a cleansing of his whole house

Call ghostbusters or something...

[GameSpawn]

@kneon

I don't know how the Xbox One's HDMI-CEC works, but with my PS4 and PS3 if they turn themselves on for updates or to check for available downloads or (in the PS4's case) for remote play my AV receiver and TV remain unaffected. If they are off they stay off, if they are on a different input or channel, they stay on that input or channel.

The ONLY time my PS3 has been turned on in the night and switched the inputs is when one of our cats walked across the PS3's Bluetooth remote (ANY button pressed on the remote powers on the PS3 - seriously annoying sometimes).

[ThanatosDMC]

His TV is possessed by a ghost. He needs to submerge it in holy water, and then when he's done try to turn it on again. If it doesnt turn on, then the evil ghost was correctly exorcised.

[UnHoly_One]

I bet it's not related to his consoles at all.

He could have a TV remote with a dying battery, or the main board in his TV could be going bad.

[JoGam]

Nope. The last time I thought my console turned on by itself was when I rolled over and hit the ps button on the controller.

[Muzikguy]

Seems a bit paranoid if you ask me. It's probably something so stupid they would feel stupid when they found out like...

@kneon
YES!!! +1 for using intelligence :)

Edit: @hysteria
Not that cheap? I've never had a problem, maybe it's a country thing idk. I never shut my computer off or anything

[XisThatKid]

...Aliens....

[Snookies12]

Spooky ghosts? Hey, they might want to game while you're asleep, nothing wrong with that.

[SilentNegotiator]

If ghosts came to my house just to play my game console while I wasn't using it, I wouldn't even be mad.

So long as they don't overwrite my saves or anything.

[Snookies12]

That's what I'm saying man, I mean shoot... You're not using it when you're asleep lol.

[Muzikguy]

I wouldn't mind either. Maybe we can get some co op in or something? I'd be cool with that too

[TheCommentator]

Glad someone said it.

[traumadisaster]

Around 3am often the ps3 cranks up and if I'm up for another reason I hear it. It's usually in the man cave but moved it to the bedroom a few weeks ago.

[Snookies12]

Well yeah, that's its automatic update time. You can change that in the settings for when you want it to do that.

[kayoss]

The author probably got caught by his wife when he wakes up in the middle of the night to play games. When he got caught by his wife his excuse was probably, "I heard the tv turn on so i went to investigate." To avoid being chained up, he have to continue with his lies. Whats a better way of proving innocent than to write an article knowing that N4g will approve of.

[Pogmathoin]

Many mornings my wife has yelled the TV is on in the basement....... I am sure it was off...

[DarkOcelet]

My X360 used to turn on by itself many times, it was really scary at times especially when i hear the power on sound and i would be like WTF!. But i got used to it.

[Neonridr]

I can't say I have ever had this experience happen to me.. freaky.

My TV does turn on if I turn the console on via the controller.

[WizzroSupreme]

I don't think so, or at least, not that I know of.

[Hysteria94]

Nope because i make sure the power points are off before I go to bed to save power considering electricity isn't that cheap haha

[OrangePowerz]

Nope, maybe deactivate the "operate devices via HDMI" option or whatever it is called in the settings. :) If the consoles have power save and turn off automatically after a certain amount of time they wouldn't be on in the morning anymore.

Also sure that there isn't a PS3 plugged in since that one actually turns on during it's outa download and auto update cycle.

[no_more_heroes]

I would say yes and no. I have noticed that every now and again my TV would suddenly click, similarly to how it sounds when I'm actually turning it on. It has never gotten that far, though. I don't remember noticing it before I got either my ps4 or xbo.

Actually, I remember turning on a setting like that on my xbo. I think its supposed to turn the TV on when it turns on and turn it off when it turns off.

Something like that, anyway. But that's never happened.

[lameguy]

There's been a few occurrences of this some time back in the Xbox One preview program. If you're a member of that program, please participate and send in those reports.

Nothing recent though...

[wolfiegirl910]

Never had it happen. I think the guy is hallucinating. Put down the beer can!!

[ziggurcat]

no. no it is not.

[PickAShoe]

first world problem right hurr.

[MisfitsInc]

my PS3 does turns on my basement TV

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Simple problem solving...For 3 days leave only one device connected to the tv and actually plugged in each day and check in the morning.

That said something tells me this may be an issue with his actual tv.

[JMyers]

HDMI CEC may be turned on.

This doesn't happen to mine at all.

[PersonMan]

Ah, the joys of using a computer monitor as my display. The monitor automatically goes into sleep mode when it doesn't detect a signal. :-D I never have to manually turn on or off my monitor.