09-01-2011, 01:47 PM | #16 | |
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It is mostly off, though. |
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09-01-2011, 02:01 PM | #17 |
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Ahh, I see. Good to know. I haven't had to restart the Kindle yet, so I didn't know there was even a long boot sequence with a tree. The User's Guide is simplified for the average, non-geeky-tech user then, I guess.
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09-01-2011, 04:59 PM | #18 |
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THANK you! I've said that several times but keep getting the party line "7 seconds turns it off". Waking from off would take almost as long as a restart, waking from a white screen only takes as long as waking from sleep, so it's just "sleep with a white screen", not a real off.
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09-01-2011, 06:00 PM | #19 | |
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I guess the more appropriate thing to say under the User's Guide Power Switch section would be, "To turn your Kindle SCREEN off, slide and hold the power switch for seven seconds until the screen goes blank and then release." But, then you'd have people clamoring for or wondering about a "true off" switch. |
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09-01-2011, 06:31 PM | #20 |
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You mean you haven't owned anything with a remote control (TV, VCR, DVD, ...) that had an "on/off" button? All of these devices don't actually turn off. If they did, they couldn't receive the "on" signal from the remote. Just like most ereaders, these devices really only go into a low power sleep mode when "off".
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09-01-2011, 07:23 PM | #21 |
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No doubt. When most people turn their TVs (or whatever) off, I bet they don't see that tiny standby light that is still on. Electricity vampires.
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09-01-2011, 07:34 PM | #22 | |
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Of course, in the grand scheme of things, if you have one million TVs drawing 1W.... Goes for just about everything too. |
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09-01-2011, 07:51 PM | #23 |
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I meant vampires not as in the amount of electricity used, but more in the sense that they're sucking/drawing electricity even when not in use, "vampire draw" a.k.a. "standby power." My 52" LED has a little standby light on so it's most definitely consuming electricity. But, I bet it's still drawing less than my older and smaller 42" plasma TV.
If I won't be home for an extended period of time, I actually unplug them as even with the power switch off, they're not really completely off, as already mentioned by dwig. |
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Even current day led tv user guides advise users not to display the same photo or image for an extended time to avoid burn out. |
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09-02-2011, 01:29 AM | #25 | |
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As to the above quote, I can't see anywhere in the paper instructions that says how to power off only to make it sleep. Otherwise, I guess I wouldn't have asked, but thanks for your input anyway Leosrme |
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09-02-2011, 02:45 AM | #27 | |
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The part about the Power Switch where it talks about "turning off" is in Chapter 1. |
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09-02-2011, 05:27 AM | #28 |
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the surest way to make a feature hidden is to list in a users manual..
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09-02-2011, 10:05 AM | #29 |
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LEDs need continuous power to display. The capsules in an e-ink display do not. Once the charge has caused the plastic balls inside to rise or sink, no more power is needed until it needs to change.
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09-02-2011, 11:41 AM | #30 |
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Just a quick question - since most of you leave your Kindle in 'sleep' mode and don't really turn it totally off, what do you do when you are flying? I have been told to "Turn off my Kindle" during take-offs and landings.
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