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Question

My TV kind of comes on by itself

Jul 9, 2017 2:08PM PDT

I have a Samsung un46f8000 TV that occasionaly comes partially on. What I mean by that, the Samsung logo light comes on, the red light (I'm assuming "standby") light goes off. It swtays in this state for a minute or two then shuts down. Neither the picture or sound come on. What causes this and is there a remedy?

Post was last edited on July 9, 2017 3:00 PM PDT

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There were a spat of reports about this.
Jul 9, 2017 2:10PM PDT

It was the smart TV updating on its own. Many were very upset about this and installed a true power off switch. I used to use a switch bar to really turn it off.

Try Samsung's latest firmware and if you don't use SmartHub, disable that.

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If it's just updating...
Jul 9, 2017 8:39PM PDT

...then I'm cool with that. I thought maybe it could have been a hacker or something. You can't be too careful nowadays

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So far, no hacking.
Jul 11, 2017 6:36AM PDT

That's not in the news yet.