Tv Comes Back On After Switch-Off

[Ringlet]

Can anyone suggest why, a couple of minutes after I switch off my Samsung TV using the remote, it comes back on again. This sometimes happens two or three times in a row, and it's very frustrating. I don't want to switch it off at the socket because I record programmes most nights. Any suggestions please?

[JimF]

Do you have any devices attached to it which could switch it back on?

[aelmpvw]

have you tried switching off at the tv?

[Ringlet]

No other devices attached to it at all.
aelmpvw, I'm not sure what you mean - it's when I switch it off at the TV that the problem occurs. Of course, if I switch it off at the wall socket and leave it off, the problem is solved, but then I can't record anything.

[aelmpvw]

i thought you were switching off at the remote?

[JimF]

"but then I can't record anything"

What are you recording programmes on?

[CrapAtCryptics]

Any chance a sticky button on the remote.

[royfromaus]

You can record without any power to the TV, Ringlet.

[Ringlet]

It's a smart TV so it doesn't need external device to record. But if I switch it off at the socket, it tells me it didn't record because of a power cut, so I don't know what is going on with it.

aelmpvw I see what you mean now, sorry for being dense. Switching off at the button below the screen has the same effect as switching off with the remote - the TV comes on again.

[woofgang]

have you looked in settings and in the manual?

[Tyrion44]

I have a Toshiba which acts just like yours but after a few experiments I have found that holding the button on the remote down for about 3/4 seconds means that it stays off. It might work for you. Good luck - I hate a disobedient television.

[Mamyalynne]

A few tips here, some already mentioned of course.

https://www.lifewire.com/fix-tv-turns-on-by-itself-4685838

[Tuvok]

Are you recording to a usb device?

I've seen our Samsung switch on immediatly after I've turned it off (to standby mode) with the remote.

I've also seen it switch on from standby if the Sky box changes channels to record - its getting a signal from the sky box via hdmi.

If I have recordings set on the sky box I make sure that the sky box is put into standby - that way the sky box records the channel without triggering the tv.

[Ringlet]

Thanks everybody. It's quite an old TV. If it doesn't start behaving itself a bit better it will be replaced. But I hate the hassle of that.