Contour mini box wakes up to COX advertising
I recently added a Contour mini box to one of my TVs. The box worked fine for several weeks. Starting about two weeks ago, when first turned on in the morning, the TV displays a sort of advertising ...
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Isn't the Mini Box an always-on device? I have the XG-something and it's always on. If I turn off the TV while Contour is in screensaver mode, it turns on in screensaver mode...although audio of the last channel would be there.. I don't doubt something has changed for you but what exactly is turning on...a wake-up setting within Contour or the TV?
Can you disable the screensaver? I don't know of another mode displaying ads besides the screensaver.
Do you have a Power Saver option on the Mini Box?
The timer function on the TV is what turns the TV on in the morning. I saw screensaver settings on the contour remote box settings but none that disabled it. I really don't see why I need a screensaver when the TV is turned off. Support guessed it was a new "feature" that got upgraded but it conflicts with our TV and how we've used it for years as a wake up thing. I know there are options to wake up to but this is our preference.
Okay...it's actually the TV configured to wake-up. This makes sense because the TV powering is controlling its HDMI input. You may have different inputs connected, but the TV is overriding them.
What's the make and model of this TV?
well... it's an LG 26LD350
Some TV manufacturers are now in the advertising business. For example, when you're in TV mode, such as turning it on or downloading an app, sets from some manufacturers are now pushing ads. It's awful but good revenue for the manufacturers.
These sets collect your viewing habits to tailor your advertisements. If it's only detecting Cox, it will only show ads from Cox. If you have other apps installed (Netflix YouTube), it should be showing those ads as well.
What bothers me is LG was 1 of the first to do this but you're only noticing it now. Did you recently connect your LG to your network? Without a connection, it can't report, tailor and download.
There are ways to block the ads but if you're using the TV to wake up, you may just not awake to a silent, ad-free TV.
