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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1160466" data-attributes="member: 141969">My Humax PVR (a HDR-Fox T2) has built-in protection against screen burn -- if I pause live or recorded TV, after 60 seconds the picture changes to a large digital clock that drifts around the screen.&nbsp; Does your &quot;Not Connected&quot; box have a timeout, so that it displays only for a fixed period of time and then blanks (1-2 minutes, perhaps)?Before I settled on MP's blank screen saver, I also looked for a visualisation or slide-show facility in MP, but did not find one.&nbsp; I think that earlier releases of MP did have visualisation code, but it had to be removed as the owner of that code was no longer willing for it to be included in MP.&nbsp; I don't know whether it worked with DVB-T radio (it might have been only for digital music).I also at one time used the Windows screen saver, which I set to a small timeout (one minute).&nbsp; The Windows screen saver is different from the MP screen saver.&nbsp; On MP screens that do not have video, the Windows screen saver will operate after the specified timeout, if there is no user input.&nbsp; User input closes the screen saver and returns to the MP panel.&nbsp; In this context, user input includes changing the MP volume using the remote control.&nbsp; In my current setup, I use a separate analogue audio amplifier, and the volume and mute controls on my universal remote control operate the audio amplifier, and do not operate MP.&nbsp; There are various Windows screen savers included in Windows.&nbsp; I like &quot;Aurora&quot;, which is included in Vista, but not included in more-recent versions of Windows (but I copied it to a Win 7 installation, and it does work).I also listen to radio broadcasts via DVB-T, but I did not want to switch on my TV just for the audio (even if the screen was protected by MP's blank screen saver).&nbsp; So I opted for a different solution.&nbsp; I happened to have an old DVB-T tuner box which I no longer used (a Humax F2-Fox T).&nbsp; It is not DVB-T2, and does not have an HDMI connection, so I would not use it for TV.&nbsp; But it is fine for listening to the DVB-T radio broadcasts, with the analogue audio output of the tuner box connected directly to my audio amplifier.&nbsp; The tuner box displays the channel number of the radio station, but I cannot see the EPG with the TV switched off! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />&nbsp; However, that is OK for me, as I mostly listen to only 2-3 different radio channels.-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1160466, member: 141969"] My Humax PVR (a HDR-Fox T2) has built-in protection against screen burn -- if I pause live or recorded TV, after 60 seconds the picture changes to a large digital clock that drifts around the screen. Does your "Not Connected" box have a timeout, so that it displays only for a fixed period of time and then blanks (1-2 minutes, perhaps)? Before I settled on MP's blank screen saver, I also looked for a visualisation or slide-show facility in MP, but did not find one. I think that earlier releases of MP [I]did[/I] have visualisation code, but it had to be removed as the owner of that code was no longer willing for it to be included in MP. I don't know whether it worked with DVB-T radio (it might have been only for digital music). I also at one time used the Windows screen saver, which I set to a small timeout (one minute). The Windows screen saver is different from the MP screen saver. On MP screens that do not have video, the Windows screen saver will operate after the specified timeout, [I]if there is no user input[/I]. User input closes the screen saver and returns to the MP panel. In this context, user input [I]includes changing the MP volume using the remote control[/I]. In my current setup, I use a separate analogue audio amplifier, and the volume and mute controls on my universal remote control operate the audio amplifier, and do not operate MP. There are various Windows screen savers included in Windows. I like "Aurora", which is included in Vista, but not included in more-recent versions of Windows (but I copied it to a Win 7 installation, and it does work). I also listen to radio broadcasts via DVB-T, but I did not want to switch on my TV just for the audio (even if the screen was protected by MP's blank screen saver). So I opted for a different solution. I happened to have an old DVB-T tuner box which I no longer used (a Humax F2-Fox T). It is not DVB-T2, and does not have an HDMI connection, so I would not use it for TV. But it is fine for listening to the DVB-T radio broadcasts, with the analogue audio output of the tuner box connected directly to my audio amplifier. The tuner box displays the channel number of the radio station, but I cannot see the EPG with the TV switched off! :( However, that is OK for me, as I mostly listen to only 2-3 different radio channels. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]

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