Node Icon Standby after 15 minutes and it takes 5 seconds to play any sound?
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First of all: congratulations on the very good soundquality of the Node Icon! So far, so good.
But, there is something that makes using the Icon unpleasant.
I (still) have a Node N130. I swapped it for the Icon, enjoy listening to music but after a pause of 15 minutes it goes to STANDBY (Clock appears on the screen). 15 minutes is too short... And it takes 5 seconds before any sound starts playing.
The Node is the center of my audio-system. PC is connected to a LG OLED tv with an optical output to the Node.
PC and LG OLED are 15 hours per day ON. I read, browse, watch a lot from my PC. Not continuously and that's when the problems begin: a pause of 15 minutes, many times a day, means the NODE ICON goes to STANDBY.
Short (PC) sounds I do not hear anymore. It takes 5 secondes before the Node Icon is awake...
I checked the Settings. There is no option for 'Standby'.
The optical input: 'Auto Sense' is ON. This was NOT necessary with Node N130, but at least it helps a little on the Icon.
Auto Sense is not very useful for me. I am used to playing music from Tidal Connect and watching TV (waiting for a news-program or just checking the Guide etc.). Auto Sense starts TV-sound. Bye bye music.
I hope Bluesound has a solution for the limited Standby-options of the Node Icon. I have not yet registered my Node Icon on Bluesound. Still in trial-stage. I wish to keep using the Icon but for the Standby-issue... this might become a deal-breaker (sorry).
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Official comment
Hi Jappa,
The 5 second delay that you are experiencing might be from your amplifier starting up. If you need support from this, please reach out to us by sending us a support request using the BluOS app.
However, I have forwarded your feedback to our quality assurance and development team for future update consideration. -
Hello Mark,
No. My amplifier is always on (manually). And not on a 'trigger' (which the Node Icon provides).
Also: I was using the Node N132 (without any 'standby' issue) and swapped it with my new Node Icon (without Standby-options, with Standby-issues).Anyway: this morning I thought: new day, fresh start? Let's try to RESET the Icon, do the setup and see if it changes anything about inputs and Standby-functioning.
Easy, perfect textbook setup from WiFi only. I have had my share of problems to setup a Bluesound device in the past (Powernode, Node N130, Powernode Edge, Pulse M). Today: perfect!
Instead of Optical input from my LG OLED to Icon, I am now using HDMI-ARC.
Computer HDMI goes to LG OLED, which delivers sound through HDMI-ARC to Node Icon. Works perfectly.Playing music from PC. Pause and after 15 minutes the Icon goes in Standby.
Press Play and after 5 seconds music is heard (missing the first 4 or 5 seconds).
Windows system-sounds will wake Icon from Standby but the sounds are lost (they are usally less then 5 seconds).A few thoughts:
- I can not believe there is NO OPTION for Standby (settings). Every computer has options for system and video-standby. A time-setting is the most basic option, next to Standby ON/OFF.
- The name 'NODE' has a special, relevant meaning, right? How can Node Icon be a 'Node'? It disrupts everything connected to it after 15 minutes of 'silence'.
- I will always loose 4 or 5 seconds of sound when the Icon comes out of standby (switching to TV or continu/start Playback music from computer).
- Windows systemsounds will be lost. (If 2 systemsounds are produced within 15 minutes, okay, then I may hear one systemsound...)Saving Energy is great! But having NO CONTROL over it?
And having to learn how to 'properly' handle the Node Icon to play music? First turn ON the Icon, next start playing the music? I am not good at learning tricks and workarounds... Maybe it's my age (almost 70) :)Just an idea
Maybe the BluOS team can make some creative use of the 'Sleep Timer' and make a 'Standby Timer'?0
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