topic Re: STR-DN1080 Randomly turning on in Home Cinema, Projectors & Players

STR-DN1080 Randomly turning on

FarleyUK — Wed, 30 May 2018 15:34:29 GMT

Just recently, my DN1080 has started to turn itself on for about 10 seconds and then turn off. However, this seems to happen around every 10 minutes.

Very annoying, and I can't see any reason why. It's connected to several devices, and has Bravia sync to the TV (Sony XE9305). nothing else turns on, just the DN1080.

Please help!

Re: STR-DN1080 Randomly turning on

Sean_Mc — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 14:51:12 GMT

Hi FarleyUK,

Welcome to the Sony Community.

Can you make sure that your Receiver has the latest firmware upgrade. You can find more details on this here.

Let me know if this helps.

Cheers,

Sean Mc

Re: STR-DN1080 Randomly turning on

huconce — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 14:56:57 GMT

Hi @FarleyUK

I think it may be the Bravia Sync...
Is the TV on when that hapends?

Cheers

Re: STR-DN1080 Randomly turning on

FarleyUK — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 15:11:16 GMT

I can confirm it has the latest firmware, and that nothing else is on when it randomly turns itself on and off.

Re: STR-DN1080 Randomly turning on

FarleyUK — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 08:26:47 GMT

Anyone...?

Re: STR-DN1080 Randomly turning on

nigeldoc — Sun, 10 Jun 2018 10:54:42 GMT

I raised a supprt request and posted on some other forums today as my amp also turned on very ealry this morning blasting out spotify louder than i have ever played music at. No other phones, tablets etc. touched as i was in bed sleeping at the time. Amp, and all other equipment has latest firmware.

Nothing else switched on, tv, virgin v6 box etc. all still switched off.

Re: STR-DN1080 Randomly turning on

Iggy_H — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:06:31 GMT

My Sony STR-DN1080 also turns its self on and off randomly. Nothing else is switched on.

I have the latest firmware.

As it is connected to the ineternet by cable I have tried swithching auto update off.

Re: STR-DN1080 Randomly turning on

FarleyUK — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:12:12 GMT

Yeah, it's still happening on mine. Driving me crazy.

Re: STR-DN1080 Randomly turning on

Almou_10 — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:15:34 GMT

Hi FarleyUK, Iggy_H, and nigeldoc,

I think that the reason for this issue may vary from one case to the other, as FarleyUK mentioned it turns on while nigeldoc said it turns off by itself not only on.

I would recommend if any of you have a Sony Bravia TV to disconnect any other device connected to the STR as a test and leave the TV connected. If the issue repeats itself, then disconnect the TV and connect all other devices, and the output will tell us much about the reason behind this issue.

Hope this helps.

Almou_10

Re: STR-DN1080 Randomly turning on

elgrandemarco — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 11:20:41 GMT

I recently bought STR-DN1080 and connected it to my TV KD-55XE8505. Both have lastest firmware installed. I do not have nothing else connected, just amp and tv. I have activated ARC aka Bravia Sync functionality in both, with auto settings where possible.

Here are my observations:

- when TV is off and I am listening to Spotify or FM, amplifier randomly switches to TV mode and after a while turns off

- when TV and amplifier are off, amplifier randomly turns on with TV mode and turns off after several minutes

- when HDMI cable is unplugged, the above symptoms do not occur (!)

What could be the reason? How can I fix that?

Best. marek

Re: STR-DN1080 Randomly turning on

Alto_Comet — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 13:19:25 GMT

Got the same problem.
If I have the HDMI cable from my powered off Bravia A1 connected the receiver randomly turns on and off.
When the cable is disconnected the receiver acts normally. All software are updated.
This is very annoying, please fix as soon as possible

Re: STR-DN1080 Randomly turning on

FarleyUK — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 13:24:00 GMT

The only solution I found was to get rid of the Sony and buy a Denon. No
more issues now!

Re: STR-DN1080 Randomly turning on

ajousooner — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 18:26:57 GMT

I have a DN1050 and a DN1080, and they both turn themselves on and off at random times. The DN1080 is hooked into an X900F, the DN1050 is hooked up to an older Vizio E3D470VX. The 1080 has Bravia Sync on, and the 1050 has the standard unbranded HDMI-CEC enabled (not sure if there's really any difference or if it's all just marketing BS). I'm not disabling an extremely convenient feature because Sony has buggy hardware.

I'd guess that if they haven't been able to fix it in the past 3 years, it's probably never getting fixed. I just ignore it now and it turns itself back off in 10 or 15 minutes or whatever the timeout is set to. If it annoys you enough (and probably for myself in the future), don't buy the Sony product (or don't use CEC).

It's only the audio performance for the price that pushed me towards these models. I'll probably try to move up from the entry level tier next time in hopes of finding better quality all around.

Re: STR-DN1080 Randomly turning on

jbrady3324 — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 15:44:03 GMT

I was able to resolve this issue. After texting every possible scenario (appletv, ps4, nintendo switch, and LG OLED) of unplugging HDMI cords. I was able to drill the issue down to my TV. Once I turned off standby mode on my TV (which really did not do too much anyways), the AVR stopped turning itself back on.

Re: STR-DN1080 Randomly turning on

KevzoM — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 16:05:10 GMT

I have a STR-DN1050 that recently developed a similar problem - cycling on / off by itself. After trying various remedies suggested online without success, I restored the receiver to the factory default settings and this solved the problem. (Note - you will then have to reset your preferences, recalibrate speakers, etc.)

Turn off the receiver.
Hold down (on/standby) on the receiver for 5 seconds.
[CLEARING] appears on the display panel for a while, then changes to [CLEARED!] .

Re: STR-DN1080 Randomly turning on

RoccoP326 — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 14:44:00 GMT

I tried the factory reset and it did not solve the problem. You would think someone from Sony would jump in with a solution. I have a feeling it has to do with the combination of a Bravia TV and the STR-DN1080. I’m on my second unit and the problem occurs in the new one.

Re: STR-DN1080 Randomly turning on

easytalk — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 09:02:22 GMT

Mine has just started to do the same. But it keeps changing sound type. I always have it set to Stereo output but it changes to Dolby output. What is going on?

Re: STR-DN1080 Randomly turning on

Win_88 — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 13:55:19 GMT

Hi @easytalk

Is your amp up to date? https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/audio-components-receivers-amplifiers/str-dn1080/downloads/00016980

If so, let us know what your connection map is and all the connected devices to both the STR and your TV.

Also, do you have a Sony TV as well?

Win_88

Re: STR-DN1080 Randomly turning on

visionary2020 — Sat, 02 Jan 2021 17:35:39 GMT

@FarleyUK

I doubt buying a Denon will cure it. My Denon 1909 was doing this too. Just replaced it with the dn1080 and sure enough, this afternoon it turns itself on. Fifteen seconds or so later then off it goes again. Sony tv. Tv off at the time.

I wonder if maybe the tv is doing a background check for updates and that triggers the amp?

Re: STR-DN1080 Randomly turning on

easytalk — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 13:15:13 GMT

I really don't know. It happened again for me this morning. Also it keeps changing some of my sound settings and hdmi auto on seems to be working intermittently with my PS5. I have a Ps4/ps4 and X800 blurays player also contacted without and issues just the ps5.

Sent from my Xperia by Sony smartphone