sleep does nothing to a philips 5140

[BirdDaddie]

it still stays on all night on root menu with sleep set in setings to 10 minutes

[TBoneit]

The 5960 and its replacement also do the same. It only happens at root and with DVD. AVIs will sutdown if paused or left at the menu.

[BirdDaddie]

this is what was burning out my players before.what good is sleep then?

[Krispy Kritter]

Many units have a screensaver mode.

[BirdDaddie]

what good will having a screensaver on help when it is the lasers that are being burned out from haveing a disc left in them a good while?why do the lasers not turn off after a time?

[Krispy Kritter]

According to the user manual for your player, 10 minutes isn't an option (15, 30, 45, 60 are the choices). Possibly you aren't setting it correctly, or you have a bad unit.

As for the screensaver, my player stops reading/playing the disc when the screen saver is active. If it isn't reading the disc, then the laser is off.

[BirdDaddie]

ok then it was 15 minutes(the lowest)
why do the dvd lasers still go on during a static root menu?

[BirdDaddie]

Now my sleep works but it cuts off the movie and shuts down the unit in the middle of a movie.
I don't have an option for a screensaver
I am tired of my players dying by being left on the root menu