Sony SACD 5400 ES: how to get it in standby ?

Metralla. I've tried it both ways. Held the power button down for a split second and held the power button down for a few seconds and I got exactly the same results. The standby message flashes for a few seconds and then the unit clicks off. Is it clicking into standby or is it turning completely off? This is with the remote and with the unit itself. I read the instructions and I can't find where it says to hold the button down for a few seconds to turn it completely off. Granted the instructions are unclear. This is from the instruction manual.
Power Switch
"Turns the power to the player on or off.
To let the player enter power-saving mode (standby mode), press power on the remote or the player"
It doesn't mention how to turn the power completely off.
My guess is that the unit is always in standby.

The standby message flashes for a few seconds and then the unit clicks off. Is it clicking into standby or is it turning completely off?

OK, I see what you are saying. To be honest, I have no idea. I only do this when (a) I go away for a couple of weeks on business or holidays (b) I want to move the SACD player to apply a little mineral oil to the soapstone shelf on which it sits.

In (b), after I turn it off I pull out the power cable and move it. Then when finished, plug it back in, turn on.

In (a), I just leave the house. I honestly don't know if it is still in standby.

Thanks for posting. You could be right when you say "My guess is that the unit is always in standby." My problem is that I have never put it into Standby to see what that state looks like.

Regards,

If you can turn it on/off with the remote, it must be in "Stand-By." It could not respond to the remote if it was really powered off.

Kal

Kal writes:

If you can turn it on/off with the remote, it must be in "Stand-By." It could not respond to the remote if it was really powered off.

I guess it depends on what you mean by "Standby". Expanding on what Elizabeth says.

I am not saying that the following applies to the Sony, but provide this as a different example of "Standby".

With my BAT VK50SE amp, I can put it into Standby by pressing the Standby button on the front of the amp. The little blue light lights up, and the valve heaters are still running (probably at a lower current) but the B+ is turned off. To fire it up again to operational mode, I can press the Display/POWER button on the remote, and it goes through a 60s cycle and comes on stream.

In addition, I can hold the Standby button on the pre-amp down for 5s or so, and it turns completely off. The Standby light goes out and the tubes go off, and it goes cold.

But the IR receiver for the remote is still working, because I can fire it up from being off with the remote.

I would have to unplug the power cord to completely disable it.

So perhaps there can be three operational levels if we take the remote circuitry into consideration.

Regards,