Do you leave your Chromecast "ON" or plugged in 24/7?

[Daman Q]

Same here. I originally had mine plugged straight into my receiver and the heat was very noticeable. Once i added the HDMI extender that came with it the heat dropped considerably. Maybe give that a try...

 

[ereming1]

That damn light is too bright. Lights up the bedroom. I covered it up with electrical tape. I do this for all the stupid devices that insist on having a light when in the Off position.

Yeah, stupid bright. And it blinks, even when my TV is off.

 

[Phil Nickinson]

My answer ... Ask AC: Do you leave your Chromecast plugged in all the time? | Android Central

 

[Bill Newman1]

That damn light is too bright. Lights up the bedroom. I covered it up with electrical tape. I do this for all the stupid devices that insist on having a light when in the Off position.

LOL....SO bright. Finding electrical tape as we speak.

Same here. I originally had mine plugged straight into my receiver and the heat was very noticeable. Once i added the HDMI extender that came with it the heat dropped considerably. Maybe give that a try...

Agreed. Mine got hotter than my OCed GNex ever got, like it was in the car in Texas heat all day hot. Extender does help a bit, longer distance so more resistance???

My answer ... Ask AC: Do you leave your Chromecast plugged in all the time? | Android Central

Cool! Thanks Phil!

 

[scaots]

I have mine plugged into my Onkyo receiver with the extender and didn't think it was too hot but will check more since it is in the back of a cabinet. It is powered from the receiver USB and does stay on when the receiver is off/standby.
I find it interesting that some find that the extender seems to make it cooler. I would suspect that this is due to a) more air flow farther from the device plugged into or b) the device plugged into is dissipating a good bit of heat and plugging directly in absorbs some of that.

 

[Bill Newman1]

I have mine plugged into my Onkyo receiver with the extender and didn't think it was too hot but will check more since it is in the back of a cabinet. It is powered from the receiver USB and does stay on when the receiver is off/standby.
I find it interesting that some find that the extender seems to make it cooler. I would suspect that this is due to a) more air flow farther from the device plugged into or b) the device plugged into is dissipating a good bit of heat and plugging directly in absorbs some of that.

That's a good point too, it was much cooler on the 46" LED Samsung where the HDMI slots were further towards the edge of the TV. The Vizio has the slots right in the middle of all the hardware.

 

[rfmike]

"1st" had my Chromecast plugged into the back of my tv(HDMI &USB)....BUT.... Then lose the function of being able to turn ON YOUR TV Via the ChromeCast, cuz theres no power running to the tv's usb port when the tv is off. So after my first week of using it, i switched to using the wall plug that comes with the ChromeCast and have not had one problem.

 

[alertren]

I have one of those power strips that's supposed to cut down on phantom power drain from devices. My AV Receiver is the master port and shuts off all my other devices when it's in sleep mode. One of those devices is the xbox360 which I was pleased to find had usb ports that provided enough power to power the Chromecast while it was sleeping. So my Chromecast is powered off for most of the day, but when I get home I tend to power on my receiver so the Chromecast is on. Having it powered by the xbox really helps when using the hdmi-cec functions of it.

 

[NealJ777]

Well, now that we've had this conversation on whether leaving it on is a good thing, my wife decided that since we're going out of town, she would like that whole power strip turned off (which we've never done before). I asked why and she "doesn't want the house lit up by that thing all weekend".

 

[Almeuit]

Mine is plugged into the wall. The benefit to me is that I don't even have to turn on the TV. When I want to listen to music, I can start up the chromecast from any room in the house, and the TV automatically turns on and switches to the correct input

It won't do this for me sadly.. Got a new 60' LG plasma. Doesn't bother me much though.. It just didn't want to fire up my TV.

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[culmor30]

It won't do this for me sadly.. Got a new 60' LG plasma. Doesn't bother me much though.. It just didn't want to fire up my TV.

I had to enable this in my TV's settings panel. Try looking through there for an option; you have to tell the TV to let HDMI peripherals turn it on, otherwise it won't let them.

 

[cammykool]

my TV is too old to do CEC but i cant leave my CC on 24/7 or else it looses connection from my router and i cant cast to it and the only fix is to reboot the router. so i unplug it when im not home

 

[frmorrison]

I leave it unplugged and plug it in when I want to use it. I also use the TV's USB port, so I have to turn on the TV to use the Cast. I don't like leaving things on, even if it isn't much power. Perhaps I have missed getting the two OTA updates, but they didn't add much anyway.

 

[AaronTV]

I have mine plugged into the back of my A/V receiver and it is powered by the wall plugin. Because it would be inconvenient to unplug either the power or the Chromecast itself frequently, I have left it plugged in since day 1. I haven't noticed any problems or lack of connection yet.

 

[takehiro12]

I worried at first because it gets a little warm, but I've had mine powered up for two weeks without issue.

 

[itamarb]

Mine is plugged into the wall. The benefit to me is that I don't even have to turn on the TV. When I want to listen to music, I can start up the chromecast from any room in the house, and the TV automatically turns on and switches to the correct input

Thanks for the great tip... the only problem is that my TV turns on, but won't switch to the correct HDMI input... any ideas?

 

[Airbander]

Hi

Just got my Chromcast and i love it and like this post because i had questions about the power on and so on
Great info and tips

Thanks guys !

 

[Scutley]

I know when my TV is off, it doesn't show where I go to cast it my TV. When my TV is on my TV's show in my cast area.

 

[abeljr]

I've had mine plugged into the tv usb for about a month. Now I am having issues connecting with google cast. I have been talking to support..may be a heat issue..it was never off for 1 whole month..got extremely hot. dunno..anyone else with these issues? I have 2, may return this one to best buy.

 

[scaots]

I don't have any problems with mine. I don't use it that much but when I do it is usually a couple hours for a movie or music. Mine is in the back of a cabinet behind my receiver, so plenty of heat in there when in use.

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