Interesting. I have not used the standby feature for more then a few seconds at a time since I replaced the capacitors. I've left it powered up for how ever many weeks it's been now, but have just turned the volume all the way down or turned off the audio source. I seriously considered disabling the standby button when the dock was apart, but you need it to turn the unit on after power-up (make the led fwd of vol wheel (knob in my case) green). Keep us updated. I wish I had an occiliscope to see what goes on in standby.