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I've never heard of this outbound message. Sounds pretty Sus to me and I'm leaning towards scam.

Sorry to say the standby timer is not a setting that can be changed and it at 4 hours to help prevent burn in. I know you're not the first person to ask about this. I'll be pass along to our TV Product team to see what might come in the future.

No it is not. The modem will fully function without the battery.