an exemplary embodiment of the present invention from the perspective of the cpe at 205 the cpe receives input at 210 the cpe performs a test to determine if the input was from a user from for example a remote control device ir or rf if the received input came form the user then at 215 the cpe powers up on its multicast receiver its transport processor it 39 s a v decoder its u i renderer display processor its storage and its security ca processor processing then continues until another input is received if the received input did not come from a user then at 225 a test is performed to determine if the received input was a request to retrieve information from the pvr inputs could be from a secondary stb requesting content that was stored in the primary gateway stb i e the primary stb gateway acts as a shared pvr in the home the device that is being managed for power is the primary stb or gateway if the received input was a request to retrieve information from the pvr then at 220 the cpe powers on up its transport processor its storage and its security ca processor if the received input was not a request to retrieve information from the pvr then at 230 a test is performed to determine if the network wants to push content as used herein content includes but is not limited to audio video data multimedia or any combination thereof or any other form content may take if the network does not want to push content then at 235 an error has occurred and processing ends until additional input is received error processing may occur at this point such as posting or displaying an error message to.