Switch on Pi without unplugging power source

I will unfortunately not be able to give you a solution for your problem but still giving two advises:

  1. It has been reported by a couple of people that the TV USB is not an appropriate (not enough power) power source for the PI.
  2. Why are you going thru all this hassle of turning off/on the Pi at all? The power consumption is minimal and you risk with your power on/off that one day you do a unclean unmount and you get filesystem issues.