Grr. this .....remote!

[Breakaway500]

I like watching the latest "podcasters" on YT or Rumble during my "lunch break".

Damned if that boob tube won't turn on! Worked fine last night. grr..

Buttons I'm pressin the damn right one..

Maybe it needs a good twist and a smack!

That doesn't work...but sure feels great!! Now Im sure it's dead..got to be

No manual way to get anything to run is my biggest beef with teknowlogoy today.


Even after putting new batteries in the unit...it would not work. I did hit it kinda hard..

And then it did. !!! And it told me how to reset the remote, as it had been "corrupted" by low voltage imputs...??

Ok..

The little red light that I saw blinking for the last week ---when I actually ever looked at the remote---- was telling me to change the batteries now or else

10 years ago that remote would have been in the front yard...but now i'm older and more...resilient.

Reboot it. Good terminology. Gizmos!! On with the show!

 

[1sailor]

Don't get me started on remotes. I have one with about 50 buttons of which I use about 4. I have another that has an alert to notify me when it reaches 1%. Really. Why not 10% or something useful. I could go on forever.

 

[ladder13]

On/off…up/down

 

[PeterJ]

Our new TV has a remote that displays a big dot on the screen and you just put the dot on whatever you want it to do, in the opening screen, and it goes there. Hated it at first but after a month of use, I kinda like it.

 

[LVSteve]

The remote on this TV "wakes up" when it is moved and turns on an LED backlight. It eats batteries like an 11-year old faced with a bucket of M&Ms.

 

[dben002]

Okay it's time you guys get current with the new technology that's out and by that I mean my TV tells me while it's on about 2 weeks in advance to change batteries when they are getting low. It flashes"remote batteries low" and does that until you change them.

 

[s&wchad]

Growing up, I was the TV remote... "Turn the knob".

4 US channels...

They all signed off at midnight, played the National Anthem and displayed a test pattern until the next morning.

 

[boykinlp]

Growing up, I was the TV remote... "Turn the knob".

4 US channels...

They all signed off at midnight, played the National Anthem and displayed a test pattern until the next morning.

The good ole days!
Larry

 

[llowry61]

I used to travel a lot for work, and it seemed like every hotel did everything they could to hide light switches and utilize the most complex remotes known to man.

 

[pasound]

My "smart" tv has 20 buttons plus 12 on the number pad. My soundbar has 13 buttons. I have fiber internet and YouTube TV. I use left-right-up-down and power on the tv remote, and power and volume up-down on the soundbar. It was easier when I was still on cable and used the number keys to change channels.

 

[MetalMan]

My "smart" tv has 20 buttons plus 12 on the number pad. My soundbar has 13 buttons. I have fiber internet and YouTube TV. I use left-right-up-down and power on the tv remote, and power and volume up-down on the soundbar. It was easier when I was still on cable and used the number keys to change channels.

We've also moved to fiber and YouTube TV...

Only one "smart" TV in the house and the other 5 are on Rokus. This adds another level of "complexity" to the equation.

With all of this, I still don't miss our cable provider (Spectrum) but sometimes do yearn to the "good 'ol days" before everything went digital.

On another note, we switched from cable to fiber to save money. Our fiber bill is fixed for 3 years. YouTube TV recently raised its monthly prices so the savings gap is slowly being eroded. While there are other streaming alternatives, we find that YouTube TV offers us the best mix of channels that we watch and is priced lower than if we subscribed to the individual apps. Caught in a "no win".

Now that the weather is improving, I am considering to cancel YouTube TV and spend more time outside.

 

[03hemi]

Use your phone.

 

[BigBoy99]

Now days you can't even resort to the old fashion method of changing the channel by turning the knob. Where are the knobs on TV set today?

 

[pharmer]

All our TV's have "Firesticks." The remote is simple although it won't "find" the sound amplifier. And yes, occasionally it will message: "Unable to communicate with remote" which is a pain to re-align. Joe

 

[Bugkiller99]

I lost my remote a while back. Doc found it during my last colonoscopy.
Still not watching TV.

 

[gjgalligan]

Growing up, I was the TV remote... "Turn the knob".

4 US channels...

.

Let me guess, 2, 4, 7, & 9.

 

[gjgalligan]

I lost my remote a while back. Doc found it during my last colonoscopy.
Still not watching TV.

Who put it there?

 

[LVSteve]

Let me guess, 2, 4, 7, & 9.

Probably needed two different antennas to receive them. That's how it was in England in my youth. A big X or two-element Yagi (looked like a H) vertically polarized was for the low band 41-67 MHz 405 line system. A multi-element (7 was common) Yagi covered 166-215 MHz, still at 405 lines, and also usually vertically polarized for reasons unknown.

When the UK went to the 625 line, UHF system from 470-865 MHz, primary broadcast sites were usually horizontally polarized, with secondary, gap filler translators transmitting vertically polarized signals.

 

[soFlaNative]

Probably needed two different antennas to receive them.
horizontally polarized, with secondary, gap filler translators transmitting vertically polarized signals.

The V- and H-hold buttons helped.
I think they disappeared in the 80's.

 

[jeffrefrig]

I have to get the book out and actually read for this remote for my surround sound receiver, if I have to do anything other than the basics. The thing lets one listen to the main system in the house and also listen to a different output outside simultaneously. Heaven help you if you push a wrong button!