While setting up my cable box universal remote control I encountered a slight problem getting the TV on/off switch to be controlled. So, after trying every key combination I could think of, I last resorted to checking the manual. Flipping to the back I found the diagnostic section labeled - Troubles Hooting.
Troubles Hooting. Nice. So even "Trouble" is laughing at me now.
How am I supposed to trust this source of information? Instead of bringing me info on how to solve a problem, they indicate that trouble itself is laughing at me. I knew that remotes were stubborn and narrow minded but to learn that remote controls are also vindictive and petty was too much for me.
I guess this is the way it goes. You think you're going to get help and what you see as a big problem is just fodder for a joke to those around you. All I wanted was to be able to control the five devices from different manufacturers from one remote when I assume the position of couch potato. But we both know what happens when we assume.
But still, why should anyone have to juggle multiple remote controls and worse yet, remember which remote will control which function. Beside that, lining up the various remotes takes up valuable space on the coffee table where additional chips and drinks should go. This forces me to make additional trips to the kitchen to restock - and figure out which remote controls the pause function for the type of media I'm watching. This is serious business here.
In the end I was only able to get it down to two remotes with or without the help of the "troubles hooting" section.
3 comments:
Now that I've stopped laughing at your painful (yet amusing for me) post I will give up a piece of unsolicited technical advice which you can use or discard as you see fit. Try a Logitech Harmony remote. I have tried literal dozens of universal remotes of every shape and size and price over the years and the Harmony is the only one that ever did what I wanted it to for every single device I own, even the fan. You don't even have to get the expensive editions. My Ma has the 659 and, although I have to program it for her, it controls everything she's got AND she can use it just fine. Then again, I'm not sure what you'll do with all the rest of your remotes. Since you're in Venice, I see some sort of art project perhaps.
As soon as I decide to spend $$ on a remote, I'll have to try that one. I'm using the TW supplied freebie now. BTW, after all the trouble the PIP button doesn't fire - so, I get to have set up fun one more time!
"Since you're in Venice, I see some sort of art project perhaps."
Heheh! I wonder if you can macramé plastic? No, no, portable, stealth hookahs!
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