Margo out of lurking Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 I just commented on another thread that I still have no idea how to turn on our tv. It's connected to cable, a DVD player, a Wii, and I have no idea what else. After four months of this set up, I still can't turn on anything. I don't watch tv that much, but when I do, I have to get help. So I'm curious--who else is stuck in the 90s. Or 80s. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 Nope. I was just informed by my son that the remote lights up and where the button is. This, after fumbling in the dark with it for two years. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 I set everything up, I program everything, I know how to work it all. Dh is another story. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 I put other. I'm pretty technologically savvy, but I almost never watch television, so I haven't bothered learning how to run the remotes. I do know how to push the "off" button, since people often leave the room and leave the blasted thing on. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 I set everything up, I program everything, I know how to work it all. Dh is another story. ;) Yes, this sounds like our house. Someone around here has to help poor dad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 We have one, and it came with the TV. I know how to use it, as I am the one in the house who handles electronics. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catalinakel Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 I have never owned a tv with a remote control...and probably never will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 It's not that I can't use the different remotes, it's that I can't remember sometimes what features each remote has. I get them mixed up and think I can do something with one that it doesn't actually do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 I set everything up, I program everything, I know how to work it all. Dh is another story. ;) This would be me two years ago. I didn't set it all up this time, I was sick in bed the day the satellite guy came and set up the system. I can turn on the TV, the surround sound and the Wii. I can do anything I want with the TV and the Wii. The sound system is a bit foreign to me though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 Define "work". You mean like every single button? Maybe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyatHome Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 We only have one t.v., but it now has three remotes (and we don't have cable). Oldest ds finally wrote out what was for what on masking tape on each one. I guess he was tired of my asking how to turn the t.v. on. So I can use them, but they come with cheat sheets. The very last thing he wrote was, "If you still can't figure these out, Pray!" Funny guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 I can do the basics including turning on the t.v. I can't do slightly harder stuff like record a movie or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 I had to press other since I am very familiar with the remote of the tv in the living room and all the other remotes for that room. On the other hand, the family room, not so much. Mainly because I don't go down there very much especially since I broke my leg. It takes me a while to set things up and I don't know how to watch movies with the WII. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 I chose other because while I can operate my remotes, I'm not going to say I can do anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 I wanted to add that I could figure this stuff out either by sitting down and trying stuff out or by looking at the manuals. But I've gotten to the place where I would much rather delegate that to the munchkins. Then because I have delegated it to them, I end up having to keep asking them because I don't have it figured out for myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 I don't own tv remotes :D Mandatory other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 I have no idea, as I never have a chance to use them. I have a house full of remote fanatics, who are constantly flipping channels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 My dh is the only one who can't always figure out the remotes. He watches tv only during football season and at the start of the season he has to relearn how to work the remotes. He learns pretty quickly. We always try to make sure that he doesn't have either of the remotes that control volume when we're all watching something together. He likes to turn the volume up to the 45-50 range (50 is the max) while the rest of us prefer to watch with the volume in the 20-25 range for most shows or 25-30 at the most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 DH sets it all up, but once he does, I learn the remote very quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 I have to regularly ask my kids to remind me how the 3 separate remotes we have for the TV work together. They are all for different things. DH knows too. My excuse is that I dont watch TV often enough to learn and I forget between times because its so long. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 We have 3 different remotes - one for the TV (to change the channel of the actual TV), one for the cable (to change the channel of what you are watching, & for volume), & one for the DVD player. I actually labeled the backs of each of them - and wrote down which channels of the TV do what (cable, dvd, or wii). This was a year ago - my husband still flips over the remotes to check for directions! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 No. I have a universal but just recently we had to buy a new DVD player because the old one died and obviously it is not hooked up properly. We have to use all three remotes to get anything to work and no one knows exactly how to do it. We just push buttons until something happens. When I want to watch something on TV (House, Bones & Fringe) I have to make sure that it is set up hours ahead of time so that I don't miss anything. It is a real pain because I just figured out the old set up right before it died. My phone is several generations old and I don't want to replace it because I have barely mastered this one. When I computer died, I paid to have a new hard drive installed rather than buy a new computer because I didn't want anything to change and then have to learn a new system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 I set everything up, I program everything, I know how to work it all. Dh is another story. ;) DH just hands the remote to me to operate. I set it up and I troubleshoot it too. ;) Computers - now that's his territory. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K&Rs Mom Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 I can, but dh can't. :lol: He doesn't text, either, and couldn't program the VCR when we had one, but somehow earned a master's degree in computers. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Other. I am not a technological idiot. I could figure out how to work the remotes to the tv, but I don't watch tv, so that would be a waste of my time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 I can do anything except find the remotes after ds4 uses them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 I can work all the video remotes. The only one that confuses me is the stereo receiver. :confused: There are way toooooo many options on that baby. I can make it work for what I want it to do, but I don't use any other functions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Where's the option for "I haven't actually seen the remotes since we moved house so I haven't a chance." :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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