my kids sure do like breaking stuff
my kids just busted the remote to the TV in the play room. yeah, I know what you’re thinking – no big whoop. just get a $5 universal remote and be done with it. well, I’ve already tried a universal remote and the problem is that there’s a “feature” missing on those “universal” remotes. turns out that there’s no way to access the AUX mode (A/V inputs for the nintendo and the VCR) without the original remote control. and after doing some searching on the net, there appears to be a whole industry centered around people losing/breaking their remotes. you can find an endless number of websites selling overpriced replacement remote controls for the frustrated consumer. after spending a couple hours digging through online manuals and various discussion forums, I finally found that there are some “compatible” 2nd tier alternative remotes that apparently work on this particular TV brand via ebay. It’s approximately half the cost of an authentic replacement model but should be able to perform all the necessary functions of the original remote. we’ll see in about a week or so.
Kids are punks. It’s interesting to see what I’ll be in for next. I was hoping BB would break our remote so we could get a new t.v for upstairs. But because I want it to break, Murphy won’t allow it