Remote chance.

[Brian37]

Ok, so just before the weekend I dropped my cable remote, and it landed in just the right spot which made the faceplate split off and expose the guts of the remote. After a while of fidgeting with putting it back together, I got it to somewhat work, and the most important buttons did work. So today I go to the cable company office to get a replacement and they give me one. Sounds great right?

Nope, for some stupid reason the new remote I can't get the volume control to work, even after resetting the "cable" vs "tv" buttons by turning them both on and off. It is ok though, until I go out again, I'll simply have to switch to my TV remote that came with my tv set to change the volume.

I know, this is a global crisis.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Get a new one from Amazon.

You can reboot your remote by taking the batteries out overnight. Should reset it to factory settings.

[no one]

Watch out, Nina the pretty ballerina and Fernando are out to gaslight you. At least that's what mama said.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Watch out, Nina the pretty ballerina and Fernando are out to gaslight you. At least that's what mama said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn6hhrX34Pw

[Brian37]

Get a new one from Amazon.

You can reboot your remote by taking the batteries out overnight. Should reset it to factory settings.

I know that. I can feel the difference in the pushdown on the volume control on the new one. Even after fixing the old one, the volume control on that worked. The new one I have now, had no batteries in it, so it should have worked after I put the new batteries in it. The new one, just on the volume control had the same lack of tension as the old one where I couldn't get certain buttons to push down. 

I think I simply got a defective new one. It happens.

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Watch out, Nina the pretty ballerina and Fernando are out to gaslight you. At least that's what mama said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn6hhrX34Pw

DAMN IT JIM, ABBA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MY REMOTE NOT WORKING!

[no one]

ABBA is responsible for a majority of human ills

[Gawdzilla Sama]

That's what the fake news media wants you to think.

[arewethereyet]

Surely it's time to call a cab.

FFS Brian - you sure have a lot of issues with remotes for your TV.

We usually have them so long the numbers wear off the buttons before they ever quit working.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Surely it's time to call a cab.

FFS Brian - you sure have a lot of issues with remotes for your TV.  

We usually have them so long the numbers wear off the buttons before they ever quit working.

One of mine has three channel buttons, NBC, CBS, ABC.

[Brian37]

ABBA is responsible for a majority of human ills

Gotta give you credit for that one. LOL

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Surely it's time to call a cab.

FFS Brian - you sure have a lot of issues with remotes for your TV.  

We usually have them so long the numbers wear off the buttons before they ever quit working.

One of mine has three channel buttons, NBC, CBS, ABC.

Holy fuck, you still use a TV with dials? What about UHF?

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Surely it's time to call a cab.

FFS Brian - you sure have a lot of issues with remotes for your TV.  

We usually have them so long the numbers wear off the buttons before they ever quit working.

Yes, yes I do.  My therapist gave up on me.

You are talking to a man who took a cab in the middle of the night to buy batteries when my TV got stuck of Fox News.