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   Charlie+ to micky   
   Re: sluggish remote control   
   21 Sep 22 07:21:48   
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: charlie@xxx.net   
      
   On Tue, 20 Sep 2022 16:08:09 -0400, micky  wrote   
   as underneath :   
      
   >In sci.electronics.repair, on Tue, 20 Sep 2022 20:19:24 +0200, "Carlos   
   >E.R."  wrote:   
   >   
   >>Well, that started to happen when the remote was not old, and several   
   >>years later I'm still using that machine. It is my only device that   
   >>developed that problem. I have (had, I threw them away this summer) TVs   
   >>older than that.   
   >>   
   >>No one sells that ancient remote control AFAIK.   
   >   
   >On ebay I found someone who sells universale remotes that he has   
   >programmed for specific devices.   They aren't univesal anymore and they   
   >don't come with instructions how to make them universal or any other   
   >model. I think I found it just by googling the model number, but on ebay   
   >where I didn't expect them.   
   >   
   >One time I think he wrote me that he was going to stop because he was't   
   >making enough money anymore.  I said  Raise your price.   He still would   
   >have been cheaper then new old stock.  (It occurs to me now that I only   
   >know about my particular make and model, and I presume he sold many   
   >different models.)  I don't know what he decided to do.  He had one   
   >location in the USA and one in England, I think it was.   
      
   The Chunghop L336 universal learning remotes work well and are cheap   
   enough. All buttons programmable and remembered even if battery goes   
   flat. BUT - you do have to have a working unit to learn from even if its   
   on its last legs! C+   
      
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