XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: not.email@all.invalid   
      
   On 9/21/22 01:21, Charlie+ wrote:   
      
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   earning 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+   
      
   30 years ago I knew someone with an RCA TV where the remote failed, and   
   a new one cost about $70. RCA (then) did something strange with the   
   volume buttons so you couldn't use a $10 universal remote.   
      
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