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TiVo Remote Switch repair
I have a TiVo remote where the 1/2 switch no longer works. (Because of the
nature of the switch versus the way most remote buttons work, I suspect that it is the most common failure.) Has anyone been successful in taking a TiVo remote apart and cleaning/repairing it? The cost of a new remote is around $30 and I suspect any professional repair would cost as much. I've taken other remotes apart and cleaned them, but I'm looking for any user experience. And because I now have 3 TiVos, I wonder if there is any TiVo compatible remote that can be programmed for more than 2 TiVos? Keith E. Moe |
TiVo Remote Switch repair
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:53:05 -0500, Charlie Hoffpauir wrote:
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:41:03 GMT, (Keith E. Moe) wrote: Has anyone been successful in taking a TiVo remote apart and cleaning/repairing it? The cost of a new remote is around $30 and I suspect any professional repair would cost as much. I've taken other remotes apart and cleaned them, but I'm looking for any user experience. [...] I don't know if this answers your question, but I have a Harmony 880 remote, and have it programmed to work with 2 DirecTivos (an SD DirecTivo and a HR10-250 HD DirecTivo). In addition to that, it also controls my TV, a DVD player, and my HR20 DirecTV HD DVR. so although I don't have it programmed for 3 Tivos, I'm very sure that it can be. I bet the harmony remote costs more than $30 too... (: -- 50. My main computers will have their own special operating system that will be completely incompatible with standard IBM and Macintosh powerbooks. --Peter Anspach's list of things to do as an Evil Overlord |
TiVo Remote Switch repair
On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:33:12 -0500, "Peter H. Coffin"
I bet the harmony remote costs more than $30 too... (: indeed. But there is some advantage to being able to use only one remote for everything. -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/ |
TiVo Remote Switch repair
In message - "Peter Pan"
writes: : :Keith E. Moe wrote: : I have a TiVo remote where the 1/2 switch no longer works. (Because : of the nature of the switch versus the way most remote buttons work, : I suspect that it is the most common failure.) : : Has anyone been successful in taking a TiVo remote apart and : cleaning/repairing it? The cost of a new remote is around $30 and I : suspect any professional repair would cost as much. I've taken other : remotes apart and cleaned them, but I'm looking for any user : experience. : : And because I now have 3 TiVos, I wonder if there is any TiVo : compatible remote that can be programmed for more than 2 TiVos? : : : Keith E. Moe : :Just out of curiosity, are you sure it's the switch? For some odd reason, :one of my tivos remote codes changed and it stopped working... Have you :checked the system info screen to make sure it is still different/or tried :to set the codes again? (ps, that one unit did work with the original :remote, but not the 2 dvr one).. At any rate, it's free and quick to try... :so what the heck..... : :(in case you forgot the stuff to set the remote, or if others are lurking :and reading this: :Controlling Two TiVo DVRs with One Remote :http://customersupport.tivo.com/Laun...chor=undefined ) : : I actually have a total of FOUR TiVo remotes. The switch works on THREE of them. The switch is broken on the oldest of them. I keep two remotes in two different viewing locations in the room, so I'd like all of them to work. With three TiVos, I have them covered even with the one broken switch, but I expect that if one side it dead on one remote, the other side of the switch might also go dead. The Harmony remote looks wonderful, but spending up to $250 (less on Amazon) on ONE remote is not exactly what I had in mind.... Keith E. Moe |
TiVo Remote Switch repair
Keith E. Moe wrote:
I have a TiVo remote where the 1/2 switch no longer works. (Because of the nature of the switch versus the way most remote buttons work, I suspect that it is the most common failure.) Has anyone been successful in taking a TiVo remote apart and cleaning/repairing it? The cost of a new remote is around $30 and I suspect any professional repair would cost as much. I've taken other remotes apart and cleaned them, but I'm looking for any user experience. And because I now have 3 TiVos, I wonder if there is any TiVo compatible remote that can be programmed for more than 2 TiVos? Keith E. Moe Just out of curiosity, are you sure it's the switch? For some odd reason, one of my tivos remote codes changed and it stopped working... Have you checked the system info screen to make sure it is still different/or tried to set the codes again? (ps, that one unit did work with the original remote, but not the 2 dvr one).. At any rate, it's free and quick to try... so what the heck..... (in case you forgot the stuff to set the remote, or if others are lurking and reading this: Controlling Two TiVo DVRs with One Remote http://customersupport.tivo.com/Laun...chor=undefined ) |
TiVo Remote Switch repair
On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:13:02 -0500, Charlie Hoffpauir wrote:
On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:33:12 -0500, "Peter H. Coffin" I bet the harmony remote costs more than $30 too... (: indeed. But there is some advantage to being able to use only one remote for everything. True, but the OP wanted open and attempt to repair a peanut rather than spend $30 on a replacement for a broken one.... That says "money is an issue" to me. -- _ o |/) |
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