How many remotes do you own?

[ebinmaine 67,508]

It occurs to me this morning that there are six remotes in my living room alone and for some reason my feeble five-year-old mind found that amusing.

 

Roku. Tv. Cd. Multi-disc CD changer. Stereo head unit. Heater.

 

Then I got to thinking about what else there is around and there's at least four or five more between house and shop.

 

At work we even have a remote in one of the semi trucks for the radio which is right there on the dash.

Interesting part about that is, it isn't even legal to use the remote anymore because that's considered a handheld electronic device. Unlike the radio itself.

 

 

 

[Pullstart 62,887]

None, they’re all my wife and kids’!

[davem1111 2,030]

The only remotes in our living room are for the ceiling fan and the air conditioner, since we don't have a TV in there. We only have one TV in the house, in the den, and it's an Insignia Fire TV so it only has one remote - no cable or satellite. We do all our watching, which is an average of maybe 1 hour per day, by streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Discovery Plus. I do watch on the computer sometimes  using those also, but no remote for that (unless you count a wireless mouse as a remote  ).

 

That said, I've been there in the past. I usually try to program one remote to do everything, if possible. Otherwise, it can get crazy.

[Handy Don 12,232]

I’m not sure how many remotes we have. I put them in a safe place and haven’t seen them since...

[ebinmaine 67,508]

35 minutes ago, davem1111 said:

no cable or satellite

Same here. 

Until a few months ago Trina was using the home PC for her work. 

She bought a much more powerful laptop. 

About all we use the TV for nowadays is an occasional movie or old reruns of science shows like Mythbusters. 

We sometimes don't even turn our screen or PC on for several weeks. 

[CCW 1,295]

Tv in den, awning on the deck, radio in the kitchen, and some more that rarely get used.  Maybe ten.

 

[8ntruck 7,004]

Lots.  TV, DVD - multiple of those- car & truck, awning lights on the travel trailer, radio, about 1/2 dozen for Lionel locomotives, radio, and one for an air conditioner.  Though that last one is in @Handy Don safe spot.

[formariz 11,987]

One. Works TV and cable box. Stereo is old school with lots of buttons. Got to get up to change records too. I am the remote.

[Achto 27,577]

4 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

even have a remote in one of the semi trucks for the radio which is right there on the dash

 

I've never under stood the purpose of this. It's right freaking there!!! Just reach out & make your adjustments!

 

 

 

Have you ever spent more time looking for a remote than it would have taken to just get up & make the changes that you wanted???? I have, because there are no flippin' buttons on the TV or cable box it's self to make the changes that I wanted.

Edited June 7, 2023 by Achto

[ebinmaine 67,508]

29 minutes ago, Achto said:

 

 

 

 

Have you ever spent more time looking for a remote than it would have taken to just get up & make the changes that you wanted???? I have, because there are no flippin' buttons on the TV or cable box it's self to make the changes that I wanted.

 

Oh yes. Yes I have..... 

[wh500special 2,184]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

.. science shows like Mythbusters. 

..

While I LOVED Mythbusters, calling it a science show makes me smile. 

 

I realize remotes mostly transmit and don't receive, but it has long amazed me that they don't have a beeper on them to help you find them when they are misplaced.  Too costly I guess and perhaps the batteries wouldn't be up to the task.

 

Steve

[Tractorhead 9,064]

Most of the remotes play hide and seek with me....

 

.. and when i find them mostly the Batteries are empty.

 

i hate remotes, beeing old school.

i like hard Switches and knobs you can see and the give you a real feedback.

My World is Analog.

 

We have several Remotes, but i use them only if urgently needed.

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,508]

2 hours ago, wh500special said:

Mythbusters, calling it a science show makes me smile

You have to use that definition REALLY loosely. 😂

 

 

 

2 hours ago, wh500special said:

remotes ***** help you find them when they are misplaced

 

Seems to me I've had a satellite service in the past that had a button on the box to set by the TV.   

ALL remotes should have that.  

[squonk 41,118]

TV, Roku, sound bar, living room AC, 2 doggie beeper collars, garage door, 2 Lionel Lionchiefs

[Wheel-N-It 2,969]

Two remotes for my adjustable bed, One for each TV (2), one for the sound bar, One for the recliner (no lazy old guy jokes LOL), and some other ones for stuff I don't make time to use. 

 

[ClassicTractorProfessor 5,314]

Just two that I can think of, one for the TV in the living room and one for the tv being used as a computer monitor in my office

[JoeM 7,874]

20 or so years ago my teenage kids tried to convince me to take the battery out of a smoke alarm cause the one in the remote was dead. 

No! 

 

Just thinking, not sure what is more important remote or microwave?

 

[ebinmaine 67,508]

29 minutes ago, JoeM said:

Just thinking, not sure what is more important remote or microwave?

 

Definitely remote.  

 

I know this is unconventional thinking for most folks but I almost never use the microwave. In all possible seriousness I think I've probably used mine once or twice a year absolute max.

 

A year or two ago @JCM Jim and his other half were over at the house and I remember wanting to heat up a cup of something for her. Water for tea maybe? Didn't even occur to me that I could use the nuclear box on the counter. 

I got out a pan and proceeded to use the stovetop.  

She's looking over in the corner of the room like, why can't we use that?

 

To say she was mildly amused by that would be an understatement.

😂😂

[cleat 5,996]

On 6/7/2023 at 5:32 AM, ebinmaine said:

 

At work we even have a remote in one of the semi trucks for the radio which is right there on the dash.

Interesting part about that is, it isn't even legal to use the remote anymore because that's considered a handheld electronic device. Unlike the radio itself.

 

 

 

 

Kind of like the radio control in the steering wheel when you can move your hand a few inches to the right and just turn a knob on the radio itself.

[8ntruck 7,004]

50 minutes ago, cleat said:

 

Kind of like the radio control in the steering wheel when you can move your hand a few inches to the right and just turn a knob on the radio itself.

But that is not as much fun as tapping the tuning button on the steering wheel while the wife is tapping the tuning button on the dash, making the radio return to the station it started on.  Had her really confused one day - until she caught on to what I was doing .

[ebinmaine 67,508]

15 minutes ago, 8ntruck said:

But that is not as much fun as tapping the tuning button on the steering wheel while the wife is tapping the tuning button on the dash, making the radio return to the station it started on.  Had her really confused one day - until she caught on to what I was doing .

 

Another fun one is when you have radio controls on one side and cruise controls on the other side of the steering wheel.

I've definitely never confused the two of those and befuddled my own self.   

 

 

[JoeM 7,874]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

I almost never use the microwave

use to be me too. 

now from poached eggs to steaming broccoli, I love that thing.  

[JoeM 7,874]

2 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

controls on the other side of the steering wheel

I always forget about those, still reach over and turn the channel. if listening. 

[ClassicTractorProfessor 5,314]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Another fun one is when you have radio controls on one side and cruise controls on the other side of the steering wheel.

I've definitely never confused the two of those and befuddled my own self.   

 

 

Radio controls on the steering wheel? Cruise control? What are these so called magic things you speak of?