Mine too (it's a Phillips).
Really? Huh. That never even occurred to me. I just figured it was the world's worst remote. Must try when I get home.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Boxed Set, Vol. II: "It's a Cookbook...A Cookbook!!"
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
DXMachina - Jan 13, 2006 10:54:23 am PST #6366 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Jessica - Jan 13, 2006 10:55:39 am PST #6367 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
That never even occurred to me.
I found it in the manual. t /obnoxious
DXMachina - Jan 13, 2006 10:58:18 am PST #6368 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Really good remotes shouldn't require manuals. t /obnoxious right back
§ ita § - Jan 13, 2006 11:10:37 am PST #6369 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I knew about the stop-eject thing (I think Jon mentioned it), but it's still the world's worst remote.
sumi - Jan 13, 2006 11:37:25 am PST #6370 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I'm sad that I'm not going to be able to watch and post tonight.
Kalshane - Jan 13, 2006 11:40:44 am PST #6371 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Well, my old Phillips remote actually opened the tray if you held down the 1 key, I think. In any case, it was actually labeled on the remote Open or Eject or something by that key.
When I got my new Phillips (because my old one displayed in pink when I connected the component outputs and it was still under warranty, but no longer made) I tried doing the same thing, but it didn't work. I don't recall what made me think of holding down the stop button, but I was happy it achieved the desired effect.
Jessica - Jan 13, 2006 11:42:24 am PST #6372 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm not either -- I'll be at my sister's show. And tonight's is SO GOOD, too.
DCJensen - Jan 13, 2006 11:45:59 am PST #6373 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
My DVD player (Cyberhome CH-DVD 320) has no universal remote code.
That's gotta rank up there with the stupidity.
From the Cyberhome site:
Sorry, CyberHome DVD Players are not designed for Universal Remote Controllers. There are no codes added to any available Universal Remotes that are compatible with CyberHome DVD Players. Consequently, CyberHome DVD Players cannot be operated by Universal Remote Controls.
for $9.95 + shipping they will sell you a new one. [link]
Emily - Jan 13, 2006 12:08:39 pm PST #6374 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
it's still the world's worst remote.
Mine won't pause or fast-forward/rewind without skipping to the beginning of a chapter. Also, if you've paused it on the machine, you can't then unpause it with the remot.
Katie M - Jan 13, 2006 12:20:48 pm PST #6375 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
I have to whack mine on something solid before it works. I don't think that's part of the design, though.