Remote refurbs?

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Remote refurbs?

Postby bandsp » Wed Nov 20, 2019 6:09 pm

Is there anywhere to get remotes repaired/refurb'ed

Or are any new ones available stil?

Thanks
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Re: Remote refurbs?

Postby DX30 » Wed Nov 20, 2019 8:18 pm

A search for "THOMSON TIVO Remote Control" on amazon.co.uk finds a couple of sellers with new remotes. Alternatively a search on ebay.co.uk finds a number of used remotes described as tested and fully working.
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Re: Remote refurbs?

Postby bandsp » Wed Nov 20, 2019 9:04 pm

I had been hoping to find black ones .. I prefer those button arrangements ..

A while back I bought one with a switch in the middle marked DVR 1 & 2 which is performing very well but I ve not seen any others like it .. don't know which specific TiVo it was shipped with ..

guess I will probably have to go back to the standard silver one ..
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Re: Remote refurbs?

Postby bandsp » Thu Nov 21, 2019 2:22 pm

Looking around I came across http://www.garysargent.co.uk/tivo/bugs/wizard/remote/clean.htm

I had always assumed the remote problems were all in the electronickery but after reading this I thought "what the heck, nothing to lose" and took apart one of my old discarded remotes .. followed the instructions and now .. one extra working remote
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Re: Remote refurbs?

Postby DX30 » Thu Nov 21, 2019 3:43 pm

bandsp wrote:I had been hoping to find black ones .. I prefer those button arrangements ..

A while back I bought one with a switch in the middle marked DVR 1 & 2 which is performing very well but I ve not seen any others like it .. don't know which specific TiVo it was shipped with ..

guess I will probably have to go back to the standard silver one ..

The middle switch sounds like it might be a "Direct TV Tivo Remote" model as shipped in the USA. An ebay search for that will find some pre-owned for sale. The other black remote I've seen lacks the switch and is the "Philips Tivo Remote" which again you'll find pre-owned on ebay. Given the shipping costs from the USA are likely to be high I guess it depends on how strongly you prefer the layout.
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Re: Remote refurbs?

Postby bandsp » Thu Nov 21, 2019 4:01 pm

DX30 wrote:[
The middle switch sounds like it might be a "Direct TV Tivo Remote" model as shipped in the USA. An ebay search for that will find some pre-owned for sale. The other black remote I've seen lacks the switch and is the "Philips Tivo Remote" which again you'll find pre-owned on ebay. Given the shipping costs from the USA are likely to be high I guess it depends on how strongly you prefer the layout.


Thanks for that .. at least I know what i'm looking for, but if I can get my other defunct spares working again, maybe I can shelve the search


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