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No QVC TV!

ALRATIBA — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 18:56:22 GMT

And it's not comfortable watching TV shows on my computer .... sittng at the desk!

My remote control died and I can only watch one channel until the new remote arrives. I called cable co. yesterday - remote should be here in a couple of days.

When I got home Saturday night - I used the TV remote to to turn on the TV, and then picked up the cable remote to change the station.

Remote was dead - so I hanged the bateries - the on/off worked - but could not change the channel.

Fortunately - the channel I'm stuck on (which shall remain nameless) is my favorite.

Re: No QVC TV!

arizona babe — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 19:00:47 GMT

@ALRATIBA check amazon for your remote- I have Direct TV and that is where I have gotten all of my remotes

Re: No QVC TV!

geezerette — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 19:10:56 GMT

That happened to my bedroom TV remote last year. I paid extra to have it sent Express rather than wait for the free delivery option.

My satellite receiver does have channel up/down buttons that I could have used, but I just watched the other TV until the new remote arrived.

Re: No QVC TV!

Kachina624 — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 19:15:27 GMT

You all need interior antennas so you're not dependent on cable or satellite. I watch QVC, Q2 and HSN over the air, as well as all the local channels. Anyone in NYC ought to get fantastic reception and lots of channels.

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DJs mom — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 19:18:44 GMT

My cable company (Xfinity) is about 15 mins from my home and there is one 5 mins from my job so when I need a new remote I just go to the store and pick up one.

Re: No QVC TV!

geezerette — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 19:20:17 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
You all need interior antennas so you're not dependent on cable or satellite. I watch QVC, Q2 and HSN over the air, as well as all the local channels. Anyone in NYC ought to get fantastic reception and lots of channels.

An interior antenna would just be a waste of money for me. I don't live close enough to any broadcast towers to get reception.

Re: No QVC TV!

ALRATIBA — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 19:46:29 GMT

@arizona babe

Thanks for that info. Should have known - you can almost everything at Amazon.

Cable company is sending me new one - no charge. There are several models - depends on my cable set-up.

(If I were in a hurry - I could go uptown to the office and get a new one - but I really don't want to do that.)

Re: No QVC TV!

magicmoodz — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 20:33:08 GMT

@ALRATIBA

Far be it from me to even sound like I know what I'm talking about with respect to electronics, but...

A few weeks ago I experienced something similar. I could not change the station on my living room tv. I could access Netflix, Hulu, etc., But not my local channels.

I called Xfinity, they simply and remotely reset my equipment and it worked.

Re: No QVC TV!

hckynutjohn — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 21:26:35 GMT

@magicmoodz

I mention this every once in awhile here, and in the Electronics Forum. With any relatively newer electronic device, including remotes!

Whatever device it controls, /reset/restart or unplug. After doing this wait 10-30 seconds to give them time to reboot. Most new electronics act up, and regardless of what you think, these steps are pretty easy to follow.

Once the brains of these devices get scrambled, one of the aforementioned, just might be all it takes. Might also save some frustration.

hckynut(john)🥅🏒 🇺🇸

Re: No QVC TV!

ALRATIBA — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 21:33:24 GMT

@magicmoodz

When I called, they did reset my cable box ... but the box wasn't the problem.

The daily and weekly shows that I had programmed weren't effected. Those channels changed automatically - so the box worked fine.

What didn't work were the channel buttons on my remote control. I can't change the channel.

And .... the remote turned the box on and off. The remote DID NOT change the channel.

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@magicmoodz wrote:
@ALRATIBA

Far be it from me to even sound like I know what I'm talking about with respect to electronics, but...

A few weeks ago I experienced something similar. I could not change the station on my living room tv. I could access Netflix, Hulu, etc., But not my local channels.

I called Xfinity, they simply and remotely reset my equipment and it worked.

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WORKING GAL — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 22:40:54 GMT

@arizona babe - Since you have Direct TV are you having this issue? When we put a show on pause and then go to unpause it, once click and the picture is still. Second click and the video portion is moving but the audio takes 3-5 seconds to start. Just curious. We also lost about 4 channels and were never told they weren't part of our pkg. They just disappeared from the guide.

Are you happy with Direct?

Re: No QVC TV!

moto — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:12:17 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
You all need interior antennas so you're not dependent on cable or satellite. I watch QVC, Q2 and HSN over the air, as well as all the local channels. Anyone in NYC ought to get fantastic reception and lots of channels.

"We all"? LOL

I live 15 miles outside San Francisco and due to land topography, cannot get over the air TV reception. If I want to watch TV, my only options are cable or internet.

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arizona babe — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:12:47 GMT

@WORKING GAL I like Direct TV for the simple reason the cable company in AZ known as COX stinks and Direct TV is trash- I have a DVR tuner but not the genie as my house is not wired for that- I have noticed that it takes longer for the channels to switch on my tuners, I am sure because it is the older equipment- but all works so right now I am not switching- the cable goes out very infrequently unless we have major thunderstorms and high winds and then it is only the HD channels that have the issue

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Hoovermom — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 01:28:21 GMT

I don't want to watch TV like we did years ago with antennas LOL................

Re: No QVC TV! (update)

ALRATIBA — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:56:34 GMT

The next chapter in the continuing saga of my remote control .....

The new remote arrived today, with a sheet of itsy bitsy printing (both sides of the paper) with instructions how to setup.

I inserted the batteries, reviewed the instructions (using a lighted magnifying glass) .... and pressed this and then that and then wait for two blinks, etc., etc.

Then, I got online and messaged the cable company's tech support - told them what I did and what didn't happen. I had to take a pic of the remote and message the pic.

I got a "try this" and "let us now if it works" .... it didn't.

Technician arrives tomorrow afternoon. (Personally, I think it's my cable box and not the remote.)

Re: No QVC TV! (update)

CrazyDaisy — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:11:12 GMT

If you have a smart TV you should be able to watch different channels using your TV remote. Can download apps over the internet

Re: No QVC TV! (problem solved)

ALRATIBA — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 20:10:47 GMT

Closing chapter of Me and My Remote Control ....

The cable tech was here this afternon .... problem solved.

It was an issue with the new remote ..... he rebooted the box and gave me a different remeote.... works fine.

He was in and out in about 15 minutes.