My remote for our Panasonic 27" TV hasn't been working for a while. I'm using a universal remote, but I miss being able to change the close caption on/off via remote (talk about lazy). So I was wondering if I a replacement was available.
Examining the back of the remote with a magnifying glass (my eyes are going bad OK?), the code is EUR7613Z10.
I see remotexperts is selling it on Ebay for $10.95 plus $3.25 shipping. So that's $14.20.
Amazon is selling it for $27.76 + $7.95 shipping.
Try Craigslist. No luck.
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[12/31/11] After trying out Donna's giant remote at her house a month or so ago (and it worked on her Panasonic TV), I chanced buying the 8-in-1 Jumbo Universal Remote from Walgreen ysterday (WOW $5) and tried it out today.
I'm happy because it worked on the Panasonic and can now access the menu (and the Sony TV too! Plus the Apex DVD player!). The instructions are pretty tiny. They run 18 "pages" but are printed on one large sheet of paper with 9 pages on each side. I was a little confused at first because I went from the bottom of "page 13" to the top of page 16 (since page 16 was right underneath page 13) instead of going back to the middle of the paper for page 14.
Anyway, here's the instructions.
First locate the code (it's code 1819 for Panasonic TV, code 0414 for Sony TV, code 0023 for Apex TV, code 0252 for Scientific Atlanta cable box, code 1541 for Panasonic DVD player (which worked with my Panasonic DVD-Recorder), 0998 for Toshiba DVD-Recorder, 0324 for Emerson VCR [for some reason, close caption doesn't work with the Emerson], 0937 Quasar VCR, 0146 Apex DVD - some of the other codes work too but assign different functions to the buttons).
Press and hold the CODE SEARCH button until the LED lights up. Press and release the device button (TV or DVD or CABLE, etc.). The LED will blink and stay on. Enter the four-digit code. The LED will turn off. Then press the power button (the button on the top right) to see if it worked.
[1/4/14 update - not sure where I got the above instructions because when I looked at the instructions last night at CCOH, it said to press and hold the SLEEP button which flickered but didn't turn off. But now it works today, maybe because I took out the batteries overnight? Who knows? Anyway I tried it today and it looks like SLEEP works in addition to CODE SEARCH.
BTW the codes for the CCOH dining room (Sharp) TV is 0907.
For the Sony DVD/VCR it's 0540
For the lounge Samsung TV: 0112
For the Panasonic DVD/VCR it's 0345.
Or you can use the room 119 remote for the Samsung TV.
Or my Panasonic DVD-R remote for the Panasonic DVD/VCR
Testing further, the code 1241 works for my Sony Blu-Ray player. I even got to the setup menu by pressing the INPUT button. And 0618 seems to work best for my Panasonic Plasma (can use the up/down buttons when going to the TV menu).]
For the manual code search (didn't try it because all the codes worked so far). Press the CODE SEARCH button until the LED lights up. Press and release the device button. Press power repeatedly until the device turns off.
I wonder if the instructions are online?
There's a similar looking remote here, but the codes are different.
Whatever. I'm happy. $5 well spent.
[8/6/12] The giant remote control infested by ants :(
[4/1/16] Maybe this entry doesn't belong here, but it sort of does because it pertains to a remote at CCOH. Anyway, there's been a generic RCA remote in dining room the last week or two and it doesn't seem to control anything. Certainly not the TV. Nor the two DVD players near the TV. Plus it doesn't look like it was designed to work with a DVD player, just TV or SAT/CBL/DTC. (DTC stands for digital TV converter.)
So I couldn't resist. I opened up the cover to the battery compartment and it said to go to rcaaccessories.com. There's a place to enter the model number and it's RCRH02, (Currently $5.20 from Amazon.com.) There are links to the manual and to the code list.
Anyway, the instructions are to press the CODE SEARCH button until the light goes on. Press the component key you want to program. In this case, there's only two: TV or SAT/CBL/DTC. Press TV. Enter the four digit code. For the Sharp TV, it's 0818. The light turns off after entering the code. Press the POWER button to see if the TV turns off. Yep! OK it worked!
Let's try the Samsung TV in the lounge. The first code is 0812. OK, that worked.
The only thing with this remote is that there's no left and right arrow keys. So you can't navigate the menu. Actually, now looking at the menu, the volume up/down is supposed to go left and right. OK, never mind.
When in MENU mode, the red button blinks. Apparently to exit menu mode you have to press the TV key again. Or just wait without pressing any buttons.
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