Well look at you, all technical and stuff. :) I admire and congratulate you Rita. Most of that type thing intimidates me these days. I gladly hand it over to McCloud. Back up, I'll gladly give you some pats too.

YOU GO GIRL!! You have climbed a mountain today!! the back of our TV is so intimidating to me it's not funny...i'm strictly the end user!!

I am SO PROUD OF YOU! WOW - I had to HIRE someone to do mine and I STILL don't know how to use it! LOL I will await your kindie-garden instructions! LOL

Congrats!! Now if any of us get one of those we'll know who to call to install it! lol

Way to go....you doned it all by your lonesome. For some stuff I have the patience of Job ~ but TV's, VCR's and all stuff technical with wires....just not in my realm of patience. LOL

Kudos to you for a job well done!

Oh goody. Now remember what you did so you can come do mine, okay?
Leslie

Good for you! That's quite an accomplishment. I always think I can try to do something just by following directions. But then they get muddy and I give up.
Good job.

Way to go! You'll have to open a tech support business.
Ron

Great job Rita!
I saw your other post but believe me I had no advice to give you! LOL
What a feeling of satisfaction after all the frustration!

You Go Girl! I still have to ask DH to put in a movie for me on my TV because I can't remember how to work the DVD player and which remote to use. I hide if anything electronic has to be hooked up. I hate the mass of cords and the multiple remotes. Give me the old days when you turned the knob to channel 2,4,6 or 8 and checked the TV guide to see what was on that night.
Mush,who is feeling her age right at this moment!

Congrats....that's how I tackle things...I love a challenge and won't stop until it's done!

Like most of you, that stuff just baffles me. I will read instructions, but I prefer pictures. :-) Luckily, I had both for most of the process. I only got stumped when it said, "Your TV may be different...blah blah blah...it may have this button or that button...blah blah blah..." Well, I just started punching buttons until I found the right combination. Kinda like cracking a safe! LOL!

Ron has a great idea! If you get in a bind with your ____________ (fill in the blank with any frustrating electronic device), just call me at 1-800-PERSISTENT. I will tell you to just keep pushing buttons. :-)

Way to go Rita. That really was an accomplishment. What kind of recorder did you get and how much did it cost? I bought something that I think is one; at least the man at the store said it was. It's still in the box in a closet. I'm still not sure it records from vhs to dvd.
Linda ~ the nosy

Good for you, Miss Smarty Pants! I'm proud of ya. You know, a lot of the newer remotes can do more than one thing, if you delve deeper into the book you may find that the TV remote can also work the DVD/VCR thingie. It did on our newish TV and sat receiver, so that's nice.

*pat,pat,pat on yer back*

Linda,
DH bought it. I think it's a Panasonic. We priced some at an electronics store and were leaning toward the JVC at over $200 but this one was around $125 at Walmart. I told him either one would probably only last a few years (it is frustrating that electronics are so "disposable" these days).
Get yours out of the closet and get busy!
Rita

Aw, gee, Flamey! You really ARE asking for miracles, aren't ya! LMBO!
The Dish remote says it will control the VCR, but... well, I couldn't figure out how...
HEY! Next time Woody goes to Colorado, you can stop by and show me! :-)

Now, tell me what kind of unit you bought. I want one. I need one. I want one like someone has so when I have problems there is someone to call. :)

Will you tell me what kind you got?

Moni

Well I'm impressed because I'm totally useless in situations like that. I bought a new radio the other day and I couldn't even figure out how to put the battery in correctly.

they had a whole thing on the news last week how all these places are offering services like geek squad and firesomething, just because it's gotten so difficult...

Moni,
See a few posts above yours. I know alisande did a lot of research before she bought hers because she had a particular situation. Even so, she may have some valuable advice to offer about reviews on various models. I Googled several and found complaints on all of them - about the same as happens when you look for online complaints about cars, computers, etc.

LOLOLOL You are funny.

Good job. I thought my brother was going to reach through the telephone and whack me up the side of the head when he was telling me how to connect the tv antenna when I got rid of my cable or when I tried to hook up my old Super Nintendo. Paul got so frustrated explaining what to do that he hung up on me. What did I know about video input and output, yadayadayada. Suddenly a light went on in this old brain of mine and I hooked it up correctly. I was proud of myself too! LOL

Keep patting yourself on the back!

Anne

I save myself lots of frustration and let my DH take care of those kind of things. He's quite good at it.

I'm impressed! And I'm really glad you didn't break your arm.
~Betsy