If you lose your TV remote, chances are it's not far from your couch or TV! Look everywhere you can think of, and ask people at home if they know about it. Don't forget to check in between the sofa cushions.
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Method 1 of 3: Doing a Search
Step 1. Check some places that are clearly visible
Most likely the remote is lost in the room used to watch television. Many people tend to leave the remote near the television, or near the place where they sit when watching TV. The remote is also often lost on the couch.
Step 2. Try looking in a hidden place
Look under books, magazines, coats, blankets, and anything else that could cover the remote. Check between the cushions of sofas and chairs, and look at the backs and undersides of furniture.
Check the area next to the kettle, shelves in the room, cupboards in the bathroom, and other places where you can place your remote
Step 3. Think, where have you been
Maybe you took the remote out of the room, put it somewhere while you were thinking about something else, or accidentally left the remote in an unusual place. Think about whether there's a chance you might put it somewhere you walk by on your way to the bathroom, kitchen, bedroom, or front door.
- Check the refrigerator. If you've eaten or drank something in the last few hours, you may have left it in the refrigerator when you picked up your food.
- Perhaps in recent times you have received a call while watching TV, and you put down the remote while on a call. Maybe you have to move to open the door while enjoying your favorite TV show while taking the remote outside, and placing it somewhere that leads to the door.
Step 4. Check the bed sheets
This is especially useful when you watch TV in bed. Usually, the remote is often covered by a blanket or sheet. The best way to find one is to fumble through the sheets to find something boxy. If this doesn't work, look under the bed, and check the area around the foot of the bed.
Method 2 of 3: Asking Others
Step 1. Ask other family members
If someone else has used the remote recently, he or she may know of its existence. Maybe he put it in an unusual place to store remotes. Maybe he's accidentally left the remote in a part of the house you rarely go to. Even if you can't find it right away, asking someone else can help you determine which places you shouldn't go.
Step 2. Find out if anyone has brought it
Maybe your child has brought the remote into his room and forgot to put it back where it belongs. Maybe your toddler wants to make a joke by hiding it. Maybe your dog has taken the remote somewhere and chewed on it! Think about who might have brought him and why he did it.
Try checking the children's toy box. There is a possibility that children will come out of the room with the remote with them
Step 3. Ask for help
You don't have to find it yourself! Ask a family member or friend to help locate the remote. Maybe you should give them a good reason why you insist on looking for it. Once the remote has been found, you can watch a movie together, or watch a show that will be broadcast in 20 minutes.
Method 3 of 3: Taking Precautions
Step 1. Pay more attention to the remote
If you continue to watch the device in the future, it is very unlikely that the remote will ever be lost again. Try to pay mindful attention when you put it somewhere. Take a virtual snapshot (carefully remember) on the remote so you can remember where it was placed.
Step 2. Provide a special place to put the remote
Never place the remote in a location other than that place. You can use a coffee table, the area next to the television, or a remote hook attached to a sofa or table.
- If you often lose your remote, try buying a mount made specifically for the remote so you have a special place to put it.
- Attach the Velcro strip (a type of tape for attaching cloth, shoes, etc.) to the back of the remote, then attach the "paired" Velcro strip to the TV. Place the Velcro-affixed remote onto the TV if you're not using it.
Step 3. Make the remote easy to see
Attach a light-colored tape, or reflector (object that reflects light), or some kind of long tasseled string. Attach a ribbon to the remote, or attach plastic wings or legs to the device. Add anything that makes it easier for you to notice and remember the remote! Do not paste anything that may interfere with the remote's functionality.
Step 4. Try buying a universal remote
This type of remote can be used to control a wide variety of TV brands, and can reduce the number of remotes you have to use in your home. Maybe you've experienced the difficulty of having to handle multiple remotes for your TV, DVD player, sound system, and various other devices. It will be easier for you to pay attention to one remote than to have to handle 4 remotes, for example.
Step 5. Install the GPS tracker on the remote
Several companies make small, relatively inexpensive tracking devices that connect to smartphone applications. Attach the tracker to the remote in case the device is lost. You can set the smartphone to beep when it is near the remote. Even some applications can be used to find remotes that are in places far from you.
Tips
- If you have a brother or sister, they may have brought the remote with you. Ask if they know of his whereabouts.
- Certain brands-such as DISH- have a "Locate Remote" feature. Look for the "Locate Remote" option on the console or Hopper (a device for receiving TV/receiver signals), then follow the beeps emitted by the remote until you find it!
- You can't always find the remote the first time you look for it. Do not give up! Try to remember the last place you saw or used it. Try looking behind the TV.
- Buying an inexpensive "universal remote" may be useful because it can be used to control a wide variety of television brands. With this method, you can reduce the number of remotes used. Keep this universal remote in a safe place for backup.
- Try making or buying a remote hook to attach to the arm of the couch so this doesn't happen again.
- Ask someone else to help locate the remote. The more people involved in the remote search, the faster the device will be found.
- Some television companies, such as Dish Network, provide a button on their TV receiver that can make the remote beep and flash to help you find it.
