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The TV remote control thingy -what's it called in your family?

We have an array of plonkers for the various bits of audio/visual entertainment equipment.

We have three remotes--"the remote," "the MythTV remote," and "the DVD remote."

We usually call them all "where's the fucking remote?!"

clicker

The Remote.
...if we need to be specific:
The gray one.
The black one.

We have the DVD Remote, the Tivo Remote, and the Big Remote (multi-function that works everything). On a good day two of them can be found; it's usually just one.

We fondly refer to ours as "the remote."

I have sole control of the one that operates the DVD/VCR, because it is too confusing for my mother. The Digital Cable remote is sometimes beyond her in complexity, but at least she's able to find the Food Network.

"Zoeker"

*my flicker* and *mine flicker*.

My flicker is any of the ones that work (they dont like green cordial apparently!!), mine flicker is the one that the boys are allowed to play with because they are rooted :)

My spacebar has ceased functioning, coupled with thewine I am consuming....apologies in advance.

I thought they were always called "zappers"? My mum has two (Frank and Moon Unit :p ). We have ... er ... lots. One for the digibox (a tivo type thingie), one for the DVD, one for the video, and two for the TV. The digibox one does work the TV, but doesn't activate the AV channel where the DVD signal is found, so we keep one TV zapper for the AV button, and the other because I prefer the shape of it. We know where they all are, they're all on the floor with a telephone or two :rolleyes: . Yes, it's probably time to rationalise things a little ...

The fat controller. Oh and the the dvd remote (usually prefaced by curses as it goes missing more often).

As I'm only asking the cats where it is, it doesn't really matter what I call it, but my Mum used to call the remote "the controls" and it was only a small step from there to the Thomas the Tank Engine name.

The clicker.

"The remote" (which controls the stereo, VCR, and TV) and "the dvd remote". The damn dvd remote uses signals that the programmable remote can't replicate even in learning mode, so we have to have two remotes. This annoys me, but with regular therapy and medication, I'm able to deal with it.

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Another MythUser!

I can actually remember when they did 'click'. The first ones used a tuning fork and thus operated on audio frequencies rather than light (IR). You could only switch channels... and only up one at a time. Of course, there were only 12.