How do you choose 'Select/enter/OK' when it doesnt exist?

[gordon_s1942]

Move if in wrong section please.

The other day the remote for a TV played up and I found somehow the On/Off chicklet had been pushed firmly down into the remote which when I gently pried it back up, the remote works ok.
In the meantime I tried out the panel on the back of the TV with the controls on it in case the remote fails again but I couldnt work out how to choose ' Source'.
The panel has On/Off, Volume, Menu, Channel up and Down, Source but NO OK or Enter when you put source on the input you want, so how do you choose it?

I have another TV with a similar panel but no where in the manual does it mention using these buttons on the TV, only the remote.

[mrgrumpy]

This might seem too obvious, but I've seen it work like this before - keep pressing source until it shows the one you want (eg. HDMI2) and then just wait...

[mtv]

Like many TV's and other devices, it may rely totally on a remote for certain functions.

The remote fails or is lost etc and you are left with a device you can't use at all in some instances.

Bloody annoying, isn't it!.

[fandtm666]

have had similar issue for me i found out that

press source till i highlighted the one i wanted then pressed the volume up to select ( OK )

[gordon_s1942]

Thanks all for the replies and I did wonder after posting the query if just pressing 'Source' until it shows the input you want would work but I thought I would wait.
I remember there was a period when some devises (VCR?) came out with no User Buttons on it and you could only use the remote to operate it, not a very good idea I thought.

[mtv]

This might seem too obvious, but I've seen it work like this before - keep pressing source until it shows the one you want (eg. HDMI2) and then just wait...

I can do that with my TV... but I've seen several others that doesn't work on.

[bob_m_54]

Like many TV's and other devices, it may rely totally on a remote for certain functions.

The remote fails or is lost etc and you are left with a device you can't use at all in some instances.

Bloody annoying, isn't it!.

A few years back I was at a pawn shop in Brissy. and he had an old Philips TV out the front, with a sign saying "$50.00, left speaker doesn't work". I asked if he had the remote, he says yeah, and went and got it. I adjusted to balance control to midway and it worked no probs. There was no balance control on the telly, and he didn't realise there was one on the remote. I scored 2 free CDs for my efforts, and he bunged the price up to $60 on the telly.

[fromaron]

It might seems like an obvious solution - I got myself an universal remote - Logitech is my advice. I don't even remember where I put all original remotes.

[delp60]

Or if you want a simpler Universal remote, the Philips ones work well.

[gordon_s1942]

I have 2 possibly 3 'Universal' remotes, one even bearing the same name as the TV but I never seem to have much success with them.

[fromaron]

I have 2 possibly 3 'Universal' remotes, one even bearing the same name as the TV but I never seem to have much success with them.

Logitech is the answer. You can get the entry level ones for quite a good price if you don't need fancy stuff.

[Alaves]

Probably pressing the volume up key will act as enter or ok here. Volume up key or channel up key, which ever looks as a "right" key to you. That's the usual way, going right is meant to select.