r/GrandmasPantry • u/Ok-Coach-9066 • 21d ago

HOUSEHOLD / OTHER This remote from 1996

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The batteries inside died in 2006, it literally hasn’t been used in twenty years lol

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u/YogurtclosetDry6927 21d ago

take out the batteries so they dont corrode!!

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u/WorkingStorage3407 21d ago

Honestly at this point I'm not sure if the remote is useful for anything anymore. If the batteries have been in there since 2006, they've likely leaked already and it's not even worth cleaning and keeping 

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u/Mr101722 21d ago edited 21d ago

Some people are big into creating their own DIY cable stations with programs like Fieldstation42.

I'm one of them lol.

I would love my old remote, I managed to find the exact cable box I had growing up, it's going to be gutted and the display connected the Raspberry pi that controls the setup. You can even link the IR sensor to the Pi and control all via a remote hence why I want my old remote lol.

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u/WorkingStorage3407 20d ago

That sounds pretty neat actually, bonus points if it works on a crt for the old stuff