My father has developed macular degeneration resulting in the loss of most of his vision. He is 80. However he manages to spend his days enjoying sports on television. (A blessing for Mom.)

Just at the wrong time he will acidentally push the Menu button and then his puushing buttons gets the settings and picture for the TV out of wack. This is very frustrating as he must ask someone to fix it for him. My mom is technically challenged so he inevitably has to wait for one of his family members to come over.

Because of his limited capacity to see the various buttons of a remote, I have been searching for a universal remote that just has a set of basic controls for his TV. Power, Volume, CH up/down, Mute, and the number pad. Lighted pads don't solve the problem as he can't see them well enough to figure them out, so something basic is the way to go.

He has a Toshiba FST BLACK 32A43.

Is there such a simple remote?

Thanks for your help!

I wish I had a good direct answer for this.

Mitsubishi used to make what they called a "pen" remote that was round, big enough to hold a couple of AA cells, and had buttons for power, volume up and down, and channel up and down. That sort of thing might exist for other brands.

Now all I can think of is to get the cheapest or smallest fully programmable remote, i.e. the cheapest "Pronto" type remote you can find, and program it with ONLY the few commands you want. Or just program the hard buttons!

Also, you could program a Pronto with only, say, four huge buttons on its touchscreen. The screen on a Pronto is not too bright, but buttons an inch and a half (or so) square) could make up for the lack or brightness.


This would be expensive, but could solve your problem.

silly as it seems...try the weemote, at www.weemote.com

$25.00, with BIG buttons, all different colors AND shapes....

limited advanced funtionality, but great for the basics

avdude

there is also the weemote SR

If this is the only problem he is experiencing with this remote, and he likes it otherwise, you might consider taking the remote apart and removing or defeating the menu button. I've done this with power buttons on sat remotes when the satellite needs to remain on no matter what.

there's also the MX 200, the 'sidekick' remote to the MX 700...

it has on, off, volume, channel, mute, and an a,b, and c button for 3 different channel macros.
It's programmed on your computer using files you can find here on remotecentral.com...

Retail is $100 or so... they can be had for much less

You can always use an Sl-9000 (or most any learning remote for that matter), and just program useless commands in buttons that you really don't want sending a signal.

That way, even if he pushes a "wrong" button, it'll do no harm.