On & Off plus volume and mute, however the channel changing does not work.

The ablility to limit channels is not apparent in the instructions, but a call to the manufacturer brought the help I needed

The channel up and down buttons stopped working

The cable or Satellite box can also be set to selected favorites with the top favorite channel selected as the power on

Worked great for 6 weeks, then would not change channels and was past amazon return date, Will see if manufacturer will step up.

But within 4 months the channel up and down button is no longer working so Mom is stuck with one channel until I find another remote!

When she wants to "punch in" a particular channel, instead of laying on the Channel Up or Channel Down button on the Tek Pal, she just grabs the old Orion remote and gets her channel that way

On/Off, "Mute", Volume, Channel (we restricted the channels on the TV, so it's just 2 channels and she won't get lost)

Buy it for those in nursing homes, especially if you program it fortheir favorite channels

then suddenly the channel up/down buttons didn't work.

Program Cable or Satellite to the favorite channel, also set the box to power on at that channel

The channels were all numbered differently, as well, so nothing was where she expected

For her, it simplifies selecting channels and gives her confidence

We got around this by buying an amplified indoor antenna (the square kind that lies flat, about 1/2 inch high) and kept our fingers crossed that it would pull in enough channels

Although the remote was very easy to set up with the TV and direct TV box, I didn't realize that you can not program favorite channels

However, he has commented that it's a little inconvenient because he can't see the channel number as it flashes on the screen, so he doesn't know if he's on the right channel until the commercial is over

You can no longer connect your HDTV directly to cable and use its built-tuner to receive basic channels (thank you FCC)

Buttons all worked for a week and then the channel changing buttons stopped working

The old remote (the one that came with the tv) was very particular in the way she needed to hold it to change channels or work the volume keys

My mother-in-law was always having trouble changing channels on her TV.

Just a comment regarding this product - we bought it with the idea that it would help my 90 year old father-in-law who is almost blind change channels, however this remote isn't compatible with the receiver for satellite tv.

This method works if only one station or pre selected favorite channels are watched from the cable box or satellite dish

Its a very slow channel up & down button, and quickly becomes more frusterating than anything else

up.)Mom is in her room watching her television and does not dread changing channels or adjusting the volume anymore and that makes this item 5+ stars in my book!Shipping was quick and item was received in perfect condition

The original one we bought her and each of the two replacements all ended up with the same problem: the channel up and down buttons stopped working, rendering them useless

There is a way if the viewer only has a favorite channel or just a few favorites that can only be viewed by the Cable or Satellite Box

For my mother with dementia though, even just a few channels would be fine, so I removed the cable box and plugged the cable wire directly into the back of the TV - she just uses the remote with the TV.

You can no longer connect your HDTV directly to cable and use its built-tuner to receive basic channels (thank you FCC)

She had problems getting to the correct channel, turning the TV on and off, changing volume, etc.

I definitely recommend this as of now for any elderly person with memory problems.