>I have a PowerMac 6500/275 with a TV/FM Card installed. I am running >Mac OS 8.0. When I finally set this up the way I wanted it, everything >worked fine. The last time I remember the remote control working was >when I was trying to record something and the video kept playing but >the cursor froze and I couldn't stop it to save. When I restarted the >machine I tried again and disabled the remote. As this made no >difference I unchecked it again. A couple days later when I tried using >the remote again it would turn on the computer but once it started up, >it did nothing. I tried zapping the PRAM, it did nothing. So I >initialized the volume and reinstalled from scratch with entirely new >copies of the software. This did note help, I still get the same >problems. The remote will work to turn on the machine but nothing more. >It won't even turn it off after it is turned on. The batteries in there >are nearly new at full power. I checked many times the disable remote >control box in the TV application but no matter what I did there, I got >no success. Can anyone help me? Thanks. >
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