I would check for a stuck or shorted button.
--- In [email protected], "scarbo27" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I am new to this group, but not to Tivo. I have had a Phillips
PTV300
> for maybe five years now, and I love it. But in the past several
weeks
> I have had a curious problem with the remote; it eats batteries.
At
> first I thought I was imagining things, or that the batteries I
was
> using were no good, but last week I replaced the batteries for
about
> the fourth time this year and I made sure I had fresh quality
batteries
> on hand. This afternoon it went dead on me again. The only thing
that
> makes sense is that the batteries are being slowly drained in the
> remote. Does anyone have any experience with this, or a
suggestion for
> a fix? Is it possible to get new remotes for older Tivo models,
or are
> there some decent universal remotes that will work?
>
> Chase Kimball
>
