You can rebind the key to do something else, needs an app though
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MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I still do this.
I also pulled the little contact pads off of the back of the Netflix button and the other pairs services buttons that are a fixture on my remote that I don’t use. I kept accidentally hitting them and it would rip me out of whatever content I was watching and send me to a service I didn’t subscribe to.
Not anymore.
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Burninator05@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
…needs an app…
So you’re saying its impossible. Like when I had to sign up for Bixby to make the Bixby button do something else.
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 9 hours ago
No, I’m saying it’s possible. It’s not like signing up to bixby, what are you saying??
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I was unable to find a way.
In any case, the buttons don’t work anymore and I’m fine with that.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 6 hours ago
I prefer using tape to cover the underlying traces because it’s a reversible process, it could help if you’re planning to sell the TV or if a button-remapping tool gets developed later.
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
The design of these particular buttons didn’t allow for that. That’s usually what I prefer too.
The button itself didn’t have any conductive material, it was a small piece of metallic material on the PCB, that when pressed, deflected to connect the circuit. The rubber/polymer buttons just mechanically pushed down on the small metal disc that made that contact happen.
It was easy enough to pull the small disc off of the PCB, but I don’t think the process can be reversed, or at the very least, I don’t think I’ll be able to keep track of the items removed in order to reverse it.
I don’t actually plan on replacing the TV at all. It’s job might change, from my main TV to a spare TV in the office or basement or something, but I don’t think I’ll be getting rid of it until it stops functioning.