Re: CH TV + Simple Wins [was common house kitchen stove | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Joanie Connors (jvcphdgmail.com) | |
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 08:47:13 -0700 (PDT) |
Perhaps you need an on-call committee of TV savvy people (preferably teenagers)? On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com> wrote: > >>> Here's my philosophy: For common use, purchase the most foolproof, >>> easy-to-use, commonly- found version of any item. Here's why: In a shared >>> environment where most people use the item infrequently and without looking >>> at directions, you will want to pick the item carefully to be the easiest >>> to use. > > Of well over 100 wishes that our member listed -- from new team structure to > aquarium to more faucets on the green -- the number one wish was for clear > instructions to use the TV. > > This has been a thorn in our side since we bought it. Impossible. There are > too many combinations of settings -- DVD, VCR, Games, Satellite TV. The TV > has to be reset for each of these . The remote has to be reset. And not all > the resets can be done from the remote. And for some the cables in back need > to be changed and are reconnected wrong or not at all. > > A month or so ago I had to show someone how to turn off closed captioning. > She's the one who taught me 6 months ago. People just can't remember 50 facts > about the TV when they only use it every few months. > > I spent literally hours and hours and hours -- twice -- writing and testing > instructions. Two weeks later people were complaining again. The satellite > company had changed their software and the screens looked different which was > totally confusing. I quit. > > The only solution we have been able to come up with is to limit functionality > and solder the cables in place. No one wants to do that. > > Does anyone else have a solution? > > Sharon > ---- > Sharon Villines > > Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC > http://www.takomavillage.org > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > >
- Re: common house kitchen stove, (continued)
- Re: common house kitchen stove Elizabeth Magill, March 23 2013
- CH TV + Simple Wins [was common house kitchen stove Sharon Villines, March 23 2013
- Re: CH TV + Simple Wins [was common house kitchen stove R Philip Dowds, March 24 2013
- Social behavior Re: CH TV + Simple Wins [was common house kitchen stove Wayne Tyson, March 24 2013
- Re: CH TV + Simple Wins [was common house kitchen stove Joanie Connors, March 24 2013
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- Re: common house kitchen stove Wayne Tyson, March 21 2013
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