Yesterday, my remote control stopped working. It was a pretty new one. I went to the store and got another one of the exact same model. Then I got a $5 coffee at the coffee shop. I went home and opened the remote. I typed in the Samsung code and started flipping channels. About ten minutes later, it stopped working. Today, I returned that remote to the store and got a different, slightly more expensive, one. Then I got a $5 coffee at the coffee shop. I went home and tried to program the new remote. It had ten possible three-digit codes. I had to push Code Search, then TV, then the three-digit code, then Power, until the TV turned off. I tried all the combinations, but the TV never turned off. Then I tried the manual code search, as per the instructions. To do this, I had to press Code Search, then TV, then Power repeatedly until the TV shut off. The instruction booklet warned me that I might have to push Power up to 200 times before I would find the right code. I pushed Power 200 times, but the TV didn't turn off. I repeated this process two more times (400 more Power pushes). Then I tried the list of ten codes twice more. It didn't work. I took the new remote back to the store. The clerk wanted me to try another one, but I decided not to. I went to Safeway and bought a whole can of hot chocolate powder for $5 so that I could make my own cafe mochas at home and I would not have to pay $5 per coffee. I have to change the channel by getting up and changing it on the TV. Some of the channels aren't programmed into the TV, so I can't watch them anymore.