Even though some devices now use WiFi and Bluetooth, so much of our home entertainment equipment still relies on its own proprietary infrared remote control. By and large (when you can find them) t… ...

A basic cleaning of a remote control requires only 10 minutes and common household supplies. If one or more of your remote’s buttons has stopped ... Reinsert the batteries and test the buttons.

There's also one other thing that a physical TV remote has that TV back buttons or remote apps don't: tiny dots on/near some of the buttons. Most of the time, you can see this bump on the number 5 ...

And they all have the same remote control, more or less. The Star button does the same on the home screen as what we’ve noted above. There’s no difference there.