Okay, either I have an inability to operate simple electronics devices (unlikely), cannot read instructions properly (probable), or Sony screwed up (more probable). Here is the issue, and I hope I can explain this well enough:
1- my parents and I bought my girlfriend a DVD player for Christmas.
this one: the Sony DVP-NS315B
2- the remote that comes with it has a TV power button (this is to make sure I'm not crazy later in the post)
3- I look through the manual on how to train the remote to operate the TV. I find two columns on the subject (totaling one page). In it, they show pictures of two remotes. Fine, I've seen manuals that apply to different models before, no big deal. I am holding the remote pictured on the left. There are no remote-specific instructions.
4- the instructions for training the remote are not unusual. Hold the TV power button down while dialing in the code for the make of the TV, provided in a table of manufacturers in the manual. That's fine. My girlfriend's TV is a Sharp. The code for Sharp is 18. What's the problem?
The remote has no numbers on it.
This is where I am either going totally nuts, or the manual is grossly incomplete. There is a
picture of the remote I am holding in the manual, pictured with no numbers. What's worse is that there are little arrows pointing at the other remote to where the numbers are on that one! AH!
I looked over the sparse instructions, and there is no mention of this amazing occurance. The instructions are very simple. Hold the power button, press 18, release the power button.
What am I doing wrong?