This seems like the closest forum to my little problem so here goes..
I have a universal remote for the TV in my room, and I'd been noticing that some nights it'd work fine but other nights it wouldn't, I figured the batteries were bad so I planned to get new ones but until then I tried to figure out what was wrong, I narrowed it down that when the remote is left upside down (buttons down) for any length of time it'd stop working, but when left button side up for 20-30 minutes it'd start working again. This made absolutely no sense to me, The batteries are in the same position it doesn't matter if the remote is upside down or not but I replaced them a day or so later and they worked, so I flipped the remote upside down and left it on the table for the rest of the day and when I came back it had quit.
Now I'm sitting here waiting for it to start working again, I'm about to pull it apart to see if I can find anything that would lead me to believe it actually knows when it's upside down.. I'm all out of ideas here... It's just a cheap remote and doesn't have any kinda brand name/model number and google hasn't been any help... I'm really wanting to know why it quits!
ok I found out it's an RCA Systemlink 3, RC-300D.. apparantly the big logos on mine have rubbed off
I got a little more info about the remote.. but I'm still stumped..