The remote need not be facing the tv either... I've bounced the signal off walls and still turned it on... Then i'd try to bounce it off of the ground.... nothing. But again with the walls it would work. One thing to try out, is just be COMPLETELY gullible to your friend. Even tho you are not, just act it. If he was fucking with you, he'll admit it just to call you a dumbass. But you wont' have hurt feelings, because it was all for show so he'd admit it. (I've done such things just to get friends to admit things so they'd shut up

) If that doesn't work, then perhaps a stray signal. The thing that I'm curious about is this.... The TV ONLY turned on under these conditions..
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he waves his arm in front of the T.V.
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I wave my arm in front of the T.V.
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Weird that it only happened when you waved your arm infront of the TV... I'd look into that variable if i were you.