Samsung TV Remote Control "5 phone side buttons" Questions

...phone, turn it on and point the remote at the camera lens. Press the volume buttons on the remote. You should see a flash on the camera lcd screen. If not the buttons on the remote are not working. ...

...side of the remote.  Try the $5-$10 remote idea first, and if that doesn't do it for you, consider if your setup would benefit from a big-time "universal" remote, with fancy color screens to ...