Our power button is no longer on our tv to turn it on is there any other way i can turn it on

If you look through the hole left when the plastic power button broke off, you can usually see the actual power switch. It generally looks like a small square with a round push button on it. You can use a small non-metal object to press the button and operate it. (I use a bamboo chopstick; grab an extra set next time you get Chinese food. They're a very handy tool!) Just be gentle when you press the button. Those switches aren't very rugged.

You don't really need to have the TV power on to program a universal remote unless you're using its code search function. If you have the code sheet available for your remote, you can just try all the codes listed for your brand. Enter the code and then try turning the set on. Once you've entered the proper code the set will come on. If you don't have the code list, you can often get the codes for your brand from the remote manufacturer's website.

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If you are lucky with a universal it MAY OR MAY NOT EVEN PROGRAM--BEST bet would be original remote which will turn set on even if the power button is destroyed.

With a universal you enter a code and hit power, keep entering possible codes one at a time and hit power each time until the set either comes on or runs out of possible codes for the set.

Note: some of the remotes (universals) have a search mode where you can try every possible code one at a time (usually up to around 50 codes)

Again, Universal remotes are hardly universal in the sense that they will always be missing key features---if you have the old remote and it does not work--that is usually fixable.