A:Answer You really can't. You can turn it off and on from the TV itself, but that's it. You need the remote to change sources, adjust the volume, or do anything else. You can always get a universal remote and program it to the tv. I put a little RFID locator tag on our remote from a locator set I bought off Amazon for like $15 and it works great to make sure the remote is easy to find at all times, the other 3 tags are on my keys, e-cig, and amazon fire remote.