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| Thread ID: 87557 | 2008-02-26 03:53:00 | TV Remotes not responsive | jwil1 (65) | PC World Chat |
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| 643621 | 2008-02-26 03:53:00 | Hi all, A TV of ours has a remote that does not respond well. The power button has to be pressed (and held) several times for it to work. The other buttons, such as those to change channels and those less used like the MENU button work well. Batteries have been replaced recently too. I have opened up the remote to see if theres anything on top of the chip inside it - nothing. TV is ~5 years old. What is the next step? Should I get a new remote or get someone to repair the old one? EDIT: TV is a Panasonic TX-68PS72Z |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 643622 | 2008-02-26 03:56:00 | Have you got a Sony DVD Player, or Home Theater System? Sony remotes have controls for the TV too. It would be cheaper to get a universal remote that to get the old one repaired. Heres (www.dse.co.nz) one. search.dse.co.nz |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 643623 | 2008-02-26 04:14:00 | Dirty contacts? Try cleaning the base of the button and the part it touches the contacts on the remote. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 643624 | 2008-02-26 05:28:00 | "cleaning" the contacts is a good way to make sure the switch never works again. The base of the button has a conductive graphite coating, which makes contact between the gold plated tracks on the board. Clean off that graphite, and you will be trying to make contact with a rubber button. Rubber is not a good conductor. I've never tried this, but replenishing the graphite might work. The old "Black Beauty" pencils would do for this Some stationery shops do have a modern version ... they're a larger diameter pencil which is about a 6B grade. They're intended for very young children. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 643625 | 2008-02-26 06:45:00 | Get a universal remote? They are dirt cheap so maybe the best option or get a 6B pencil and let loose with it :lol: | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 643626 | 2008-02-26 07:45:00 | You can check whether the remote is outputting a signal from the infrared LED by looking at it through a cellphone camera or any digital camera (they are sensitive to IR). Also flourescent lights (including CFLs (longlife bulbs)) can interfere with the sensor on your TV/amp/whatever, try it with the light/s off. |
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