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Harmony Buttons Stop Working (676)
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Post 1 made on Wednesday October 17, 2007 at 11:48
mantry
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Howdy, I have a 676 that does everything just fine, other than 2 of the buttons stopped working. No green light when you depress them. One of them is the "OFF" button which means, pretty much that the remote is not much use now. I seen reading a review on the 670 that this individual had a 676 that he had problems with buttons not working so he would have to disassemble it and clean the contacts and put it back together. I admit, I have not even looked at it as far as the difficulty in doing this. I'm pretty good in this department so I should be OK. I figured too that worse case would be I render it unsable, I really haven't lost anything.... I've been looking at picking up a 676/670 to replace it anyway, but if I can fix it then that won't be any problem.

If I ressurect it, I can spend that money on Slingbox for my Dishnetwork receiver!!!
Post 2 made on Thursday October 18, 2007 at 12:25
DarrellH
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Mantry,
Ditto here. Certine buttons stopped working or very intermittant. Same for OFF button. It quit working a few months back. Logitech is offering a $75 upgrade to 670, as they have no way to repair (out of production). I have had the remote apart before to try to fix. Not that hard. Cleaned contacts on circuit board, but problem seems to lie with contact surfaces on key membrane. Not sure I want to stick with Harmony. Will investigate other units.
OP | Post 3 made on Thursday October 18, 2007 at 23:31
mantry
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Here is the info that I got from an Amazon review of the remote:

The name of the repair kit is "Caikote 44" and the part number is K-CK44-G. I bought it at Fry's for $5.99. You can order it directly from the manufacturer for $7.99. There is enough paint in the kit to repair a lot of remotes, cell phones, basically anything with rubber keys.

Just Google "Caikote 44" and you will find the manufacturer site easily.

This material is to paint onto the bottom of the rubber membrane buttons to repair the conductivity of the bottom of the button so when it contacts the circuit board.

I'm going to try to go by a Fry's on Saturday and see if I can find it.
Post 4 made on Sunday October 21, 2007 at 11:12
Trevor Houseman
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Mantry, let us know how this works out for you. I'm using a "paint" like this which I bought on ebay and it's been a real pain as it seems to crack and flake off and wacky problems start happening (button stops again or stays latched on all the time due to short created). I think that the perfect paint for this application is slightly flexible (I've seen stuff like this before). Perhaps the Caikote 44 is the right one.
SA8300HD, Cablevision, Sony, Harmony, Bose
Post 5 made on Tuesday October 23, 2007 at 22:25
mhunter3
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Were did you find the information about Logitech giving $75 to upgrade to the 670 remote? I also have the 676 and now after 2 years three or four buttons have started to not work all the time. Thanks
Post 6 made on Monday August 18, 2008 at 14:21
ghoofie
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I just bought some Caikote 44 at Fry's and repaired my Harmony 659 with it. It was very easy. I don't know if there will be any flaking off..but for now, all my buttons are working again.


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