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Repairing/replacing a broken IR LED in a 880
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Post 1 made on Tuesday August 5, 2008 at 14:19
smariner
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I have had a Harmony 880 for the past 1+ year (warranty has expired :( ). Everything was mostly working till a couple days ago. Now, the remote has stopped to control any of the devices. I called Logitech support & was escalated to 2nd level -- they determined that the IR LED is not functioning.

Does anyone know if it's easy to replace the IR LED? If yes, where can I get a replacement LED? Any thoughts on how much Logitech might charge to fix this? Given that I have to pay for shipping, repalcement & labor costs -- I'm wondiering if I should just attempt to fix it myself OR buy a new remote?
Post 2 made on Wednesday August 6, 2008 at 14:30
oman321
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It was done by someone here before, I tried to search for the specific thread which showed the proper LED's to get from Radio Shack but I had no luck in finding it.
Below is a link to Logitech online forum showing someone who basically did the same thing. It's about half way down. If your at all handy and have soldering tools it should be $3.00 repair. If your gonna send it to Logitech for repair may as well buy a new at HTGuys.com for about $85.00.


[Link: forums.logitech.com]

The person on the link above referenced $1.99 so I'm not 100% certain but these are probably them.
[Link: radioshack.com]
Good luck.
OP | Post 3 made on Thursday August 7, 2008 at 20:54
smariner
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Thanks for the useful info.
Post 4 made on Sunday November 18, 2012 at 17:26
eschoutens
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I had the IR "die" on my 890pro. Before repair, I tested the remote using a digital camera. Button presses did not show any IR activity. Upon disassembly, the remote has two IR emitters, one on each side of the USB plug.

I picked up two high-output IR emitter LED's from Radio Shack, part #275-0143, at $2.19 each. I replaced just the right side (when looking at the face of the remote) LED and tested it. It showed IR output from both LED's (I am thinking they are run in series and I luckily replaced the one that failed).

The most difficult part was opening the remote. After removing the screws, the clips proved stubborn. You may want to search on youtube for a demonstration on how to best open it.
Eric


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