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Topic: | Bad Buttons This thread has 5 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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Post 1 made on Thursday April 5, 2001 at 10:26 |
Wondering if any one has run into this problem with Home Producer 8? I just bought it 6 months ago, and now the PIP button doesn't work. It's not a code problem, it seems like it's a bad contact, if I press the button really hard, sometimes I can get it to work. I had a similar problem with an earlier One For All Remote before where the volume up button stopped working. Does anyone know how to fix this, or reccommend a reliable alternative remote with the same features as the Home Producer 8? Thanks.
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OP | Post 2 made on Thursday April 5, 2001 at 14:36 |
Makai Guy Historic Forum Post |
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OP | Post 3 made on Thursday April 5, 2001 at 15:27 |
Rob's got a tip on repair at http://www.hifi-remote.com in most of the manuals he has online. It involves using a product made for repairing window defrosters to provide a new conductive layer to the underside of the button membrane.
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OP | Post 4 made on Sunday April 8, 2001 at 05:35 |
JackMultiple994 Historic Forum Post |
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Does anyone know if Loctite still makes the Rear Window Defogger repair kit? I searched their website ( www.manco.com, click on Loctite products) and turned up nothing "remotely" like this. They don't even have an automotive section, although Marine and Recreational was promising but turned up nothing. Unfortunately they don't have a search engine on their website. Anyone know where to find it? Wal-Mart didn't carry it. Maybe an auto parts shop? thanx.
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OP | Post 5 made on Monday April 9, 2001 at 14:01 |
Makai Guy Historic Forum Post |
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Any well-supplied auto supply store should have rear window defogger repair paint of one brand or another.
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OP | Post 6 made on Saturday April 28, 2001 at 18:16 |
Thomas H. Caplan Historic Forum Post |
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Greetings; I have had problems with remotes doing what you have described. Specificly, (did I spell that right?) they seem to lose function on the most often used buttons. Right now, I have a 6in1 that lights up. I believe it's a 15-1905. Anyhoo, the fast forward button,(always a popular one with me) began to require greater than reasonable force to elicit a response. So I tried taking the remote apart and cleaning the contacts on the circuit board as well as the contact on the (rubber) button itself. This is the black spot on the bottom of the button which comes in contact with the board. Cleaning these things seems to restore function for a few weeks, and then you have to press harder than before once again. Well sir, my new solution to this maddening problem is to cut out a piece of alum- inum foil the size of the contact point,(the black spot) and glue it onto the bottom of the button-on the black spot. Now the foil completes the circuit when you press the button. You might as well do all of buttons, at least the ones that you use. These buttons will now work better than any button on the remote ever has. So I believe that the root of this problem lies with the degradation of whatever that black crap is. Last, but not least, the glue that I used is 3M brand "emblem adhesive". This stuff comes in a white tube with red labeling, and is commonly available at most auto-parts stores for less than ten dollars. I shouldn't have to tell you where to get the foil, oh-yeah, it doesn't seem to matter which side of the foil you use. Just give the glue a few hours to dry before reassembly. Good luck!
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