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Sony RMT-V402 remote failures
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| Topic: | Sony RMT-V402 remote failures This thread has 29 replies. Displaying posts 1 through 15. |
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| Post 1 made on Thursday January 27, 2005 at 20:50 |
cinobac Lurking Member |
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I have an intermittant problem with 2 identical Sony RMT-V402 VCR remote contol
units. The units fail ever few days and go dead. If I remove and reseat the batteries
then recode the unit it will work fine controling a Sony VCR and RCA TV. After
sitting a day of so it fails and will not function in any way. I bought 2 Sony VCR's
and the 2 contol units came with the new VCRs. I wonder if anyone else has had
battery seating problems?
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| Post 2 made on Saturday January 29, 2005 at 01:54 |
smc Lurking Member |
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I just bought a DVD player at a pawn shop with the RMT-V402 remote and the remote does not work. I tried the FAQ's at Sony's website and nothing worked. How do you recode the unit?
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| Post 3 made on Saturday January 29, 2005 at 09:19 |
Ron Aronson Super Member |
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On 01/29/05 01:54 ET, smc said...
I just bought a DVD player at a pawn shop with
the RMT-V402 remote and the remote does not work.
I tried the FAQ's at Sony's website and nothing
worked. How do you recode the unit?
The RM-TV402 is a remote designed to operate a VCR, so I don't think it will work with your DVD.
You probably don't see any buttons on there which look they work functions on a DVD, do you?
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| Post 4 made on Saturday February 26, 2005 at 14:02 |
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I have also had problems with this remote. I think the battery contacts lose connection long enough for the remote to forget what code you've programmed. I know I have to reprogram mine every few days. And sometimes I have to remove the battery cover and rub the batteries around in the contacts to get the remote to work at all.
But now, a really weird story.
When my VCR was almost a year old, 6 buttons on the RMT-V402 stopped working. Enter, Replay, Comm. Skip, Search, X2, and Slow. The TV functions went dead too. Sony suggested "pressing each button twice to reset the remote" - well, no interpretation of that (e.g. press 1 twice, then 2 twice... or all buttons once, then all buttons again) helped. Since it was still (barely) under warranty, they sent me a new remote. They told me to throw away the old one, but I removed the batteries and threw it in my junk box.
Fast forward another year, to last November. The second remote failed in EXACTLY the same way. Obviously a design defect, but Sony would not give me a third remote. I pulled the original remote out of the junk bin. Lo and behold, it was working again. Until last week, when I swapped them again. And again this morning.
Clearly there's something in the electronics of this remote which locks up. Taking the batteries out for at least a few days seems to allow it to reset. The "time between failures" has been shrinking, which is probably not a good sign.
I hope this helps someone. My advice for anyone with this remote is to get another one from Sony while you're still under warranty.
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| Post 5 made on Thursday March 17, 2005 at 21:42 |
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The remote that I put back into service on 2/26 (less than 3 weeks ago) just failed and I had to "swap" them once again.
Does anyone have any comment about this problem that I'm seeing on a quite repeatable basis?
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| Post 6 made on Saturday March 19, 2005 at 19:09 |
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And another failure after only 2 days. This time, the other remote hasn't reset itself yet. So I've got 2 dead remotes now.
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| Post 7 made on Friday April 15, 2005 at 00:47 |
after reading LMELMAN's story, I realized what it might be (I had EXACTLY the same buttons fail). I just took the batteries out of the unit and then shorted the two lower contact at the bottom of the remote (using a paperclip) ... and now it works.
I was just looking online to buy a new remote until finding this site and now I've got it fixed, thanks guys and I hope my suggestions helps y'all!
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| Post 8 made on Thursday May 5, 2005 at 22:08 |
LMelman Lurking Member |
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This is good to know. Next time one of my remotes fails, I will try it. Where did you get the idea?
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| Post 9 made on Sunday May 15, 2005 at 09:19 |
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On 04/15/05 00:47 ET, paxet said...
after reading LMELMAN's story, I realized what
it might be (I had EXACTLY the same buttons fail).
I just took the batteries out of the unit and
then shorted the two lower contact at the bottom
of the remote (using a paperclip) ... and now
it works.
I was just looking online to buy a new remote
until finding this site and now I've got it fixed,
thanks guys and I hope my suggestions helps y'all!
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| Post 10 made on Sunday May 15, 2005 at 09:23 |
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On 04/15/05 00:47 ET, paxet said...
after reading LMELMAN's story, I realized what
it might be (I had EXACTLY the same buttons fail).
I just took the batteries out of the unit and
then shorted the two lower contact at the bottom
of the remote (using a paperclip) ... and now
it works.
I was just looking online to buy a new remote
until finding this site and now I've got it fixed,
thanks guys and I hope my suggestions helps y'all!
EXACTLY HOW DO YOU DO THAT WITH THE CLIP??
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| Post 11 made on Tuesday May 17, 2005 at 08:34 |
Daniel Tonks Wrangler of Remotes |
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I think he's just taking a bent paperclip and bridging the two lower battery contacts.
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| Post 12 made on Tuesday May 17, 2005 at 23:52 |
Daniel
Not techno savvy at all.. What exactly does "bridging the two battery contacts "mean?
I tried touching a paper clip to both of the whole as at the bottom of the remote with no results. Can you clarify your advice? Thanks.
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| Post 13 made on Wednesday May 18, 2005 at 03:56 |
Daniel Tonks Wrangler of Remotes |
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What you're doing sounds about right, but it's not my advice...
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| Post 14 made on Monday July 18, 2005 at 01:49 |
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I just had a slightly different problem with my V402B. It was no longer able to control my Sony TV, so I tried to reset the control codes for a Sony TV. As soon as I did that, the VCR functions would stop working. The only way to get the VCR functions to work was to remove, and reinsert the batteries. As long as I didn't switch the remote to TV mode, and hit the power button, the VCR controls would work. I managed to open the unit (broke a couple of the retaining clips), and clean inside, but that didn't help. Then I tried Paxet's trick (shorting out the battery contacts), and poof! My remote control is now fully functional. Must be a master reset or something. I'm pretty sure it's not in the owner's manual. It should be!
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| Post 15 made on Tuesday September 13, 2005 at 00:42 |
Bob Stewart Junior Member |
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I think that I found a solution to my problems with the Sony RMT-V402.
After searching the internet and finding no solution,
I contacted Sony Technical Support On Line Chat.
The tech told me to:
1. remove the batteries.
2. press each and every button one time.
3. install the batteries.
It has been 2 weeks now since I did that,
and I have had ZERO problems.
Prior to that I had to break battery contact about every 1-2 days.
I'm not saying that this will solve everybody's problem,
but it can't hurt to try it once.
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