Here's a littlle update:

The remote has been working great....until today.
I noticed, the green transmit light on was solid. Nothing
would work. Took batteries and start up again. Same thing.
Did an on-line remote update, thinking maybe it was
software. Still same thing. Whenever I put batteries in and
pressed any button, the green transmit light lit and stayed on.

I started thinking about something I read about this paint stuff
eventually flaking. So I open the remote and scraped the
little brass connections with a tiny screwdriver. Now the remote
works. The paint stuff flakes off and sticks making a constant
connection I guess.