Remote control not working

[HarveyB]

You could try padding battery contacts with a it of tin foil, to tighten them against the contacts.

 

[ronin4]

Hopefully it is the batteries, its just 3 months! lol.

The Harmony looks nice, will stick it on my Christmas list, if its not the batteries Cheers

 

[Black Hole]

If jiggling the batteries make it work temporarily, it's the batteries on their last legs being given a little relief by being disconnected for a short time and recovering fractionally. We used to do that with the transistor radio - turn it off and then on again and it worked briefly, so it couldn't be the batteries right? Change the bloody batteries!

I was called to attend a problem with a TV handset not working. Turned out to be the cheapo corner shop batteries, husband in dog house.

 

[Luke]

Hopefully it is the batteries, its just 3 months!

3 months?! There I was thinking that the 2000T remote, lasts a minimum of 6 months!

If it is the remote then as it is less than a year old you will probably be able to get the seller or Humax to replace it fairly easily.

 

[prpr]

Change the bloody batteries!

"Buy a bloody multi-meter!!!"

 

[Black Hole]

Have you got a multimeter that measures voltage on load?

My expression was a general comment aimed at people too miserly to buy decent batteries, or change them before they start leaking!

 

[Brian]

Have Humax stopped supplying "Rocket" batteries with their remote controls? All of my boxes are still using the original Rocket batteries in their remote controls, the oldest being more than 4 years old.