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Al Moodie

Jan 1, 1970
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Hi,

I have a sony KDL-40S2010 LCD TV, it works just fine. However the
remote RM YD005 is failing again. It works but you have to use extra
force and wiggle the buttons to get it to operate. Poorest operation
is with buttons which are used most often, Mute, Volume, Channel
change, so I assume is is wear or contamination problem.

Last time I bought a replacement on EBay for $18 or thereabouts. I can
always buy another, but can it be fixed, is it worth the work

Al Moodie.
 
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William Sommerwerck

Jan 1, 1970
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If you can get it open without destroying it (good luck!), a thorough
cleaning might do the trick.
 
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Nelson

Jan 1, 1970
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Hi,

I have a sony KDL-40S2010 LCD TV, it works just fine. However the
remote RM YD005 is failing again. It works but you have to use extra
force and wiggle the buttons to get it to operate. Poorest operation
is with buttons which are used most often, Mute, Volume, Channel
change, so I assume is is wear or contamination problem.

Last time I bought a replacement on EBay for $18 or thereabouts. I can
always buy another, but can it be fixed, is it worth the work

Al Moodie.

My wife is always spilling coke (a cola) on them or some other nasty
thing. I have never had a problem opening them up, cleaning them with
water, letting them dry out, and then reassembling them. Same works
for pagers dropped in the toilet :).

The trickiest part is to figure out how to open it up without breaking
it. Most of them are clamshell cases with plastic tabs hidden under
the joints. Take your time and pry gently.

You can also buy a universal remote and program it.
 
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Geoffrey S. Mendelson

Jan 1, 1970
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Nelson said:
You can also buy a universal remote and program it.

This may not apply to the new Sony sets, but ours (old ones) used a channel
number button to turn on. The power button only turned off the set.

This was fine until the remotes on our DBS system died. When we replaced them
the new ones channel buttons do not affect the TV. The volume buttons do, but
not the channel ones, I assume they assume you set the TV once and never
change the channel.

BTW, there are various brands of graphite solution in alcohol that can be used
to repair the conductive surface. Unfortunately they are not legal to mail
outside the country and I can't get any. I use DeOxit to clean them as
best I can, but can't really replace the graphite.

Geoff.
 
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N_Cook

Jan 1, 1970
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Al Moodie said:
Hi,

I have a sony KDL-40S2010 LCD TV, it works just fine. However the
remote RM YD005 is failing again. It works but you have to use extra
force and wiggle the buttons to get it to operate. Poorest operation
is with buttons which are used most often, Mute, Volume, Channel
change, so I assume is is wear or contamination problem.

Last time I bought a replacement on EBay for $18 or thereabouts. I can
always buy another, but can it be fixed, is it worth the work

Al Moodie.


Something that has improved over the years. 20 years ago it was more common
to have failed contacts rather than due to grime, now its rarely failed
contacts.
 
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Al Moodie

Jan 1, 1970
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Hi,

Thanks for all the info. I will try openning it up and cleaning it.

Al Moodie.
 
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