DIY troubleshooting of remote control

[kaushik]

Get an AM radio , turn it on , take the remote near to a radio ,
press a button on IR remote ,tune till you hear a sound ...

for a running remote it will give you some sound as button is pressed ..still the remote may fail to work as desired because it may emit very
less IR to trigger your equipment

main causes :
you have put some cover on remote
or
battery problem
or
IR diode gone bad

if no sound comes the oscillator might have gone bad /key pad got worn out /
battery problem..etc

 

[soundsgreat]

Hi,

Hmm oldest trick in the book ! good Kaushik that you've tried to bring it to the members notice ! will certainly come in handy !!

keep em coming !!

Regards.

 

[kaushik]

shreekanth,


i always get to know things long after you have went through the same...
but just shared here so people get befitted ...

your comments encourage me a lott..!

 

[soundsgreat]

Hi,

Hmm what to do pal experience !! anyways Am always here to help and encourage folks like you who are passionate bout this and try to come up with some helpful posts and not some stupid one's that's plaguing this forum offlate !!

You keep up with this good work !!

Regards.

 

[mithun]

Does this trick work for all remote controls including TV remotes ?

 

[soundsgreat]

Hi,

Yup works with all known remote's that has IR !! So in general TV,CDP,DVDP,AMP etc etc etc etc etc etc......

Regards.

 

[arun malur]

Another method is to point the IR enabled remote towards the camera of your mobile phone and press any button on it, you see a bright light on the screen if the remote is working. This was mentioned in one of the posts, perhaps by soundsgreat himself!!!

 

[greenhorn]

for those of you with pinnacle TV tuner cards, there is a nifty utility to test the pctv remote, which seems to work with all remote recievers