Fix Remote Control Buttons Not Working - Clean the contacts inside

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If your remote control buttons aren't working as well as they used to, maybe they just need a good cleaning inside.
I had a receiver remote where the volume buttons stopped responding so I took it apart, cleaned the button contact points with alcohol and got it working normal again.
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@aaronb483 Год назад

A minute and 25 second! Thanks for keeping it short and sweet. I hate when how-to videos are dragged out.

@CimarronRose Месяц назад

Thanks, the remote control works now.

@TheEmbeddedHobbyist 2 года назад

Since the daughter has grown up now I don't have to clean the orange juice out of the remote anymore, but was fun cleaning the jam on toast out of the VCR once.

@GadgetReboot 2 года назад

just last night when I was continuing to unpack slowly and sort out all the electronics of all kinds in the basement, I stacked three VCRs on the shelf including one with a VCR and DVD recorder combo. I need to get those out of the house. I think I transferred all the old tapes over about 10 years ago. One time I fixed somebody’s PlayStation controller and when I took it apart to see why the buttons were sticking, my best guess is somebody bathed it in Coca-Cola. twice.

@electronic7979 2 года назад

Nice repair video 👏

@SimpleElectronics 2 года назад

HOLY CRAP SOME GADGET REBOOT CONTENT!!

@GadgetReboot 2 года назад

I'm way behind schedule but working on many things!

@VprT2112 Год назад

Thanks. This worked great.

@MikeBramm 2 года назад

For the rubber parts, I put dish soap in my hands and lather it up then grab the rubber part and rub it around. The dish soap helps to remove all the oils from your fingers that gets down in the nooks and crannies. Then just rinse it off with hot water and pat it dry.

@KennethRosenstroem 2 года назад

After cleaning like this, I use a glass brush and massage the rubber pads to roughen them up. They tend to get none contact due to compression (flat and blank = no contact) and age,

@mrtom64 2 года назад

This does work although I'm sorry to say I doubt it'll work for long. Old silicone degrades, and when it does it secretes an oil, that's the 'residue' you discovered on the board. I don't know how long Silicone can do this for, I assume though that it would have to stop at some point. I've been cleaning a TV remote like this for at least 18 months and still have to do so regularly.

@GadgetReboot 2 года назад

I saw mention in a forum that replacement little pads can be bought and glued on when it degrades too much and of course people glueing aluminum foil on so I haven’t gotten to that point yet but it’s an old receiver and I’ve been upgrading the home theatre components. I’m hoping i’ll just upgrade the entire receiver by the time the remote becomes too annoying if it keeps failing.

@mrtom64 2 года назад

@@GadgetReboot LOL....yeah, I'm at the 'Cutting up small bits of self-adhesive copper tape' stage.....works well but only prolongs the inevatable....ho hum.

@lgnd-lm6ug Месяц назад

@@GadgetRebootAluminium foil is the only thing that worked for me. The rubber seemed intact and clean but still had to apply huge force to make contact

@deandraalexis 4 месяца назад

I tried this, and it now only works when I hold the circuit board in place against the keys. Is there any fix for this?

@DaChristianYute 7 месяцев назад

My put the remote down for about a year and came back only 1 button works

@gerardsagliocca6292 Год назад

I used your video to clean my Samsung TV remote but after this cleaning the remote still did not work. I went back to internet and found a post that said take your batteries out of your TV remote and then press the channel key for 10 seconds to reset everything. Put the batteries back and my remote began working great again. You need to mention this type of resetting for TV control.