One For All URC-6885 VCR PRO 3

Jay-Jay · Post by **Jay-Jay** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 7:57 pm

I own two of these remote controls. They are still in good shape. They all started to fail on me after one year of purchase. So I never returned them to Radio Shack. And we are talking a lot of years now. They have been in my basement for a long time.

Both remotes won't turn on. Install fresh batteries, but they don't work, nor the LCD doesn't turn on.

Do you guys know how to revive these old remotes?

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URC-6885

(Sorry if I posted this in the wrong section, but I need help repairing these.)

Post by **The Robman** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:42 pm

IIRC, these remotes have a y2k bug that surfaced around the year 2002 (for some strange reason). To make a long story short, they're not fixable.

Jay-Jay · Post by **Jay-Jay** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:35 am

Okay thanks. I was afraid of that. I wonder if the company ever made a recall on them?

Well, I've had them almost 10 years, hopefully in another 10 years a fix will come?

Post by **The Robman** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:34 am

Recall, nah. They didn't discover the y2k bug until long after this remote was "out of warranty" so to speak.