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The Robman Site Owner
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Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 7:16 am Post subject: |
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The modem is a white plastic coil with copper wire wrapped around it.
The RF puck is a mini-PCB.
A rattle would be caused by a loose modem. The coil is just held in place with glue, that typically becomes brittle with age and breaks off. _________________ Rob
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Ube_Astard
Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 185 Location: Stockport UK |
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:51 am Post subject: |
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ElizabethD wrote: | I did not hijack your thread, but my separate thread appears to have migrated here. |
Not at all, I'm happy that someone else doing it can give me suggestions. As it may be a day or so before I get some contact cleaner, please advise how you get on and if this as all helped your remote back to good working order. |
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The Robman Site Owner
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Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:56 am Post subject: |
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I merged the threads when I spotted two separate threads on basically the same issue. _________________ Rob
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ElizabethD Advanced Member
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Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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Rob, merging made sense to me; I just didn't want to hijack not being sure if related.
PREV button issue: in different lighting I see that it's not corrosion. Because it's tan color and translucent. Might it be a splash of hot glue? Water didn't take it down. Is there a solvent for hotglue? _________________ Liz
Tweeking 8910, HTPro/9811, C7-7800, 6131o, 6131n, AtlasOCAP-1056B01, RCA-RCRP05B and enjoying the ride |
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The Robman Site Owner
Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Posts: 21271 Location: Chicago, IL |
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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If those brown marks are on the surface, rather than corrosion, you should be able to scrape them away by lightly scraping the surface using a small screwdriver. _________________ Rob
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ElizabethD Advanced Member
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Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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Volume and Mute buttons work now
I had no contact cleaner. RadioShack said to use alcohol (so I did my 100% residue-free thing) and pencil eraser. I skipped the eraser.
Also I could not scrape off that stuff over PREV. I think a sander might do the job. For now it stays.
Rob, at one point the rubber strip (arrow) fell out, perhaps because I put it in upsidedown. In this picture they're both in the same orientation as the original, i.e. corrected.
Would upside down, i.e. no alternating black-grey bars cause the LCD display be a bit spotty?
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/372/lcdstrips.png _________________ Liz
Tweeking 8910, HTPro/9811, C7-7800, 6131o, 6131n, AtlasOCAP-1056B01, RCA-RCRP05B and enjoying the ride |
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The Robman Site Owner
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Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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It doesn't matter which way round you put the strips, but if you've got some debris (from the eraser perhaps) in between them and the LCD and PCB, that could cause the spotty performance. Also possible is that you didn't tighten the four screws sufficiently. _________________ Rob
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ElizabethD Advanced Member
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Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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Rob, I skipped the eraser part. It was the screws.
Bottom line, everything works. Total success. Thank you very much for quickie help. _________________ Liz
Tweeking 8910, HTPro/9811, C7-7800, 6131o, 6131n, AtlasOCAP-1056B01, RCA-RCRP05B and enjoying the ride |
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ElizabethD Advanced Member
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The Robman Site Owner
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Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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So now the bigger question is, why do you want to carry your remote like that? _________________ Rob
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vickyg2003 Site Admin
Joined: 20 Mar 2004 Posts: 7073 Location: Florida |
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 12:03 am Post subject: |
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If I had a hanging strap for my remote, I probably wouldn't need 41 remotes.. _________________ Remember to provide feedback to let us know how the problem was solved and share your upgrades.
Tip: When creating an upgrade, always include ALL functions from the oem remote, even if you never plan on assigning them to a button. Complete function lists makes an upgrade more helpful to others.
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eferz Expert
Joined: 03 Jun 2010 Posts: 1078 Location: Austin, Texas |
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 12:46 am Post subject: |
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vickyg2003 wrote: | If I had a hanging strap for my remote, I probably wouldn't need 41 remotes.. |
I just realized that if you buy one more remote, that it would probably end up being the Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything. |
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The Robman Site Owner
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 7:07 am Post subject: |
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eferz wrote: | vickyg2003 wrote: | If I had a hanging strap for my remote, I probably wouldn't need 41 remotes.. |
I just realized that if you buy one more remote, that it would probably end up being the Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything. |
_________________ Rob
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vickyg2003 Site Admin
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 7:37 am Post subject: |
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eferz wrote: | I just realized that if you buy one more remote, that it would probably end up being the Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything. |
At least I don't have to control things when I'm away from home, ahem. _________________ Remember to provide feedback to let us know how the problem was solved and share your upgrades.
Tip: When creating an upgrade, always include ALL functions from the oem remote, even if you never plan on assigning them to a button. Complete function lists makes an upgrade more helpful to others.
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The Robman Site Owner
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:46 am Post subject: |
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_________________ Rob
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