The remote to the TV has been dying a slow death. Bong even offered to sell his big screen out of the pawn shop. That would solve the problems except being out 300 bucks due to a remote. For a 600 dollar TV though, it seemed worth it, besides I don’t think Bong put as many hours watching it as is spent in the pawn shop.
In the end I took apart the remote to see what made it work. Hmmmm…. Rubber buttons seemed ok. There wasn’t a wear point where they made contact, and the contact point was just a flat circuit board. Some how the rubber buttons just jumped the wire road map. The circuit board was a bit oily and some of the buttons weren’t as oily. Hmmmmm again.
Decided to wipe off all the oil from the circuit board and the buttons.. Dabbed a little of NASA’s greatest invention (ASTROGLIDE) on both the board and the buttons. Put the sides back together and gave it a whirl. Up volume gliding off the screen. Damn, too much astro. Opened the device up again and took a little off the buttons and the circuit board and now it works like a charm.
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The drawback with these new flat screen monsters is that they are so light, even the 90lb waif housmate can get it out the door and to the pawnshop to settle a 3am gambling debt (twice)
As for astroglide and remote controls..you've been watching too much German porn. (or maybe I've been watching too much German porn.)
When the batteries give up the ghost, can they be replaced with a couple of vitamin Vs?
Oh, enlightened one, thanks for the repair tip!
I had a similar problem with my TV's remote...a few poorly functioning or sticky control buttons.
Lacking any Astroglide, I used KY-Jelly...really! Damn, it alleviated the problem and the remote seems happier for it!
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