No buttons on tv control work,not batteries,picture fine. help

Question

im on the video channel at the moment,cant change channels

Answer 1

How handy are you ? You need to open the handset, probably by undoing a couple of screws then fiddling about for ages pressing prising and cursing at the sides of the remote until you finally get it open. Once inside, take a little spirit based substance. If you don't have any thing suitable, you could try nail polish remover, or even a reasonable quality perfume or after shave. Separate the rubber pad from the small panel. Now on the pad, wet a tissue with your chosen perfume and gently clean the little black pads that you will see there. Now do the same on the panel where those little black pads make contact with.

Putting it back together is much more simple, and it should work now. You should aslo while you have it open, check the contacts on the little red lamp or led at the top of the remote. If these are not secured to the board correctly, you will need to re-solder them !

Answer 2

Could be a bad remote or it could be the remote reciever in the tv is nit working. You can at least see if the remote is putting out a signal by pointing it at a camcorder with it in the record mode and look at the viewfinder while pushig a button on the remote. You should see the LED flashing in the camera. Try it with several different buttons

Answer 3

1) Are the batteries in the right way round? (been there, done that)

2) On my remote, there is a slide switch on the side of the unit (not sure what it does) but in one position, it seems to disable all the buttons.