Difficulty

Easy

Steps

5

Time Required

                          15 minutes

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              How to clean Non-functoning buttons on remote
  • For later testing: X marks butttons which still work, O marks buttons that don’t.

For later testing: X marks butttons which still work, O marks buttons that don’t.

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Step 2

  • Open battery housing and remove the batteries
  • Remove the screw located in the center of the battery housing

Open battery housing and remove the batteries

Remove the screw located in the center of the battery housing

Step 3

  • Top and bottom shell of the remote are held together by 4 latches per side. The most fore and aft ones are located about 1cm from each end
  • Pry them open with a small flat head. If you’re carefull that will leave only tiny scratches, but it does take some force

Top and bottom shell of the remote are held together by 4 latches per side. The most fore and aft ones are located about 1cm from each end

Pry them open with a small flat head. If you’re carefull that will leave only tiny scratches, but it does take some force

Step 4

  • Once open, remove the insides and clean them from all the drinks and what not that has been poored over the remote
  • If necessary, add contact spray or alike to the buttom of the rubber buttons

Once open, remove the insides and clean them from all the drinks and what not that has been poored over the remote

If necessary, add contact spray or alike to the buttom of the rubber buttons

Step 5

  • After cleaning and before full re-assembly, you might want to try if things improved.
  • Put the cicruit board back in, add batteries and put the rubber mats onto the circuit board
  • If the repair worked, you should the red top LED flashing
  • Put it all back together again. (Don’t forget the screw in the battery housing.)
  • You might need some new batteries as well

After cleaning and before full re-assembly, you might want to try if things improved.

Put the cicruit board back in, add batteries and put the rubber mats onto the circuit board

If the repair worked, you should the red top LED flashing

Put it all back together again. (Don’t forget the screw in the battery housing.)

You might need some new batteries as well

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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bob - Jul 2, 2012

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Having trouble with the latches. Can you explain the technique you used to pry them open?

Thanks!

andre - Jul 3, 2012

Hi Bob. Force, brute force. Sorry, I don’t have a better advice for you. ;-)

surfer - Dec 13, 2013

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thanks, I fixed mine using your guide.

Leon Parsons - Mar 14, 2014

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You are a life saver, just fixed my onkyo RC-737m control with this guide… Broken a plastic clip but can’t tell when it’s back together. Cheers again! Leon

Thierry Paulet - Apr 4, 2014

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Géniaaaaaaaaaaal!

Deux télécommandes dont les boutons du volume ne répondaient plus! Et hop c’est revenu ;-)

Merciiiiiiii