Michael1
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- Oct 11, 2011
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- Michael Portantiere
Hi, all. This may be a tough one to answer, but I've received very helpful info regarding previous, weird tech problems through the HTF, so here goes: I have a fairly old Sony Blu-Ray player and a far older SONY AV System/amplifier, and in both cases, the functionality of the remote controls is very inconsistent. It seems some of the buttons to select the input, to adjust the sound level, etc. work fine and get an immediate response when I push them, but others I need to push several times before they work. Of course, my first assumption was that the batteries needed to be replaced, but in every case when I've tried this, it has not helped at all -- and again, some buttons always seem to work fine, others always need to be pressed several times. It occurred to me that it might have something to do with the atmospheric conditions in my apartment, but if that were the case, why would some buttons always work much better than others? Should I guess that there is some kind of dirt or dust inside the remotes that's impeding the functionality of certain buttons? If that's true, is there anything I can do about that? Do I need to order new remotes, in which case I guess I'd have to get a universal remote and teach it to run these things. Again, any advice would be greatly appreciated