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| "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>: Sep 20 08:19PM +0200 On 2022-09-20 06:03, Clifford Heath wrote: > starts to de-polymerise and that's where the liquid comes from - it's > silicone oil. You can clean it off with alcohol, but that just gives you > enough time to look for a new remote control. Well, that started to happen when the remote was not old, and several years later I'm still using that machine. It is my only device that developed that problem. I have (had, I threw them away this summer) TVs older than that. No one sells that ancient remote control AFAIK. -- Cheers, Carlos. |
| micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com>: Sep 20 04:08PM -0400 In sci.electronics.repair, on Tue, 20 Sep 2022 20:19:24 +0200, "Carlos >developed that problem. I have (had, I threw them away this summer) TVs >older than that. >No one sells that ancient remote control AFAIK. On ebay I found someone who sells universale remotes that he has programmed for specific devices. They aren't univesal anymore and they don't come with instructions how to make them universal or any other model. I think I found it just by googling the model number, but on ebay where I didn't expect them. One time I think he wrote me that he was going to stop because he was't making enough money anymore. I said Raise your price. He still would have been cheaper then new old stock. (It occurs to me now that I only know about my particular make and model, and I presume he sold many different models.) I don't know what he decided to do. He had one location in the USA and one in England, I think it was. |
| "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>: Sep 20 10:33PM +0200 On 2022-09-20 22:08, micky wrote: > know about my particular make and model, and I presume he sold many > different models.) I don't know what he decided to do. He had one > location in the USA and one in England, I think it was. This particular machine is a very good design, but will be made obsolete soon, if they mandate digital TV to be all in HD (it was scheduled for this year, I think). My device can't do HD. And the aerial reception in this room is bad. It is a double tuner for terrestrial digital TV. It can use a shared folder in a Linux or Windows computer for storage, or connect to an external, USB2 hard disk. It is capable of making two simultaneous recordings while playing from disk another program. It can be managed via a mini web server, once it is flashed with community software instead of the original one. It is, or was, really good. Except for the remote. I manage it via network, I almost never use the remote control. I only mentioned it as an example of devices that work badly with a remote. -- Cheers, Carlos. |
| "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>: Sep 21 02:07PM +0200 On 2022-09-21 08:21, Charlie+ wrote: > enough. All buttons programmable and remembered even if battery goes > flat. BUT - you do have to have a working unit to learn from even if its > on its last legs! C+ Good to know, thanks. I wonder, if someone could publish libraries of codes to teach remotes the "language" of some other remote in the library. Would save effort and time. -- Cheers, Carlos. |
| "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>: Sep 21 02:11PM +0200 On 2022-09-20 06:03, Clifford Heath wrote: > starts to de-polymerise and that's where the liquid comes from - it's > silicone oil. You can clean it off with alcohol, but that just gives you > enough time to look for a new remote control. I wonder if that is the degradation process that happens to kitchen utensils, that have parts made in some kind of non slippery rubber. After some years, they degrade and leak something like a glue and have to be thrown to the garbage, unless the rubber part can be removed and the thing still works. It is not, apparently, what happened to my remote, as the buttons are still, apparently, intact. -- Cheers, Carlos. |
| Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com>: Sep 21 08:03AM -0700 On 9/20/2022 11:21 PM, Charlie+ wrote: > enough. All buttons programmable and remembered even if battery goes > flat. BUT - you do have to have a working unit to learn from even if its > on its last legs! C+ The now discontinued Logitech Harmony remotes have a very extensive list of supported devices on the support website. They claim they will continue support. I bought a couple used ones off Ebay for $10-15 and love their capabilities. The ones with screens will usually offer access to all the functions of the original remote without having to learn them from the original remote. |
| Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com>: Sep 21 08:08AM -0700 On 9/21/2022 5:11 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote: > the thing still works. > It is not, apparently, what happened to my remote, as the buttons are > still, apparently, intact. I had a snap-op screwdriver that had that happen to the black plastic handle. It would just get sticky gooey crud all over it and leave a puddle under it in the drawer. I stopped by a snap-on truck one day with it, and he gave me a new "better" screwdriver in exchange. |
| Jeroni Paul <JERONI.PAUL@terra.es>: Sep 21 03:00AM -0700 Ralph Mowery wrote: > The LED replacements did not come ito use before I retired. The > elecrtronics were not in use for too many years before I retired so can > not coment on their lifetime. I am disappointed with their reliability. I maintain the lights in my bloc of flats and the lift lights years ago used CFL GU10 type bulbs. They were rated a lifetime of 20000h which are 2.5 years as they are always on and they actually lasted about 3.5 years. Three years ago I installed GU10 led bulbs with a rated lifetime of 50000h, that's 6 years! After two years both bulbs failed with blinking lights. They did not even reach the rated lifetime of CFL. I also see many TV led backlights fail more often than CFL. For now I consider CFL quite more reliable than led. |
| Tim R <timothy42bach@gmail.com>: Sep 21 05:38AM -0700 On Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 6:00:56 AM UTC-4, Jeroni Paul wrote: > > not coment on their lifetime. > I am disappointed with their reliability. I maintain the lights in my bloc of flats and the lift lights years ago used CFL GU10 type bulbs. They were rated a lifetime of 20000h which are 2.5 years as they are always on and they actually lasted about 3.5 years. > Three years ago I installed GU10 led bulbs with a rated lifetime of 50000h, that's 6 years! After two years both bulbs failed with blinking lights. They did not even reach the rated lifetime of CFL. I also see many TV led backlights fail more often than CFL. For now I consider CFL quite more reliable than led. You may be right. I've had good life from CFLs, even stopped writing the date on the base. I haven't had an Led tube fail, but have had a couple of bulbs burn out. Still most are going strong. Might it depend on how the fixtures trap heat? I've yet to see a traffic light where all the leds work. |
| Charlie+ <charlie@xxx.net>: Sep 21 07:21AM +0100 On Tue, 20 Sep 2022 16:08:09 -0400, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote as underneath : >know about my particular make and model, and I presume he sold many >different models.) I don't know what he decided to do. He had one >location in the USA and one in England, I think it was. The Chunghop L336 universal learning remotes work well and are cheap enough. All buttons programmable and remembered even if battery goes flat. BUT - you do have to have a working unit to learn from even if its on its last legs! C+ |
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