Hi,

I have a sony KDL-40S2010 LCD TV, it works just fine. However the
remote RM YD005 is failing again. It works but you have to use extra
force and wiggle the buttons to get it to operate. Poorest operation
is with buttons which are used most often, Mute, Volume, Channel
change, so I assume is is wear or contamination problem.

Last time I bought a replacement on EBay for $18 or thereabouts. I can
always buy another, but can it be fixed, is it worth the work

Al Moodie.

If you can get it open without destroying it (good luck!), a thorough
cleaning might do the trick.

On Sep 18, 9:47*am, Al Moodie wrote:
Hi,

I have a sony KDL-40S2010 LCD TV, it works just fine. However the
remote RM YD005 is failing again. It works but you have to use
extra
force and wiggle the buttons to get it to operate. Poorest
operation
is with buttons which are used most often, Mute, Volume, Channel
change, so I assume is is wear or contamination problem.

Last time I bought a replacement on EBay for $18 or thereabouts. I
can
always buy another, but can it be fixed, is it worth the work

Al Moodie.

I've opened them up to clean out krud that gets in and it can be
GROSS. Don't eat while using remotes and wash your hands. And yes,
they do work properly again provided the carbon on the rubber button
backside is still present. The goo and pressure can ruin them.

G²

On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:47:51 -0400, Al Moodie
wrote:

I have a sony KDL-40S2010 LCD TV, it works just fine. However the
remote RM YD005 is failing again. It works but you have to use extra
force and wiggle the buttons to get it to operate. Poorest operation
is with buttons which are used most often, Mute, Volume, Channel
change, so I assume is is wear or contamination problem.

Last time I bought a replacement on EBay for $18 or thereabouts. I can
always buy another, but can it be fixed, is it worth the work

If it's still mostly functional, tearing it apart and cleaning the
guts will revive it. Open it up, remove all the food crumbs, and wash
off the mold and fungus accumulation. I use 409 cleaner, which seems
to work well. Dry with a clean paper towel.

The conductive rubber elastometric buttons will probably need to be
cleaned slightly. The easiest way is to spray from 409 cleaner onto a
sheet of 20lb paper, plop the rubber buttons down on the paper, push
each button into the paper, and slight SLIGHTLY sideways. You want to
just scub off the surface crud, not sandpaper the conductive coating
into non-functionality.

On the PCB side, you'll see the matching gold contacts for each
button. This also needs to be cleaned. Lint free cloth (not paper
towel), some more 409 spray cleaner, rub-a-dub, and let dry.

Put it back together and it should work.

Some really marginal videos on how to fix your remote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBBJlGFUWv0 -- good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwzsNeoMSgk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuyRyTdvDYw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvJWqf_b6Eo
.... about 6 more.
Ignore the one suggesting you use tin foil and scotch tape to repair
the rubber elastometric buttons.

--
Jeff Liebermann
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

Nelson wrote:

You can also buy a universal remote and program it.


This may not apply to the new Sony sets, but ours (old ones) used a channel
number button to turn on. The power button only turned off the set.

This was fine until the remotes on our DBS system died. When we replaced them
the new ones channel buttons do not affect the TV. The volume buttons do, but
not the channel ones, I assume they assume you set the TV once and never
change the channel.

BTW, there are various brands of graphite solution in alcohol that can be used
to repair the conductive surface. Unfortunately they are not legal to mail
outside the country and I can't get any. I use DeOxit to clean them as
best I can, but can't really replace the graphite.

Geoff.

--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM
Making your enemy reliant on software you support is the best revenge.

Al Moodie wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have a sony KDL-40S2010 LCD TV, it works just fine. However the
remote RM YD005 is failing again. It works but you have to use extra
force and wiggle the buttons to get it to operate. Poorest operation
is with buttons which are used most often, Mute, Volume, Channel
change, so I assume is is wear or contamination problem.

Last time I bought a replacement on EBay for $18 or thereabouts. I can
always buy another, but can it be fixed, is it worth the work

Al Moodie.


Something that has improved over the years. 20 years ago it was more common
to have failed contacts rather than due to grime, now its rarely failed
contacts.

Hi,

Thanks for all the info. I will try openning it up and cleaning it.

Al Moodie.