Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]See what depths of photographic depravity this pandemic has reduced me to... My TV remote control was working intermittently. Another remote could control the most basic TV functions, so it wasn't the TV.? I did all the basic repairs, from batteries and contacts to I opening it up and cleaning the internal pushbutton contacts. Each thing I did seemed to help, and then the same flaky behavior returned. Yesterday the remote stopped working at all, save an occasional twitch of the volume control. As Erwin Puts used to say, details which we cannot see matter.? The Leica M8 "sees" infrared very well.? So... <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/temp/L1010318.jpg.html> The M8 showed that the remote control was consistently putting out infrared signals with each button press.? Since the TV didn't understand any of those signals, the chip inside the remote was failing.? At which point I declared the remote legally dead, and ordered a replacement from the evil online retail empire. Thank you, M8. Leica M8 and 50/2 DR Summicron (lens altered by DAG to fit and function on digital M's). No IR cut filter. Magenta flare.? Enjoy! --Peter