Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Every TV repair company should have one! Peter On 22/05/2020 05:08, Peter Klein via LUG wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Dr. Peter Dzwig