My amp remote

[Big Aura]

... is slowly dying...

I have a Denon 1909 and some of the buttons in the back-panel have stopped working - the ones that control the set-up menu, which means that any tweaking has to be done sitting on the floor using the amp's front panel. Now the "off" (standby) button (top left, front side) has died. It's lingering and painful!

Despite being a reasonably careful chap, remotes do (from time to time) slip from the sofa. It happens to my DVD remote, my Humax remote and yes, to my Denon 1909 remote. The other two are made of a slightly 'springy' plastic, but the denon is a brittle feeling clatterer... Is this the reason? Or, [*crosses fingers, hopefully*], is there a 'known fault' with these?

More importantly, is there anything that can be done??!

 

[Anonymous]

Try getting a new one from Denon thru your dealer. My Yamaha remote took a spill of the sofa and got damaged, i managed to get a new one for a lot less than i expected. I also programmed the Yamaha remote so that it controlled all other devices, hence less chance of other remotes getting damaged and the Yamaha remote now gets placed on a table and not on the sofa.

 

[Big Aura]

ta.

Had a look on the interwebby, and replacement remotes can be bought in the US for $27, but the UK sites price them at £70!! In any case, it works for volumn controls, which is the bigger concern, so prefer to splash out on a HarmonyOne or similar. If it was repairable on the cheap, that might be worth a look.

 

[Anonymous]

The Yamaha remote was 1/10 of the Harmony 1000, so it was cheaper for me to replace with original.

 

[Big Aura]

to be honest - rather than spend £60 replacing the remote, I'd sooner buy a new amp for £600!

Has any one had any luck getting a remote repaired cheaply?

 

[plastic penguin]

My little'un spilled orange juice over mine some months back, tried to dry it but everytime I need to play the 7th track the button gets stuck in and the CDP goes bananas.....