Yamaha HTR-5760 remote control dead?

[jmcfarten]

After replacing the dead batteries, the remote no longer works with the receiver. When I press any buttons, the transmit LED blinks twice and that's it. No functions work and the transmit LED does not blink. Thinking maybe the battery contacts were dirty (which they are not; like new condition), I took the batteries out and tried again. Same result. Bad batteries? Tried different ones. Same result.

Now I am thinking that maybe I have to reprogram the remote to work the receiver. Going through the manual, it states "press a device button then using a pen or long object, hold down the CODE button until the transmit LED blinks twice." The transmit button does not blink twice. The only time it blinks twice is when I take the batteries out/in and press a button. It doesn't seem that I can reprogram the remote.

Is my remote dead? Is there any other functions I need to perform on the receiver so that it see's the remote? Note that the receiver is all but 2 feet away from the remote so there is no line of site issues.

 

[bikdav]

I've never witnessed a remote die "instantly" like that. I know that this sounds goofy, but try reversing the batteries and see if that works. Also, try standing further away from the receiver when operating the remote and see if it works. That happened to me _ I was too close to the receiver.

 

[jmcfarten]

Tried that (in all sort of combinations). No joy. Still same result:

Put the batteries in, transmit LED blinks once, I hit any button and the transmit LED blinks twice and that's it. No more blinking LED and no communication to the receiver.

Thinking it may be where I am doing this (i.e. distance), I tried my DirecTV remote which is programed to work with the receiver and it works. This tells me that the receivers IR sensor is working and my distance from the receiver is adequate.

I am stumped.

 

[bikdav]

Uh Oh!

Oh boy. That tells me that the remote itself may have in fact "bit the dust" without warning. There is a web-site called remotes.com [if I said it correctly] that sells all kinds of recently discontinued remotes. I think that they also have a cross reference for which remotes will work with what if the original cannot be had.

 

[highfigh]

Did you try another set of batteries?

 

[bikdav]

Did you try another set of batteries?

According to the initial post, he already tried that. I had to go back and read it to see if that was indeed tried.