DVD Remote Control

[country_boy]

I've bollixed mine by spilling beer over it and not realising til the next evening.  I'm still waiting for a replacement that may never come.  Has anyone tried those universal remotes?  If so, are they any good?

[tomd]

I bought a cheap one after having a similar mishap, and it was rubbish - it stopped working after about a month, but then it was a very cheap one. What brand and model is you DVD player? Cpc stock quite a few replacement remotes for major brand players, but they're mostly not on the web catalogue and you have to look through the paper one.

Alternatively there's a guy in Leeds market with a dustbin full or remote controls at ~50p a shot. 

[jimmyjojojr]

yeah i had a simlilar experiance, bought one most of the buttons wern't doing the correct thing and it stopped working after about a month too

[country_boy]

Thanks, I don't think I'll try one then!  My machine is a Yakumo XL2, it's that cheap that if all else fails I'll buy another one!  I did phone the supplier but I'm not holding my breath!

[mindbullets]

try taking it apart and cleaning the rubber key pad and the circuit board with warm soapy water then leave it in the airing cupboard overnight .i think theres a good chance it will still work.

[tomd]

Unfortunately they do not stock replacement controls for yours, probably with it not being a mainstream brand. If you had two the control would do both of them, so you could put one in another room.. I think (going by the fact friends have them) the higher end of multi-control thingys work but the cheap ones are to be avoided. You could just take it back and say the control stopped working on it's own, that's what I did with my FreeView box.

[Oneeyedvic]

I have a "one for all" remote that cost around �30 2 yeaers ago (6 in 1). I have run my Sony DVD and changed last year to a Onkyo DVD player - the Sony was easy to set up and worked fine. When I changed to the Onkyo, I rang up the One For All freephone number and they gave me a number to install and programmed my remote over the telephone.

 

Would say that they are more expensive but work brilliantly!