Re: remote control buttons

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From: Jim Stewart
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 1990 19:21

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In article <TOLBOEL.90Jul10101202@dirac.iesd.auc.dk> tolboel@iesd.auc.dk (Morten Tolboel) writes:
>
>Many IR remote controls have rubber buttons which have some kind
>of conducting material on the backside of them...

>	...I could get replacement
>buttons for my remotecontrol (~ $30) but I would like to know if
>somebody has any experience how to replace the old conducting
>layer on the backside of the buttons. 

I think I have the same on the keypad to my handheld radio.
I had some luck just taking it appart (carefully, lots of springs, etc.)
and just cleaning the contacts.  It eventually returned to worse
than the original state, but that was 1.5 years later.  I just
repeated the exercise.

good luck

-- 
Jim Stewart, VE3SRJ
UUCP:  jim%ghp@mnetor.uucp
BELL:  (416)862-0430

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From: jim@ghp.UUCP (Jim Stewart)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: remote control buttons
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Date: 10 Jul 90 19:21:01 GMT
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