Wierd TV remote problem

JohnB47

Last night we were watching recorded program. Near the end, we noticed that the little LED on the TV was flickering (green). I put the TV and HDD recorder in standby and the TV led changed to flickering red. I went towards the TV, to remove and replace the power lead (which I did, to no effect). While doing that I noticed that, as i approached the TV, the flickering stopped and as I stepped back it began again.

I did this a number of times, at which point we thought I had begun to get supernatural powers.

So I sat down and for some reason decided to pick up the TV remote (I had been using the HDD recorder remote up til then). As I do so, the red flickering stopped. So I opened the battery compartment and spun the batteries). The problem has now dissapeared. My moving towards the TV simply blocked the path from the TV remote and the TV (the TV remote was sitting pointing at the TV).

How weird is all that?

Le_Kirk

JohnB47 wrote: »

How weird is all that?

Very! You weren't watching X-Files were you?

Norman_Castle

Stuck button on the remote.

stator

What was the point of spinning the batteries?

shaun_from_Africa

stator wrote: »

What was the point of spinning the batteries?

You often get a bit of oxidation forming on electrical contacts such as battery terminals and this oxidation can have quite a high resistance which stops the unit from functioning properly.
Whilst it's best to totally remove the batteries and clean the terminals, simply spinning them can clean a bit of the oxidation off for a while.

JohnB47

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

You often get a bit of oxidation forming on electrical contacts such as battery terminals and this oxidation can have quite a high resistance which stops the unit from functioning properly.
Whilst it's best to totally remove the batteries and clean the terminals, simply spinning them can clean a bit of the oxidation off for a while.

Took the words out of my mouth!