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DaveC426913
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My stereo remote has begun exhibiting strange behaviour. If I use the Power button to turn it on (or off), it will continue to do so for as much as 30 seconds.
i.e.:
- I point the remote at the stereo and press Power, stereo turns on (the on/off cycle on my stereo takes a good 4-5 seconds)
- stereo turns off again
- stereo turns on again
- stereo turns off again
(I have not yet touched the Power button a second time)
- I bury the remote in the couch, stereo remains off
- I pull the remote out and repoint it at the stereo (I still have not yet touched the Power button a second time)
- stereo turns on again
- stereo turns off again
- etc.
This would makes sense if the IR signal that powers the stereo on/off were analogue and continuous. (If the signal came on and stayed on, it makes sense that the stereo would keep cycling).
But I thought that the signals were digital (a coded sequence of flashes). In order for the stereo to do doing what it's doing, that means the remote is busted in a way that is causing it to send the sequence over and over again.
(Hm... unless there's nothing wrong with the electronics - if the button on the remote were stuck on, that would explain it...)
i.e.:
- I point the remote at the stereo and press Power, stereo turns on (the on/off cycle on my stereo takes a good 4-5 seconds)
- stereo turns off again
- stereo turns on again
- stereo turns off again
(I have not yet touched the Power button a second time)
- I bury the remote in the couch, stereo remains off
- I pull the remote out and repoint it at the stereo (I still have not yet touched the Power button a second time)
- stereo turns on again
- stereo turns off again
- etc.
This would makes sense if the IR signal that powers the stereo on/off were analogue and continuous. (If the signal came on and stayed on, it makes sense that the stereo would keep cycling).
But I thought that the signals were digital (a coded sequence of flashes). In order for the stereo to do doing what it's doing, that means the remote is busted in a way that is causing it to send the sequence over and over again.
(Hm... unless there's nothing wrong with the electronics - if the button on the remote were stuck on, that would explain it...)