You should check for a stuck button. Just get someone with sight to look at the business end through a digital camera or video camera. The electronic screen not the optical viewer. The infrared from the remote is picked up by the camera and appears as a visible object in the viewer. Test it by pressing a button. If there is a stuck key the light will be on all the time or perhaps intermittently. NiCad cells put out 1/4 volt less than primary cells. If there are 4 cells the result will be a volt low. The remote might not work correctly or may not have as much range is with regular batteries.
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