jarump3 wrote: > peterw;313200 Wrote: > >> How destroyed is it? A number of individuals have reported their remotes >> stopped working, or stopped working reliably, after the IR emitter >> diode's connection to the circuit board came loose (as it might if the >> remote were dropped and landed on its end). Opening the remote and >> re-soldering the IR diode fixed the problem. >> > > Actually it has been on and off for a while (the kids drops it on the > floor), but the last time they lost it I haven't been able to get it to > work. I have opened it, but I'm not that technical, and therefore it's > hard to see what may be wrong. > > Just wondering; what does re-soldering mean? (not that good in english) >
Solder is the melted metal (tin?) that connects components to the circuit board. Re-soldering is melting the solder again and fixing the broken connection. I hope that explains it. Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
