Comments on: Fix Broken Buttons on Harmony Remote

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:19:02 +0000

Thanks for posting this blog entry. A little caikote44 on my skip forward, play and pause buttons and they work like new.

By: George

George — Sun, 23 May 2010 13:38:02 +0000

I was able to fix my 520. Several buttons required me to hold them for 1+ seconds before the connection was made and the signal was sent. I didn’t clean away any of the existing conductive liquid with alcohol or anything. I just flexed the rubberized keypad enough to “scrape” up any extra conductive gel (there was some gel on surfaces that didnt require it) onto the backs off the buttons that had stopped working. I didn’t have to buy any conductive liquid at all!

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:44:50 +0000

This technique seemed to work on all the buttons except my skip forward button. Which is the button I use most of the time. All the other buttons are now fixed and are very responsive. I don’t have the push the buttons as hard anymore. Any ideas why it didn’t work on the skip forward button?

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:01:39 +0000

Just did it on my Harmony 676, and it worked perfectly!

Thanks for the post, it certainly saved me some money.

By: MBOYLE

MBOYLE — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:57:01 +0000

Did this to the xbox harmony remote, worked like a charm. getting the remote apart was the hardest part, almost broke the face bezel several times, take your time and go slow, it will come apart. Works like the day I bought it!

By: PK

PK — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:40:43 +0000

This works very well. I was about to toss my 676, but this method brought it back to full functionality. Works like it did right out of the box. I’m content knowing that I’ll know exactly what to do if this problem crops up again. Cheers to Patrick. This guy saved me another c-note.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:02:08 +0000

RJ, sorry I don’t have pictures of the disassembly. That would have been a good idea, next time I’ll take pictures.

I used a Phillips screwdriver from a jeweler’s screwdriver set. The screwdriver says 0×20mm on it.

By: RJ

RJ — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:19:39 +0000

Hi Patrick
I have a 676 and the LCD display died on me. Want to open it up to see if I
can do a simple fix. Is it possible to share pictures of your dis-assembly.

BTW, what type of screwdriver did you use?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:58:02 +0000

Sorry, I’m not sure how to fix a problem with the remote when it is freezing. You might just have to buy a new one.

By: help

help — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:16:00 +0000

I’m having problems with the remote freezing and not working. Do you by any chance know how to fix that?