GrymReaper
New Member
First and foremost, thanks in advance for any response/help that you can provide.
5 years ago, my wife an I purchased a Christmas tree with a rotating base. The base has a sensor that you plug into the bottom of the base and is controlled by a remote. Last year the remote did not work. I opened up the remote and noticed that one of the bulbs that sends the signal to the sensor was very loose; most likely from the result of being in a basement for 11 out of 12 months of the year. I was able to re-solder the metal to the board in the remote and it worked fine. This year the solder has popped out and ripped the green plating from the board rendering it totally useless. On the bright side, my mother in law purchased the same tree with the same remote. Luckily for me, the remote uses the same codes for my base. Probably all remotes use the same codes.
I have heard of universal training/learning remotes but 1) I have no idea if my remote is IR or LED or something else, 2) I can only find training remotes that appear to be all in ones for home theaters etc, and 3) I am totally uninformed about how you can actually "train" the remote. Do you point the old remote at the new one and turn on a "learn" feature to the remote?
Anyway, if this is something that I can use, can anyone provide a bit more info on these remotes and whether or not I can get a cheap one (<$10) to operate the on/off of Lights, Music, and Rotation.
Thanks in advance,
Chris
P.S. My tree is currently spinning with the lights on because if we unplug it, Santa will come to a tree that does not go on and my 3-year old will be very sad.
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5 years ago, my wife an I purchased a Christmas tree with a rotating base. The base has a sensor that you plug into the bottom of the base and is controlled by a remote. Last year the remote did not work. I opened up the remote and noticed that one of the bulbs that sends the signal to the sensor was very loose; most likely from the result of being in a basement for 11 out of 12 months of the year. I was able to re-solder the metal to the board in the remote and it worked fine. This year the solder has popped out and ripped the green plating from the board rendering it totally useless. On the bright side, my mother in law purchased the same tree with the same remote. Luckily for me, the remote uses the same codes for my base. Probably all remotes use the same codes.
I have heard of universal training/learning remotes but 1) I have no idea if my remote is IR or LED or something else, 2) I can only find training remotes that appear to be all in ones for home theaters etc, and 3) I am totally uninformed about how you can actually "train" the remote. Do you point the old remote at the new one and turn on a "learn" feature to the remote?
Anyway, if this is something that I can use, can anyone provide a bit more info on these remotes and whether or not I can get a cheap one (<$10) to operate the on/off of Lights, Music, and Rotation.
Thanks in advance,
Chris
P.S. My tree is currently spinning with the lights on because if we unplug it, Santa will come to a tree that does not go on and my 3-year old will be very sad.
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