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Autosexual 
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Posted: November 06, 2004 at 8:59 AM / IP Logged  

I have a Viper 791, it was installed a month ago may be two.  It worked fine and then all of the sudden the remote doesn't work any more.  I get the symbol that says the remote and the unit is not communicating.  I was hoping that it was out of sync and just pressing lock several times would fix it, but it did not.  Does any body know what happened and how I can fix it?

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Posted: November 06, 2004 at 10:47 AM / IP Logged  
The small "daughter" board inside the remote has one or more broken solder joints on either the 3 pin connector or the 5 pin connector that joins it to the main board. Very common problem... I have been fixing one or 2 a week for the past little while. Can you fix it yourself?? Well. If you have a 0.5mm tip for your soldering station, and are comfortable with doing SMT soldering, then no problem. Otherwise, send it back to DEI.
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This is good info, I am going to open up the remote and check it out.  Is there anything I should know about open the remote or locating the problem?
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Posted: November 08, 2004 at 9:53 PM / IP Logged  

The problem was just like Gus said.  1 of 3 solder joints on the little sister board.  On this remote it was the 3 pin that was loose.   He told me too:

Take a very close look at the female portion of the connectors, especially where they are soldered to the main PCB. Wiggle them a bit to see if there are broken solder joints..... chances are, there is. The pads where the connectors are soldered are very tiny, and they don't stabilize the connection with any adhesive.

Thanks for the help!


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