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Originally Posted by T.F.S.B.I.G.W.S.
The engineer was a bit concerned as I had used rechargeable batteries in the old remote - he said that, as the power in the batteries became depleted, the signal sent by the remote would alter. This really does sound like a silly query but surely this would only, possibly, have an effect when the remote was used
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Rechargeables have a lower voltage than alkaline batteries, so there is more risk of the remote not operating correctly. Sometimes they can send the wrong codes if the batteries are low.
But any battery is going to go flat sooner or later. Just remember to recharge or change the batteries if you get problems.
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Originally Posted by T.F.S.B.I.G.W.S.
The engineer was even concerned as we have some low energy light bulbs as even they can effect the V++ box - has anyone experienced problems with that (this wasn't relevant to our issue as the V++ box has malfunctioned when the light was not switched on
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Low energy bulbs can cause problems, but most of the time they don't. Unless the box doesn't work correctly with the bulb on, don't worry about it.
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Originally Posted by MarkC1984
Absolute bollocks from the engineer re: the lighting.
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It's not. Low energy bulbs can generate IR noise that drowns out the signals from the remote. Also the box can pick up the noise and interpret it as genuine key presses from the remote, causing random channel changes and the like.
It's not that common, but does happen.