Logitech remote needs reprogramming after battery pull?

[IHateMyJob2004]

IS this normal?

I have a Logitech Harmony remote. A $70 model.

The batteries are nearly dead according to the screen so I replaced them with some rechareables. This took all of 5 seconds. With new batteries in, the remote is behavign as though it is new. It forgot all my settings.

And to make matters worse, I think the remote might be dead. I have to look at it when I get home.

Thoughts?

 

[Railgun]

Being a harmony, have you fired up the pc you configured it with and pushed your config?

And no, that's not normal.

 

[purbeast0]

definitely not normal. i've had mine for like 6 years and that has never happened to me.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

I'll have to look into this problem more tonight.

I don't know why it would be the case, but is it OK to use rechargeable batteries?

All this technoglocal evolution and I can not even get a remote to work properly. /hate technology

 

[NutBucket]

Not sure how old your Harmony is, but mine came with eneloops and a USB charger. Works just fine.

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2

 

[Railgun]

I don't know why it would be the case, but is it OK to use rechargeable batteries?

AFAIK, they all come with rechargable.

 

[kalrith]

definitely not normal. i've had mine for like 6 years and that has never happened to me.

Same here. I have an older Harmony 6xx model.

AFAIK, they all come with rechargable.

Many, but not all, do. The 650 is an example that comes with 2 AA batteries: http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Harmo.../dp/B004OVECU0

I've used rechargeable batteries in mine with no problems. Just make sure you use pre-charge/ready-to-use batteries, or you'll be charging them very often. I think mine last about 6 months on one charge.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

RESOLVED

Old batteries dead.

Rechargeable batteries with full charge not good enough.

2 new Duracels and problem resolved.

I didn't loose any settings on the remote.

 

[kalrith]

Good! I'm wondering if your rechargeable batteries are just poor or old. I bet if you stuck some eneloops in there, it would work just fine.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

The erchargeables are old. Never had an issue with a device when fully charged before. They don't last as long as new rechargeables anymore though.

 

[kalrith]

That makes sense. Rechargeables degrade over time. Often you can get more life out of them by doing a discharge cycle on a batter charger like the BC-700: http://www.amazon.com/La-Crosse-Tech.../dp/B000RSOV50

I ordered that charger and a bunch of pre-charged batteries a few years ago. I try to round up all my batteries once a year to run them through a discharge cycle. I threw away all my non-pre-charged batteries, because it was so frustrating when I'd fully charge them and then go to use them 4 days later, and they wouldn't be enough to power the device.

Anyways, I'm glad the fix was $2 in batteries rather than another $70 remote