Hello and welcome to Beoworld 🙂

No way I would exchange a Beo4 with the named plastic remote from ebay !

I think I will have a similar problem with our son in the future. I would buy a pre-owned Beo4 and put it away of your son's reach. This is what I will do.

I bought all my Beo4s pre-owned and they now last for 7 years. A thing you won't expect from that cheap plastic remote.

Regards

Martin

This is what he did to our other TV (6month old TV!)   So I'm in damage-limitation....hesitant to spend too much!! 

A (real) Beolink 1000 would serve you well, I think. It is also quite water resistant.

"This is what he did to our other TV (6month old TV!)"  

Keep all the kit and change the child!

Seriously, when my children were young I had top flight hi-fi stuff, B& O TV and they never went near it all because they were taught to keep away from it all - and they did!. It's all about setting boundaries of behaviour.

Having said all that, my daughter has clearly not continued this practice as my 2 year old grandson (remember 2 years old) was given a tablet (electronic type!) at Christmas which he smashed within hours. He has his own Apple iphone on which he plays games. Of course he also has a flat screen TV and DVD player in his bedroom. 

I'm clearly an old fossil with my attitudes.

Finally, the Beo4 is a very sturdy unit and I would take it apart and clean and dry it all from the inside out.  

I tried this, took out the 4 screws, popped off the back but unless I seperated the soldering I couldn't disemble anymore? 

Under these circumstances I understand why you won't spend much money on a new or pre-owned remote like a Beo4.

But what will you do ? You can put a remote out of your son's reach, but not the TV or other heavy things.

Good point 🙂

It's a bit late, but what about one of these?