Dismantling a Beosound essence remote / trying to fix it.

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Hello,

One of my Beosound essence remotes suffered from a battery leak and stopped working. The only solution I could find in order to clean it thoroughly and try to fix it, was to open it up, and since I could not find any proper documentation on this, I decided to post my findings.

Disclaimer, I don’t know what Im doing, I probably suck at doing this, and there’s got to be a better way of doing it, I have nothing to lose, worst case I will use what is left as spare parts for the other remotes I have. this is post is only for futur referencing.

1/Remove the cover plate / label whatever you want to call it. I used some pretty strong double sided tape and pulled way too hard, the whole assembly came off and broke 4 black plastic tabs that are screwed to the remote. Then I separated the black support from the cover plate with a razor blade, very very very gently.

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2/Corrosion visible from the batteries leaking.

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3/Plastic tabs remaining on the remote. Oh no! what have I done?

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4/Drawing more power than it should (2.9v on a working remote).

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5/Removing screws (Torx 2).

6/Corrosion / oxydation wathever you want to call it.

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7/Removing the back plate, IR LEDs will  bend straight when gently pulling it out, no other choice, clearly was not made to be taken apart.

8/Cleaning with white vinegar and isopropyl alcohol (chatgpted this)

9/Fixing the tabs back with superglue, seems to work

10/Got some life back but still not working.

 

I will bring it to a shop, but I believe I did the most difficult part.

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