slow remote

[NoSignal]

Ok, I can barely make my fingers type this message, but I found the cause of the problems...
The batteries in the remote control were very nearly dead. So after a few button pushes they would die, then after a while gather up a few electrons for another short sput of life.
And yes, I do feel rediculously stupid.
Thought in a slight whimper of defense, I have not had any other remote controls do this - when the die they stay dead.
Curse of the undead remote...

[Darren King]

Ah yes!

And I can shed some light on why the remote suddenly springs into life for a couple of button pushes: There is a storage capacitor on the PCB inside the remote. This coupled with the "nearly dead" batteries causes the intermittent operation.

Glad to hear it is all fixed and for no more than a few clumps of head hair from all the pulling and a set of new AA batteries.