With the modernized trend of the universe, everything becomes more and more comfortable. You will certainly not be too unfamiliar with the remote control, right ? It is one of the most effective tools used in your house which can control your televisions, your doors or security systems and there is no exception for LED lights. They are used widely today and this is the question that we get all the time from readers :” Why is my LED remote not working ? & How to find out what is going on and fix it ? ”.
If you are searching for the answer, this article is for you when we are going to discuss the reasons causing this issue and how to put a stop to it.
Why Is My LED Remote Not Working & How To Fix This Issue ?
Like we said before, LEDs remote’s popularity is undisputed, they are used widely today because of their convenience when using, or their light weight. They seem to be easy to use when all you need to do is one push at the button. But suddenly, they have an issue of control which makes you feel uncomfortable and here are some common reasons below for this common situation.
Battery Problem
Nothing lasts forever and so is the battery. In other words, your battery will work unsmoothly and become depleted through the rule of time. There are many kinds of batteries and every single one of them has a specific lifespan.
For instance, the coin cell batteries or we call them are CR2025 batteries, which can possibly last within the range of 4 to 6 months, while AAA batteries are considered to have the lifespan of 2 to 3 months. After that period of time mentioned, the batteries will gradually become less effective in powering the remote control like they used to.
Cleaning and maintenance batteries improperly is potentially another cause of this issue. When we use the LED remote control with a high frequency, the batteries will be accumulated by dirt and dust. This can interrupt the working process or it can obstruct the flow of electricity.
This accumulation can form a big obstacle of connection between the batteries and the lights remote which prevents them from interacting. Not only that, the batteries can be inserted incorrectly by accident that will definitely have a great influence on the remote control. The batteries can not transmit the distinct and clear signal to the LED control which works less effectively. This is another reason why your LED light remote controllers are not working.
How to fix it
You should install the batteries into the remote control correctly and take polarity shown (+/-) into consideration.
If you use a LED light remote control with batteries which have been used for a long time and seems not to be as effective as it used to, you can easily resolve this issue by replacing the newer and fresher batteries to warrant the remote’s operating productivity.
Previously, we mentioned CR2025 batteries, which are mainly recommended to use for controlling purposes and they are very easy to find and purchase at different battery stores.
Steps To Replace The Battery
- Turn your power source off
- Unplug the brightness adjustment cord from the power supply, also the LED strip
- Take the battery out of the remote control and replace the new one.
- Plug the power supply, also the LED strip back into the receiver. ( Do the opposite of the second step. )
- Connect the power source once again to power on. ( Do the opposite of the first step. )
- Hold the buttons called : “ SPEED + ” and “ SPEED – ” down. It only takes you 3 seconds to do this step.
When you have done all these steps, the light on the remote control will be flickered which notifies you that you have done the process perfectly without any mistakes.
During replacing batteries, clean your led remote simultaneously could greatly improve your led remote’s work.
Use a dry cotton swab and dip it in isopropyl alcohol to clean the areas which batteries contact in the controllers and on the batteries too in order to get rid of the dirt, sand or dust accumulated on them. This will help your batteries and your LED remote controllers to connect each other smoothly without any concern about getting dirty.
Steps For Cleaning Work
Step 1. Keypad Removal
This can make many people worry about what would happen if the keypad was removed. However, this process can’t affect the operation of the remote control, it is only for cleaning purposes.
A LED light remote controller is simply a keypad made from flexible plastic and a circuit board combined. Therefore, we should take the advantage of the controller’s corner to do the removal thing. Speaking of the corner, the bottom corner is gonna be suitable for this situation which can be easily peeled off. Do this step as gently as you can. Moreover, you can install all the components once you finish cleaning without questioning: “Can it return to work effectively?”
Step 2. Get rid of dust particles and other kinds of dirt
Only with a little amount of dust, hair, sand or dirt accumulated inside the remote controller, it can function less sufficiently. So make sure that the dirt problem is nowhere to be seen inside the controllers to ensure their best operating condition by using dry paper towels to clean them out. Not only the front side of the key pad, but also the other side which we should pay attention to. Sometimes, the accumulation of dirt particles can be possibly seen.
Therefore, make sure your device is clean from behind to the front. One more thing you ought to keep in mind is that a LED light remote controller is made from flexible plastic and a circuit board combined like we said earlier and that circuit board is the one which is at odds with water. Therefore, when we clean the controllers, you should avoid using wet objects to do your cleaning work to ensure the circuit board doesn’t have any issues.
Step 3. Put the keypad back on the circuit board
Adjust and align the buttons on the keypad with their right sensors on the circuit board. Like you did when you were removing the keypad, you should put the components together gently when the set up tasks are conducted correctly. You only need the sticky background on the remote controllers to put everything back without using any other tools.
Programming Incidents
This is one of the most common issues happening to your LED light remote controllers. It could possibly be because of the improper synchronization or maybe due to the defects in installations. It is considered that even though your batteries are fully charged, your remote controllers seem not to work or respond erratically when it comes to the work of pressing the buttons.
In other words, these defective settings can lead to the fact that your controllers are not able to create connections to your LED light fixtures. It is indicated that this problem can potentially happen in 24 or 44 LED strips. The best way to solve this problem would simply restart the whole remote to manufacture settings.
How to fix it
You can follow these steps mentioned below to troubleshoot the programming problem thoroughly.
- Turn the power source off, preventing it from connecting to the LED light controller. This first step is to determine the connection problems or not and it usually takes you a few seconds to wait whether there are any issues or not.
- Press the red button on the controller to see the brightness which emits from your LED light fixture. Unless the light color is different from red, your controller may not have any problems to deal with and vice versa.
- Turn your LED light fixture off by pressing the “ OFF ” button.
- Find the location of the “ FADE7 ” key and press it to start the programming restart progress.
- Tap the “ON” button again on the remote so as to get the energy back to turn the lights on and get ready for the reprogramming process.
To find out whether the process is conducted successfully or not, all you need is tapping the red button on your remote control again and figure out if your LED light fixture emits the exact color of brightness.
Disturbed Signals
Your LED light remote controller is not working also because the signal was interfered. This situation is usually found out when the factors interrupt the interaction of your remote controller and your LED light fixture objectively. These disturbed sources can possibly make your remote controller malfunction gradually.
For example, your LED light remote controller is about the interaction between two kinds of signal: IR and RF. There is no warranty for any devices which can potentially disturb the connection between your controller and your LED light fixture. The transmission of signals is not conducted smoothly. Therefore, your devices used to control the LED light may operate defectively. Not only that, the objects like walls, household appliances, etc are also the reasons explained for the interrupting problem when they physically create the barrier in order to make the signals weaker or even disconnect them with LED light fixtures.
How to fix it
You can check out these troubleshooting ways below.
Create your LED lights’ distance which can not interact with the physical objects mentioned above to make your pressing work easier.
All electrical devices using IR signals should be turned off actively.
Turn on the Wi-Fi system for a specific time, so does Bluetooth.
The Distance
This factor also causes the problem of your LED light remote control. As you can see in the title of this paragraph, we mentioned distance, which can possibly be comprehended by everyone. It is the maximum distance which your remote control can activate and contact with your LED light device sufficiently. It is indicated that the distance from your controller to your LED light is ranged from 5 to 10 meters.
Therefore, you should use your controlling device within this range. If the “ button ” is pressed further than this range, or you use your remote at other places which are far from your LED light fixture, your controller will not be conducted as you want.
How to fix it
It is quite easy to put a stop to this problem. You just need to take distance into consideration, which is within the range mentioned above (from 5 to 10 meters). Furthermore, make sure that you let the remote and your LED light connect to each other directly and consecutively without any fences interrupting their connecting progress.
The Controller Chip
The next reason which we want to talk about is the remote chip. This is the most essential component in the remote controller. The signals transmitted to turn the LED lights on or off are 100% taken over by the remote chip. If this crucial factor is defective or broken, your remote controller will be useless although the batteries are installed when they are fully charged.
This situation can happen when you drop the remote, get it wet by water accidently or its lifespan following the rule of time. For that being said, cleaning the remote or even the batteries which have been used for the first time will not help. Unless this problem doesn’t occur, you will need the assistance from the maintenance men or somebody who knows how to solve this difficulty.
How to fix it
Call the shops or the manufacturers where you bought your devices to make a changing work unless you don’t have warranty for your devices.
If not, it is okay when you just need to go to the shops nearby to buy the new remote controllers and remember to take the compatibility problem into consideration.
The Controller Lifespan
This problem is quite common around us. To save our budget, we decided to use only one LED light remote control for an extremely long time without changing the new one. This will make your device degrade or decrease their role of operating and its age calculated by the number of 0.
How to fix it
To solve this common issue, it is easy like we discussed the previous problem. You should pay more money to buy a brand new LED light remote control and don’t worry too much about the price, they are not too expensive.
The Finale
In conclusion, there are so many different reasons causing the problem of controlling. In this article, we have talked about the variety of troubleshooting ways to address this issue. Throughout this article, we hope you will have your own solutions to solve this issue effectively and have more comprehension about LED lights and the LED fixture remote controller. In other words, you may have the ansưer for the question :“Why is my LED light remote not working?”
We appreciate your time reading our article. Thank you !!!
And, in case you are meeting some regular issues and difficulties with your LED Fixtures, we have got some cases that might help you: