THe remote only works when pointed at the centre of the bottom panel from a distance of an inch, the TV is five years old,
Three main reasons.
1> Weak battery
2>weak infrared emission due to less intensity of infrared rays comes out from the infrared LED, at the front end of the remote control.
3> Sensitivity of the infrared sensor inside the TV is less. [Defective]
Contact any service technician to make which one is defective.
Check the remote control for its infrared emission. Check it with fresh batteries. Check it by pressing all the keys. You can detect the presence of infra-red emission from the remote control, using a cell-phone camera. If you wish to get more details about how to check a remote control, please visit this site. One among the posts has details about it. Surf the site with patience. In some cases, the remote control might need to clean.
http://remotesearch.blogspot.com/
Search the site by type in this key phrase "how to test a remote control "in the "search box at the top right of the display window of the Homepage" to get the related post quickly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsSCNCW3IbQ [open and clean]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp-l1uh-5gE [open and clean]
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