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ljf25403
Reel Rookie
2 years ago

Remote IR control is working, the IR receiver is not working

I have TCL 55S423TCAA and neither IR remotes will work the TV, and I know the remotes are working fine. The TV is not acknowledging any IR signals and the IR sensor is not being blocked and nothing h...
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renojim
Community Streaming Expert
2 years ago

I've taken several TVs apart over the years and the IR receiver is generally located on a tiny circuit board with the switches (or the one and only switch on newer TVs) and power light/LED.  You may be able to get a part number off of it and find a replacement on ebay or you can try to just replace the IR photodiode (receiver) that's a small 2-pin device.  You can probably find them on Amazon or for pennies from China.  If you're really ambitious, you could even test the one that's in there now.