RonM Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 First, let me give a MASSIVE thumbs down for the battery compartment design. Any battery removal that requires a flat blade screwdriver or similar tool is poorly designed. The batteries won’t shake out and you can’t get your fingers to the position to pop them out (maybe if you have long nails?). Terrible design. Why is this important to me? My remote keeps locking up. Like daily. I have been removing and reinserting the batteries to wake it up and then it works great again, but battery removal is major surgery. I’m going to try replacing the batteries with a fresh pair to see if this solves the lockups, but for the next design iteration, make battery removal easier. Please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 5 hours ago, RonM said: First, let me give a MASSIVE thumbs down for the battery compartment design. Any battery removal that requires a flat blade screwdriver or similar tool is poorly designed. The batteries won’t shake out and you can’t get your fingers to the position to pop them out (maybe if you have long nails?). Terrible design. Why is this important to me? My remote keeps locking up. Like daily. I have been removing and reinserting the batteries to wake it up and then it works great again, but battery removal is major surgery. I’m going to try replacing the batteries with a fresh pair to see if this solves the lockups, but for the next design iteration, make battery removal easier. Please. What do you mean by lock up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonM Posted February 13 Author Report Share Posted February 13 Ok, new batteries did NOT fix it. What do I mean? Twice today it just goes dead. No response to any keypress. Nothing. Out to lunch. To wake it, it requires pulling a battery and reinserting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 3 hours ago, RonM said: Ok, new batteries did NOT fix it. What do I mean? Twice today it just goes dead. No response to any keypress. Nothing. Out to lunch. To wake it, it requires pulling a battery and reinserting it. I have posted a new beta firmware here: Please try that and let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniMeiGrrl Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 A note to follow up on the first user - having just a small indentation or raised knurl of plastic at the top of the battery door would make it easier to open. I had to hold it and press so hard I thought I was going to damage it just to get the batteries installed the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 The battery compartment should slide open quite easily if you press your thumb in the flat space below the Flirc logo and push down and out. IMG_5831.MOV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattpannella Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 I got the batteries out the same way I've gotten batteries out of every device I've ever owned in my life slide off the cover and hit it into my hand to knock the batteries out. worked fine for me /shrug 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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