No. When the batteries are low, there’s no use forcing the bar. It also doesn’t solve anything mixing new batteries with used ones. “A spent battery can consume part of the energy of the new one and reduce its useful life”, says physicist Cláudio Furukawa, from the University of São Paulo (USP). Under normal conditions, these mini batteries will power the remote control for over a year. Now, if your device’s problem is not a dead battery, but some bad contact, then, yes, the squeezes can help.
1 – The remote control consists of a board with command buttons, which is perfectly aligned on a board with an electronic circuit. Each key pressed activates a specific area of the circuit.
2 – The electronic circuit is powered by battery power and sends pulses to an infrared ray emitter. Each area of the circuit sends pulses that flash differently, which are then “translated” by the receiver of the TV set, DVD…
3 – If there is oxidation of the electronic circuit components, or if dirt accumulates between the buttons board and the circuit board, a bad contact may occur. In these cases, squeezing the buttons harder can help bring the separated pieces closer together.