Battery Cover

[SpringerTigger]

Ok, here is the stupidest question of the night. Need to replace the batteries in my remote, but I can't get the cover off. Have tried a butter knife and whacking it [gently] on the edge of a table. Help? (The cover on the other remote slides of quite easily.)

Thanks!

 

[thomasjk]

I have the same issue on my Hopper remotes. I use a jewelers screwdriver and insert it in the crack ( just above the thumb hole) and press down on the latch.

 

[ChadT41]

If never removed, it is pretty stiff for travel. Once off a couple times, it is just the way it is suppose to be. I usually use something like a mechanical pencil, but really anything small enough to fit in the crack and give you leverage should be fine.

 

[primestar31]

Give it to your wife, and tell her you hid some money in the battery compartment, and now it's stuck. She'll get it open in no time at all.... lol.

 

[ChadT41]

While she is working on it, make a permanent bed on the couch.

 

[Claude Greiner]

I have run into that many times. Small screw driver usually does the trick

 

[SpringerTigger]

Thanks to Thomas and Claude! The baby screwdriver did the trick! No more walking a whole 8 feet to turn the channel - I thought I might have to give up my gym membership with a workout like that. Whew!