just found this and thinking about , makes sense:)

Fixing remotes

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C/P
I find that this is a good way to get dead remotes to start working again.This is a c/p from the site I used to fix my remote.

"Dead" Remotes Can Be Saved
How to Re-Start Your "Dead" Remote Control
This only takes about a minute and will restart 1 in 3 "Dead" Original Remote Controls. Good Luck!

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Step 1- Pull the batteries out of the remote and leave them out until Step 4.

Step 2- Press and release each and every button one at a time on the remote control until every button has been pressed and released at least once!

Step 3- If your remote has slide switches, you must move the switch to each position then repeat the button pushing in Step 2.
(when you're done, be sure to put the slide switch in the correct position to operate the unit the remote came with!)

Step 4- Finally, put the batteries back into the remote, being very careful to install them correctly.
New batteries should be used if you're not sure about the old ones.

Step 5- Try the remote.

Thought this might be a good time/place to add this...has codes and manuals for almost every remote..

http://www.xdiv.com/remotes/#hughes

Thought this might be a good time/place to add this...has codes and manuals for almost every remote..

http://www.xdiv.com/remotes/#hughes
thill1951 do you know of any codes for any remote that might controll the coolsat remote ?? thanks for the link by the way :)

sorry,thats all I have...maybe one the links from the link has some more..

Thanks for your great post, it should come in handy to see if everything is working on the remote and also to see if i can program my other remotes.