I have to add my thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread. While visiting my brother, he mentioned to me that he was going to buy a new receiver because his Kenwood VR-509 was no longer reading the IR signal. He has a Logitech 720 running his system and would have to get up to control the receiver.

I decided to Google "Kenwood receiver IR problems" and it led me right here to one of my favorite forums.

The 509 was very easy to fix. After taking off the cover, which easily slid off, I could turn the receiver on its side to do the soldering. I was a little surprised at how tiny the three pins were. So far, so good. The IR sensor is working great. My brother saved several hundred dollars and all is well.


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