I just discovered this forum a few days ago, and I am so grateful!. I purchased a Kenwood KR-407 in 2000. The IF remote control started to work erractically a few years ago. Like others on the forum, I thought the problem was the remote control. Tried to program a different remote device - with the same result.

I gave up trying to fix the problem and resigned myself to operating the receiver manually. The warrantly had long expired and I did not contact Kenwood. I had no idea that my problem was so widespread.

Fast forward five years and I stumble across this thread!. Thanks to the many useful contributions by members (particularly plazman30 & moerk) I am very happy to report that my remote is now functioning as intended.

It was not a difficult 'fix', but 'm not very good at these things, and it took me about an hour.

The many 'happy endings' on this thread is testimony to the usefulness of the internet. I don't know how anybody could live without internet access. Thanks Again.