DCS Remote - 50-1002 - new finer serration thumbwheel vs. original ersion

Thank you Paul for posting this,mI noticed this years ago thinking it was just me

I bought mine about 5 years ago, and am assuming it has the larger serrations because I have the very problem both of you have.  I have just assumed it was me also trying to move it too fast.

I don't think it's the serrations on the thumbwheel, I think it's an issue with the cheap contacts on the thumbwheels.  I have the same issues with several of my MTH remotes.  The thumbwheel sucks if you need one word to describe it.

The originals did have finer serrations, and, to me at least, were easier to move and more trouble free.

So, less serrations and less quality, sounds about right.

As your old remotes die, would moving the older thumb wheel with finer serrations to the new remote help? I have heard on this forum that the part that holds the thumb wheel is the part that breaks.

The wheel has nothing to do with the internals of the assembly.  It is just a plastic piece that is pressed on.

Interesting, I always thought the larger ones were the older ones? My DCS was purchased in 2012, I think, and I also have a couple of replacement thumb wheels from 2013-2014 or so (one is now in my remote). They are all the small ones like my remote had originally. Anyway, I know these remotes & thumb wheels existed long before that time period, was just a bit surprised to hear the newer ones were the larger ones? I learn something new every day around here! 

David Minarik posted:

The wheel has nothing to do with the internals of the assembly.  It is just a plastic piece that is pressed on.

 

That was my next question. Dag-gone it.

While on the general subject of remotes:  I have one of the original issues.  The backlight only illuminates the screen from the bottom. Anyone know if this was characteristic of the original issues, or just a malfunction [which I shan't bother to fix].  Incidentally, this has the original thumbwheel.