JP1 Remotes

How should I glue the pin to the header? Would gorilla glue work?

As for the solder, right now all I have is an iron. Should I get some flux, brass sponge, or wick to help solder? Reading up a bit it seems these items may help.

I appreciate everyone's help. I'd like to figure this out how to fix ...

what should I glue the pin to the header with?

Should I try to remove the existing solder and add new? Or just add to it a bit? I suspect I didn't heat all parts long enough given your description.

http://m.homedepot.com/p/Weller-40-Watt-LED-Soldering-Iron-Kit-SP40NKUS/204195330

That's the iron. I looked up some info on soldering and I think the connection didn't look like a volcano when it broke which leads me to believe it may have been bad to begin with. I tested the temperature with an ...

The 6 pin connector consists of 6 gold plated square pins in a plastic header. Each of the 6 pins are supposed to soldered to the printed circuit board. Assuming normal assembly, it would be quite difficult to push the pins to a different depth, becasue both the header and the solder connections to ...

Another thought to add:

The remote in question is an RCA RCRP05BR. If I need to order a new remote, should I order the same one? Or should I order something different? I intend to control my Samsung Television, HTPC, Logitech z-680 speakers, blu-ray player, and Roku 3.

https://www.amazon.com/RCA ...

I initially had the same problem that doctorwizz posted about here:

https://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17358

That seems to have resolved the issue with my prolific cable and the drivers. The cable shows up as Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (COM4) in Device Manager.

I wasn't ...