Now I would say it’s the not the battery also. I have replaced the battery in mine because I thought it had gone bad, except the new one only lasted a week before it stoped working. I took the battery out and placed it in my SONY remote and it works great (several feet away from the cdplayer) I put the battery back into my empeg remote and it works fine. A day later it stoped working I shake it and then it starts working.

I decided to go ahead and replace it with a new battery anyways. Guess what it does it too. Looks like my remote has contact issues. His might as well.