Hi,
A quick check if it sends any IR-commands.
Activate the camera on your cellphone.
Point the IR-led of the remote straight to the lens of the camera. keep it very close.
Push any button on the remote an check on the screen of the phone if it flashes, and you would know whether it is completetly dead or not.
If it flashes it should work, it might only be set up for some other reciever model. This can easily be set up with som key combination that I unfortunately cannot remember now.
Hopefully this was clear enough.
of course the batteries could be dead also.
CKN