RCX not listening to IR remote

  I just dug all my old Mindstorms RCX gear out of the closet because my 4-year old son is
now ready to play with gears and motors and stuff. Programming is a bit off yet, but he
loves the technics parts.

  I was trying to get the RCX to work with the IR remote (#9738) that I have. As I recall,
the A,B,C buttons on the remote can be used to manually drive the outputs and you can
launch programs and send events.

  The remote has good batteries and seems to be putting out IR signals (I can see the IR
LED lighting through my camcorder). The RCX seems to work (the program currently in slot
#1 runs output A continuously). But, the RCX doesn't seem to pay any attention to the remote.

  This isn't my original RCX, rather it's a 1.0 model I bought off eBay because mine seems
to have died while being stored in the closet.

  I'm pointing the IR remote at the IR window on the RCX. Can anyone think of anything I'm
missing to get the RCX to listen to the remote?

  Also, anyone want to buy a presumably injured RCX for a few bucks?

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