>>> Blammo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/20/05 4:13 AM >>> > Anyone have a good plan / source / suggestion for a good IR extender?
Sure. I've got plenty of suggestions ;-) > (Application: Frontend not in bedroom, TV and IR reciever in > bedroom. Make S.O. very happy) Fairly typical issue. I had the same thing for a while. Although now I've got a frontend in a cabinet about 8' from my TV and ended up needing an IR extender. > I've tried several off the shelf products, and I seem to have way > too much interference to get them working. I've tried several of > the integrated video/audio/IR senders with the same result. I get > great video (have a sub 2gig product, a 2.4gig product, and a > 5.8ghz product), but the IR lights seem to stay on solid and > broadcast all kinds of "noise" which makes it impossible to use a > remote. Is there anything "special" about your situation? i.e. - is your TV flat panel or plasma that is touchy to Infrared interference? > Upon looking closer at the video senders, none of them send IR > over the same frequency / channel as the video/audio. They all > use a 2nd set of xmitters in some low band, where I still get > interfered with. IR works fine over cat 5/6 without modification. Just get an IR receiver (like this one: http://www.smarthome.com/8130br.html The tabletop IR sensor - 8110. Black and unobtrusive. > My house is Cat6 wired so I'm tempted to find some way to > just carry the IR directly. Yep, that's what I do. Paul
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