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drice1234 · Joined: 07 Oct 2006 Posts: 1309 Location: Allen, Texas

Does anyone know of a device that will receive and then re-transmit the infrared signal from a remote. I have my PJ floor mounted within an enclosed coffee table setup and it does not always receive the remote control signals. I would like to have a device that I can put up with my equipment that will receive the infrared signal and then retransmit it back to the front of the PJ where one of the infrared receivers is located.
Thanks
Dan

whats6x7 · Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 5924

I use these . . .

http://cgi.ebay.com/RCA-D940-Remote-Control-Extender-NEW_W0QQitemZ160196003784QQihZ006QQcategoryZ73390QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247

ecrabb · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:46 pm Post subject:

My dad uses a couple of those. It works decent and is a good, cheap wireless solution.

If you want a little higher-end solution, you can go to Xantech, HotLink or a couple of other wired solutions. Smarthome has a lot of IR distribution/repeat solutions:

http://www.smarthome.com/8225p.html

http://www.smarthome.com/8197.html

SC

garyfritz · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 12088 Location: Fort Collins, CO

whats6x7, those are described as being multi-room solutions, e.g. control a receiver in another room by rebroadcasting the IR in the other room. Would they work in a single-room application like wanting a "boost" for your IR remote in your HT? I would think the transmitter/receiver could run into an IR feedback problem...?

jkruger · Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 2435 Location: Carlsbad, CA

I've had good results just bouncing the remote signal off the screen back to the pj. Mine is ceiling mounted so the angle down to one on the floor might be wrong.

GEBrown · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 729 Location: Denver

I use something like this Xantech IR extender (mine is Optilinq, but looks identical):

http://cgi.ebay.com/Xantech-291-KIT-Hidden-Link-IR-Infrared-Repeater-System_W0QQitemZ270265954200QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item270265954200&_trkparms=72%3A134%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

I place the receiver on top of my center channel and use phone wire to extend it to the back of my HT rack. From there I run individual emitters to my equipment and I get a dedicated IR signal to each of my components. My receiver is quite a bit smaller than that one, but in a dark HT on top of a black center channel, even that one will be invisible.

Works great!!

whats6x7 · Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 5924