[mythtv-users] OT: IR wired extenders
PAUL WILLIAMSON
pwilliamson at mandtbank.com
Fri May 20 12:50:17 UTC 2005
>>> Blammo <blammo.doh at gmail.com> 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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