[mythtv-users] IR remote "extenders"

[Yan Seiner]

On Sun, January 10, 2010 6:40 pm, Greg Oliver wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 8:32 PM, Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com> wrote:
>> On that page there's this "also bought" item, which might be closer to
>> what
>> I need... Anyone use it?
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Go-Remote-Control-Repeater/dp/B001BLTDZA/
>>
>> (Gotta love this web thing....  I'm old enough to remember having to
>> *call*
>> companies to try and get info....)
>
> That is the one I have in the living room.  It works well, if you only
> need up to 12 emitters.  The emitters are fairly strong though.  You
> could easily mount them so that 1 hits multiple devices.  I have 3
> rows of 2, and use 1 emitter for each column.  The only thing I really
> do not like is that the receiver blinks every time it receives, so I
> busted the led out of it..  Nothing like a flashing blue light to
> annoy you :)

There's a screwdown termblock on the back of that unit in the pictures. 
What is it?  Any chance it's a way to power equipment on and off?

--Yan

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