<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/1/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael T. Dean</b> <<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Note that you can also improve the range by adding a USB extension cable<br>to the receiver (to get it away from your computer). I have a 10'
<br>extension, but would probably have better luck with a 6' extension (my<br>total cable length is slightly greater than the maximum length for<br>reliable USB connections).</blockquote><div><br>
I did not know about USB extension cables - thanks for that.<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I'm not getting the kind of range I would like when working through<br>walls, but my house has steel studs. Also, when sitting on the
<br>couch--which is full of metal coils/wires--I sometimes have to hold the<br>remote away from the couch to get a reliable signal. However, I would<br>also presume some of it may be my configuration. Unfortunately, it's a
<br>low-priority fix because it works well enough.<br><br></blockquote></div>You
reminded me of the problem (now solved) of the Remote Wonder failing
with no apparrant explanation. I would turn on the system and the
remote just would not work, even though it had worked the night
before. Then I noticed that the small RF antenna was lying on top
of the computer case - just flat, 100% contact. I moved it so
that it hung over the edge of the case, in mid-air. Everything
was back to normal. It appears that keeping the antenna as far as
possible from metal is required for signals to be received well.<br>
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MM<br>
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