<br><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>> ><br>> >I'm probably being naive but what's wrong with IR? Why do I need to be
<br>> >able to physically see or be physically near the box to control it?<br>> >However, with a two box setup this point seems moot.<br>> ><br>> >Thanks for the help folks.<br>><br>><br>> IR doesn't travel through walls any better than visible light does.
<br><br>Isn't this why there are IR receivers, IR -> coax, IR relays and other<br>such gizmos? I didn't mean to suggest that I thought I could point a<br>remote at a wall and have it magically send a signal to my myth box.
<br><br>--</blockquote><div><br>Certainly there are ways to relay IR signals to the back end. They all involve extra cabling or extra equipment from what I'm aware of, though.<br> </div><br></div>