There are wireless ir extenders. But in this case I think the money would be better invested in a separate frontend system.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/12/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Chris Ribe</b> <
<a href="mailto:chrisribe@gmail.com">chrisribe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br><div><span class="q">
<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></span><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>
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