[mythtv-users] IR remote extender 281 FT!

[John Kuhn]

your video signal to your tv would be incredibly poor at that distance 
wouldn't it?

--John

>I wanted to be able to control my Myth box (Backend only) from my
>living room. I cut my Happauge IR cable in half and just for giggles
>and  because I had 281 ft of Cat5e lying around I spliced it in the
>middle.
>
>I was so suprised when it worked.
>It continues to work. 
>Now I have been thinking of my USB to CAT5 extender.It works up to 100
>Meters. If USB only uses 4 of the wires in CAT5 cable and the IR
>sensor uses 3.wires. I should be able to extend my DVD player and IR
>sensor to anywhere in the house.
>
>Why would I need a frontend?
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