TV ( & other) remote control extenders

fortyplus

Does anyone know of a good source of reliable remote control extenders? We have lots of nice AV in a cabinet but I have not located anywhere that sells good IR relay's,. Ideally I want a hard wired solution, as we have some extra cabling in place that could be used and there is some multi room requirments.
Anyone any experience of www.xantech.com, or any seller in Ireland?

Thanks

conax

fortyplus wrote:

Does anyone know of a good source of reliable remote control extenders? We have lots of nice AV in a cabinet but I have not located anywhere that sells good IR relay's,. Ideally I want a hard wired solution, as we have some extra cabling in place that could be used and there is some multi room requirments.
Anyone any experience of www.xantech.com, or any seller in Ireland?

Thanks

yep xantech will do it for you, and allow you to add additional control items to further enhance the system over their standard IR wiring protocol or go for the coaxial extender if its only local control. PM me if you have any questions.

Homer

Also make sure to get "plasma friendly" IR receivers if you intend on using it in a room that has an LCD or plasma anywhere near the AV kit.
It is more expensive than the standard receiver but will produce much better results.
Just for what it's worth I'd go with an RF solution any day of the week.
A bit off topic but RF works flawlessly every time and no need for an external receiver and no need to point or even be in the same room!
OP do you have any kind of learning remote control that maybe could be converted to RF?

eddiem74

Would something like this from Maplins do the job ?

I would need to have a SKY HD box, Oppo DVD, and Onkyo Amp operated via this.

uzami

i bought from these guys - happy to say that although on the pricey side - that it works very well with my Pioneer Plasma etc

http://www.artcoustic.com/download/Octo%20IR%20Repeater.pdf

eddiem74

Yeah, a little pricey alright, I was hoping there was something a little cheaper !

Homer

The maplin unit might well work but just remember the receiver is not "plasma friendly" and will be subject to ir flooding thereby causing your remotes to work intermittently or not at all!
Are you using a plasma in the equation? Is there lots of sunlight in the room?
Both of these will interfere with the operation of the maplins unit.

eddiem74

Yeah, plasma currently will be close by, so that could be an issue, sunlight to a lesser extent.

Other options ?

Homer

Only other option I know of is the dear (but right) way...
Desktop plasma friendly receiver, 4-way IR repeater hub, 3 low profile IR micro flashers..
All in about 340 euro.
You could try get a similar system in from the states cheaper?
May get hit with duty and excise and all that? But it is considerably cheaper over there looking on the web?

eddiem74

So given the expense for decent set-up, could the Harmony 895 remote be another option in a similiar price bracket?