cheap ir repeater

needmorstuff · 23 Sep 2007 at 15:08

does anyone know of a cheapish ir 1 to many device? all my kit is in a cabinet and the ir is hit and miss so i was thinking of getting one of the repeater things.. I need about 6 or 7 outputs though and the only one i have found is about £100.

Jez · 23 Sep 2007 at 15:13

I would use a cheap video sender, this will relay IR commands as you wish. £22 from tesco.

needmorstuff · 23 Sep 2007 at 15:17

not sure I am explaining myself... I have one remote (harmony 885) and 6 pieces of equipment in my cabinet. I need one all seeing ir eye on top of the cab to feed all the devices with their ir signals.

Jez · 23 Sep 2007 at 15:22

I understand what you are asking perfectly, i have the same issue

. A video sender will relay all IR commands for you as you wish. Put the "receiver" on top of your cabinet, and the "sender" inside it. The receiver on a video sender relays anything transmitted into it, down to the sender. The sender then transmits whatever the command was. Obviously you will not need to use any of the AV functionality of the system.

needmorstuff · 23 Sep 2007 at 18:50

but there isn't enough room in front of my equipment for me to put the sender..

needmorstuff · 23 Sep 2007 at 18:50

there is an item in a high st gadget shop for £30 but it only has 3 senders..

badbob · 23 Sep 2007 at 18:51

Marmitetek Invisible Remote? £19 it only has 4 outputs though...I think needing that many will bump price up.

needmorstuff · 23 Sep 2007 at 18:53

thats the kind of thing... but I need more power..

Jez · 23 Sep 2007 at 19:02

needmorstuff said:
but there isn't enough room in front of my equipment for me to put the sender..

It has 3 little eye things on a long cord for this exact scenario, they are quite sensitive, i control lots of kit only using a couple of them

badbob · 23 Sep 2007 at 19:04

You mean outputs/blasters..not power. I guess you could buy two, plus two extra wires. End up around £60 in total. They come with AC adaptors, so you won't need batteries.

I've got one, does the job.

needmorstuff · 23 Sep 2007 at 20:14

cheers guys.. will check out both options. I did an x3ir mod on my xbox (original) and it is sooo sensitive you need to be up close and personal which i s a real pain