i am hooking a plasma monitor to a wall above my fireplace. i want to control the components remotely. my cable company says their box will not accept an infrared repeater. how can i make this happen?
there is such a thing called an RF (radio frequency) extender. it extends remote control signal to a 100m radius, without the restrictions of the IR-based signal such as walls or other limitations. try your local electronics shop. they will guide you further.
All you need is an IR distribution system. Which is basically a IR Repeater. There is no reason it won't work. I have installed dozens with no problem. All that would connect to the cable box is a 'flasher' that sticks to the front of the unit. Now these can sometimes be too powerful, so a standard table flasher could solve the problem.
