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Re: Good IR repeater



Even with Home Highway Keith?


----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Doxey <keith.doxey@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 5:39 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Good IR repeater


> Do you have a phone in each of the two rooms?
> If so check if there is a spare pair in the cable. Most BT installed
stuff
> uses 6 wire and the green/white pair is usually unused. I once
utilised it
> for an intercom/baby alarm.
>
> DISCLAIMER.....
> I didnt really say what I just said :-))
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Thorn [SMTP:chris.thorn@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 06 July 2000 17:33
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Good IR repeater
>
> Thanks Keith but it's pretty impracticle to hav all the floor boards
up to
> get the wire downstairs, as a matter of interest where can u get
blasters
> from ?
>
> Letsautomate does one that has to be attached to a hub and thats
pertty
> expensive!
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Keith Doxey <keith.doxey@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 2:14 PM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Good IR repeater
>
>
> Chris,
>
> Why on earth are you looking at pyramids and the like?
>
> If you want to send IR  FROM Homevision TO downstairs you dont need
> anything like that. You have the unbeatable Nigel Orr / Keith Doxey
> preferred method of transmitting the signal.....a Piece of copper wire
!!!
>
> Plug it into the jack on the back of Homevision and fit an IR
> emitter/blaster on the other end.
> 100% reliable, extremely cheap as well.
>
> If however you want to SEND IR TO Homevision or you dont want run a
cable
> then you will need some sort of repeater, but my (and I suspect
Nigel's)
> advice would be use a cable :-)
>
> Keith
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Thorn [SMTP:chris.thorn@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 06 July 2000 13:42
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Good IR repeater
>
> I am looking for a reliable IR repeater to send IR from my Homevision
> (upstairs) to my tv & hi-fi (downstairs)
>
> I havle looked at the 'pyramaids' but I dont know how wide the ir beam
is?
> .I do not have direct line of sight betwwen the sender and the hi-fi.
My
> Pronto seems to work fine no matter where I point it and would like
the
> same power as that .
>
> Anybody any experiences????
>
> Thanks..Chris
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