Re: Recommended IR Receivers

["psghome2002" <psghome@xxxxxxx>]

mmm...careful thought needed then.

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Kenneth Watt" <kennwatt@b...> wrote:
> Yeah, the lounge is South facing Paul and the only wall I could
put the
> tube on obviously gets reflections as it does not get direct
sunlight.
> The IR receiver is one of the Buffalo ones though and not the
Xantech, I
> tried both filters that came with the unit but no joy :-(
>
> The good news is I have used the Xantech table top and Dinky-Link
> receivers as well, the Dinky-Links are excellent, no problems at
all and
> the table top one only misbehaved when it caught (almost) direct
> sunlight.
>
> HTH
>
> K.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: psghome2002 [mailto:psghome@xxxxxxx...]
> > Sent: 17 February 2002 22:33
> > To: ukha_d@y...
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Recommended IR Receivers
> >
> > Do you have the sunlight filter on the receiver in your lounge?
Is
> > it good enough to filter unwanted IR out? Most of my rooms are
south
> > facing and get loads of sunlight.
> >
> > --- In ukha_d@y..., "Kenneth Watt"
<kennwatt@b...> wrote:
> > > I can't recommend anything other than the Xantech system, as
I
use
> > that
> > > myself, but I can tell you that it is very good for IR
> > distribution, not
> > > cheap as you say though. However I had started out on that
path
> > before I
> > > knew of UKHA_D so someone may have an alternative that is
more
> > wallet
> > > friendly. One or two things to watch though are to think
very
> > carefully
> > > about which rooms *actually* need the IR receiver. So long
as
you
> > leave
> > > the wiring in place it should be a doddle to add if you need
to at
> > a
> > > later stage. The other thing is watch where you place the
> > receivers; the
> > > one in my lounge does not get direct sunlight but still, in
the
> > evening,
> > > picks up stray IR from sunlight :-(
> > >
> > > K.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: psghome2002 [mailto:psghome@xxxxxxx...]
> > > > Sent: 17 February 2002 21:23
> > > > To: ukha_d@y...
> > > > Subject: [ukha_d] Recommended IR Receivers
> > > >
> > > > I've been looking at the Xantech MicroLink IR receivers
to
mount
> > in
> > > > a standard wall plate blank (maybe with a temp sensor
as
well).
> > Only
> > > > trouble is they're pretty expensive when I want to put
one in
> > every
> > > > room (10 or so). Anyone got a cheaper but equally as
good a
> > solution?
> > > >
> > > > Paul.
> > > >
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