I’ve bought an RC-5200 plus the Philips
RF-IR
unit (they do work together, and the Philips unit is 25 quid
cheaper).
I’m slightly concerned as the cupboard I
want
to house the sky+ box is also going to be home to at least 2 dimmer panels,
which could potentially interfere. The blaster, though not quite as
powerful as
a stock Pronto will certainly fire IR across a room, so I was thinking of
mounting the unit on the ceiling opposite the main equipment stack so that
I
can operate the remote without pointing ala Crestron. If I want to attach
one
of the supplied emitter leads (double headed) Xantech styleto the same box
and
extend its lead, what sort of cable length can I use? It will be laid in
the
ceiling before decoration so I can use something with a low resistance per
unit
length – probably something like QED 79 strand as the MD of QED is
doing my
“automation” type wiring.
Tim