Re: IR mini emitters and Sky+ box

["Simon Coates" <ecolume@xxxxxxx>]

Paul,

If the emitter is small enough (I've got some with feedback LED that are
tiny) you could try and stick it just above viewing card.  The front flap
is
easy to remove.  You could run the wire out under the box and clip the door
back on.

Might work.

Regards

Simon

PS I'm trying to figure out how to control 2 Sky+ boxes at Node 0 - since
Sky/Pace have made a stupid decision regarding IR control.


----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Gale <p-gale@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: 28 February 2003 20:02
Subject: [ukha_d] IR mini emitters and Sky+ box


> I'm having a few troubles with controlling my Sky+ box (located in
> Node0). I've got a couple of different makes of mini emitters
including
> some Xantech 283M mouse emitters. It seems that the transmitted IR
> signal is too strong for the Sky+ box as it sometimes only recognises
1
> out of 10 or so button presses when the emitter is directly over the
IR
> receive window. Moving the emitter about 15cm away improves the
> recognition a lot.
>
> I can't permanently position the emitter at this distance as the box
is
> mounted in a 19" rack.
>
> Any thoughts on cutting the strength of the signal (using a resistor,
> coloured film, different emitter etc)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
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