Infrared Extender Kit for remote control

Hi all - we have the Dish TV T1050PVR and found that the remote control needed to be pointed exactly at the recorder to work. It has a very narrow angle. I was used to using the Mysky decoder which had a much larger range! Anyway we have resolved this by buying an Infrared extender kit from Jaycar Electronics - this is what we bought.

http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID=AR1828&w=infrared&am...

It means that now our remote control works when just generally pointing in the direction of the recorder and makes TV watching/recording MUCH easier. No problem if you don't have an issue but just thought I'd let people know in case they have the same problem.

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Permalink Reply by forumuser on January 11, 2015 at 22:36

Thanks for sharing about this Lynda, looks pretty easy and simple to set up, im sure this will help with those who are having issues with IR connectivity! :-)

Joshua

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Permalink Reply by Lynda on January 11, 2015 at 22:48

It is easy - takes only a couple of minutes. The device that receives the signal is tiny and can be hidden easily. I didn't realise how limited the remote was until we installed this!

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Permalink Reply by forumuser on January 11, 2015 at 22:53

I've personally never had experience using IR Extenders but I suspect it would be good in a large lounge where you have the equipment in a separate room or sharing the same device in multiple rooms :-)

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Permalink Reply by Lynda on January 11, 2015 at 23:15

We have our recorder in a glass fronted unit and the remote simply would not work well - You had to direct it perfectly at it to work and when you consider sitting back on a couch, fast forwarding through programs etc it simply would not work! This has solved the problem for us :) We never had this problem though when we had our Mysky recorder.