Thanks William,
Bought their v5.5 because I feel their CCF mode is just great.
Noted some kit is more sensitive than others, my Sony STR-VA555ES is rather visually handicapped while the Pan. Plasma is near blind...
The JVC VCR and the Topfield (like the rest on 3m distance) respond well to just the Ipaq.
Anyroad, tomorrow I'm getting a few booster boards as per the PDAWIN site, already tried a set of IR-EGGS (extender) and it worked from a reasonable distance when I replaced the cable ended IR transmit diode by 2 in parallel & a little tilted away from each other, but it feels kinda stupid everybody looking at the silly thing stuck to a lamp shade...
Cheers