Ok, got a customer that wants to have three Sony TV's side by side hooked up to an AV amplifier and be able to switch the sound and control the three tv's independently with a remote or remote's. My main question is how do you overcome the IR conflicts if the three TV's have the same exact IR codes (trying to change the channel on one but not the others, etc.).

I have heard of ir to rf converters you can stick on the end of a remote (converting it to rf) and have a receiver at the tv with an ir emitter attached to that tv.

Anyone had an install like this or any ideas?
Jeff

You can use an ir router made by xanteck but you need to use a univesal remote like the xanteck urc2 or pronto. all you do is put a router code at the begining of the function you want to do and it only operates the equipment on that zone on the router had multiple installations here and found that the pronto works best for this though. Only because of the pages you can build to switch tv's a little less confusing

Jeff

My name is not Jeff, so I hope I am allowed to post here :-)

You have three alternatives:
1) IR router like Jeff said
2) ProntoPro with three RF stations - I have not tested this because the PP is still brand new and the RF base just came out last week
3) RTI T2 and the IRF-6 ( I don't know if you need more then 1 IRF-6, since I have not tried it)

Here are some links

Pronto Pro
Review: [Link: remotecentral.com]
Forum: [Link: remotecentral.com]

RTI T2
Review: [Link: remotecentral.com]
Forum: [Link: remotecentral.com]

Take a hike Anthony....

The RTI WILL let you address the output of the IRF-6, very cool. (Yes, you only need one.)

The xantech routers work really great so I would definitely not rule them out.

I have not used the Pronto Pro yet.

Jeff

Anthony: we got together as a group and decided to grant you temporary use of the name "Jeff". Be aware that use of this name binds you to certain restrictions, rules, specifications, modifications and other illegible small-print stuff, and also that it is case-sensitive. ... Mike

As capital Jeff said, you could use the IR router and then use the URC remote to add the macro command to your learning remote to signify what tv you want to change. This is probably the easiest and most inexpensive way, although you must make sure no IR leaks into the IR receiver of the other televisions...If these are big screen televisions forget it. You would need to get real fancy at that point.

Thank all of you for helping. I looked at all these options and the Xantec IR router looks like the best choice for my application (coupled with the Sony AVR2100 remote). I can use the three macro keys on the 2100 remote to set the router channel for each TV then switch the amp to that TV all with one button press. The boss was impressed that I was able to come back so quickly with a solution to the problem. Again I have been doing this type of work for a little over 3 years and just happened upon this site. This is really cool.
Thank you

IR router IRZ-6 by niles or the Xantech product works. You will need IR blockers on each eye of the TV's so that they only receive the signal from each independent IR flashers. There's more that you need to do and I would call the manufatures tech support so they will tell you exactly what you will need. Hope this helps.

Can you guys please explain how a router works, and more specifically what it does. Will this help me with multiple Sat Receivers??

Dan (jeff)

Dan-
Read here. [Link: xantech.com] . You can even download the manual.