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Which I/R system will work???
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Post 1 made on Wednesday December 29, 2004 at 03:16
rmk700rmk
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Have an install almost at completion untill the customer shows up and decides he wants all the gear in some other location. It has a crawl space and I have plenty of wire to get me to the crawl space where I have to splice to continue the runs to the rear of the room. Was going to run a cat 5 line from the present location ( under the 50" plasma ) to the new location at the back of the room. What I/R system do you recommend and will I be able to control the Dish Satellite Receiver? I know I/R into a blaster ie. Xantech should work for all the components just not sure about the Sat being RF. Lord knows with my luck lately he will be able to control everything while he's sitting down and have to get up, walk around the room and point the remote at the sat box to change stations then walk back to his sofa to watch TV again. I do NOT need this to happen so I am calling for suggestions to everyone. Or will this even be a problem being RF? I know for an all-in-one remote they will have to purchase a mx-800 from me that has RF functions built into it. Many thank you's for everyones' response.
Post 2 made on Wednesday December 29, 2004 at 10:46
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Well, the MX-800 has an RF option, which should cancel your need for a Xantech-type system and that CAT5 line to the TV area. Unless you want to run it anyway. Recent Dishnet receivers all have IR as an option, so you can run IR to them from the 800's base station just like the other components.
OP | Post 3 made on Thursday December 30, 2004 at 01:34
rmk700rmk
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So does the base station take RF in and shoot IR out? New to the mx line, but have heard nothing but good things about them.
Post 4 made on Thursday December 30, 2004 at 09:11
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On 12/30/04 01:34 ET, rmk700rmk said...
So does the base station take RF in and shoot
IR out?

correct, both from the emitters as well as the base station, the emitters are assignable.
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Post 5 made on Thursday December 30, 2004 at 23:24
Ernie Bornn-Gilman
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I heartily recommend ANY working RF system when a plasma is involved. I have seen posts here where people have found this or that plasma-proof IR sensor...and have bought one, only to have it work for a couple of months!

And others are recommended. If you avoid the IR sensor, and use RF, then the plasma cannot interfere.

The only drawback I have ever seen with RF, and it seems to happen across the board, is that the user has to hold each button down a teeny bit longer than when using IR. Usually, just telling the client this once is enough, or I tell them, then remind them when they call me out and I find they are tapping or punching the buttons quickly instead of pushing them. Learning a simple reliable way to push a button is a small price to pay for not having IR interference problems!
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Post 6 made on Saturday January 1, 2005 at 22:56
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Dont wory about the IR part of ther system Sell your client an MX3000 with the RF station and all your trouble will be washed away
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OP | Post 7 made on Sunday January 2, 2005 at 21:47
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Thank you for the inputs and I'll keep you posted.


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