I have my DirecTV box in the living room. I have run a split cable line to my bedroom. I do not want another box because of the cost. I heard that I can use an infrared remote to control the box from another room. Would this be a special remote control that can transmit without being in direct line of sight (pointed at) of the box? or a special receiver that attaches to the box that my existing remote works with?
Can I find these items at Radio Shack, Fry's or Circuit City?
If it is a special remote control, it won't have all of the same functions that my actual DirecTV remote has right?
2007-01-31 01:48:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ TiVO & DVRs
There are a couple of ways you could go. The first thing to check is if you existing Direct TV box uses an RF remote or not. The higher end models have this feature. The easiest way is to just try your remote from another room.
If you don't, you could consider upgrading your current box to a model that uses an RF remote, or use an IR repeater. IR repeaters can be found fairly cheap and Radio Shack is sure to have a selection to choose from. Basically you will be placing a unit in your bedroom that you will point your remote at, and another unit will be placed in your living room pointed at your cable box.
There are different types of IR repeaters to consider. There are inexpnsive types that would require you to run wire from the bedroom and attatch a small emitter onto the IR eye on your satellite box. The more expensive types will just plug into an electrical outlet at each end requiring no installation other than pluging in and pointing the devices.
I would really reccomend checking out how much it would cost to upgrade your exiting box to a unit with RF capailities. You may be able to pick one up on ebay really cheap and you would have the abilitity to use it from any room in the future without having to purchase more IR repeaters if you added more TV's.
I'm attatching a link to the type of device you should look for at your local Radio Shack or electronics store if you decide not to upgrade.
Cheers.
2007-01-31 02:27:00 · answer #1 · answered by Akovia 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The models that are currently being sold with radio frequency ability are the H20 and HR20-700. The H10 also has RF capability, but DIRECTV no longer manufactures/sells it.
The LEASE upgrade fee for the H20 is $100 and the RF remote costs $25, and you'll probably want 2 of them so there is another $50.
It would be much cheaper for you to purchase a X10 POWERMID Remote Control Extender from eBay [1] or another place (or similar device that converts a remote signal send it by radio and sends another infrared signal to the receiver.
2007-02-02 14:07:25 · answer #2 · answered by Great A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All remotes are infra-red. They must have line of sight.
Just set up a complex system of mirrors.
2007-01-31 02:15:43 · answer #3 · answered by rbarc 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It depends on many factors
2016-08-23 16:43:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you give more details?
2016-07-28 08:08:00 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋