Reddit mentions of BAFX Products (Infrared) IR Remote Control Extender or IR Repeater Kit - Control 1 to 8 Devices (Expandable to 12!)

You're looking for an IR repeater. This is the one I use so that I can point my remote at my TV and it relays all the signals to the Xbox back in a media closet.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009ZGK6QS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This is crazy. You have no idea what you want because you have no idea what the fuck you're talking about.

I should let you waste a bunch of time and money on this as a lesson on why you should call a professional... but I'm a jive guy so I won't. Here. https://www.amazon.com/BAFX-Products-IR-Repeater-extender/dp/B009ZGK6QS

> My goal is full control using the remote the TV came with.

That's a stupid fucking goal. Your remote wasn't made or designed to do anything like that.

Get any one that's powered. It won't work with an un powered one.


https://www.amazon.com/BAFX-Products-Extender-Repeater-BAFX3233/dp/B009ZGK6QS/

It comes with emitters which you can just stick to the front and side step the whole issue, or if you get a 3.5mm cable you can bypass the emitters and use the IR input.

There are IR repeater kits

So up by your TV is a small IR sensor that would capture in the IR from your remote, then a length of cat5/6 would run back to the IR repeater box, and re-send out the IR commands for the rest of your equipment in the rack.

There are other remotes, like the Logitech Harmony hub that does both IR and RF. The hub can control RF systems like FireTV, Roku and other systems that are RF only that don't have any form of IR.

this worked well for me: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009ZGK6QS/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

the IR repeater is only $27. I use a Logitech Harmony 700 remote and the above kit.

Whereas the Logitech Hub uses radio frequency so thats an option too. http://a.co/9yZczh7

I got this BAFX one on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/BAFX-Products-Repeater-control-extender/dp/B009ZGK6QS At first I thought it sucked but after adding some tape over a few of the sensors, it worked perfectly.

Worked for me with a plasma

BAFX Products (R) - IR Repeater - Remote control extender Kit - Operate 1 to 8 devices! OR more! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009ZGK6QS/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_GqqEub1HY555S

I'm using this IR repeater and this universal remote. As far as home theater control - mine is bare bones basic. A heavy majority of people who are into this stuff prefer a harmony remote and/or a harmony hub to control their devices. I had a Harmony remote years ago, but out of the blue it quit on me, so I went for something cheaper.

Great questions!

• Wifi change hasn't been noticeable. I'm sure its went down some, but we had great signal to start with. I was a bit worried about that. If you look in the pictures, you can see I ran a CAT5 into the attic before walling over the hole (you can see it hanging down starting at image 7). The plan was to run the wire into another room and put in a second wifi router if the signal was too bad.
  
• As far for the IR remote controls, we got pretty lucky on that too. Two weeks before we started the project, comcast bumped us up to a X1 cable box. I found out that the X1 remote uses Bluetooth over IR to control the box. As for DVD player, we use a PS3 - which again is Bluetooth. The plan before comcast got us a newer box was to get an IR repeater and have the receiver attached to the TV.

here and here or look up "tv control remote repeater".

Sure. The AV Receiver is a Yamaha RX-A1040 which connects to a Chromecast, Xbox One, and Sonos Bridge. I ran all the wires through the attic to two separate zones: Living Room and Outside Patio. I used one of these Sewell Wall Blades to run power from the media closet to the TV so that I could hide all the wires in the living room and have everything in one location. I also have a BAFX IR blaster and a Fan Cooling System mounted on the media closet door.

Finally, the living room speakers are Polk In-Ceiling and In-Wall speakers. As much as I would've liked to splurge on some higher end speakers, I have a kid and would rather ride it out on "sub-par" speakers until he's past his destruction phase.

My biggest advice would be to run any wire/conduit before you move in. I did this after being in the house for a while and it would've gone faster if I didn't have to work around all of our stuff or worry about making a mess.

This one works well.

BAFX Products IR Remote Control Extender/IR Repeater Kit/BAFX3233

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009ZGK6QS/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apip_5uGwENiBndcR4

Monoprice one not so good

Yeah, the Xbox ir sensor is garbage, it's not the remote. Get one of these and it'll work great BAFX Products IR Remote Control Extender/IR Repeater Kit / BAFX3233 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009ZGK6QS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_OdN5CbFFVB27S

The emitter is a tiny IR/visible light emitter that would come from a central unit that would relay the signal from a remote, through a door that the remote normally can't get through (closed wood door), via either a radio frequency universal remote, or an IR "repeater kit" with a target to aim at on the outside of the door that would mirror the signal to the other devices inside. Great for inconspicuous home theater installs. The cover would prevent the signal to going to similar units (if that's needed), or typically, to cover up the red flash it would give off when it was sending out a signal, as well as hold it in place (the sticky stuff on them wouldn't hold long when they got warm).

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Edit: Here is a super cheap kit: https://www.amazon.com/BAFX-Products-Extender-Repeater-BAFX3233/dp/B009ZGK6QS

I bought this for exactly the same reason, and it works great: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009ZGK6QS

Those are great, I also recommend them.
Edit: also think about remote control ir extenders - http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B009ZGK6QS/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?qid=1454267191&sr=8-5&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70&keywords=ir+extender+for+cable+box&dpPl=1&dpID=51ks35m2ipL&ref=plSrch

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009ZGK6QS/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1

You can get an IR Repeater, not RF but if you have room for the IR blaster between the speaker and the TV it should work. Another option if you want to spend a bit more, Logitech Harmony remotes are pretty awesome. They do have an RF one but again it's using an IR blaster from its receiver to the TV's IR sensor.

[This](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009ZGK6QS/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_xpkWub0H04R2A
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009ZGK6QS/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_xpkWub0H04R2A) is what I was looking at and is probably what I'll end up buying.

You need an IR extender/repeater

BAFX Products IR Remote Control Extender/IR Repeater Kit / BAFX3233 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009ZGK6QS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_fC10CbP9YBW8S

Put them in a closet or shelf and get an IR blaster kit. You can put the small IR receiver on the front of the TV and wire the rest up to a small box.

Something like this: http://www.amazon.com/BAFX-Products-TM-Repeater-extender/dp/B009ZGK6QS/ref=lp_11039361_1_2?s=audio-video-accessories&ie=UTF8&qid=1409069673&sr=1-2

:)