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I have my TV drive in a cabinet to keep it away from prying eyes, only downside is in order to change channels I have to leave the pull-down door open as there is no glass.
Does anyone know of a way I can run an extender outside of the cabinet to enable me to change channels? I purchased one from Maplins (http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=46524) but it doesn't seem to work.
I'm sucessfully using a Marmitek StereoControl infrared receiver to do just what you want. Certainly not the most advanced bit of kit, it's powered by a 9v battery, and sends the signal along 2 wires to 2 sensors you stick onto the receiving devices, but it works really well.
I have been using a old wireless video sender to transmit the IR signal but it is causing interference on the Plasma - this should do the trick though.
I noticed there is a slightly more expensive one (http://reallycleverhomes.co.uk/acata...ntrol_set.html) which can be mains powered. Do you know if there is any other differences? Doesn't look as though there are.
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