Question 1

can I operate 2 televisions off of 1 cable box

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I have a TV and cable box in my man cave and HDMI ran overhead to a TV in adjoining exercise room. I have an HDMI splitter in the man cave. I want to simply be able to use the cable remote from the man cave TV to change channels from the exercise room, going through one wall. I'll just take the remote to whichever room I'm in. Do I need anything else other than this item. I couldn't ask all this in the questions, maybe someone will see this answer, sounds similar. I'm already operating 2 TVs off a single cable box with a splitter but want to use the remote in both rooms.

Question 2

Does this work with FIOS 7xxx HD DVRs?

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It works perfect with va comcast DVR. So I magazine other DVRs will work. You'll have to find the right spots to place the 2 sensors for best performance. The only device that the infrared device doesn't work well with is an older Sony reciever I have hooked up. I only get volume control with this.

Question 3

I wired CAT 5 in the wall for my IR repeater to the audio equipment in another room. Could I still use this even though the input uses a 3.5mm cable?

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Here's what I did. 1. Cut the plug head off the 3.5mm cable leaving about a foot of cable left on the plug (you'll use this later). 2. Strip the red/white/black cables that inside the 3.5mm cable on the receiver side and the plug side.3. Strip the Cat5 on each end. You'll use 3 of the small Cat5 wires.4. Attach red/white/black cables to Cat5 (I connected red to green, white to green/white, black to brown). Use the same 3 cables on each end (receiver side and plug side) Of course don't let the wires touch once installed and secure with electrical tape.5. Plug it in.I originally tried to bypass the plug and use the 4 screws in the amp...that didn't work. Using the steps above has proven flawless for me. Hope that saves you a headache.

Question 4

Will it work if I place the ir receiver under my plasma tv? My tv is mounted over the fire place, and I was going to place the receiver on the bottom

Accepted Answer

I had it placed like this for a while but found that I had to angle my remotes more than I wanted to. I wound up sticking it to the front right underneath the TVs IR receiver and secured it with double sided tape and used electrical tape to secure the cable along the back of the tv.

SewellBlastIR SW-29311 Infrared (IR) Remote Control Receiver Kit (Black)

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