Adding an IR receiver to RSP 1069

[bcampbell]

Hey, so I am looking to add a second receiver eye to my 1069 because when I am at my computer my couch blocks my remotes path to the 1069. When I am sitting on the couch and using it normally it is obviously fine. So my question is, would I be able to purchase just the receiver eye, with the 3.5mm cord and plug that straight into the back of the 1069, or would I need to have it routed through a powered IR receiver box and then use a separate 3.5mm jack from the box to the 1069?

Thanks in advance for the help.

[Kevin D]

You would need to use a powered connecting block. There's no power on the IR in jacks.

Kevin D.

[bcampbell]

Thats what I thought, thanks a ton for the help.

[Kevin D]

If you have some basic wire knowledge you don't really need the connecting block. If you wanted to be able to control other things as well it is necessary.

I'm not sure if they still do or not, but the Xantech IR receivers used to come with a single output connecting block. That, a power supply, and a 1/8" mono cable would be all you would need.

[bcampbell]

I was thinking about just getting this setup since it would have the ir receiver and the block with power supply for about the same as the cheapest ir receiver I could find online. I looked on my dvd and my cable box and they don' have an ir plug in so I would need to use flashers for those ones but I am not that worried about those ones. I think this would be a decent way to go about fixing my problem fairly cheaply. Let me know if you have any other ideas that would be better.

Thank you very much for your response Kevin, everyone on this forum is so quick to respond and always very helpful, so thanks a ton.

[bcampbell]

Ooops, forgot the link.

http://www.amazon.com/PAC-Infrared-Signal-Extender-Electronics/dp/B000K52KKS

[Kevin D]

Looks like that should work fine.

Kevin D.