[touristique]

Hi there

I just bought a cabinet to put my cable box (Scientific Atlanta 8300HD DVR) in, and the door covers the box. I therefore only want to be able to use the remote with the door closed—do I simply need the little $10 IR receiver plugged in the back and mounted under the TV (for example), or do I need a receiver, transmitter, and emitter, just for this?

Much appreciated.

Hamish

 

[touristique]

Hi and Welcome to the Shack!

If your DVR has the ability to add an external receiver for the IR then that will be all you need.

On a side note, does your cabinet have lots of airflow inside as DVR's get hot even when not powered on so make sure you have enough air movement otherwise your risk damaging the unit or the hard drive may fail.

It has the 3.5mm jack "IR" port in the back—so hopefully that works then, thank you so much.

The cabinet is backless, so it should be pretty well ventilated, thanks.

 

[touristique]

Hi and Welcome to the Shack!

If your DVR has the ability to add an external receiver for the IR then that will be all you need.

On a side note, does your cabinet have lots of airflow inside as DVR's get hot even when not powered on so make sure you have enough air movement otherwise your risk damaging the unit or the hard drive may fail.

Can you recommend me a product to do this by any chance?

 

[touristique]

Great! Thank you—and that's all I should need, correct?

 

[touristique]

Wow, all that to extend one cable box? I'll look into it, thanks. I assume there's no way to do this with one cable?

Much appreciated.

 

[touristique]

Ah, that makes sense. I thought it might be powered by the cable box. Which kit do you have?

 

[touristique]

I have the Hidden Link 291 kit.

I see it's up to $95 at Parts Express.

brucek

Great! I just ordered it from Smarthome with their 20% off coupon.

Thank you!

One other random question—the cupboard is open at the back, and thus somewhat ventilated, but the front door will likely be closed most of the time. My Scientific Atlanta DVR has a USB port in the front—do you think that will power a small bendy USB fan?