I'm having similar problems with the range with an e310 toshiba, the dongle is only very slightly better than the irda. I'm a bit concerned to hear that your led's in the dongle arent as good as ones in original remotes when you say on your site "more powerful signal strength than your original remote control"... that should probably be quantified with "only in some cases, and only if you point it direclty at what you are controlling, otherwise its pants"?