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The build in IR transmitter is not bad!
It works very very good on distance 3.5 - 4 meters with my 8 equipments. Only my old TV has poor IR receiver.
fyi. good working devises are: digital sat tuner nokia, seca decoder kenwood, d2mac decoder philips, amplituner yamaha, akai audio system, aiwa video receiver, sony video camera ....
The only problem is with tv with simens ir chips.