AndrewD:

I have done some research into this and it seems that the problem is two fold.

1)The ir "emitter" is actually an irda transceiver (tranmitter and receiver in a single package) so upgrading the transceiver will impact both sending and receiving ir signals. The irda standard limits the transmission range.

2)The palm powers the transceiver with a conservative power voltage thereby further weakening the signal.

With that said, If you find anyone willing to this type of upgrade please post it or you can send me an e-mail.

I would be certainly willing to have a Palm Vx upgraded for this purpose.

Akil