I already posted this in the one-for-all forum, but I figured I'd post it here as well.
I had an incredibly difficult time getting my xantech ir repeater system to work well with my ir remote (RS 15-2116), even though the remote's signal is quite strong (the remote works really well when pointed at the equipment instead of when using the repeaters). I guess the combination of interference from my plasma monitor and other light sources in the room were just too much for it. But I finally got it to work dependibly by using the masking tape trick others have reported here -- a piece of translucent maskng tape (in my case, regular tan masking tape) got it to the point where it would work every time.
Now I'm trying to move up to an rf remote - an RS 15-2117. The remote comes with an rf receiver that receives the rf signal and repeats it in ir form either directly from an emitter built into the receiver or indirectly over a remote emitter plugged in by a mini plug to the ir receiver. This works, but I'm back to square one and can't get it to work reliably. No matter what I do, I can't get the rf receiver to dependibly work the ir receiver (xantech) so that I can consistently control my components.
So, here's my question: can I bypass the problem altogether by somehow plugging my ir emitter bugs (5 of them) into the micro plug output of the 2117's rf receiver?
I already tried plugging a micro plug in there and feeding the output directly into one of my IR emitters but it didn't work well. Is there some trick to this? Alternatively, is there some way that I should be wiring the micro plug output directly into my xantech receiver block?
