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Looking for Powerful RF Remote with Base Station?
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Post 1 made on Friday October 25, 2002 at 04:34
rhacy
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Hi,

Newbie looking for input and recommendations on a good radio frequency learning remote with RF to IR base station. We really need something with strong RF power. So it can control multiple devices in one room from anywhere in a large 2 story home. Reasonable price would be great as well, hehehe.. Hope one of you Remote Control Masters can point us in right direction.

Best to all,
Rhacy
Post 2 made on Friday October 25, 2002 at 09:59
avgenius1
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Try the Crestron mini-touch, sure its more complex than I beleive you are after, but, like all Crestron stuff it is extremly reliable.
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Post 3 made on Friday October 25, 2002 at 23:31
Rmirabal
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Perhaps the Niles Intellicontrol could work for you.
Post 4 made on Saturday October 26, 2002 at 01:05
Ernie Bornn-Gilman
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The Crestron will do it if you go high enough up the price and ability ladder to get the units that accept multiple antennas.

I have solved this problem more simply with house-wide control of four Sony satellite receivers.

You will not find a system with a strong RF signal, so you have to make a system with a sensitive and wide area coverage antenna.

We placed three antennas around the house and were able to run the antenna signal DIRECTLY through CAT5 (all that was available in the walls), literally splice them together, use an adaptor to go to an F connector into a 20 dB wideband amp (54 mHZ - 10000 mHz), then split the signal four ways to go to the four satellite receivers.

RG-6 would have been better, but there was none available in the walls. The wideband amp was necessary because the remote was on some VHF or UHF frequency, but we did not know which, so we covered our bets. If it was between OTA 13 and 14, a VHF/UHF amp would not have amplified it because they do not cover all frequencies.
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OP | Post 5 made on Saturday October 26, 2002 at 08:09
rhacy
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Thank you avgenius1, Rmirabal, & Ernie Bornn-Gilman for the help and direction. Cheers!

Best to all,
Rhacy


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