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Does harmony IR remote work through glass?
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| Topic: | Does harmony IR remote work through glass? This thread has 9 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Tuesday January 27, 2009 at 12:40 |
IrvingBerlin Long Time Member |
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I'm looking to buy a harmony IR remote. Will it work through the glass door of my cabinet that contains my components? Or would I need an RF version?
I have very simple needs. I want to be able to:
- Turn my Onkyo receiver and TV on and off.
- Adjust volume
- Change channels which is controled by my Fios cable box.
- Switch to my Blue Ray DVD as an input source.
- Control the basics of my DVD such as fast forward, play, skip, stop, etc.
- Control my components through a glass door.
- That's about it.
What would you recommend as an inexpensive Harmony Remote hat will do the job?
Thanks again.
Irv
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| Post 2 made on Tuesday January 27, 2009 at 20:08 |
I've answered in your first post. [Link: remotecentral.com]The Harmony should be able to do all that without trouble, barring any interference from the glass (read my reply in your first thread for more).
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| Post 3 made on Tuesday January 27, 2009 at 23:44 |
olds403 Long Time Member |
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My Harmony One(and my old 520) had no problems working through the glass doors in my tv stand. For an inexpensive harmony I would probably recommend the 550, it is available for around $50 if you shop around online and it will control all the equipment you listed with no problem. I had the 520, the 550 is an updated version of that remote.
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| Post 4 made on Wednesday January 28, 2009 at 00:15 |
smokinghot Super Member |
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On January 27, 2009 at 20:08, xpat said...
The Harmony should be able to do all that without trouble,
barring any interference from the glass priceless.... sure it will work, unless it doesn't... ;)
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| OP | Post 5 made on Wednesday January 28, 2009 at 16:46 |
IrvingBerlin Long Time Member |
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On January 27, 2009 at 20:08, xpat said...
The Harmony should be able to do all that without trouble,
barring any interference from the glass Yep. I thought that was kind of a funny answer, too. Considering my question was: will it work through glass. :)
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| OP | Post 6 made on Wednesday January 28, 2009 at 16:49 |
IrvingBerlin Long Time Member |
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XPAT, I saw your original reply, but since I don't have my system components set up yet, I can't test it. That's why I was asking the question.
Thanks again.
Irv
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| Post 7 made on Wednesday January 28, 2009 at 17:18 |
jlet Super Member |
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My 659 and 680 work fine through my moderately dark tinted glass cabinet doors.
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| Post 8 made on Wednesday January 28, 2009 at 22:01 |
On January 28, 2009 at 00:15, smokinghot said...
priceless....
sure it will work, unless it doesn't...
;) hmmm ... yeah, that came out wrong ... what I mean is Harmony PR says many things like it will work with every IR device, etc ... technically should be no problem working through glass (just shining a flashlight through glass shows you that light passes through and IR is just light) but it could might not work in some strange scenario. OK I'm not sure what exactly I was trying to say, been working too many long hours, so I'll stop digging myself a deeper hole. =) Good luck with your setup Irving, everything should work.
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| Post 9 made on Wednesday January 28, 2009 at 23:47 |
squareeyes Long Time Member |
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On January 28, 2009 at 22:01, xpat said...
hmmm ... yeah, that came out wrong ... what I mean is
Harmony PR says many things like it will work with every
IR device, etc ... technically should be no problem working
through glass (just shining a flashlight through glass
shows you that light passes through and IR is just light)
but it could might not work in some strange scenario.
OK I'm not sure what exactly I was trying to say, been
working too many long hours, so I'll stop digging myself
a deeper hole. =)
Good luck with your setup Irving, everything should work. unless it doesn't :) ouch! okay the horse is dead.
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| Post 10 made on Thursday January 29, 2009 at 17:17 |
On January 28, 2009 at 23:47, squareeyes said...
unless it doesn't :)
ouch! okay the horse is dead. yeah ... I've stopped digging :p
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