Another question for the group. I would like to control my equipment from behind the closed doors of my entertainment cabnit and would like to know if RF would be better than an IR extender. I have been told of interference from other devices conflicting with the RF signal. I don't have a Plasma unit so I know there would be no interference with the IR signal. Which is better?

Thanks in advance for any input,

Mark

I don't understand your question. The IR Extender is RF.

I'm talking about the ones with the IR reciever, connecting block, and flashers. They operate on IR only. Like the ones from smarthome. The IR reciever is still line of sight with the remote.

I went with the pronto ir extender that converts Rf to IR and thus does not need to be in line of site. We have other Rf devices and I did not even have to test the different freqs. Mine was for the same reason, entire unit is in a cabinet with closed doors.

Plus if you are going to spend the money on all the equipment, why not go with the one that allows you to extend via ir or rf?

I had issues with the previous RF receivers, the current receivers work well.

The advantage with RF is that there is no aiming at a target, no IR intrference issues, and long command strings won't get interrupted when the user faces the remote away from the target too soon.

In the overall scheme of things, the cost difference between RF and IR is minor.

Also, in cases where two devices share the same IR codes, it is possible to use two RF receivers set to different ID's. It's an easy, way to deal with the issue. Other schemes are more expensive and a lot more trouble.