remote control relay?

[VarietyUndrgrnd]

I want to change the channels on my cable box from a room that the cable box is not in.

This could easily be accomplished by some kind of relay system I can imagine in my head but find difficult to describe. Is there such a thing?

 

[stevemw]

Strategically arranged mirrors?

 

[VarietyUndrgrnd]

What I'm imagining would come in three parts.

1. Remote control. ("A")

2. IR receiver ("B") for remote control. This is in the room with you and the remote control, not the room with the thing you want to control remotely.

3. IR "gun" ("C") in the room you're not in, pointed at the IR receiver of the thing you want to control.

You zap the local receiver ("B") with the remote control ("A") and it ("B") tells the unit in the other room ("C") (via radio frequency or something) what to tell the thing you're controlling.

Actually I just thought of a better solution -- you build the radio transmitter INTO the remote control ("A").

 

[TerryJ]

Recoton Infrared Remote Control Extender

Infrared Remote Control Extender. Receivers allow infared remote to be used virtually anywhere in the house up to 100' away. Converts any infrared remote to an through-wall remote. Relays remote signals to satellite receivers, VCR, home theater receivers, CD/DVD players, cable boxes and more. Operates at a frequency of 418 MHz.

-Terry

 

[goldfish boy]

Why don't you just hire a houseboy?

 

[AndyD]

I'm working on a method of showering without leaving my bed.

 

[Petra B]

Terry Jinn is magical. He knows all. Terry is the Gandalf of the IRC. And if I spelled the wizard name wrong, Terry will know.

 

[Stanny!]

You could just ask me every time you want the channel changed.

 

[PatBaer]

Cut a hole in your wall.

 

[VarietyUndrgrnd]

Wait, everything's fine, folks. I found a "Recoton Infrared Remote Control Extender" in Pat Baer's beard.

 

[Mr. Kwako]

There are better ways to Gaslight Stan, Tony.

(Like, if he goes to bed unbruised, beat the shit out of him while he's asleep. He'll wake up, see the unexplained bruises and be forced to conclude he's going crazy!)