Cable Matters Infrared Remote Extender Cable - 25ft, IR Repeater Kit Cable, IR Extender, USB Infrared Remote Blaster Cord Up to 15ft Signal Range, NOT Compatible with RF Remote

Controllable range is fine (at least 20-25'), but the side-to-side arc is noticeably narrower than that of the built-in sensor on my receiver, i.e. the remote needs to carefully pointed at the sensor and geld in a position not too far off the sensor axis. I really don't understand why they couldn't arrange a pair of photocells for a wider FOV If that rwally affects your setup I suppose you could install a pair of these side-by-side with the sensors tolted slightly outward. It's adequate in my theater room but you definitely notice the reliability difference between using the remote near the center of the room (works perfectly) or off to one side (occasional missed button presses, but not excruciating).The other design drawback is the transmitter lobe is designed to be mounted from the back (insert mom joke here). If you don't have a suitable door or wall directly in front of your equipment, it's a little fiddly to position the transmitter over the factory sensor on the controlled component. I can imagine a better casing with a front protrusion (same side as the IR beam) for direct attachment to your gear, but it wasn't too hard to fabricate a holder with some Sugru.

Worked for exactly what I needed it for! I was nervous because I wanted to DIY frame my tv and I wasn’t sure if the transmitter would be able to pick up my tv sensor if it was behind it, but it did! USB plugged right into the back of my tv. Receiver is very tiny and inconspicuous. If only I ordered enough frame to finish my TV. But now I can still use my remote even though sensor is covered!It’s extremely responsive. I notice zero difference compared to when I am using my tv sensor directly.

Works decently, not as receptive as the TV itself but I needed it because my soundbar blocks the TV’s receiver.Does not work well if inside a cubby, but I have it sitting right next to the soundbar on top of the TV stand. you don’t need to aim the remote directly at the receiver, but you have to aim in the general direction of the TV area, unlike with the TV’s receiver where i could point the remote basically anywhere.

Worked as expected right out of the box. No muss. No fuss. I would recommend this to anyone who wants their electronics out of sight. I hide the little receiver in a plant by my TV.

I bought this product because the mantle on our fireplace was interfering with our wall mounted tv above it. It works perfectly. Just plugged it into a usb port on the tv and good to go!

Just the solution when a giant speaker blocks the IR sensor of your amplifier. It's a simply device, there's not much else to say.A note that may help someone: The DC out on my amplifier (Yamaha A-S701) is 5V at 0.5A. This IR extender requires 5V at 1A to function. I initially thought it was dead on arrival, but it just needed more power.

I liked the simplicity, easy wiring, low cost of this I-R Relay.Unfortunately I couldn't make it work with my new A/V receiver. I realize the prudent thing for most people is to just get it replaced by Amazon.As an EE, I'm able to dive into specifically what's wrong, in this case using a phone camera and an oscilloscope. A phone camera can detect I-R easily. Aim your remote at it, and you'll see white flash when pressing command buttons.On this I-R extender, my phone cam revealed that the TRANSMITTER end was emitting very low (if any) I-R. I knew the I-R receiver was sensing I-R well- it has a small blue LED you can see (thru its top) flash when it receives I-R commands from a remote. I cut off the transmitter at the end of its 10-ft wire and used a scope to verify that digital pulses (intended to drive I-R emitter) WERE present when A/V remote was sending commands. The problem was the I-R emitting diode.I dug into a supply of super efficient white LEDs I have. With proper polarity, I connected one to the end of the 10 ft transmit cable. It illuminated intensely with each remote command. I fixtured the white LED to the front of A/V receiver at it's I-R sensor location. That fixed the problem- the AV receiver enclosed in a cabinet reliably responds to all buttons on its remote now.

Bought this item, it works great, but there was one major design flaw -- incomplete instructions:I had some issues with getting the IR signals to the receiver, so I popped open the plastic housing with a fingernail and immediately saw the thing they did--the IR receiver part was mounted pointing upward instead of forward. I tilted it away from the PCB (printed circuit board) and pointed it straight out. Now it works perfectly!If you mount it the way I did (with the cord facing away from you), make the same modification as I did. If you mount it with the cord vertical (down or up), do NOT modify it as the design is already optimized for this use case. Also, you pretty much must have line of sight to the receiver. Basically, there should be better instructions on how to mount it.Also, I have it attached directly to my Wi-Fi router (which the Amazon listing says not to do) but the proximity to the router doesn't seem to matter.