SWMBO is pushing to have the DVD and satellite box inside a cupboard with solid doors under the TV despite the fact that the remotes then won't work! I was wondering if such a thing as a relay exists that would pick up the signal from the remotes and relay it inside the cupboard?
Mike
How about a small vent/slit in the front top somewhere disguised, and then two mirrors internally mounted in a periscope configuration?
Have a look at this:-
You could easily manufacture a device to do this for you. It would involve some Meccano strips, a few Meccano double angle brackets, a Meccano axle, a couple of Meccano collars with grub screws, some springs or elastic bands, and lots of string threaded out between the doors. One piece of string for each button you moght want to press.
Or put a remote opener on the door of the cabinet - open door; change channel; close door again.
Or you could just tell her to "Go fetch the remote".
Can we come and watch, please? ... and possibly open a book??
:o)
Speaking as a SNTVB I'd say that's the perfect solution. Shove the boxes in the cupboard; close the doors; silence.
Bliss!
Of course that's easy for me to say since I don't have to face the wrath of your SHMBO! Would a nice infra red filter 'porthole' ruin the look of the doors?
In message , MuddyMike writes
Umm.. Isn't trapped heat likely to be an issue?
regards
Thanks Howard, marital bliss can resume:-)
Looks like repeater was the magic search word.
Mike
Our TV cabinet is glass fronted, so there are no remote problems, but I did wonder about heat. There are two holes 3" in diameter at diagonally opposite corners of the back for cables to enter and leave and for airflow. So far a Sky plus box, a normal sky box, a DVD player, a remote camera box and a Hauppage MVP have managed to co-exist in there for many years, with no failures other than the cheap DVD players that last about
12 months (but they do that anyway with young kids!)SteveW
Yes.
Google for "remot extenders". I have one in the kitchen to allow me to drive the stereo in the sitting room. (There are speakers in the kitchen, also.)
In message , MuddyMike writes
Be a man, tell her "NO !"
Erm, how do you get a dvd in then?
Brian
That is exactly how I used to change the remote track points when I had a Hornby OO railway set. Worked fine.
I guess I will have to get down on my hands and knees as I do now, but with the added complication of having to open the cabinet doors. Its such a hard life keeping loved ones happy!
Mike
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