Hide Sage TV behind TV

[cbuxton5200]

I have wall mounted my TV and put my Sage TV behind it. Now I am faced with not being able to remote control the extender anymore. I only need to get the IR signal about a foot, and all the IR extenders I see are wireless and are designed for long distance and that means they are expensive ~$50. Is there anything cheaper I can do? I've looked for just IR cables and they all have a mini stereo jack that has to be plugged in to work. Thanks for any ideas!

[MattHelm]

A Mirror?

[GKusnick]

Originally Posted by MattHelm

A Mirror?

Second that. A cheap bike helmet stick-on rearview mirror should do the trick. Or even just a bit of shiny tape in the right place.

[jgscott987]

If you're handy with a soldering iron (and don't mind voiding your warranty) you can pull the IR receiver out of the HD200 and put it on the end of a wire.

I de-soldered the IR receiver from the main board, then attached 3 wires of an old headphone cable in its place. at the other end of the headphone cable I stuck the IR receiver in a tiny black box that sits on top of my TV.

I wouldn't recommend this unless you are very handy with a soldering iron and have the right tools. Clearly it is not endorsed by SageTV.

It would be nice if they would put an IR jack on the next extender (HD300?)

[cbuxton5200]

Thanks for the ideas. For some reason, I thought you could get an IR cable, with an end that sticks over the IR sensor on the extender, but oh well!

[jgscott987]

There are products like this:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...P7FH0K95TSJH30

that would achieve what you are looking to do. The problem is that you end up with another box you have to tuck behind your TV.

Do a search for "IR Repeater". there are tons of them out there.

[GKusnick]

Originally Posted by cbuxton5200

For some reason, I thought you could get an IR cable, with an end that sticks over the IR sensor on the extender, but oh well!

Well, it wouldn't be just a cable. There'd have to be some electronics to detect and amplify the signal, and a power supply to make it all go. As jgscott says, one more box to plug in and hide.

Unless you're talking about some sort of passive fiber-optic cable that just pipes the light around a corner. Such a thing might exist, although I didn't find one in a quick Google search. But really, a small mirror could do that job just as well.