I am looking for a RF remote control probably either Universal Remote MX-650/850 or Logitech's Harmony 890. My question is I do not want to run IR blasters to each one of my components. It just makes more wires and since I'm always changing something, I dont want to have IR blasters stuck to each component.
So I thought I once saw a RF-IR repeater that simply takes RF and output IR equivalent to a remote control. I would rather just setup the repeater 4 feet in front of the stereo rack and have it send IR to all the components. Make sense?
So to answer your next question - why RF at all? The stereo is not behind closed doors. The answer is, I have seen older Logitech IR remotes send out long chains of macros and the user presses the button and then naturally puts the remote down. The remote continues sending out commands from the macro sequence and is no longer firing towards the components. Annoying.
How powerful are the IR blasters? Can I just use one of these 4-5 feet away from all the components. Then I only need to wire up one.
Thanks