IR Extender recommendation

[iRONic]

I have zero knowlege or experience with this since my remotes always had LoS to the components. I recently picked up three Klipsch XL-23 Icons for the master suite and the left one blocks the TV IR sensor. The AVR & cable box currently have no IR issues.

I see USB, HDMI, and 3.5mm jack extenders at monoprice. This confuses me.

Distance - 14'
Remote - Harmony 880
TV - Toshiba 55G310U 55"

Looking forward;

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[DesiPower]

If something's blocking the IR sensor on the TV, i wonder is an extender is gonna do anything help...

btw, the speakers are not only blocking the IR, but part of the TV screen too, I don't think that a good idea in a long run, you need to find a solution, maybe put a plank extending out a little bit of the armoire and let the speakers sit on that...

 

[iRONic]

Plank idea: Wife will forget that the speaker extends near the door and crack her skull on the speaker in the dark. She'll be pissed. Speaker may hit the floor. I'll be pissed.

So, no.

 

[DesiPower]

hang'em from the ceiling then, using invisible wires

 

[razel]

IR is light and reflects off mirrors. I have successfully used small make-up mirrors to hide components in cabinets that have an open back. I just place the mirror on the back wall and another on the back on the cabinet door.

My next option after that were those optical fibers. I remember those decorations in the early eighties. Thank god the mirrors worked just fine.

 

[Zaap]

Personally I'd much rather have speakers partially behind the TV than speakers partially blocking the TV. Ideally... I'd just find a way to move them out of the way. Simplest: mount them on stands behind the TV so they jut out to the sides, but high enough to be out of the way of being bumped into.

Otherwise, yeah, I'd give strategic mirror placement a go.

BTW: I use this as an IR extender for components with no LOS at all, enclosed, up to 50 ft apart and its solid, never misses. Problem is, its not compatible with your Harmony 880. (It is for models just up to that.) http://www.amazon.com/Next-Generation-Remote-Control-Extender/dp/B000C1Z0HA/ref=cm_srch_res_rtr_1

 

[iRONic]

IR is light and reflects off mirrors. I have successfully used small make-up mirrors to hide components in cabinets that have an open back. I just place the mirror on the back wall and another on the back on the cabinet door.

That may be an option. Thanks.

 

[iRONic]

Personally I'd much rather have speakers partially behind the TV than speakers partially blocking the TV. Ideally... I'd just find a way to move them out of the way. Simplest: mount them on stands behind the TV so they jut out to the sides, but high enough to be out of the way of being bumped into.

Otherwise, yeah, I'd give strategic mirror placement a go.

That puts the center channel speaker too close to the front of the armoire but it may work if I can come up with a hidden solution to secure it.

Thanks.