Jon...
Thanks for thye reply....I ordered an extender today for 45.00 and am
going to stop and get a relay today.
With all of the wiring I've done...I never used a relay
Thanks for all of the detail !
Bob
jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
>Bob Nichols <bocd@optonline.net> wrote:
>
>: Any one ever wire up a remote eye to a dvd player or other electronic
>: equipt?
>
>: Mine is in the bed...but I'd like to be able to control it from the cab
>: now since i now have a cab monitor...
>
>
> I've never done it myself, but I've seen devices like this sold in
>various catalogs for controlling home theater equipment. I think they
>are popular for hiding your DVD player away in a closet but still being
>able to control it, or for a satellite system with multiple TVs run off
>of it (only one channel can be watched at a time) where the receiver is in
>another room, and you want to be able to change channels on the receiver
>from a tv in a different room. As I understand it, I believe it works by
>using an IR receiver and an IR sender. Essentially, you put the IR receiver
>in front of your remote, and the IR sender in front of the device you want
>to control (DVD player in this case). When you point your remote at the
>IR receiver, it takes the signal and broadcasts it to the IR sender via
>RF, and the IR sender then sends the IR signal out to the DVD player.
>Its been a while since I was looking into these, but I think they run $30-60
>or so. Its possible there might be a system like the above but which uses
>a wire between the IR receiver and sender rather than an RF transmission.
>Another possibility might be a system which eliminates the IR receiver,
>and uses a universal RF remote which communicates directly with an IR
>sender.
>
> Anyway, sorry I can't be of more help except to say that I do know such
>systems exist, its just a matter of finding a place to buy it. :-) Since
>these are designed for home use, I'm guessing the IR receiver and sender
>are designed to run off of house power (110-120v AC), but they are probably
>~12v with "wall wart" transformers, so depending on their requirements, you
>could either wire them directly into the truck's 12v DC system, or since
>you've got an inverter, I suppose you could also just plug 'em into that
>and be done with it since I would guess they don't take much power.
>
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