Wireless IR Extender - Marmitek Powermid XL - Transmit your infrared IR signals to another room - Compatible with all remote controls - Works through walls and floors - IR blaster - IR repeater

Bought this to send signal from ground floor to first floor and it works really well!Easy to set up and use. Just make they are facing the right way.No issues encountered and works really well.Highly recommend it!

I needed a remote control extender for my Samsung Virgin+ box but not one that would interfere with the Wi-Fi installation (2.5G) and, as I live in a city, one that would not suddenly control the next door neighbour's tele or vice-versa!I had my doubts about the Marmitek but I spoke to the sales people at Keene (they were very helpful) and was reassured that it would work fine. It does. (using a lower frequency - 433MHz.) I have it installed in a three storey brick built house with the receiver on the ground floor and the transmitter two floors above. I have added the Marmitek IR Eye universal IR extender cable Marmitek IR Eye universal IR extender cable to the Marmitek receiver (very easy - just plug it in) so as not to have the problem of finding somewhere to sit the receiver so that it can "see" the front of the V+ box and apart from the usual playing around with the "IR eyes" to find the best spot on the V+ box for it to work, everything was very easy. It really was a case of out of the box, set up and it was running.(The manufacturer claims a 100m. operating distance but does add the condition that this is in "ideal" circumstances - for that I read "no buildings or floors in the way.)As the Marmitek IR Eye universal IR extender cable has two "eyes"Marmitek IR Eye universal IR extender cable, I also tried contolling other boxes I have (with the associated remote controller for each) and have so far found that all the equipment I have, TV, Sat. receiver (I cannot speak for a Sky Rx - but I do not see why it would not work), amp, everything seems to work - including an older version (Scientific Atlanta) Virgin+ box. Also seems to work fine with a "universal remote".The product itself is two small pyramids which look quite stylish and do not take up much room. Usual problem of locating them near a mains socket for the power supplies (supplied with the unit) but the IR extender cable is quite long, so that helps with that problem.BTW: This is not a "Video Sender". It DOES NOT allow you to see the picture on another TV in a different room!

For whatever reason (interference?) IR signals in my house recently became inoperable; even though the wireless extenders for tv and audio from room-to-room continued working, suddenly no remote control signals from any source could be transmitted/received, so no channel-changing remotely any more. Fortunately, these powerful Marmitek units, though fiddly to get working owing to continued interference on IR, eventually restored full remote-control between upstairs and downstairs tv. Once I saw they worked, I bought another pair for my internet radio, which have worked equally well. This is a valuable workaround and restored the convenience of operating a Freeview box and an internet radio in one room on my monitors downstairs.

This device caused nothing but problems. It picks up too many stray signals and as a result the transmitter tries to communicate with the receiver almost continuously rather than only when you want you IR signals from your remote to be relayed. Sometimes it is as bad as the transmitter being constantly on through out the day, even though no remote control is being used.This causes serious problems of flooding spurious IR signals and when you do use your remote control it doesn't work as expected.There another serious unintentional consequence of this defect. The frequency used by the transmitter is used by many home automation wireless devices like wireless lights (433 Mhz?? Not sure). Since the transmitter is constantly on, it floods this frequency with noise and causes all wireless devices (which are often low powered as they are battery operated wireless remotes/switches) using that frequency fail to work or experience severe interference/range loss. In essence this devices acting like a jammer for that frequency.

This item was delivered in double quick time (the very next day) after ordering. One item was placed downstairs and the other upstairs in the bedroom. The upstairs one was positioned to the side of the television it was going to control and plugged into the mains, downstairs the other one was placed on the floor in front of the SKY+HD box with the unit facing the sensor at the centre of the box. When operating the remote upstairs the channels on the SKY box everything worked as expected. When I came downstairs and used the remote to operate the SKY box it would not work until I had moved the Marmitek unit away from the line of sight with the sensor on the SKY box. This was a nuisance, so I decided to order the extender cable that plugs into the back of the main unit downstairs. When this arrived the unit was put out of sight, the extender cable plugged in, and one of the 'eyes' positioned below the SKY sensor. To test everything was working I went upstairs and operated the remote as normal and everything worked perfectly, then came downstairs and tried the remote directly on the SKY box and this also worked perfectly. In other words if you want to use the remote without moving the downstairs unit and not switching it off I would recommend getting the extender cable. It is always probable to forget to switch the downstairs unit on before going to bed, and then have to come down to switch it on, which (to me) defeats the object. As a result I can thoroughly recommend this unit and especially with the extender cable which comes with two magic eyes so that it can be used with another remotely controlled item. At the end of the day this is a very versatile unit that does exactly what it says, and without any major problems. All I will say is check the prices and availability of these items, as they do vary in both price and delivery charges.