Terk Technologies LF-IRX Leapfrog Remote Control Extender

Terk LF-IRX Leapfrog Remote Control Range Extender - This device converts any IR remote signal to the much more powerful RF radio signal. Allowing you to control A/V components through walls and floors up to 120 feet away! Installation is simple too. Place the receiver in the room you will use the remote. Then attach the base unit onto the component you want to control. Works with Most Remote Controls and A/V Components Unit Dimensions - Receiver - 2 1/2 x 4 x 5, Height With Antenna Extended - 9 7/8; Transmitter - 2 1/2 x 4 x 5 System may be expanded - Add an additional receiver (LFIRX-RX) and/or transmitter (LFIRX-TX) sold separately Terk 1-Year parts and labor warranty

Although sale went well and ANTOnline provided product as described in a timely fashion when I recieved the leapfrog the reciever end would not power up. I tried various trouble shooting methods without result. I did not notify ANTOnline since the shipping cost half as much as the product. I will not use TERK again.

I was disappointed with the range at which this product worked. It seemed that if I placed the receiver unit 15 feet or more from the remote, they failed to function. I also have to point the remote directly at the unit to get good results. The product boasts that you can be in one room with the remote and contol a unit in another room. I just needed to control a unit inside of a cabinet. Maybe my usage is just not how the product was intended. If you are also looking to solve my problem, I would recommend finding a different solution.

I read the mixed reviews of this device, but felt that my use was over such a short distance and so far within the posted specifications that it would work for me. I was wrong. I tried a variety of placements of both the sender and the receiver and tried several reomtes. They hardly worked at all, when they did transmit the signal I had to hold the remote about an inch from the sending unit. One of the other reviews said that this device should not be sold. I agree,it should not be on the market.

I have my cable box behind a cabinet door with no window on it. I purchased the extender so I could still operate the cable box. I repositioned the receiver and transmitter several times. Sometimes it works properly and others it does not. Range also seems to be an issue. If I move more than 6 feet away from the receiver it has problems seeing the signal.

This product allowed me to control the cable box that is aprox 50' in a bedroom. Yes I had to also run a wire from that box, but in savings alone and convience of having all my DVR programs and full cable line up on one box, OUTSTANDING.. I went to the cable store.. Baught an additional remote, and it's just like having another box.. Aiming wise.. I have no problems. Set up wise.. literly 5 minutes.. (hardest part was undooing the twist ties on the cord, lol! ) I recommend this to anyone who lives alone and or watches tv in one room and not the other... Hence, when my gf is over and we don't agree on what we're watching, both sets are tuned into that box, however the occational dvd can mediate this.. 10/10 rating.. does exactly what it supposed to for me.. no aiming issues. easy to set up! -Zack NJ