Hi I have a cheap thermostar decoder. this is sitting in my lounge. i want to watch the channels on my decoder in my room so i connected a wireless AV however is there anyway to control the decoder from my room. because i cant change channels. my cable provider suggested my to buy another decoder but this is going to cost alot so are there any alternatives/?
Im not quite sure of the hardware your talking about..... but is it controlled with a normal remote? (aka infa red). I saw a project awhile ago which made a infa red remote extender, that allowed you to controll devices in diffrent rooms (cd player etc). worked something like this: [device Remote] >beam in> [listening box] <><><><>wireless connection <><><><> [talking box] >beam out> [Device that remote controlls] you would have to build it from scratch (buy compenents, solder them onto a board etc) but if your interested i'll see if i can find it again!
You can get boxes that allow you to operate the video and tv n stuff from places like curry's n that. Shouldn't be too hard to find one. Ebay will be my first place to look.
*agrees with zeus* I spent awhile thinking of everythign i could to find the project in google, no luck What i did find however, was a few things which did the same... i even found i box which you can controll with a computer over ethernet (to tell it what signals to send) but it was $200 Have a look around high street shops (or google / froogle) and see if theres anything suitable.... you might be better off with a another decoder (as most of the things i found wearnt overly cheap for what they where). Good luck (and sorry about not being able to fin dit again)
