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Author Topic: Plexi and my remote. Not perfect together?  (Read 1134 times)

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Plexi and my remote. Not perfect together?
« on: October 22, 2004, 11:32:45 am »
I have a TV in my cabinet, and sometimes I want to turn it off while I do maintenance from my main PC.

The remote won't work through the plexi?  I've changed the batteries.  

My plexi is screwed on, so it would be a pain to test the remote without it.

The only other thing I can think of is the remote doesn't work at all.  It's brand new like the TV.

Huh?

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Re:Plexi and my remote. Not perfect together?
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2004, 12:04:38 pm »
It could be that the angle of your plexi is acting like a mirror and bouncing your infrared beam toward the ceiling.

It's also possible the your plexi may have a UV/Infrared inhibitor mixed into it when it was made which of course would block your infrared signal.

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Re:Plexi and my remote. Not perfect together?
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2004, 01:54:54 pm »
I'm thinking of drilling a hole where the sensor is.  

I bought the plexi at HDepot, think they have the filtering you described?

Thanks for the reply.

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