Sewell SW-32988 Direct BlastIR Wireless Pro IR Repeater, Remote Control Extender Kit (IR Emitter and Receiver),Black

Works great, have been using it for 5+ months now. Receiver on the first floor, transmitter in the basement, about 20 feet away through the floor and walls. We did discover a problem - our old TV is Panasonic Viera plasma one and it actually produces infrared radiation when powered on. At first we placed the receiver part of Sewell too close to the TV and it would quit "sensing" the remote after some time. After reaching out to support and watching Sewell troubleshooting videos, and searching online, we realized it was the TV all along. Moved Sewell receiver away and covered it a bit which pretty much fixed the problem. It still stays lit with blue light all the time, sensing IR but our remote signal comes through now and no longer gets overpowered by the TV IR noise. Check your TV manual for the notes about IR if you use plasma.

Finally a solution that worked. B and H recommend and shipped me plug into the back of my receiver that didn’t work. A repeater like this one is definitely a more fool proof solution. And was a reasonable cost. Super easy to set up.

It works as advertised over short distances.

Used this for a Dyson fan. Seems the Dyson is very direction. Just power it up and it works.

Worked good for a couple of months, then started to develop a lag between when you pressed a button on the remote, and when the TV would respond. If I moved the speaker blocking the TV’s IR receiver, and pointed the remote at it, it worked perfectly. Add the IR blaster back in and the delay returns. The delay kept getting longer and longer, sometimes 5 to 10 seconds. Then it just died. Would not pass any IR signals, even though the receiver and emitter both had power. Tried rebooting, changing communication channels to no avail. Out of Amazon return window. Manufacturer wants you do go through a troubleshooting process for warranty that is too complicated and time consuming. Customer Service Rep at Sewell send me a warranty replacement.

PERFECT!! OK - as we all know, finding capable and reliable AV professionals has become an increasingly rare occurrence. Accordingly, we have to handle some fixes and retrofits ourselves. I needed to replace a fully integrated system with an RF and IR remote system with something simpler for controlling a cable box and Apple TV. Out of the box, this item couldn't be more user-friendly. Sixty seconds spent reviewing the cords and the quick installation manual, 5 minutes to disconnect the old system, and 5 minutes to install this. It worked perfectly from the start - 10/10 for ease of installation and use. I have read some of the other reviews (prior to purchase), and I cannot see how anyone could struggle to get this up and running...!

I am no tech expert but these little guys are magic! We had just put in a wall of built-ins and desperately wanted to hide our cable box behind a cabinet, but with it being infrared this would not work without these little repeaters! First off I just have to say that the Sewell customer service is off the charts. You actually get to speak to a real person right away, no annoying menu after menu trying to get help. They helped us so much when we hit a couple snags. Here are a couple things that I figured out that I hope will help others. First you can hide both of these little discs, they both come with tiny little eyes that can attach to your tv and cable box or whatever you are trying to use them for, and they are nearly invisible. Second, don’t get nervous when you plug them into the power outlet and the lights don’t come on, this is ok and they aren’t supposed to stay on, they kind of blink here and there, and only when you use your remote. Third, we have an Altice One cable box (not the mini, just a regular cable box) and it was impossible to find the eye to attach the emitter’s eye (Side note: we had to put the emitter disc on top of the cable box because we couldn’t fit the emitter disc pointing in front of cable box. The directions give you both options though and you can basically put it anywhere as long as the eyes attach). The phone trick did not work on this particular cable box. But after trying about a dozen different spots on the front of the box we finally got it to work by putting the eye right on where the digital clock numbers are. I put it basically right on top of the colon (:). Cable vision was no help with this so I hope this can save others from our frustration. After we found the eye everything came together and worked perfectly! No more do we need to keep the cabinet open to change channels… it’s a miracle!!! Hope these little guys work forever.

Easy setup and worked right away, but for the $62 price it shouldn't come damaged. Both of the pucks have scrape marks where all the holes in the casing are.