Control Cable Box From Different Room

I don t believe you can share one box.

Control cable box from different room. Connect flat screen to cable box in different room. However you can just run a coaxial cable into the back of 2 of the tvs. With all that as background when i was changing out the cable box recently i decided to look for a new solution for my family room and gave the next generation remote control extender a try. Since digital cable tv signals are usually copy protected video recording fans will find it more difficult to record cable tv programs using a dvd recorder.

Not great given i have a combined family room kitchen situation and would like to be able to use the remote from much farther away. You won t get the fancy menu that you get with a box probably won t get all the channels and almost certainly won t get the same picture quality you would with a box. Connecting a cable box wirelessly to multiple tvs at home. Blu ray player or console to a screen across the room or even a couple rooms over planet 5d the aries pro is a very simple elegant solution sound vision it handled everything with no lag a critical accomplishment for the gamers out there.

If you ve installed in wall volume controls along with your speakers in a multi room music system for example then you can adjust the volume of whatever source you re listening to from your remote rooms. Don t have the cable box yet but the cable wire is ran to the tv behind the wall and i need a way to control the box from the main room while it sits in the other room. By spongebobvt jan 28 2008 5 19am pst just wondering if there is any way to have my cable box receiver in a different room as my flat screen tv. If there s nowhere to hide your cable box you can choose to put it in a nearby cabinet or closet and send the video signal and ir commands with a wireless hdmi kit.

A multi room system can deliver music and video throughout your home but it won t necessarily give you much control over your gear from afar.