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Second zone remote J Miller 02-09-08
Posted by J Miller on February 9, 2008, 9:36 pm
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Got a Denon AVR 1908 a month back. It allows for a "zone 2", with a
different source. It even comes with a 2nd remote just for Zone 2.

Thing is, the remote is IR only, so it is useless from within zone 2!
(it's another room)

There is a "remote/network" input on the 1908, but it seems to be for
their IPOD adapter.

Question is, what are my options?

Whats out there for IR->RF->RF->IR, or for just extending the IR?

I'd rather not run more wires (the speakers in Zone 2 are in place and
working)

Thanks in advance.

Posted by bruceR on February 9, 2008, 9:56 pm
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J Miller wrote:
> Got a Denon AVR 1908 a month back. It allows for a "zone 2", with a
> different source. It even comes with a 2nd remote just for Zone 2.
>
> Thing is, the remote is IR only, so it is useless from within zone 2!
> (it's another room)
>
> There is a "remote/network" input on the 1908, but it seems to be for
> their IPOD adapter.
>
> Question is, what are my options?
>
> Whats out there for IR->RF->RF->IR, or for just extending the IR?
>
> I'd rather not run more wires (the speakers in Zone 2 are in place and
> working)
>
> Thanks in advance.

Do you think that this might be covered in the owner's manual? Denon has a
pretty good website with lots of documentation. If you can't find it try
this:
http://www.usa.denon.com/AVR-1908-OM-E_109.pdf



Posted by J Miller on February 9, 2008, 10:34 pm
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Been there, done that... All they show is a non Id'd box with wires to
another non-Id'd box.. Also emailed their tech support, but figured I
might get better (or more) options here...

It would also be nice to have the solution such that it could also
control the CD player from within zone 2, so having the ability to
translate non-Devon codes would also be nice.

bruceR wrote:
> J Miller wrote:
>> Got a Denon AVR 1908 a month back. It allows for a "zone 2", with a
>> different source. It even comes with a 2nd remote just for Zone 2.
>>
>> Thing is, the remote is IR only, so it is useless from within zone 2!
>> (it's another room)
>>
>> There is a "remote/network" input on the 1908, but it seems to be for
>> their IPOD adapter.
>>
>> Question is, what are my options?
>>
>> Whats out there for IR->RF->RF->IR, or for just extending the IR?
>>
>> I'd rather not run more wires (the speakers in Zone 2 are in place and
>> working)
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>
> Do you think that this might be covered in the owner's manual? Denon has a
> pretty good website with lots of documentation. If you can't find it try
> this:
> http://www.usa.denon.com/AVR-1908-OM-E_109.pdf
>
>

Posted by RickH on February 11, 2008, 6:10 pm
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> Got a Denon AVR 1908 a month back. =A0It allows for a "zone 2", with a
> different source. =A0It even comes with a 2nd remote just for Zone 2.
>
> Thing is, the remote is IR only, so it is useless from within zone 2!
> (it's another room)
>
> There is a "remote/network" input on the 1908, but it seems to be for
> their IPOD adapter.
>
> Question is, what are my options?
>
> Whats out there for IR->RF->RF->IR, or for just extending the IR?
>
> I'd rather not run more wires (the speakers in Zone 2 are in place and
> working)
>
> Thanks in advance.

The Powermid is only 55 bucks and you can add on more receivers and
transmitters in other rooms than just two:

http://www.smarthome.com/8210.html


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