Why is it necessary to place the receiver in a precise position in front of or near the cable box etc. Isn't that what the emitter cable is for?
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I'm sorry. I misunderstood your first question. Here is what we did: our cable box is in a cabinet behind closed doors. One of the receivers sit next to it (again, behind closed doors). This receiver is plugged into the cable box. Our TV hangs above the fireplace mantle (about 10 feet away). The second receiver sits on the mantle & is plugged into the TV. We only use it to control this 1 cable box. So, yes....we did use the cables provided. Maybe that's why we've had no issues at all �
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Thanks. I was just confused by the many comments about the perfect placement of the receiver.
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Sure you can use the emitter cable if you want. It has three LED emitters on the end of it so you can put ONE on three different devices and therefore control three different units (cable box, stereo etc) with their respective remotes through the Leapfrog System. Of course you have to fool around with the placement of the emitter LEDs so they work properly. So it's six of one or a half dozen of the other. Either place the receiver properly or place the emitter LED's properly. Of course the receiver still needs to be placed so the transmitter can get a signal to it. So to answer your question it's not "necessary", IF you use the emitter cable. BUT the system will work WITHOUT the use of the emitter cable, with one less cable to worry about.(trip over, pull out, go bad, your kid to grab, your dog to eat, etc etc)
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I see your concern regarding the perfect placement of the receiver. I was worried too. However, I didn't have any problems with the placement of the receiver. My cable box is in a cabinet behind CLOSED cabinet doors. The receiver is approximately 10 feet away on a shelf near the TV. I just sat it up there and it worked on the first try. We even picked it up and moved it to the other end of the shelf and still no trouble at all.
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The tape is on the IR side...you stick it directly in front of where you want to receive the signal
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Original design intention was to be installed on the side of the receiver. It will install very easily this way. You would have to modify your stock if you wanted to install differently.
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My experience is that the sensor must be very close to the transmitted signal. My opinion is it would not work for cable behind wallboard, etc. Could be a help in sorting out cables you can touch.
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If the receiver has two preouts it is meant for two separate subs. If just running one sub on your system then you just need to use one cable from your receiver to your sub and leave the other preout alone.
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This product will do what you want. You will attach one of the transmitters (the red-tipped things) to the cable box in front of the infrared receiver in the box. You will place the receiver anywhere that you have line of sight to the receiver, possible at the bottom of your TV.
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All the unit can do is allow to locate approximately where the cable is buried. It cannot locate cable faults , that requires more complex equipment
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I assume that you are referring to the little stand, and while the receiver will work OK without it, I recommend that you avoid having the receiver lying against a shelf, wall, etc., where the unit might overheat if it lacked a good air flow.
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You place the receiver in front of the device you are controlling. The rest is done through RF.
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Anthony - as I was researching this question when I started using my receiver, the answer was - horizontally. Make sure you hang it as close to a window as possible. I also found that I had to experiment with the orientation (N/S/E/W) to get the best signal. Where I am located, the south end of my house works best. Hope this helps!
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Location probably doesn't matter. The signal is amplified in the unit not in the wire between it and the tv. Ours is located near the tele, but that's only because of the mounting options we had.
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That would transmit an outgoing signal from your tv set (if it even has OUT ports) to be received by your cable box. Can't imagine why you would do that. Plugging it into the OUT on your cable box and receiving it at the TV will allow you to eliminate the wires from the cable box to the tv and allow you to keep them a greater distance apart, or perhaps even in different rooms.
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The smaller end with just one wire is the transmitter that goes on cable box, satellite receiver, or whatever tiy are trying to change the channel on. You may have to search to get it in the right location to work good. The larger piece in the middle witrh two wires going into/out of it is the receiver that you point your remote control at to change the channel.
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It is on the cable, and can be located close to the bed edge. Or relocate, which is very simple.I hope this helps.
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I don't know what you mean by zones. I would not place this unit next to a receiver. Because it's going to eliminate every station. I was suggest at least having at 12 feet away from any receiver
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If I remember right, it's one cord with 3 emitters at the end. (It splits into 3 so you can place them in front of different components.) I do recommend using the emitter - trying to point the receiving box at the components didn't work nearly as well as hiding it behind everything and running the emitter cable directly in front of the component to control. I had great results with the transmitter in my bedroom and the receiver in the living room behind the TV with the emitter cable running under my TiVo from behind and ending up on the shelf directly in front of the TiVo. (I had 2 tvs fed from the same TiVo one in each room)
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No go the outside of the house where the main cable first comes into the house and attach it to the input of the main splitter that feeds the house. You are actually trying to keep the Moca signal trapped inside your house and not allow it to feed back into the cable company signal. It keeps the signal from degrading . Hope that helps.