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Terk Technologies LF-IRX Leapfrog Remote Control Extender Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Plug it in -- it just works
Comment: A refreshing change from most software-heavy products these days which require at least 15 minutes of "configuration".

Works great, no problems, used with Yamaha stereo/receiver.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Simple set up, functional, reliable - what's not to like?
Comment: Took about 5 minutes to set up. I'm flummoxed as to why anyone would have trouble setting up/using this. Plug the sending & receiving units in & attach the repeater(s). I'm using it to control the DirecTV DVR in the living room that feeds the signal in my bedroom - works flawlessly every time. Never had a problem at all. It was *extremely easy* to set up. Couldn't be happier (especially at this price point)!

As an aside to everyone who is having trouble aiming their remote at the sending unit - make sure it's oriented correctly. The unit must be placed with the slim end (opposite of the end with the power attachment) exposing the red plastic for IR reception. Not very intuitive - especially since it looks similar to some indoor TV antennas which are usually oriented with the logo exposed (as in the picture for this item).

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Very inconsistent performance
Comment: I have an older Terk LeapFrog at one house and wanted to install something similar at our vacation home. The older model doesn't appear to be available anymore so I figured this product would work as well (since it's made by the same company), if not better (since it's newer). I figured wrong. The old LeapFrog works immediately and everytime; the emitter doesn't even need to point at the product it's controlling, just being in the same enclosed cabinet is enough. On this newer product I can't seem to get it to work reliably unless I hold the remote 24" from the receiver. Oddly enough, after continuing to "bombard" the receiver with IR radiation from the remote it sort of "wakes up", and starts working, until you don't use the remote for a while and then it's back to square one. The vacation home is in a remote area and the only other wireless devices in the house are a 5.8GHz cordless phone, and a 802.11g router on another floor in the opposite corner of the house. I have the same wireless devices at the "older LeapFrog home" and the same 802.11g router sits next to it. The receiver and emitter in the "newer LeapFrog home" are about 3 linear feet from each other. I'm baffled that Terk could take a simple product that worked great 4 years ago, and through the marvel of engineering incompetence, make it worse.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good up to 5 feet
Comment: Was hoping to get 50 feet out of these guy's. No luck. I was trying to go from downstairs to main floor, no luck. Product comes with everything needed though. If you are looking to put the 2 units very close to each other to hide your components, This is for you, if you are looking to go over 30 feet, go with the X-10 Powermid, I bought one of those and it solved all of my distance issues.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Leapfrog review
Comment: The Terk tech. lf-irx remote control extender. is in my opinion a poor system if you wish to control a device with the IR recever across the room.

My experience was as follows. At eight feet I got no response. at five feet I got about 10-15 percent response. When I placed the receiver on top of the Cable box and used the wire with led placed next to the ir control on the box i finally got 100 percent control. I concede that I have room to room wireless control, but I am disappointed, with the ir transmission of the wireless receiver.

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