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IR in & out on receivers
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantFrodonf
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Hi everyone,

I just bought a Pioneer VSX-1021 receiver and would like to use it with my Harmony 890 remote but without the IR blasters.

Instead I would like to use the IR in & out sockets on the back of the receiver and on the back of my Oppo BDP-83 to have something like this :

Harmony RF Extender IR out ---> VSX-1021 IR in / VSX IR out ---> Oppo IR in.

I would like to know what kind of cables to use between the RF extender and the VSX, and between the VSX and the Oppo. Is it Mono-Mono, Mono-Stereo or Stereo-Stereo jack cables?

Thanks for your help.
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Search Google for wired IR connection to AV receiver. You will get lots of info, diagrams, etc.

Search for this post on avsforum,

"The IR jacks on the -93 are different than the -83. The -83 has a 3-wire with a hot tip and requires a "stereo to mono" adapter cable to interface with most IR distributions systems. The -93 has a standard mono jack with no power and does not need the adapter cable.

The -93's front sensor is disabled when you use the jack, the -83's is not."

Sorry I lost the link in my cut/paste process, but you should be able to find it.
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Quoting mediadogg:
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Search Google for wired IR connection to AV receiver. You will get lots of info, diagrams, etc.

Search for this post on avsforum,

"The IR jacks on the -93 are different than the -83. The -83 has a 3-wire with a hot tip and requires a "stereo to mono" adapter cable to interface with most IR distributions systems. The -93 has a standard mono jack with no power and does not need the adapter cable.

The -93's front sensor is disabled when you use the jack, the -83's is not."

Sorry I lost the link in my cut/paste process, but you should be able to find it.


Thanks a lot Mediadogg.

I had a responses from both Oppo and Logitech :

Quote:

For the HM-31 and the DV-983H we are using a 3.5mm head which includes a tip, ring, and sleeve (<=||=||=|). The tip is a 5v signal, the Ring is the IR signal, and the sleeve is the ground. Most standard 3.5mm cables are just the tip and the sleeve (<=||=|). With a standard 3.5mm cable the ground signal is not present, which prevents the signal from being processed correctly. You will need a 3.5mm cable at at one end has the tip, ring and sleeve and at the other end has the tip and sleeve only.

We can supply a 1m cable for $2.00 shipped.

Best Regards,

Customer Service
OPPO Digital, Inc.


And

Quote:

I understand that you want to know the size of cable you need to use. I am going to do my best to help you.

Although we don't support the direct connection of the RF extender to the device you can do this with a Mono 1/8" cable

Regards,

Davy
Logitech Customer Care


So for the BDP-83 I need a special cable but for everything else it's mono to mono 1/8" jack.
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So for the BDP-83 I need a special cable but for everything else it's mono to mono 1/8" jack.

Funny, I read the Oppo email exactly the opposite. They say the DV-983H has a stereo jack. If you plug in a mono to mono cable, The DV-983H will not see the IR signal coming in, and its +5V will be sent backwards to the sending device. Did I misunderstand it?

If I were you, I would spring for the $2.
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Quoting Frodonf:
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So for the BDP-83 I need a special cable but for everything else it's mono to mono 1/8" jack.

Funny, I read the Oppo email exactly the opposite. They say the DV-983H has a stereo jack. If you plug in a mono to mono cable, The DV-983H will not see the IR signal coming in, and its +5V will be sent backwards to the sending device. Did I misunderstand it?

If I were you, I would spring for the $2.


You're right about the DV-983H. In another e-mail, they told me that the IR in & out of the DV-983H is the same in the BDP-83. So they both need a special stereo-mono cable to get/send proper IR signal.

But for other devices (including the BDP-93), it's usually mono-mono.


And the 2$ is already in Oppo's pocket
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Ok dokay, glad you got it all sorted. And I learned some stuff.
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