Scientific Atlanta E940 ir port instead of blasting?

[jam_zhou]

I just found out the E940 has an IR extender at the back so....I was wondering instead of blasting is there a male to male connector that can go from the hdpvr/mce dongle ir blaster to the ir port of the E940?

is it just a male to male audio jack?

EDIT:
it might be possible:
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1007519/tip-fo...t_13456610

I'll give it a go later once I get the cables.

[whurlston]

A 1/8" mono male-male should work. You can use stereo as well but you don't need to do so.

[pBS]

ummm, you can't plug the ir out from hdpvr directly to the ir blaster port, even if it's a receiver port, as the electrical isn't the same..
plugging a blaster's wires to a ir eye's wires will likely blow it, as the blaster puts out much more voltage to the ir led than the eye produces does when it receives ir..
[think hooking a speaker wire to a microphone input wire...waayyyy too loud on the mic]

that link is talking about only extending the eye's wire with 1/4 in plugs/cables..still having an ir eye on the end..

[jam_zhou]

good point...I'll drop this idea. I was wondering why no one else would do this.

[pBS]

i've had great results with ir blasting, so much so that i've stayed with it despite having a usb option on my stb...
it usually comes down to placement of the eye and having good recorded codes..[shorter the better]
i haven't missed a ch. change for over 2 years now..