[Parrothead]

Originally Posted by jkirk

or you can get a usb-uirt and be done with it. i have never connected that blaster to a reciever(though you can if you want to)instead i just reflected the signal off nearby objects(wall, chair, etc.) you didn't mention if you have one or more receivers but as long as they are operating on different ir channels there will be no problem.

Agreed - if you feel you need to get it closer a USB extension cable or two can be purchased at pretty much any decent computer store. The USB-UIRT doesn't need a lot of bandwidth, so extensions work well.