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Frosted Glass and IR signals

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Old 12-03-2007, 1:23 PM   #1
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Frosted Glass and IR signals

I’m thinking of getting a Milton AV Unit from Next to house my AV equipment (receiver, virgin media box, DVD player) and a couple of DVDs. The unit has frosted glass fronts and my question is, ‘will the IR signal from my remotes pass through the frosted glass?’
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Old 12-03-2007, 2:48 PM   #2
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Re: Frosted Glass and IR signals

I have frosted glass on my unit and have no problems with the IR signal
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Old 12-03-2007, 2:59 PM   #3
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Re: Frosted Glass and IR signals

Cheers

What unit do you have btw?
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Old 12-03-2007, 3:19 PM   #4
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Re: Frosted Glass and IR signals

http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/store...roductId=52065

the ikea benno tv bench, good quality for the money.
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Old 12-03-2007, 3:34 PM   #5
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Re: Frosted Glass and IR signals

same here no probs with frosted glass
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