Abstract: A system for operating electronic audio equipment and other components located inside a closed cabinet receives an infrared signal from a hand held remote control device anywhere in the room, and transmits the signal directly to the signal receiver of each component inside the cabinet. An infrared receiver eye of the system is positioned where it is optically exposed to the infrared signals within the room, such as in an exposed bore of the cabinet adjacent to the gap between doors of the cabinet. The signal received at the receiver eye is repeated by a main transceiver and delivered to individual emitters at the electronic components such as VCR or stereo audio components. In a preferred embodiment the transceiver has a repeater which receives the infrared signal and repeats it in an electrical signal sent through wires to infrared emitters dedicated to each component, where the same infrared signal received by the transceiver is repeated at the components.