Extending C4 IR over HDMI

[ajburnet]

Hi,

I have been attempting to use a Monoprice HDMI extender kit hoping I could connect it using a mono to mono cable as the kit has a mono stereo 3.5 input.

However - when activated the ir bud blinks but then stays on - i.e. it doesn't quite work.

The kit simply uses the cec channel to send IR signals but I'm not clear why it doesn't work as Id hoped.

Any ideas why? It comes with an it receiver and transmitter although neither are externally powered.

Anyone played around with this?

Trying to avoid running more cable to achieve this if I can.

Thanks,

Alex