Basically, a gas fireplace

Hmmm. I thought all gas fireplaces were IR.

It's no fair responding to posts so old that I have to scroll back up just to remember to what it was I said that you're responding. The sad thing is that I did that and I still have no recollection.

do you want to turn on your gas fireplace with your remote? try this

http://www.rhpeterson.com/control.htm

or this

http://www.concentric.net/~rodgers1/

I think you're misunderstanding. I have a remote for my fireplace. It does indeed work on RF, because the receiver is NOT in sight.

Phillips Pronto + IR receiver/RF translator + remote gas fireplace = being able to control EVERYTHING with my Pronto. That is my ideal situation.

But I had let this go because I decided that there was no such translator (thanks to Jim Hogan). I'm content with using the original remote.