Thanks to Dane and Unferth.
I had originally tried to put a magazine between the remote and the 950 but amazingly the 950 still came on. I just tried by putting my hand over the IR portion of remote and it worked. Dane, the punch through will solve your problems as it did mine

Unferth, thanks for the crossover info. Never had separates before with all these choices and dial ins so I am still learning.