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Re: Best way to feed TV and audio


  • Subject: Re: Best way to feed TV and audio
  • From: andrew_richards_2000
  • Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2001 22:24:00 +0000

Hi Keith

--- In kat5-users@y..., "Keith Doxey" <kat5users@d...>
wrote:

> You can run two or more receivers from one transmitter but they
MUST be
> daisy chained and all except The last receiver must have the
termination
> resistors removed (or not fitted in the first place!).

So is there a passthru RJ45 port or something similar?

>
> If the amp is located a long way from the TV, there is no way you
will get
> TV Tuner sound to the amp as the KAT would only be carrying its own
audio
> unless you had a second set of KAT5's.

Not sure what you mean by the "KAT would only be carrying its own
audio". Can't I have the 1st KAT5 receiver feeding video to the TV,
daisy-chain to the 2nd KAT5 receiver (over CAT5!) and feed audio to
the amp?

>
> Whatever you want to send can be done using KAT5 either with
standard units
> or custom built ones. The important thing is that you MUST put in
enough
> CAT5 cable to cope with everything.
>
> If you have planned "x" cables to a point and you know you
will be
having
> "x" devices there then you should be running at least
"x+2" cables.
>

Currently at 26 outlets and counting, with around 6 devices spoken
for so far!

Andrew






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