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RE: KAT5



*chortle* Maybe I should wake up the missus and tell her to feel honoured?

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian G. Reynolds [mailto:brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 01 October 2001 00:33
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] KAT5
>
>
> Err haven't we been here before with egg cartons on the walls for
sound
> deadening? :-))
>
> I have had the honour of being with Phil in both his bedroom and
> his garage
> with the lights off, bugger should not have mentioned that!
>
> B.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 01 October 2001 00:08
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] KAT5
> >
> >
> > > So I could use a Sender per device located in the Home
Cinema
> > > room to transmit to several receivers in different rooms,
via a loft-
> > > based patch panel.
> >
> > Yup...
> >
> > > Not having seen this cool equipment before, I'm still trying
to
> > > visualise it all in my head.
> >
> > Sure ... no worries.
> >
> > > And then in each room I'd need a TV with multiple input
> > > connections so it can be connected to each KAT5 receiver. I
then
> > > toggle the TV input to choose what I watch. Is that even
vaguelly
> > > right?!
> >
> > Not quite ... you route each source into the switcher either
> > directly or by
> > a KAT5 transmitter. Each room or "zone" in your house
that you
> > want to watch
> > in has it's own KAT5 receiver. The switcher sorts out routing the
> > signals to
> > the right rooms.
> >
> > > Rules out my spare portable TV at the moment then as it only
has
> > > a single SCART.
> >
> > Nope ... that's perfect!
> >
> > > Just shout at me, all, when this gets too boring for the
list
> > > members and I'll take it to email.
> >
> > Rule number 1 : No one shouts at anyone here ... stupid
> questions are only
> > stupid when they're not asked. We all start from nowhere and we
> all learn.
> > The guys on this group taught me everything I know (or at least
> > gave me the
> > incentive to look).
> >
> > > BTW, why in the garage? I've often wondered why people
convert
> > > their garage, but I guess it gets thing out of the house.
> It's just that
> > > the garage always seems a little exposed to me. In my
garage,
> > > along with the car & motorbike, if I had Private Ryan
doing his war
> > > thing, people walking past on the street would likely know
about it!
> > > NOT what I'd want. Luckily my Home Cinema room is at the
back
> > > of the house so it's just the neighbours that know it's on,
if
> > > anybody, and not every joe walking past.
> >
> > My garage is 17ft long x 9.5ft wide x 7.5 ft high ... it has a
> > door in from
> > the house and no windows. It is below my bedroom so if I'm
> > watching a movie
> > I'm not disturbing anyone except myself. I will be insulating the
garage
> > door (probably with a sandbag wall) to stop the sound escaping
> and so from
> > the outside you shouldn't hear anything much. I can finish the
> walls how I
> > want (the missus wouldn't like carpet underlay battened to the
walls to
> > deaden reflections in the living room) and I can have the place
> completely
> > dark - I can also do the electrics how I want and arrange kit
> and speakers
> > to be in the right places rather than having to look what SWMBO
calls
> > "nice".
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
> >
> > For more information: http://www.automatedhome.co.uk
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