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RE: KAT5


  • To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
  • Subject: RE: KAT5
  • From: "Brian G. Reynolds" <brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 00:41:37 +0100
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Wont ringing her wake everyone up in her home or is she staying over for
the
night before you both get married???

Just noticed you said missus, WHOSE?

B.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 01 October 2001 00:36
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >
> >
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