KAT5

["Stuart Booth" <stuart@xxxxxxx>]

I've been reading up the on Keith Doxey's KAT5 AV Distribution
System. Marvellous!

A few questions if I may. Thought this may be of interest to all.

I'm particularly interesting in a fully switchable system. I mainly
want to locate all my sources in my Home Cinema room, and then
be able to select which I watch (DVD, Video, ONdigital etc) in any
other room.

The big diagram on the web site confuses me a little. Why the
multiple AV sources? Is this just to demonstrate the ability to
handle multiple devices in multiple rooms? I imagine a lot of homes
have 2 VCRs and 2 DVD players. I know I'm about to replace my
aging VCR and want a top banana DVD-A player soon, so I'll end
up in that circumstance too, and I live alone! <LOL>

Q: How does the user select which source device they want to
'tune' into in any particular room?

I originally figured, before I came across this KAT5 kit, that I'd plug
my external aerial into my distribution panel, and coax/modulate
my sources through up/down stream coax to this panel to be
located in the loft, and then select a channel on each TV to tune
into that source device.

I guess I need a single CAT5 cable, to the KAT5 AV
Switcher/Patch Panel, for each source device I'm likely to have. So
best to add some surplus ones. Plan ahead...

Stuart

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Stuart Booth
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