RE: TTS and how to do it?

["Kenneth Watt" <kennwatt@xxxxxxx>]

You utter, utter tease you ;)

K.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Doxey [mailto:lists.diyha@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 June 2002 14:06
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] TTS and how to do it?
> 
> Well.... I havent said it in this thread yet but....
> 
> in the past I have mentioned the KAT5 switcher and the fact that it
is
> being
> designed with HA integration in mind. One feature will be Audio
and
Video
> overlay to allow HomeVision to display caller ID etc or play WAV
files
> over
> the top of the audio either with attenuation or complete muting of
the
> original source.
> 
> The Whole House audio features will have remotely controllable
volume.
> 
> As always .... I cant say exactly when :-(
> 
> Keith
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Mc Alinden [mailto:armagh@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 June 2002 12:34
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] TTS and how to do it?
> 
> 
> Hi keith
>            
Some of the guys are also after vol control for each zone
> individually any ideas . I recall you did something with a dallas
digital
> pot?
> 
> Frank Mc
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Doxey" <lists.diyha@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 9:25 PM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] TTS and how to do it?
> 
> 
> > Not true....
> >
> > If all the speakers are 8 ohm you can use a relay to switht
between
> either
> a
> > speaker or an 8ohm resistor used as a dummy load.
> >
> > It keeps the impedance constant so volume doesnt change in
each
room.
> >
> > Keith
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 14 June 2002 12:09
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] TTS and how to do it?
> >
> >
> > Well,
> >
> > If
> >
> > - the speakers are all the same
> > - this is a powerful amp
> > - it's signal mono
> > - it's only for low-volume
> >
> > I'd wire them as 4 speakers per channel, with a line-level
stereo-mono
> lead
> > to give the same feed.
> >
> > They'd be two parallel chains, each of two speakers IN
SERIES.
> >
> > The downside is, of course, that you have to run ALL speakers -
you
> can't
> > zone it.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Frank Mc Alinden [mailto:armagh@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 14 June 2002 11:58
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] TTS and how to do it?
> >
> >
> > Hi Ian
> >         I Agree simple is
best but how do you connect 8 speakers to
1
> source
> > without loading the amp?
> > Frank Mc
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kenneth Watt" <kennwatt@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 8:48 PM
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] TTS and how to do it?
> >
> >
> > > I like the way you're thinking Ian, simple is best and less
likely
to
> > > fail!
> > >
> > > K.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps it's a design philosophy, but I really prefer
the "dumb
> node"
> > > > approach wherever possible.
> > > >
> > > > Why have an amp + power + mute intelligence in each
zone, when
you
> can
> > > > have
> > > > just a speaker, and a single wire run to it?
> > > >
> > > > I think the idea of using somehting like Ian B's
irrigation
relay
> > > board to
> > > > switch on/off the zones seems like the best (for me
anyway!)
> > > >
> > > > perhaps you could use connect the relays such that when
closed,
the
> > > zone
> > > > speaker is in circuit, wheras if it's open, an 4 or 8
ohm power
> > > resistor
> > > > is
> > > > in circuit instead?
> > > >
> > > > Ian.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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