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Re: Re: pro mp3 player



Welllll, if you already have a cat5 in situ, why not use a squeezebox
(wireless
slimp3) for controlling the music and the existing cat5 that you have ,
convert
to line level audio and power ??

Simon

Quoting egelbeertje <r_d_k@xxxxxxx>:

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> Hi Nick,<BR>
> <BR>
> so you mean as to use the slimp3 to be a remote control selector
<BR>
> whatever and feeding the output back into my centralised
amps....<BR>
> <BR>
> Would be great if I could make that work - but as you stated : it
<BR>
> would have to go through 1 cat 5 wire since I can't possibly fish
<BR>
> another one down the same tube of where I would like to fix the
<BR>
> display to the wall (need power as well for the display and kat5
<BR>
> unit.)<BR>
> <BR>
> Swmbo does not like me to hack (more) holes in the walls to hide
<BR>
> stuff for the moment - I just used up all my bonus points installing
<BR>
> IR all over the place last weekend (concrete walls/plaster &amp;
dust)<BR>
> <BR>
> <BR>
> Rob<BR>
> <BR>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, &quot;Nick Shore&quot;
&lt;nick.shore@m...&gt;
> wrote:<BR>
> &gt; &gt; My cabling layout does not allow me to put a slimp3
in each room
> <BR>
> or<BR>
> &gt; &gt; so because all my amps are centralised so I cannot
route back
> the<BR>
> &gt; &gt; audio output line level to node0 - Now I don't know
enough about
> <BR>
> the<BR>
> &gt; &gt; slimp3 if I would be able to use it as a remote
display only but
> <BR>
> that<BR>
> &gt; &gt; would sound rather expensive though....<BR>
> &gt; <BR>
> &gt; You could use kat5 to route the line-level audio back to
node0. And
> <BR>
> if you<BR>
> &gt; were clever enough you could probably make up a special
cable<BR>
> &gt; to share one cat5 for both the network connection to the
slimp3 and
> <BR>
> the kat5<BR>
> &gt; audio connetion back again. Keith ?<BR>
> &gt; <BR>
> &gt; Nick.<BR>
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