Re: Pre-wired house- Need help with A/V Distribution with CAV6.6

["Brett Griffin" <brett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Unfortunately, you need a lower end system.  Russound, like many other
Multi-zoned Multi-Source audio distribution systems do require speakers
wires directly to the speakers and cat-5 to the volume controls.

Your home was wired with A-Bus in mind.  Good news is that it is cheaper
than the CAV, bad news it is not a good multisource going to multi zones.
It is really a single source to multi zone, although are working on more
sources...

You need 4 extra conductors ideally 16/14/12 gauge stranded speaker cables,
for the speakers.  If all you have is cat5 between the volume control and
the amp, than what you have with a CAV is a very  expensive paper weight.

You should look for a-Bus system, contact your distributor to see if you can
exchange your CAV.  If not contact me, I have several jobs coming up that I
have a CAV spec'd in, I could help you out, if the distributor will not.


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"Eric" <eric3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I am just starting to get into some of this stuff because I have bought a
> new house which was pre-wired for whole house A/V distribution.
>
> The builder tried to sell me a $15,000 Elan system that I thought was more
> than I needed and more than I needed to spend and I didn't like the
> proprietary programming aspect of Elan.  So he left me with just the
wiring,
> which I assumed was fairly standard.  (The house was 90% done when I
bought
> it so the wiring had already been done.)
>
> After some research in this forum and elsewhere, I decided to order the
> Russound CAV6.6 and at least make an attempt to do hook it up myself.  But
> now that I have just begun reading the manual, I fear I have a major
problem
> in the keypad wiring. (FYI, I am using UNO S1's because the boxes
installed
> were already single gang but that is not the problem)
>
> The house seems to be wired like this..... In-ceiling speakers go to the
> keypad station on the wall in each zone and then Cat 5E is run from the
> Keypad station to the media closet.  All the coax goes to the Media Closet
> of course.
>
> It appears to me that the CAV needs all the speaker wires to go to the
media
> room also.  Is this correct?
>
> Any ideas on how to deal with this or what system I should be looking at
> that has the speaker hook-ups at the keypad?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Eric
>
>