Putting A Little System Together

[diablo rojo]

For a friend's dad. Nothing crazy, pretty simple actually. Really happy with it though. Looking forward to installing it tomorrow.

[8mpg]

2 receivers?

[CWO]

haha, that was my first thought as well

[mstng86]

Where do I put my tapes in?

[Chili]

If I am assuming the middle one is the receiver, what's the bottom piece?

<--Clueless to anything past a ghetto blaster or home theater in a box.

[diablo rojo]

2 receivers?

haha, that was my first thought as well

Multiple zones in the house. This unit is going to be in a media closet, and everything (except the speakers) is wireless....including the HDMI.

[diablo rojo]

If I am assuming the middle one is the receiver, what's the bottom piece?

<--Clueless to anything past a ghetto blaster or home theater in a box.

They're both receivers. The bottom one is the badass, of the two.

[diablo rojo]

Came together pretty well.

[CWO]

Hmmm

[diablo rojo]

Hmmm

Criticism is appreciated. I just do this for fun.

[ceyko]

I'm not an A/V guy (so have no input on the equipment...configurations...etc) but deal with a ton of different cable types in my job. If at all possible, trim those cables to custom lengths and clean them up.

Draped and overall cluttered cables have a habit of doing 3 things.

1. Get tangled and create a disaster later. (Either way, label both ends of any/all cables and create a cable map)

2. Reduce airflow for cooling since they tend to block either the inlet or outlet of anything designed for this purpose.

3. Prematurely fail since the ends (whatever it maybe, my most experience is with BNC and RJ-45)) are supporting the cable weight when not properly trimmed and secured. Sometimes this can be not a full failure and create glitches and other things that are a bitch to troubleshoot.

Cabling is a PITA, but it has to be done right or it can introduce problems and generally makes the job cleaner in the end.

[diablo rojo]

I'm not an A/V guy (so have no input on the equipment...configurations...etc) but deal with a ton of different cable types in my job. If at all possible, trim those cables to custom lengths and clean them up.

Draped and overall cluttered cables have a habit of doing 3 things.

1. Get tangled and create a disaster later. (Either way, label both ends of any/all cables and create a cable map)

2. Reduce airflow for cooling since they tend to block either the inlet or outlet of anything designed for this purpose.

3. Prematurely fail since the ends (whatever it maybe, my most experience is with BNC and RJ-45)) are supporting the cable weight when not properly trimmed and secured. Sometimes this can be not a full failure and create glitches and other things that are a bitch to troubleshoot.

Cabling is a PITA, but it has to be done right or it can introduce problems and generally makes the job cleaner in the end.

You're absolutely right.

90% of the cables had nothing to do with me. I coiled and bound everything that wasn't part of this project, and left it better than I found it.

However, I did isolate, trim, and label everything that I had to deal with. There are two 6' HDMI cables for a future project, but that's the longest cables I left.

[snacksnack]

If they are whole home use where and how are they controlled?

[Craizie]

If they are whole home use where and how are they controlled?

You can set up remote IR receives in each room.

[diablo rojo]

All of their components are wifi. The Denon app recognizes each component and adds the correct remote. Pretty simple, and it works. Repeaters are old school.