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  • 25-08-2012 9:15pm
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    vintagevrs
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    Looking for help/confirmation,

    I was speaking to Kenny today and explained that I am building a house and want to just confirm the set up I have in mind will work. However, Kenny or one of the team might have another suggestion when you see my set up as I have planned....


    The house is currently being first fixed by my electrician. I have a space upstairs dedicated to housing all my media sources. I have the house wired with CAT6 all coming back to this central location. Each TV point has 3 - 4 CAT6 cables going to it with a number of data ports around the house too.

    I want to have 5.1 with my TV in my living room. The only equipment in this room will be the TV and speakers. Thinking of connecting it to an Onkyo TX NR515 via HDMI that will use 2 cables on the CAT6 network to transmit the HDMI signal.

    The Onkyo will be located remotely along with SKY/Blueray etc and these will be controlled via IR through the HDMI/CAT6 transmitters.

    The kitchen will use the remaining two channels on the Onkyo as a 2nd zone for audio. This will be controlled via android app over wifi.

    The bedroom will have a TV connected to the Onkyo's 2nd HDMI output using 2 CAT6 connections to transmit the signal and IR to control the source. No 5.1 in the bedroom (yet).

    For access to my NAS music in the bedroom I think the SONOS Connected Amp is my best bet at the minute as suggested by Kenny today unless another AVR can do what the Onkyo is doing in the kitchen but allow a third zone for the bedroom.

    Any thoughts if this is a viable solution or recommendations are very welcome. Hoping the house will be ready by Christmas, so hopefully will get up to Belfast then to do some shopping:D

    Thanks in advance

    Vintage


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    vintagevrs
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    Looks like the ONKYO TXNR818 will do the third zone with out the need for the Sonos unit, is this right?


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