I'm building a 3500sft house and need some help with the low voltage wiring.
In addition to a 5.1 system in my family room, I also want a pair of ceiling speakers in my kitchen, dining, living and office. I'll be doing a full theatre room in the basement when the time comes. I'm using a Harmon Kardon AVR 3600 which is 2 zone capable. So I can watch tv in the family room, and have music playing in the rest of the house.
I plan on using Monoprice in-ceiling speakers and this speaker selector where I keep my components.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2
I'll then have rotary volume controls from Monoprice to control the volume in each room. I only really plan on using this when people are over and I want music throughout the house.
Any issues with this setup?
I'm also going to wire Cat5e from the component closet to the volume control box, as I believe this is all that Control4 and others need if I decide to move to the next step. Anything else I'm missing?
Next, I'd like a simple(cheap) video doorbell solution. A neighbour has an AiPhone JK series model that works well, I'd like something like this. Only thing is the screen is a little small, and no option to have it networked and be able to view it from the web. What's the next level up from AiPhone? Would be nice to have web viewing, but if it's too costly, what do I need to pre-wire my doorbell to add/change this down the road? Would Cat 5e be enough?
I do have two front entrances that I would like to view from the kitchen and master bedroom, online viewing is a nice to have. Can two AiPhone systems 'ring' two monitors?
Thanks!!
In addition to a 5.1 system in my family room, I also want a pair of ceiling speakers in my kitchen, dining, living and office. I'll be doing a full theatre room in the basement when the time comes. I'm using a Harmon Kardon AVR 3600 which is 2 zone capable. So I can watch tv in the family room, and have music playing in the rest of the house.
I plan on using Monoprice in-ceiling speakers and this speaker selector where I keep my components.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2
I'll then have rotary volume controls from Monoprice to control the volume in each room. I only really plan on using this when people are over and I want music throughout the house.
Any issues with this setup?
I'm also going to wire Cat5e from the component closet to the volume control box, as I believe this is all that Control4 and others need if I decide to move to the next step. Anything else I'm missing?
Next, I'd like a simple(cheap) video doorbell solution. A neighbour has an AiPhone JK series model that works well, I'd like something like this. Only thing is the screen is a little small, and no option to have it networked and be able to view it from the web. What's the next level up from AiPhone? Would be nice to have web viewing, but if it's too costly, what do I need to pre-wire my doorbell to add/change this down the road? Would Cat 5e be enough?
I do have two front entrances that I would like to view from the kitchen and master bedroom, online viewing is a nice to have. Can two AiPhone systems 'ring' two monitors?
Thanks!!
