Scout's Staff HT - work in progress - Page 2

Hi Tonyyyy,

The wii sensor is wireless - you can pick them up pretty cheap on Amazon.

I only ran 2 sets of cables between the equipment and TV. One HDMI cable and one 5 wire component video/audio RCA cable from Cables to Go. The audio cables connect the cable box to the TV speakers for when we do not want to use the HT system (WAF). There is also an optical cable run from the cable box to the receiver for when I want to use the HT system when watching sports.

Good luck story - When we were having the house finished back in early 2007, my AVR at the time could only handle component video and lower. After doing some reading, I decided to add the HDMI cable at the very last minute just in case....so glad i did.

Getting to your USB question - there is a USB input on the front of the Onkyo AVR where I can pass any signal through to the TV (I'll confess that I have only used it once during original set-up). I typically pull videos or pictures from either the Apple TV, AVR network capability or simply plug in the Atlona AT-Air3 wireless broadcast steamer to a laptop.

Hope this helps

I couldn't take the lack of auto on/off between the AVR and amplifier (helps the family out too since they often forget to turn off the amp when shutting the system down), so I purchased a 12 volt trigger and short Pangea power cables to connec the AVR to the Furman power filter. A 3.5mm mono cable then connects between the 12v trigger and amplifier to turn it on and off when the AVR is turned on or off.

The Onkyo does have a 12v trigger, but it is designed for zone 2, not the main

I thought I would also post a couple pictures of the Dynaboxes and FM antenna located in the scuttle above the family room....I mean HT... I've been very happy with the result on both the sound quality of the speakers and FM reception


Dual Dynaboxes for the two in-ciling center speakers


Dynaboxes with FM antenna


Other side of the dynaboxes - ceiling with dual center speakers (angled woofer and directional tweeter)

Question for all you universal remote users out there. I really need to add a universal remote to my system and I am considering either the Logitech Harmony One, Harmony 900 or Harmony 1100. I know the major differences between the three (# of devises and RF capability of yes or no). What would you recommend?

Devices that I would control:

• AVR
• Blu ray player
• Wii
• PS3 (I think this needs an RF adaptor, but I do not use it for movies - it's more of a back up blu ray system since my son plays games on it.)
• cable box
• Plasma TV
• Zone 2 Speaker switch (RF)
• Apple TV
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  thank you

It's been pretty quiet on the HT front the past few months. I had picked up some Pangea AC-14 power cables a few months back and finally decided to switch out the Emotiva power cabes from the power conditioner and amp to the two powered subwoofers.

Looking forward to playing with the much anticipated Harmony 1100 remote for Christmas.

Have a good holiday everyone!!