Help Needed with Multiroom Setup

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3/3/12 at 9:55pm

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I just finished building new home. I installed 6 rooms with in ceiling speakers (OSD ICE640) attached to volume controls (Monoprice RMS 100W) These run back to my entertainment hub in my living room which has a Pioneer VSX 1020 as the heart. I purchased an OSD ATM-7 speaker switch for the 6 rooms to connect to. I am using zone 2 of the receiver to connect to the OSD ATM-7 speaker switch. I am having problems with the entire setup. Not sure if it is a hardware issue or a setup issue. The speaker switch will turn on and off for a few seconds about once per minute after being on. The issue seems to get better after about 10 minutes. Also only one speaker of each pair will work for the first few minutes after turning on the speaker switch. Today I turned everything on and now the music is staticy. I have no idea what is going on. Tech support at OSD said I should install a separate amplifier in between my receiver and speaker switch. Is this correct? Doesn't my receiver (Pioneer VSX 1020) have an amplifier built in? Is there something else that could be causing my issues? Signed, fustrated

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3/4/12 at 4:05am

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The Zone 2 speaker posts on your 1020 are designed to power 1 set of speakers. Adding an impedance matching speaker switch (OSD ATM-7) will allow you to extend that to a few more rooms, but for 6 additional rooms, yes, you will likely want to connect a 2CH external amp to the Zone 2 preouts. Also, make sure the OSD switch is properly setup for the 6 speaker connections to ensure the impedance seen at the AVR is correct.

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3/4/12 at 4:05am

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Sounds like you have it set up correctly.
A couple of things I would try.
1. Take the ATM-7 out if you can and connect the zone 2 of the pioneer to one set of speakers.
2. If it still shows problems take the monoprice vol control out for that set of speakers you have connected and see if that solves the problem.
To me it sounds like a faulty ATM-7.
The 1020 amps should be OK to drive 6 pairs of speakers but you are not likely to have all 6 zones on at once so I shouldn't put to much strain on the pioneer.

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3/4/12 at 3:02pm

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