[cocomarie]


I have a 7.1 home theater, and 5 speakers with a TV on the porch. I have all the speaker wires ran to a closet in the house.

I need a receiver that will allow me to play the living room tv source outside or play music instead of listening to tv when it is on football or something. I also want a remote that controls everything. My cable boxes and DVR will all be located in the closet as well. 

 

Any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks!

 

[jdsmoothie]

The Denon X3000 or X4000 would meet your needs as each features a dedicated Zone 2 (HDMI) output that can pass the same or different HDMI source than is playing in the main zone. Are the 5 speakers powered by another AVR or dedicated amp?

 

[cocomarie]


I was wondering if I would need an amp for the outside speakers, I have  not purchased anything yet. That's part of what I am trying to figure out if I need to add.

 

[jdsmoothie]

You definitely want another AVR or amp to power the outside speakers. If you use an AVR, then you could connect the home theater AVR's HDMI output to the outside AVR which in turn would b connected to the TV and the outside speakers.

 

[cocomarie]

Ok thank you!