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wireless music setup help
I have ~60GB of music on my PC (XP). I have a linksys wireless G set up for another PC in the house. I use windows media player. I listen mainly to 3 playlists. each with about 600 songs. (slow jams, upbeat and hiphop). Currently they play via my logitech 5.1 Z500 in the bedroom/office upstairs. I want to get the music downstairs to my new 5.1. (Yamaha RXV661).
My tv cabinet only has enough open space for my receiver, center channel, and dvd player. I have my directv, a vcr and a PS2 behind a cabinet door. This works well because I use an RF remote for the Directv, and the other 2 aren't used that much.
I've thought of getting the Linksys wireless music bridge, and couple that with a random RF remote that controls media player, just to advance past a song. but that does limit what I can do/search without running up and downstairs.
I'm intrigued by ROKU and/or squeezebox. Would probably be exactly what I want if they had RF remotes (again, behind a cabinet door).
What options do I have that I'm not considering, or stick with one of the above?
My tv cabinet only has enough open space for my receiver, center channel, and dvd player. I have my directv, a vcr and a PS2 behind a cabinet door. This works well because I use an RF remote for the Directv, and the other 2 aren't used that much.
I've thought of getting the Linksys wireless music bridge, and couple that with a random RF remote that controls media player, just to advance past a song. but that does limit what I can do/search without running up and downstairs.
I'm intrigued by ROKU and/or squeezebox. Would probably be exactly what I want if they had RF remotes (again, behind a cabinet door).
What options do I have that I'm not considering, or stick with one of the above?
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I don't think that I've seen any that have RF remotes. You could always pick up an RF remote repeater systems or put in a hard-wired IR repeater system.
If you got money to spend, you can also look at a Sonos ...
If you go with Roku, get an IPaq and install visualMR, I think it should do the job.
But this is only because you want to control the device by RF.
Patrick S.
If you go with Roku, get an IPaq and install visualMR, I think it should do the job.
But this is only because you want to control the device by RF.
Patrick S.
You can control a squeezebox with a Logitech Harmony 890 remote which has an RF capability. I have two Squeezeboxes. One in BR and another in LR, and they are fantastic.
-- Martin
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I'm intrigued by ROKU and/or squeezebox. Would probably be exactly what I want if they had RF remotes (again, behind a cabinet door).
What options do I have that I'm not considering, or stick with one of the above?
You can control a squeezebox with a Logitech Harmony 890 remote which has an RF capability. I have two Squeezeboxes. One in BR and another in LR, and they are fantastic.
-- Martin
The squeeze works with RF ?!? I thought they were IR based ...
Patrick S.
Patrick S.
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