bobkoure wrote: > Thanks! > Actually, now that I think about it, it likely makes more sense to have > a SB3 and a number of controllers. > The house is wired for IR-repeat to the audio closet, so, something > with IR-in, so the remotes already in place can do simple things like > pause/play/skip. Looks like the wall units (where the IR receivers are) > are also programmable for simple stuff like that, as well as changing > audio/video source. > ... and it also sets things up so the IR out from the SB3 can feed into > the centralized system. Looks to be an interesting system to get set up. > :-) (oh - and, yeah, I -am- jealous - at least a bit)
I don't get it? W/o the display at every control point all you can really do is play, pause... yup, that's about all I think you could do. So, you just sank $300 into an SB and stuck it in the closet? Plus you still need to put the music on a computer (I consider a NAS box a computer if that's what you are using). Why not just skip the SB and stick a computer in the closet complete w/a ASK IR receiver (dongle) thingy and softsqueeze? I can't believe a USB IR receiver being more than $50, more like $30. I don't know how much of a hassle this would be in Windows, but in Linux it would be a snap. Personally I would never install or pay more for a house w/an audio system. It's old fashion to run analog and you are stuck with that type of media. If you ran 1000, 100 or even 10BaseT lines you could distribute all kinds of services from HDTV to VOIP. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
