funkstar Wrote: > I think your first two have been sugested before. Personaly i can't see > them happening. I would guess that two of the bigest cost componets are > the processor/decoder module and the wirless interface, both of which > you would need for either a headless or head only device. >
Now a headless device I'd think you could forgo the wireless, the application would be a centralized amp system. If someone took the trouble to run speaker wires to remote locations it would seem pretty easy to pull Cat-5 over. But we're only talking the difference of the cost of the display so you are probably right about the cost efffectiveness. Now if there could be a headless system that could do four different streams, to four different amps that might be more effective. For a head only unit, I don't see how you could do it any cheaper so another product wouldn't make sense. That all being said, if there is a way for one Squeezebox to control what stream is fed to another Squeezebox (admittedly I haven't looked) I could accomplish what I want to with existing hardware. I could use the exisiting displays on my headless wannabes to send encouraging thoughts to my amplifiers. funkstar Wrote: > > I may be missing what you mean by the third request, but i believe the > SB already has the ability to pass IR codes to the server for it to > pass onto other applications. It can also server as an IR transmitter > by plugging a lead into the headphone port. Other will be albe to > clarify/correct me on this point, it's something i don't know a lot > about. I am actually asking for another device here, not a modification to the existing Squeezebox. In my application my amps (and FM tuners) sit in a rack (in one location) and feed out to the rest of the house. I'd like the Squeezebox to receive IR from the FM tuner remote, pass it down to the Slim server machine and blast right out of there to control the tuners. Now with some coding and the hardware in my original post this could proabably be done. But you've spoiled me, I'm looking for a solution as physically elegant and easy to set up as the Squeezebox itself. -- rock ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rock's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4845 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22695 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
