antsplan
Standard Member
Hello all, I'm looking for some setup help and also advice on products to buy.
I've just moved to a new house and have had dual cat 6 cables run in from a central cupboard to 3 locations:
Sitting room
Bedroom
Lounge
I also have 5 x lengths of speaker cabling from the lounge to cupboard.
The lounge will be my cinema room and I already have circa 7 year old Kef egg speakers.
I do need a new amp and sub, nothing hi end but would like some suggestions please with a max budget of about £500 for both.
In the cupboard I'll have the amp, sky hd and a ps3. I'd like to have sky hd and the ps3 able to play in any of the three locations. I guess this will require a cat to hdmi switch/matrix ? Can someone please recom a product please ?
Am I correct in saying that the lounge tv will connect to the new amp via the cat6/hdmi, sky and the ps3 will then connect to the amp ? I can't quite get my head round how this will be cabled with a switch/matrix in the middle???
Will I connect an optical from sky to amp or do I also need an optical from cupboard to TV in lounge ? Just in case it's not clear, it's only the lounge that I wish to have surround sound in, the other locations will use the TV speakers.
My tv in the lounge is a panasonic g15.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Anthony
I've just moved to a new house and have had dual cat 6 cables run in from a central cupboard to 3 locations:
Sitting room
Bedroom
Lounge
I also have 5 x lengths of speaker cabling from the lounge to cupboard.
The lounge will be my cinema room and I already have circa 7 year old Kef egg speakers.
I do need a new amp and sub, nothing hi end but would like some suggestions please with a max budget of about £500 for both.
In the cupboard I'll have the amp, sky hd and a ps3. I'd like to have sky hd and the ps3 able to play in any of the three locations. I guess this will require a cat to hdmi switch/matrix ? Can someone please recom a product please ?
Am I correct in saying that the lounge tv will connect to the new amp via the cat6/hdmi, sky and the ps3 will then connect to the amp ? I can't quite get my head round how this will be cabled with a switch/matrix in the middle???
Will I connect an optical from sky to amp or do I also need an optical from cupboard to TV in lounge ? Just in case it's not clear, it's only the lounge that I wish to have surround sound in, the other locations will use the TV speakers.
My tv in the lounge is a panasonic g15.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Anthony