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So, I have a Denon 3808CI on the way as part of a general upgrade of my HT. In part, I've added speakers upstairs in the living room to be driven as zone 2 off of the receiver. Digging deeper into the receiver specs I see that I cannot have zone 2 running an audio source and a 7.1 different...

And that's why we all love this forum. I was right on what to do but misunderstood why. Now I know I'm doing it right AND I know the correct reason. Thanks Robert!

I've searched the forum and read the threads that relate to this question. I'm pretty sure I understand. Please bear with me. Here's my question: I have 2 sub-woofers - both have their own amps and thus only need pre-amp output from the receiver. I am about to install a Denon 3808-CI...

So i've checked the threads and not seen a discussion. Pardon me if i'm repeating a topic already discussed. I have a lot of digital music in mp3 format. I have it held on a barebones pc which really just serves as a music repository for my mp3 players. That computer has the PC standard 6...

I think you misread the signage. A coaxial cable can be used to transmit video data, OR analog sound data OR digital sound data. But only one source, not 2 or three on the same cable. Coax is necessary to use wires for transmitting digital sound from say a DVD player to decoding receiver. Coax...

Re: Pronto Well, since you asked, the lights are on a circuit controlled by a Lutron Spacer system dimmer which is IR remote ready. I have the Lutron remote and a learning remote with JP1 interface so that I can build the exact code image I need to program my daily use remote - I went with an...

DVI is spec'd as maximum cable run at 5-6 meters. There are a number of products out there which take your DVI signal, boost it and send it along plain old Cat5 as the previous poster mentioned. These are a few hundred each so each place where you want DVI to land will cost $300 or so for this...

Posting this hear though I've gotten help from many of the topic areas. I started as a complete Newbie at the beginning of this year. All I knew was I was gonna renovate my basement and wanted a kinda nice tv with a few speakers. Because of the assistance of all on this forum and the other...

One quick note. Don't make the mistake of using a larger breaker (like 20 A) on the existing circuit unless you are sure that all the wire is 12ga or larger and all the outlets are 20A capable - they will have the horizontal cut in one of the recesses for the powered legs of the plugs.

I'm to the point of installing my in-wall speakers in my HT and need to decide on a screen. It's a front projector set up I can have the center channel slightly off-center left to right and above the screen. It's tweeter is "focusable" to aim it at the seating area. In this configuration I can...

OK, so my Ht is nearly complete. All my video signals except one will be component. The one that is not component can output either composite or s-video. I know that no dongle will take s-video data and turn it into "HDTV." That's not my goal. I simply want to take the data and pass it to...

So embarrassed that I didn't RTFM first Thanks for the help

Setting up my HT - bought a new sound card for the computer so I could use Dolby 5.1 for video games through the HT system. The card "soundblaster audigy2" can output a digital 5.1 signal (which sounds to me like it expects the receiver to do the decoding) via an SPDIF connector. This doesn't...

1) I'm a total Newbie 2) thank you very much to the wise folks who volunteer their time to help us new folks 3) I've read the FAQ/Primer and either this answer isn't there or I'm too dense to find it. Suppose you have some video sources (like an Xbox) that can send the video signal over...

Pardon my pedantic newbiness but "self-powered" means "has internal amplification provided by 110v AC power from the wall?" That's the part I'm too dense to get - an active sub takes speaker wire or RCA from the receiver __AND__ wall AC power - yes? I'm building the room now so I need to...

Basic question that I thought should go here rather than the speakers / subs page. Am I understanding correctly that an "active" subwoofer has its own power supply and plugs into wall power in addition to receiving sound voltage over the speaker wires? The advantage is more power available...

I actually just bought one for $1,000. At that price it looked a bunch better than the InFocus X1 so I jumped on it. Hope it wasn't a mistake.

I'm __slowly__ finishing my remodel of my basement into an HT. I've decided that a front projection display is the way to go because I can't afford plasma and don't like the "altar to the TV gods" look of a huge CRT. Any thouhts / comments on this projector? It's the front runner in my...

I'm still building the room that will house my theater so this is the first of many, many basic questions. We will be getting a Dish Network set up when we finish the home theater. Since the room is in the basement I need to pre-install the coax to bring the dish signal to the location where...