amoe
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Ok, where do I start. I guess I should mention that I know very little about this stuff and what I do know i've learned in the last 24 hours.
We have a new house that has 8 speakers total in 4 rooms(2 per room). The 3 rooms that dont have the stereo equipment(family room) each have there own volume contro. The family room which is where the reciever is located does not have a wall mounted volume control and the speakers in that room must be controlled directly by the volume control on the reciever.
I bought a reciever yesterday. Here are some pics of the back.
bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=cat13506&type=page&skuId=8734006&productId=1201307759894&viewtype=backView&h=387
There are 6 wires coming out of the electrical box where the reciever is located. Heres a pic
flickr.com/photos/9192910@N05/2393186513/
The 4 white wires on the left are for the rear surround and front sound in the family room. I dont have front speakers and will be using this whole thing for stereo only. The back surround speakers are working and the wires are connected to the two left(positive and negative) push button connections on the back of the reciever that are labeled for "surround".
The 5th white wire which is taped to the blue wire goes from the reciever location(family room) to a junction box in the garage. Inside this 5th white wire are 4 other wires(black, white, red and green). I've wire nutted these 4 wires(black, white, red and green) in the junction box to the same type of white wire(same 4 wires inside) which head to the volume control in each of these 3 other rooms. I"ve connected the other end of the white wire to the "front speaker" push button connections on the reciever.
The good news is all the speakers throughout the house have sound. The bad news is the speakers in the family room are ALWAYS louder than the speakers in the other rooms. A friend told me that it was because I've wires the other 3 rooms to the "front speaker" portion of the reciever. Is that correct? How do I fix? He recomended connecting all the wires to the "surround" portion of the reciever so all wires have the same level of sound going to all speakers.
Problem #2 and probably the biggest problem! How can I shut off the speakers in the family room without shutting off speakers in any one of the other 3 rooms? It doesnt seem possible without purchusing more equipment which I dont want to do.
I'm sure i've butchered the explanation of this whole thing but oh well. Its worth a shot.
We have a new house that has 8 speakers total in 4 rooms(2 per room). The 3 rooms that dont have the stereo equipment(family room) each have there own volume contro. The family room which is where the reciever is located does not have a wall mounted volume control and the speakers in that room must be controlled directly by the volume control on the reciever.
I bought a reciever yesterday. Here are some pics of the back.
bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=cat13506&type=page&skuId=8734006&productId=1201307759894&viewtype=backView&h=387
There are 6 wires coming out of the electrical box where the reciever is located. Heres a pic
flickr.com/photos/9192910@N05/2393186513/
The 4 white wires on the left are for the rear surround and front sound in the family room. I dont have front speakers and will be using this whole thing for stereo only. The back surround speakers are working and the wires are connected to the two left(positive and negative) push button connections on the back of the reciever that are labeled for "surround".
The 5th white wire which is taped to the blue wire goes from the reciever location(family room) to a junction box in the garage. Inside this 5th white wire are 4 other wires(black, white, red and green). I've wire nutted these 4 wires(black, white, red and green) in the junction box to the same type of white wire(same 4 wires inside) which head to the volume control in each of these 3 other rooms. I"ve connected the other end of the white wire to the "front speaker" push button connections on the reciever.
The good news is all the speakers throughout the house have sound. The bad news is the speakers in the family room are ALWAYS louder than the speakers in the other rooms. A friend told me that it was because I've wires the other 3 rooms to the "front speaker" portion of the reciever. Is that correct? How do I fix? He recomended connecting all the wires to the "surround" portion of the reciever so all wires have the same level of sound going to all speakers.
Problem #2 and probably the biggest problem! How can I shut off the speakers in the family room without shutting off speakers in any one of the other 3 rooms? It doesnt seem possible without purchusing more equipment which I dont want to do.
I'm sure i've butchered the explanation of this whole thing but oh well. Its worth a shot.