Home Theatre & Automation

Rodda

2 February 2010

Hidden Home Theatre

It's gold Jerry, GOLD! P.S. You can buy cans of compressed air from Radio Parts/Jaycar etc. if you really want to go that far...

Pugs

5 February 2010

I'm confident of doing it, but need ideas please

call me ..

deletedpenguin

9 February 2010

Pull throughs

Ours is supposed to just be PVC pipe. Ours is running through internal walls, so I doubt there will be any movement/noise at all.

Rodda

11 February 2010

false wall to hang TV off

Hi Zeke. If you are going to mount the thing in the centre of that wall - where the centre is dominated by those 6 studs joined together (it looks like 6 from here), then…

mikkyG

11 February 2010

Can someone help me work out how to wire this stuff up

So along the lines of having the amp doing the conversion to HDMI from component and rca, can anyone recommend an amp that…

Rodda

15 February 2010

Ask your Home Theatre questions here...

I'm going to lock this thread as it was meant to be an introduction and sort of banner to this new Home Theatre section of the forum (when introduced a few years ago), and…

Mozzie

16 February 2010

Is outdoor antenna needed for local HD channels?

I've asked about this where I work many times (I work for the company that has supplied all the broadcast antennas for Australias digital roll out) and the engineers are…

Villa1

18 February 2010

Cables hidden behind the wall violate US electrical code

The reality is, running an unbroken (ie. already complete, terminated, sealed) power cord inside a wall is no more likely to start any fire or…

SYD-YYZ

18 February 2010

Recommend home automation company Sydney

Anyone?

kikin

21 February 2010

MOVED OUT HERE - Feedback on Sonos system...

you can just buy the S5 one if you are going to use iPhone as remote... however, beware of the reception!! The WiFi reception to iPhone is not as good as expected.....it…

mjt084

21 February 2010

Anyone Had Any Experience With CAT6 (1g Lan) Cable Install?

yeah well welcome to my world... as I'm in a "luxury" trade people think they could do a better job then me, yet want free advice and don't factor…

Pugs

26 February 2010

Is this for a 3.5mm jack?

Different brand mech... Clipsal in HPM or vise versa

du73

2 March 2010

$10,000 too much to spend on Home Cinema equipment?

agreed - room looks very nice indeed and very clean. well done.

Pugs

2 March 2010

NBN Pilot sites

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/austral ... 5836195707 THE federal government's NBN Co has called on companies to start designing its $43 billion high-speed fibre-optic…

Rodda

3 March 2010

Foxtel picture quality drop

In my opinion the most obvious cause it the video processing going on inside the Receiver. Changing it's settings could improve it - you'll just have to experiment a bit.…

Sheepdog

4 March 2010

ADSL

Great post joeygbh.

wakeboardandy

5 March 2010

Hisense LCD TV's

the first time I heard of hisense was when they renamed vodafone arena to hisense arena.. I remember walking to the G once and saw the new sign and thought what the hell…

joeygbh

6 March 2010

Internet TV?

Is internet tv a scam or is it worth dropping your cable/satellite ? I have seen the adds about 1 start-up fee and thats it. Over 3,000 channels…

GSK

7 March 2010

Recommend Melbourne/Vic store for bits and bobs?

I've used http://www.monoprice.com for all my cables in my hdmi setup (I use matrix setup and output to 5 different…

Pugs

8 March 2010

Our IT set up - where to start?

Thanks heaps Pugs. Sounds like what we need to do is take a look at our plans and figure out where we might conceivably want to use computer…

Jezza

10 March 2010

When does smart home need to be put in for a new home?

Control 4 is a home mangement system that mainly just uses a control box to do all its automation. The problem that i have with this solution is it has no way of manging…

bcummings

11 March 2010

FOXTEL CONNECTIVITY IN SANDARRA, SANDHURST?

Just to Clarify, ClubCOM will only be providing Internet and Telephone services to Sandarra, Foxtel/FTA TV will need to be recieved via an Antenna/Dish as we will not be…

Tom's Playroom

11 March 2010

Help with home theatre layout

Hi there, In a perfect world, a floor standing speaker is always going to give a better sound than an in-wall speaker. However, these are home theatres and not…

Cameron

13 March 2010

Home cinema ideas please:-)

Thanks for the replies peoples The plan is to have very thick shag carpet and dark blockout curtains on the windows. Ive got a friend who is an airbrush artist (does…

Rodda

16 March 2010

Hallifestyle

I'm guessing that system will have a pretty hefty price attached. In my experience, Elan Home systems are still one of the best price vs solution option out there,…

TheGardenWhisperer

20 March 2010

What PAL setting should I use on the set top box?

Cheers folks

kexkez

22 March 2010

Extra Data Cabling

If you are planning on a dedicated office you might actually prefer everything in there. I didn't want the annoyance of going to the garage so our end points are in our…

dragon20

23 March 2010

Has anyone implemented a SAN into their home network?

Hi there, I would assume you require a NAS. Even if you are getting into home labs and virtulization (e.g. Vmware) most good NAS units will be able to cope with things…

JilaMint

23 March 2010

TV Aerial/Antenna

At present the only tv socket is in the living room. So is there a way I can access the antenna from the bedroom, perhaps through the wall cavities running…

Tom's Playroom

28 March 2010

2.35:1 projector screens/lenses, your thoughts ?

Hi there, For what it's worth, if you are prepared to look at overseas models, you can save a fortune on Aussie RRP's. No, you won't have a local warranty, but if you buy…

getafix

29 March 2010

Windows 7 HTPC question

Hi Rod Thanks for the reply. I have tried to learn my STB codes with the MCE remote (the one I got with my MCE2005 system) I haven't tried anything other tinkering…

Rodda

30 March 2010

Wall mounting a plasma to a steel frame

Remembering that I am not a builder, carpenter or engineer... As long as they are snug fits (the ends of the timber studs are butted tight against the steel beams at each…

16.SFC

5 April 2010

Show me a phtoto of your home network!

Rodda

6 April 2010

Help with Home Theatre Setup

16AWG is fine for most applications, unless you are very serious and your speaker terminals (at both ends - the amp and the speakers) can comfortably handle bigger. For…

joeygbh

6 April 2010

Can I legally cable up my own home?

What cabling is he not allowed to install? 240V I can understand. What about speaker cables? And what is the issue with…

jonaldo

9 April 2010

Help needed on wiring proposals please

Thats all pretty standard. But why not sit there thinking if you ever think you'll get something else put something in extra. Or why not just leave some draw wires in…

Sanderling37

12 April 2010

Front Speakers Suggestions

I can vouch for the Monitor 11's as I have recently set up a pair with a cc290 centre and ADP190 surrounds....I love it and they have not even been broken in yet!!!…

Damon

15 April 2010

Is my projector screen to small

http://www.thx.com/consumer/home-entert ... tv-set-up/

Rodda

17 April 2010

Home Theatre suggestions

In a room 3.5m wide 5.1 is enough - for 7.1 you'll really be squeezing in the 4 speakers at the back...

Wytehawk

17 April 2010

Installing speaker near A/V and network cables

Thanks all for the quick replies. I was fairly sure this was the case, but it's good to know that others think the same as well. Cheers Gavin

mark299

18 April 2010

Home Theatre Lighting

it is not a bulb from ceiling. It is usually recessed in ceiling.

Sierra

20 April 2010

Network Cabling Question

Be prepared for a variation depending upon what you specified in electrical appointment. Builders seem to charge per point, not per cable run. So to have a data cable…

hunts01

20 April 2010

Home theatre speaker recommendations

Hey there, after perusing all the fine advice on this forum am after a quick easy topic question. I have a 4 x 4 theatre room that will have a 50 inch plasma. I have…

Pugs

25 April 2010

Home network

minimum spec for new house would be IMO 2 data/ 1 TV point in bedrooms, 4 Data/ 2x TV in a HT or major TV area and say…

Pugs

25 April 2010

External Hard Drive direct to TV Plasma

I don't thihnk it will work as you can't really split USB like that also no way of updating it with new content without unplugging it also some AVI files arn't liked by…

Tom's Playroom

25 April 2010

HDprojectors for 3m-84"-$4000

Hi there, I picked up the Mitsubishi HC6800 from the USA. Landed for about $AUD2,000 and it is a beautiful unit. Has an anamorphic zoom mode so if you ever want to go to…

xpt803

26 April 2010

start from scratch ..PVR+Home Theatre+ps3

I was wondering what is a good and fairly inexpensive (obviously not too cheap) option to set up a home theatre from scratch (except i have a new samsung plasma tv with i…

cenemelectrical

27 April 2010

RF Modulator

hello, Ness corporation ' formally ness security' have great priced modulators for you application. google them jaycar also have a couple of cheap options. hope this helped

westy

29 April 2010

Foxtel Distribution

Cheers Rodda, that looks very close to what I am after. I have done a LOT of searching and have come across a number of matrix switches etc, but…