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The WireGuy specializies in all phases of structured wiring which includes voice, video & data. Planning, design and mark-up to pulling of the wires, and final trim-out of all the wallplates and a custom one-of-a-kind structured wire panel complete with custom diagram of your layout. CAT5/6 Data Jacks Thermal Management Whole House Audio Security Cameras and DVR's 19" Audio and Video Data Racks Home Theater Solutions Testing and Verification Planning and Design Flatscreen Mounting and Install Panel Clean ups Audio and Video Set-up and Integration HD Antenna Installations pre-sheetrock advise and consultation low voltage wiring connection # rj31x power source for low voltage connection # rj31x You may think that all you need is a speaker selector switch and an amplifier. But there are problems with this type of system. The speaker selector switch does provide three important things: * a way of turning each zone on and off, * speaker impedance matching (amplifier protection), * and a physical junction (a way to connect multiple speaker wires). To set up the whole-house amp, simply split each audio source you want to be able to play on the whole house system with two audio "Y" cables. Run one L+R audio to the home theater and the other L+R audio to the whole-house amp. To adjust the master volume (the one one the amplifier), go to the room with the lowest apparent sound (large room, heavy carpeting, drapes, etc.) and turn the local volume control all the way up. Put on some music and adjust the master volume until the music in the test room is as loud as you would ever want it to be. Then tape the master volume control down, or mark this "standard" position in some way. Now each room should be able to turn the sound up as loud as they desire. You need all of these to occur, but this arrangement has several shortcomings: * You can't turn the sound on and off from each room. It may not seem like much, but running back and forth to the amp to turn speakers on and off can be a drag. Imagine cranking up the whole-house audio then having someone yell at you from a bedroom that they were trying to sleep and can't even turn the sound off! * You can't control volume independently in each room. You may not see this as a problem, but differences in room size, room acoustics (which can be affected by everything, up to and including furnishings), and speaker effiecencies, can easily make the apparent sound level vastly different in each room. You would have to turn down the master volume to a level based on the loudest room. All other rooms would have a lower-than-desired audio level. Let us suggest an arrangement that solves these problems; local volume controls in each room, and a wiring block to tie everything together. If you wired the way we suggested in step 3 of What Wires Should I Run? it won't take any more work and will provide much greater functionality. za431pj31x This article will focus on what we call a multi-room-common source system. This means, I want the all rooms to play the same music. This type of system is for people who share the same tastes in music or home owners that do not have the budget for a multi-zone multi-source system. Regardless of what system you choose to integrate into you home, the pre-wire for this or any other system remains the same. Run wires for Whole House Audio as described in step 3 of What Wires Should I Run?. low voltage wiring connection Central Vacuum wiring tutorial chimney mount a431pj31x This text is hexcolor #990000