p.burton
Standard Member
Dear all,
I know this is a well trodden track but I have done my best to try to answer my own queries and havent quite found what Im looking for - any information / help / guidance would be great.
Im totally rewiring my new house, which is currently being built. I am fairly savvy when it comes to electronics and an A/V enthusiast so I want to do the installation myself to save money.
From my research so far I have decided on the following:
There will be a central A/V Cupboard housing all the 'kit' and it will be distributed over Cat 6 cable from there. I may be very wrong but I want to do the following:
Each room and bedroom (3) will have 4 runs of Cat 6 from the cupboard, as well as a coaxial for TV. There will be twin coaxials running to the loft for sky and cat6 running to the front of the house for internet etc. This is all fairly self explanatory and bog spec.
This is where I get a little confused! The Cat6 accomodates data/TV etc. Data distribution (essentially internet) is simple to understand - switch in the cupboard.....in one end and distributed at the other ends. No problem.
How though is TV signal distributed? I have got a small hope that is a case of the same....a second network switch in the cupboard distributing the signal given to it by a HDMI - CAT6 balun and then a balun CAT-HDMI "receiver" at each end where Id like to distribute the HDMI source. Does this work or do I need seperate baluns...and network lines for each TV (and therefore no switch) (seems more likely to me...other option is too good to be true)??
Also....this then poses the IR issue...how do I control anything in the A/V cupboard from a room - is there a CAT6 solution for IR??!
Any help would be really appreciated. I am new to this but a very quick learner and conversant in 90% of computer 'speak' (I used to build HTPCs for clients) so no need to treat me like a total wolly!
Thanks in advance.
I know this is a well trodden track but I have done my best to try to answer my own queries and havent quite found what Im looking for - any information / help / guidance would be great.
Im totally rewiring my new house, which is currently being built. I am fairly savvy when it comes to electronics and an A/V enthusiast so I want to do the installation myself to save money.
From my research so far I have decided on the following:
There will be a central A/V Cupboard housing all the 'kit' and it will be distributed over Cat 6 cable from there. I may be very wrong but I want to do the following:
Each room and bedroom (3) will have 4 runs of Cat 6 from the cupboard, as well as a coaxial for TV. There will be twin coaxials running to the loft for sky and cat6 running to the front of the house for internet etc. This is all fairly self explanatory and bog spec.
This is where I get a little confused! The Cat6 accomodates data/TV etc. Data distribution (essentially internet) is simple to understand - switch in the cupboard.....in one end and distributed at the other ends. No problem.
How though is TV signal distributed? I have got a small hope that is a case of the same....a second network switch in the cupboard distributing the signal given to it by a HDMI - CAT6 balun and then a balun CAT-HDMI "receiver" at each end where Id like to distribute the HDMI source. Does this work or do I need seperate baluns...and network lines for each TV (and therefore no switch) (seems more likely to me...other option is too good to be true)??
Also....this then poses the IR issue...how do I control anything in the A/V cupboard from a room - is there a CAT6 solution for IR??!
Any help would be really appreciated. I am new to this but a very quick learner and conversant in 90% of computer 'speak' (I used to build HTPCs for clients) so no need to treat me like a total wolly!
Thanks in advance.