I am getting some major building work done in the house and thought it would be a good opportunity to get the place re-wired and have a multi-room av setup done. With that in mind after doing a bit of research I have come up with the following proposed solution. Before blowing a load of money on this kit and finding out it doesnt work just thought I'd post my intentions to see if it would work.
Room setup:
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Utility Room: HDMI 4x4 Matrix, Virgin Media BOX,Freesat PVR, Acer Revo, PS3, IR Blaster
Room 1: TV, IR reciever, Surround Sound speakers
Room 2: TV, IR reciever
Room 3: TV, IR reciever
Room 4: TV, IR reciever
4x4 Matrix setup
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Input 1 via HDMI> Virgin Media V+ HD box
Input 2 via HDMI> Humax Freesat HD PVR
Input 3 via HDMI> Acer Revo running Windows 7 media centre
Input 4 via HDMI> PS 3
Out 1 via HDMI > AV reciever out via HDMI > balaun transmitter via cat6> balaun reciever with ir passback via hdmi> TV
Out 2 via cat 6> balaun reciever with ir passback via hdmi> TV
Out 3 via cat 6> balaun reciever with ir passback via hdmi> TV
Out 4 via cat 6> balaun reciever with ir passback via hdmi> TV
Proposed AV reciever: Denon AVR-1910
Proposed TV: Sony BRAVIA KDL40EX403
Proposed Remote LOGITECH HARMONY 525
Question 1 re cabling:
Is there a minimum cable length I should use as most of the rooms are within 4-6 meters of the utility room ?
Should i use Cat6 shielded or Cat 6 unshielded as there is a possibility that some of the cables may need to be near some of the houses electrical cabling.
Question 2:
I have heard that there may be problems with multi channel sound i.e. the source is either downgraded or if it is multichannel than the TV's wont be able to play it.
Can this be avoided by using a TV such as Sony BRAVIA KDL40EX403 (onboard freesat HD tuner) which seems to have a DOlby digital plus decoder according to the specification.
Question3:
Is a remote similar to a low end harmony enough to be able to select each source and control the sending device in a useable way e.g. by the wife who isnt a techie.
Question4: will the above setup work or are there any known issues/major problems.
Thanks
Room setup:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Utility Room: HDMI 4x4 Matrix, Virgin Media BOX,Freesat PVR, Acer Revo, PS3, IR Blaster
Room 1: TV, IR reciever, Surround Sound speakers
Room 2: TV, IR reciever
Room 3: TV, IR reciever
Room 4: TV, IR reciever
4x4 Matrix setup
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Input 1 via HDMI> Virgin Media V+ HD box
Input 2 via HDMI> Humax Freesat HD PVR
Input 3 via HDMI> Acer Revo running Windows 7 media centre
Input 4 via HDMI> PS 3
Out 1 via HDMI > AV reciever out via HDMI > balaun transmitter via cat6> balaun reciever with ir passback via hdmi> TV
Out 2 via cat 6> balaun reciever with ir passback via hdmi> TV
Out 3 via cat 6> balaun reciever with ir passback via hdmi> TV
Out 4 via cat 6> balaun reciever with ir passback via hdmi> TV
Proposed AV reciever: Denon AVR-1910
Proposed TV: Sony BRAVIA KDL40EX403
Proposed Remote LOGITECH HARMONY 525
Question 1 re cabling:
Is there a minimum cable length I should use as most of the rooms are within 4-6 meters of the utility room ?
Should i use Cat6 shielded or Cat 6 unshielded as there is a possibility that some of the cables may need to be near some of the houses electrical cabling.
Question 2:
I have heard that there may be problems with multi channel sound i.e. the source is either downgraded or if it is multichannel than the TV's wont be able to play it.
Can this be avoided by using a TV such as Sony BRAVIA KDL40EX403 (onboard freesat HD tuner) which seems to have a DOlby digital plus decoder according to the specification.
Question3:
Is a remote similar to a low end harmony enough to be able to select each source and control the sending device in a useable way e.g. by the wife who isnt a techie.
Question4: will the above setup work or are there any known issues/major problems.
Thanks