Multi-Room Funtionality? OK...I'll start by saying that I don't know much about these things, but this is what I want this receiver to do. I recently bought a house that is wired through 4 different locations (living room, bonus room, bedroom, back deck). I would like to be able to connect all these rooms to a single receiver and play radio/iPod/CDs/etc throughout the house while entertaining. Is that do-able with this receiver? I need help!!! Thanks! Multi-Room Funtionality? OK...I'll start by saying that I don't know much about these things, but this is what I want this receiver to do. I recently bought a house that is wired through 4... » Read More Multi-Room Funtionality? OK...I'll start by saying that I don't know much about these things, but this is what I want this receiver to do. I recently bought a house that is wired through 4 different locations (living room, bonus room, bedroom, back deck). I would like to be able to connect all these rooms to a single receiver and play radio/iPod/CDs/etc throughout the house while entertaining. Is that do-able with this receiver? I need help!!! Thanks! « Show Less
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I haven't heard yet, but that's essentially what I'm looking to do too. If you find something somewhere else, please let me know.
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curious if you figured this out...i just remodeled my house and ran speaker wire in 3 different locations that I would like to control from one unit and have the ability to listen to 1 room, 2 or all 3
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i have the same situation and AV 9040txh, i have 2 rooms with 4 y 2 speaker, and think with multizone could control vol of the 2 speakers room, with my old ONKYO with multisource i can operate separately each rooms speakers. but no with the 9040txh !!! Why ???
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Either one. I have 3 on my network to different areas of the house. You could use a splitter to run the audio to 2 stereos but you wouldn't have the option of playing different songs.
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What receiver...? This is a switching device, splitting 2 channels into 4 speaker pairs. Yes it can be hooked up and operated to run 4 living room speakers and your outside speakers. You may experience some volume loss, but it would still work fine.
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You need to buy this receiver and the transmitter from Creative labs, hook the receiver to the Stereo through the Aux input and that should allow you to stream music to the stereo from the mac. The range is about 150 feet, but sound quality is pretty good. Sonos also works very well, but is 3 times the cost. I did it this through out my house just using the receiver and speakers from a couple old computers and now every room has music controlled from my computer. With the mac you could down load the Remote app on your ipad/ iphone and control the whole system from the device. I hope this helps. You need to buy this receiver and the transmitter from Creative labs, hook the receiver to the Stereo through the Aux input and that should allow you to stream music to the stereo from the mac. The range is about 150 feet, but sound quality is pretty good. Sonos also works very well, but is 3 times the cost. I did it this through out my house just using the receiver and speakers from a couple old computers and now every room has music controlled from my computer. With the mac you could down load the Remote app on your ipad/ iphone and control the whole system from the device. I hope this... » Read More You need to buy this receiver and the transmitter from Creative labs, hook the receiver to the Stereo through the Aux input and that should allow you to stream music to the stereo from the mac. The range is about 150 feet, but sound quality is pretty good. Sonos also works very well, but is 3 times the cost. I did it this through out my house just using the receiver and speakers from a couple old computers and now every room has music controlled from my computer. With the mac you could down load the Remote app on your ipad/ iphone and control the whole system from the device. I hope this helps. « Show Less
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After I did some searching of what I recently purchased, I can see now it is the baby monitor (I also just bought two in-ceiling home theater speakers, so...) I am guessing not. It would be like trying to pick up two radio stations on the same radio. One might override the other. It does have codes to match so you could just change the transmitters to different codes and you could tune the one receiver in to which one you want to hear. If you are trying to hear two babies in different rooms, I would definitely not count on one receiver doing the job.
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Yes I have two doors a window and a moton sensor all on one unit the receiver is in the living room. Then I bought a second receiver and put the same 4 devices programed in it, in the bed room. This way I can montor all 4 sendors in two places. The only problem is if someone leaves the door open the unit will sound until that door is closed. However it will still monitor the windows while the doot is open. There are 4 leds on the receiver and the door will flash and the window will flash, if thew are both open. I hope this helps. Ernie
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I have this Onkyo receiver in my living room for my surround sound (7.1):http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0077V88VI/ref=aw_wl_ov_dp_2_4?colid=1MI3H3BJI7835&coliid;=IV0HMYY7JBN3DIt had a zone 2 feature on it and I have wires run from there through my attic out to my courtyard where I am running 4 of these Kicker speakers. The stereo can be controlled by my iphone and can do many music formats like Pandora.
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I believe there are very many frequencies available but this is a simple wireless set which comes pre-configured, so you cannot adjust the frequencies. To be able to use four at a time, make sure you're not buying all four with the exact same frequencies as this will render the rest of them useless as only one transmitter can work with a given receiver on one frequency, so buy in a variety of frequencies (when placing your order). I only bought one set of two transmitters but I believe that as long as non of them replicate one another you could probably run more than four units at a time.
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Do you mean like having audio in the living room, and a separate amplified output in the kitchen? NO, it only has one zone. I have it installed at the TV room, where I've installed 8 speakers (2 front, 2 sides, 2 back, 1 central, 1 subwoofer). Some receivers may take the 2 back speakers for a second zone when playing 5.1 and lower audio streams, this one in particular doesn't have that feature.It does have a composite video out (Video + R/L Audio) where you can tap the low level audio stream and input it to an external amplifier, but you won't have control over the content, it will play the same audio as in the main room. Do you mean like having audio in the living room, and a separate amplified output in the kitchen? NO, it only has one zone. I have it installed at the TV room, where I've installed 8 speakers (2 front, 2 sides, 2 back, 1 central, 1 subwoofer). Some receivers may take the 2 back speakers for a second zone when playing 5.1 and lower audio streams, this one in particular doesn't have that feature.It does have a composite video out (Video + R/L Audio) where you can tap the low level audio stream and input it to an external amplifier, but you won't have control over the content, it... » Read More Do you mean like having audio in the living room, and a separate amplified output in the kitchen? NO, it only has one zone. I have it installed at the TV room, where I've installed 8 speakers (2 front, 2 sides, 2 back, 1 central, 1 subwoofer). Some receivers may take the 2 back speakers for a second zone when playing 5.1 and lower audio streams, this one in particular doesn't have that feature.It does have a composite video out (Video + R/L Audio) where you can tap the low level audio stream and input it to an external amplifier, but you won't have control over the content, it will play the same audio as in the main room. « Show Less
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Yes, you can use multiple receivers. All will alert at the same time, if they are within the reception range of the doorbell button. I have found that the units don't work at the range that they advertise. You should probably try one receiver in the various locations to see if it works there before you purchase 4 receivers.
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Actually, we have 18 speakers running through our speaker selector, from this receiver. Of course we do NOT run them all at the same time. We have four old Mach I speakers we use together in one room, otherwise we usually use two pair, one pair per room at the same time. We have doing this for a couple years now without issue. Of course, you can decided what total impedance you have based on your speakers, and set the impedance switch on the amp, and possible on your speaker switch if it also has one.
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you can use a cd player, i use my Ipod if i want music. but you do not need one to make it work. There is two wires that come out and then three if you use a device for music. At first i got tangled a little. I am used to the wires now. In the instructions they say you can program different exp. Have not tired that yet but I am going too. Hope this helps you.
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Hi, I'm not the seller of the product but I did purchase the unit awhile back and can answer the portion of the question I know the answer for. The paperwork that came with the unit stated it was available in three different frequency channels so multiple units can be used in the same location to control different devices. As for being able to choose the specific channel, I am unsure if that is an option. I know when I ordered mine through Amazon, it did not give me that option but maybe by contacting the seller before it ships. One point I wanted to make you aware of, to help you avoid any potential issues like I encountered, and that is to save the original packaging for at least a couple/few weeks. I had one of these units years ago and it worked perfectly for many years however, I wasn't so lucky on the unit I ordered a few months ago. I plugged the item in and it worked fine so not expecting any issues I went ahead and threw out all of the packaging. The item worked fine for a couple of days, maybe a total of 3x switching on/off, but stopped working after that. I've tried batteries and all troubleshooting steps in the instructions but it no longer works and I was unable to return w/o the packaging. Anyway, just wanted to let you know my experience which I assume or at least hope that is not a typical matter, especially since my prior unit worked so well for many years. Hope this helps. Best Regards
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you asked "can multiple devices hooked up in a house and review all the activties in the computer at the same time?" if i undersand what you are asking, you want to know about using more than one Kooltron at a time into a single computer. I would not recomend multiple hookups for this device.
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The only logic i find in thisproduct is that you can connect 3 devices that goes to one device that will play video and sound. But since it is a switcher you have to switch which one you want to use at a time.
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Hello Wendy. I hope my answer helps. I bought this type and never was able to get this function. I waited to long to get back with the seller so I lost out. I would not buy this type of unit.