A work in Progress

[mickb]

Hi

I thought I would post the details and a few photos of my system to see what people think. I firstly have to thank Curtis (Coruba67) for his help and patience with a relative newbie.

OK the system:

Case: Accent HT-400B with the built in Imon IR & VFD
MB: ASUS A7V880
CPU: AMD Athlon XP2800+
RAM: 1Gig DDR
Video: Leadtek Winfast nVIDIA 6600GT
TV: Ultraview Plus (Dvico clone)
Sound:HDA Digital X Mystique 7.1 Gold
HDD: Western Digital 200G ATA
DVD: Pioneer DVR-107D
PSU: Usicase 400w Silent Power

I built my current house so have run all TV, audio, telephone and network cable to a cupboard in the living room with a 19" rack in it to hold all the equipment. I have an IR receiver on the wall in the room so I can control everything with the door shut. Cables are accessed from another door in a corridor behind the rack.


The video out and the optical audio are all connected to the inputs on a Onkyo AV reciever and distributed to the TV (Mitsubishi 90cm CRT) and the surround sound speakers. I have taught the Onkyo remote the buttons from the Imon remote and can do almost everything with the 1 remote.

I have MP3's and AVI's stored on a network server and Mediaportal accesses them across the network.

I am currently running 0.1.1.1 but will be making the jump to 0.1.3.0 soon

Some not so good photos can be found here:

http://au.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wez...lbum?.dir=943c


I look forward to getting any feedback

[mama]

Server rack, built in IR receiver, separate "technics room"... Cool! I think I really have to take a lot more time to plan my next house!

[Jean-Max]

Originally Posted by mickb

I have an IR receiver on the wall in the room so I can control everything with the door shut.

Hi, mickb !

Good choices for the hardware
Good idea to separate HTPC from spectator's zone

What model you choosen for the in-wall IR receiver ?
Thanks .

(Actually, I use a Powermid XL couple to transmit IR orders to the HTPC, not so discrete than an in-wall system )

[mickb]

Hi Jean-Max

I have used an Andrews Audio IR receiver/transmitter system for the whole AV system. I don't know if they are available in France but they haven't given me any problems in the 6 years I have been using them.

About all I want now is a plasma or LCD screen to get the full value.

Thanks

[Callifo]

Originally Posted by mickb

Sound:HDA Digital X Mystique 7.1 Gold

Nice choice, finally someone that didnt think htpc=audigy 2 then later discover it cant do full 5.1 on digital. :wink:

Got one in my main pc and love it.

[mickb]

Originally Posted by Callifo

Nice choice, finally someone that didnt think htpc=audigy 2 then later discover it cant do full 5.1 on digital. :wink:

Got one in my main pc and love it.

Not to mention about half the price of the Creative card!

[Jean-Max]

Originally Posted by mickb

Hi Jean-Max
I have used an Andrews Audio IR receiver/transmitter system for the whole AV system. I don't know if they are available in France but they haven't given me any problems in the 6 years I have been using them.

Hello mickb,

Thanks for your reply

-> Have you a link to Andrews company which manufacture your in-wall IR receiver/transmitter system ?
I didn't find any available info on the net ..

Have a look to my HT install
As you see on the bottom of this Hardware List, I use IR receiver/transmitter from Powermid, but no discrete like an in-wall system
But the IR Powermid transmitter has an advantage: it can send orders to 3 more hardwares by a small wire + 3 IR emitters :
-> Is-it the same with an in-wall IR receiver / emitter system ?

For the fun and headache , have a glance to my HTPC (= PCHC) connection mode

Best regards

[mickb]

Hi Jean-Max

Here is the link to a web site that has a lot of gear for audio & IR cabling:

http://www.leisuretech.com.au/

There are links to Andrews and you way well be interested in the A-Bus as well.

Great site for your system by the way. Makes me feel inadequate. Very through overview of the whole thing and very obviously a labour of love.

Regards

[Jean-Max]

Originally Posted by mickb

Hi Jean-Max
Here is the link to a web site that has a lot of gear for audio & IR cabling:
http://www.leisuretech.com.au/
...

Many thanks for this very good link for me
Best regards