AV Distribution

The concept of having a source being available throughout a home has been around for
a very long time. Think of it as you would cable television. You have one item being
fed to every room equipped for it - just plug in a TV and you can see and hear the
channel selected. Distributing audio and video works on the same concept, which is
that of feeding the sound and/or images from one or more sources to multiple
locations.

Imagine having a multi-disc CD changer that you can play in any room in your home,
or perhaps two FM Tuners (a 'his' and 'hers') so that you can pick your own station to
listen to.

There are various ways to send these signals throughout a home. Some are very
basic and allow no control beyond selecting a source and possibly adjusting the
volume. In the mid to high end there are systems that allow control of not only volume,
but direct access to the commands of the equipment (play, stop, pause, next disc,
etc.). Some even allow you to see information as to the radio station you're listening
to, which song is playing on the jukebox and what will play next.

Line-level audio signals (like those coming directly out of your CD player's RCA jacks)
can be sent over long distances using CAT5 cable and 'Send' and 'Receive' hardware.
This is very beneficial if equipment happens to be located in different parts of a house.

Video distribution is very similar to that of audio, except for the type of cable used and
the equipment to send the signals. Video can now be sent from one location to
another over CAT5 cable in just about any format - composite, SVHS and Component
(including HDTV).

With standard methods of signal distribution (Coax cable), video sources (along with
the audio portion of their signal) can be converted and added to your existing coax
cable system. Depending on the brand, the use of modulators allow a source to be
output on various TV channels. You simply tune your TV to the correct channel and
the Living Room DVD player is now visible in the bedroom!

There are some limitations to modulating signals - the type of cable service you have
and the bandwidth they use, available channels, signal strength issues relating to how
your home was originally wired, etc.

There are systems now available that not only let you see and control central video
sources (such as a DVD multi-player), but also access and control sources located in
other rooms around the home. While considered to be in the upper-end of the industry
(and priced accordingly), this type of system allows complete flexibility as to where
equipment is located while providing complete control of it.

Elan System 6

- Six Source, Six Zone

- 40 Watts/Channel

- Compatible with Z-Pads and Via! Touchpanel

Elan System 12 (Available 2004)

- 12 A/V Source, 8 Zone (up to 32 A/V Zones)

- Audio and Video signal sensing

- Compatible with all Elan keypads and Touchpanels

- RS-232 Controllable

Crestron CNX-BiPAD8

- 16 Source / 8 Room Stereo Audio Processor

- 8 Room Bi-Directional CAT5 Distribution with
CNXRMCLV or C2N-DAP8 adapters

- Daisy-chaining permits expansion up to 32 rooms

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Crestron CNAMPX 16 x 60 Amplifier

- 16 Channel x 60 Watts @ 8 ohms

- Remote system power on/off

- Remote diagnostics including temperature and fault
detection

- Speaker mute relays

- Ability to run on Crestron system bus up to 5000'
from system

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Crestron CNX-PVID8X4 Video Distribution System

- CAT 5 Video distribution system

- Deliver video from up to 64 seperate video sources
into as many as 32 seperate rooms

- Accepts Composite, S-Video and Component
sources (including HDTV)

- Also accomodates coaxial digital audio distribution

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