[slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching?

[Jay Pfaffman]

You can use CDJ's automation features to do this.  I've thought about it,
but haven't done it yet.  If you've got a useable read-map for the remote 
(I'm not sure what the correct lingo is, but apparently there is more to
receiving IR signals than there is to spitting them out again.  EZlearn
can make control files to send IR, but not to recognize it.) then you can
create CDJ devices that all use the same remote definition but listen to
different rooms.  You can then map arbitrary commands to each of the
remotes codes for each of the rooms.  

Jay Pfaffman                           pfaffman@relax.com
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On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Darren Apfel wrote:

> I'm not quite sure how this solves my problem.  I want to be able to turn on
> and off the audio in *other* rooms from any room with an IR port.  I already
> have my house wired for IR and audio.  I can turn the audio on/off in the
> room I'm in no problem (there are volume controls in each room).
>  
> thanks @gain,
> d@
> darrena@microsoft.com
> http://wireless/ <http://wireless/> 
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dale Andren [mailto:andren@interaccess.com]
> Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 7:50 PM
> To: Tony Golden; Darren Apfel
> Cc: Slink-e Users List
> Subject: Re: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching?
>  
> Hi List,
>  
> If you put your audio signal on a video modulator, (if you have a es90 or a
> changer with video out, you can put the track info on as well) you can
> simply tune your TV in whatever room you are in to channel 68 or whatever
> the modulator is set to, and you can then control the volume of the TV,
> which is in effect now acting as your preamp.. If the TV has audio outs this
> is ideal, since you can then send the tv audio to the local amp or whatever.
> If you have whole house IR capability this adds up to a pretty slick setup
> and sounds great. Make sure you buy a channel plus or some other high grade
> modulator, because I would imagine the cheesy modulators would provide an
> inferior sound quality.
>  
> This setup is ideal if you want to forgo a lot of expensive cabling and
> don't need audiophile sound in the rooms away from the main source.
>  
> Good luck,
> Dale
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 
> From: Tony Golden <mailto:MrGolden@swbell.net>  
> To: Darren <mailto:darrena@MICROSOFT.com>  Apfel 
> Cc: Slink-e <mailto:slinkelist@nirvis.com>  Users List 
> Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 9:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching?
>  
> There are a couple of different solutions, and neither one of them is
> "cheap".
>  
> Xantech makes an IR-controlled speaker switcher, model 686-10, that can
> switch up to six pairs of speakers.  It retails for $400, and you need their
> RC68 remote to program it -- another $160, retail.  With it, you could teach
> your learning remotes the codes to turn on or off the room they're located
> in.
>  
> Another, and probably cheaper, option, is to use separate stereo receivers
> for the other rooms.  You should be able to find decent ones for under $100
> each -- probably under $50 each.  It would require splitting your sources to
> run to all the receivers, and you may need some type of distribution amps.
> In addition to providing remote on/off control of the zones, you would also
> have independent source selection and volume levels.
>  
> Tony Golden
>  
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 
> From: Darren <mailto:darrena@MICROSOFT.com>  Apfel 
> To: 'slinkelist@nirvis.com' <mailto:'slinkelist@nirvis.com'>  
> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 9:02 PM
> Subject: [slinkelist] IR controlled audio switching?
>  
> Hello all:
>  
> I use a slink-e to run my home audio system.  The master audio signal is
> piped into four rooms, each room with its own IR port and volume control.  I
> have set up multiple identical "universal remotes" to control CDJ from each
> room (mostly to control basic functions such as play, stop, cue up stored
> playlists, etc.).
>  
> Everything works great!
>  
> The one thing that I would like to add is the ability to use that same
> remote to turn on and off the audio in each room.  Currently, I have a
> manual switchbox in the family room (next to the receiver) that can turn on
> or off the audio signal each of the four rooms.  (Some rooms have manual
> override for local sources such as TVs.)
>  
> Here's a good example of why I want this ripped from my life as it was just
> half an hour ago.  I had returned from my workout.  I wanted to take a
> shower.  From the master bedroom, I cue up a CD to play it.  Problem is:
> Laurie is down in the family room on the phone and all of a sudden I'm
> blaring music at her as well.  So I have to go downstairs and manually turn
> off all but the master bedroom/bathroom.
>  
> I'd like to be able to do this from the bedroom.
>  
> Any ideas?
>  
> d@
>  
>