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| Topic: | Crestron Design Question This thread has 18 replies. Displaying posts 1 through 15. |
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| Post 1 made on Wednesday January 26, 2011 at 18:54 |
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I'm doing a cottage here that is all post and beam. The walls are all glass so there is absolutely nowhere to install inwall touchpanels. I've been thinking about using handhelds for each audio zone and possibly a TPS-6X for the main great room area. It's a small system consisting of 4 audio zones and a TV area with a 3.1 system. Is there a better solution that you can think of for control? Which handheld would you recommend for range and battery life? The ML-600 is out because I need 2 way.
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| Post 2 made on Wednesday January 26, 2011 at 19:01 |
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a few MLX-3's and an iPad ?
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| Post 3 made on Wednesday January 26, 2011 at 19:35 |
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On January 26, 2011 at 19:01, motech said...
a few MLX-3's and an iPad ? absolutely!
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| OP | Post 4 made on Wednesday January 26, 2011 at 19:41 |
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On January 26, 2011 at 19:01, motech said...
a few MLX-3's and an iPad ? What's your experience with the range on the mlx-3's? Wait...they haven't been released yet, have they?
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| Post 5 made on Wednesday January 26, 2011 at 19:46 |
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are you doing prodigy or crestron? if you just have 4 or less zones. sounds like a nice fit for prodigy. if so you are looking at PLX3
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| OP | Post 6 made on Wednesday January 26, 2011 at 20:02 |
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On January 26, 2011 at 19:46, edizzle said...
are you doing prodigy or crestron? if you just have 4 or less zones. sounds like a nice fit for prodigy. if so you are looking at PLX3 I'm doing Crestron on this one. Prodigy doesn't have Sirius, I dont believe.
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| Post 7 made on Wednesday January 26, 2011 at 20:13 |
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You have not defined the GUI or number of sources. MLX-3 will work reasonably well as long as you are fine with scrolling list GUI.
You will have more room with a 6x but it's also a 2 handed remote. Are you thinking of roaming with these remotes?
I think the MLX-3 with iPad your best solution as long as the native iPad works or you have a processor with CF.
As for Sirius and Prodigy, you can purchase the ControlWorks Squeezebox module and put Sirius on to Prodigy--though it'll be a network stream and you'll still need a subscription.
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| Post 8 made on Wednesday January 26, 2011 at 20:14 |
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or a sirius tuner!
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| OP | Post 9 made on Wednesday January 26, 2011 at 20:20 |
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On January 26, 2011 at 20:13, Audible Solutions said...
You have not defined the GUI or number of sources. MLX-3 will work reasonably well as long as you are fine with scrolling list GUI.
You will have more room with a 6x but it's also a 2 handed remote. Are you thinking of roaming with these remotes?
I think the MLX-3 with iPad your best solution as long as the native iPad works or you have a processor with CF.
As for Sirius and Prodigy, you can purchase the ControlWorks Squeezebox module and put Sirius on to Prodigy--though it'll be a network stream and you'll still need a subscription.
Alan Alan, 3 sources. AM/FM, CEN-IDOCV, Sirius Tuner. My only concern with handhelds is the lack of real estate for feedback. No roaming; I would have a remote for each audio zone and one for the TV room.
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| Post 10 made on Wednesday January 26, 2011 at 21:25 |
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Squeezebox will do iTunes, local AM/FM as well as Internet radio ( local's are internet ), Pandora, Rhapsody, Last FM and so on as well as Sirius. Add in your idocv and these sources can be seen as scrolling list sources
You could do this with Prodigy and Squeezebox plus a idocv. But if you're going with full Crestron the MLX-3 would work nicely.
Reception will depend on the number of devices in the system. Furhterest I've had a gateway is 30 ft. I suspect you could go further, particulary with additonal EX dimmers in the system.
What sort of real estate do you need for a list of presets, channels or stations that upon selection flips to a now playing page? For ipod, again a browse list and a now playing page? I'm not going to deny that cover art will be hard to read but I've always liked the sized screen.
iPad is also an option.
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| OP | Post 11 made on Wednesday January 26, 2011 at 22:23 |
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Alan,
The head end is going to be on the main floor but without any field experience with the Prodigy wireless expanders, I'm more apt to go Crestron because I can hardwire an EX gateway into each of the zones if needed. Awhile back I had some range issues with the mlx-2's and adding gateways locally solved the problems.
Have you used the Prodigy wireless expanders yet? The spec says up to 150 feet but......you know how that can go....
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| Post 12 made on Wednesday January 26, 2011 at 22:31 |
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i do know from experience the mlx2 was pure shit! i have heard the mlx/plx will be much, much better.
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| OP | Post 13 made on Wednesday January 26, 2011 at 22:34 |
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On January 26, 2011 at 22:31, edizzle said...
i do know from experience the mlx2 was pure shit! i have heard the mlx/plx will be much, much better. Oh yeah...I hear you....I was less than 10 fet through a wall and the mlx-2 kept dropping......
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| Post 14 made on Wednesday January 26, 2011 at 23:18 |
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I have a couple Prodigy systems where the PMC2 is at the top of a 4' tall Snap metal rack, one is 20-30' away and the other is 30-40', through walls. The 20-30' has 90+ %. the further one has a dimmer in the room plus a dimmer in the kitchen about halfway between and the remote is nearly 95+%
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| Post 15 made on Thursday January 27, 2011 at 08:22 |
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MLX-3/PTX-3 both have excellent range. Will easily do 30-40 feet. Prodigy was made for systems like this. Crestron does offer a AM,FM,XM radio for Prodigy.
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