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Thinking about trying Prodigy
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Post 1 made on Sunday July 3, 2011 at 14:19
minimivic
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In the midst of system installation but the audio and control are yet to be finalised. I have no Remote preference at this time, would have been pronto it things had gone better for them.

Anyway system details:
4 x Panasonic Plasma
4 x generic LCD TV's (sony, panasonic etc)
8x8 Grandbeing matrix IP and RS232
2 x Onkyo AVR's RS232 and IP
Sat IR
BD Panasonic IR
ATV IP and IR
PS3
XBOX 360
CCTV IR
Will need an audio streaming source of some sort.
I need to add control and 4 amplified zones of audio and 2 audio streams to the avr's
Client has 2 Ipads and 2 Iphones he would like to use
I did consider Nuvo + a control
How easy would this system be for a first time Prodigy programmer and what equipment list should I be looking at.
Post 2 made on Sunday July 3, 2011 at 22:02
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You need a pmc2/3 and a Pamp.
Prodigy is the truth. You need to dedicate a ton of time.....meaning do not rush it for this one project. Pick up the line and sub out the programming for the first few projects.
The Unicorn Whisperer
Post 3 made on Sunday July 3, 2011 at 23:06
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This project would have to have a PMC3. PMC2 only has the capabilities of 2 iOS devices.
Post 4 made on Monday July 4, 2011 at 08:27
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Keep in mind, Prodigy processors only have five IR ports on the back of them. You would be stacking alot of IR devices on each other with splitters. Don't think for a project with this many devices in it you should be considering Prodigy. Maybe try a CP2e and Sonnex for the audio distribution. Put a MLX3 in each room for TV control and your golden.
Post 5 made on Monday July 4, 2011 at 21:09
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I'll disagree with lites4u a little on this. Although going with more than is needed isn't necessarily a bad thing. You can now have multiple processors in a system, and I have personally set up IR Distributing blocks with multi-room/multi-source prodigy systems. I've been told by true blue that each port is capable of 3 blasters. I've done 3 on all 5 run through distributing blocks. It's solid as can be, never had a call back on that job.
Post 6 made on Tuesday July 5, 2011 at 14:12
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On July 4, 2011 at 21:09, cgav said...
I'll disagree with lites4u a little on this. Although going with more than is needed isn't necessarily a bad thing. You can now have multiple processors in a system, and I have personally set up IR Distributing blocks with multi-room/multi-source prodigy systems. I've been told by true blue that each port is capable of 3 blasters. I've done 3 on all 5 run through distributing blocks. It's solid as can be, never had a call back on that job.

My bad. Forgot you could use multiple processors now.
Post 7 made on Monday July 11, 2011 at 12:40
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 An MC3 with expansion blocks may be a better option. While you can run 3 emiitters from each of teh 5 i/o's plus two coms and then IP control, you are still pretty maxed with that system.

The 6x6 DM prodigy switch will be great becasue it will add an additional control connection at each display without eating up the 5 I/O and 2 com on the processor. But, that still only 6x6 and also not available yet.
do wino hue?


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