My outdoor entertainment area. Warning: Pic heavy

mynewpool · Posted: June 13th, 2011, 3:14 pm

CombatYoga wrote:

I bought and mounted a 46" LCD TV outside over the outdoor fireplace. It is protected by a roof, but humidity/wind, etc. are all a concern.

A friend turned me onto a program at Best Buy under their Geek Squad program. It is a 4 year warranty that covers everything. I don't usually buy
extended warranties, but this particular warranty covers a bad pixel, water damage - anything. I explicitly asked the sales person about this, even
telling him that I was hanging this TV outdoors, even though it is not designed for outdoor usage. He said yes - everything and anything is covered.

I'd certainly welcome the scrutiny of anyone on this forum to double-check me on the warranty details, but for right now it certainly puts my mind at ease.

Slade

Hopefully you never have any problems with it. I have heard bad things about geek squad. On the other hand I have used them a few times and no issues at all.

Remember sales people are there to sell. If they can make a sell by telling more than what is they will.

loweran · Posted: June 13th, 2011, 8:33 pm

Brentr wrote:

Is there something else I can use to control the volume on 2 pairs of speakers? I remember I used to have a fader knob which would adjust volume on 2 sets of speakers in an old boat. I am looking to go very inexpensive :cheers:

Well, you run the risk of damaging your amp if you are not running a multi channel capable amp. Most volume controls for home audio have circuitry that matches the impedance of your amp.

CraigMW · Posted: June 17th, 2011, 4:55 pm

I've gotten speaker controls from the following place:

www.outdoorspeakerdepot.com

For about $25, they sell stereo impedance matching controls that work very well. I had some installed outdoors in weatherproof junction boxes and they worked great for the several years that I had them (before we sold that house). Because they are impedance matching, it is possible to run several speaker pairs off one set of receiver output terminals. BTW, similar units are sold at Lowes (The OnQ brand, I believe) for over double the price of these units. This unit even comes built into a weatherproof box:

http://www.outdoorspeakerdepot.com/70-w ... ntrol.html

texasdad · Posted: June 24th, 2011, 7:11 pm

What type of amp are you using for your outdoor music?

Also, pictures aren't showing up? But from the comments I must be the only one since it seems others have seen them................

loweran · Posted: June 26th, 2011, 1:58 pm

texasdad wrote:

What type of amp are you using for your outdoor music?

Sherwood RX5502

HarryH3 · Posted: June 26th, 2011, 2:51 pm

You can get decent prices for the volume controls online. I haven't bought them from these guys, but I have bought other things from them and been quite pleased with the products.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/subde ... id=1090304

loweran · Posted: June 27th, 2011, 12:46 pm

Monoprice is one of the best kept secrets on the web. High quality products at retailer cost. I would not buy wire anywhere else. Their wall plates can't be beat either.

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