Whole Home Audio Start 2 Finish EP2: Location Prep, Running 1st Keypad, WIFE Cuts WHOLE In Wall!

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Welcome to my new Series, Whole Home Audio from Start to Finish! I get comments every week from my videos asking questions about whole home audio, so I figured it was time to show IN DETAIL from start to finish.
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In this video, we are running the first keypad! The first thing you run always takes more time. After this, you will get your rhythm down and start moving along faster. We do amplifier location prep, and get up in the attic and have some fun. We run into a small issue, that took a little longer to work around, but we get through it :)
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[@TheBurzhui]

Pro tip always make a horizontal cut in drywall first, if you hit a stud you can go the other way

[@LS-rl5gp]

Do you have a video that shows how you mounted the units to the wall in the closet? I am planning to add 3 units in a closet and your installation looks good. I'd like to do something similar rather than just stacking them on top of each on one the closet shelves. The units are big and heavy and will take up a lot of space if mounted horizontally. Mounting vertically to the wall will save a lot of space and looks cleaner. Thanks for the videos!

[@TheKMZ1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4rCqGiXg7qllck this kind of shows it some. I dont really talk much about them. To be honest they are just 2 2x4's for the top and 2 2x4s for the bottom lol. One 2x4 is flat against the wall, the other is standing on end which is what the rack mount ears on the amp attach to. I mounted the bottom one where I wanted first, and then i was able to prop the amp on it, and then i could mark the top 2x4 and then screw it in. Very easy to remove the amp too if you ever need to in the future! Thanks for watching

[@LS-rl5gp]

@@TheKMZ1 Thanks for the quick reply. Your videos have been helpful for me as I'm getting started down this path. I did freeze the video a few times and thought it was 2x4's screwed to the wall then other 2x4's screwed to the first ones, allowing for airflow between wall and Amp which is a good idea. The big benefit to doing it your way is both front and back are easily visible and it takes up less shelf space. Great idea. Thanks!

[@matthewmontano1785]

Let me give you a little pro tip, if you cut horizontally first in case you run into a stud, easier to recover.

[@aRndBelgianGuy]

One done, yey !

[@aRndBelgianGuy]

Hi. What about the flushness of the plate with the steel bracket ? Better than the orange ? I cannot see very well on the video. I have DAX66's plates with orange brackets and there is quite a big gap :/ Thanks.

[@mendygreen8199]

What wire is the blue wire ? And how did you connect them to the keypad which I didn’t see in the video ?

[@TheKMZ1]

The blue wire is Ethernet cable. It connects to the keypad with an RJ45 end on the cable.

[@mendygreen8199]

@@TheKMZ1 that other end goes to the AMP?

[@TheKMZ1]

The other end goes to a keypad hub, and then 1 ethernet cable from the keypad hub to the amp, yes

[@007stilts]

Can you run 4 speakers off one zone if you run them in parallel?

[@TheKMZ1]

Absolutely, please refer to my video here explaining just that kzbin.info/www/bejne/mofNmo2beKihp6M

[@notta3d]

The negative is that you seem to have textured ceilings all through out the house. A lot harder to patch than if it was just normal drywall.

[@TheKMZ1]

Yeah exactly. Most houses that I know of always get some kind of texture on them when built. My parents even built 3 years ago has textured ceilings (not a popcorn flakey type, but a low profile drywall type texture) Hopefully I wont need a drywaller in my area ;) but I guess we will find out as I start with the speakers!

[@Manuelpinturacarpinteriaymas]

Can you connect more then 6 zones

[@TheKMZ1]

Yes, you add another amplifier as slave #1 and you can have 12 zones sharing the 6 sources. You can add a slave #2 amplifier and it will let you have 18 zones sharing the 6 sources. The amplifier only allows expanding up to 2 more amps. So after you have a master amp, and 2 slaves you can't add anymore. The 3 amplifiers connect together with included ribbon cables

[@Manuelpinturacarpinteriaymas]

@@TheKMZ1 thank you do you know why I can access the store when I click your link and goes to the website I get a pop up screen and says restricted access from my location for the soundavo website I really want the one because off your videos my next option is the dayton audio I think I can do the same as soundavo can you clarify it for me

[@TheKMZ1]

@@Manuelpinturacarpinteriaymas what location are you at? I can find out for you

[@Manuelpinturacarpinteriaymas]

@@TheKMZ1 Des Moines IA

[@TheKMZ1]

@@Manuelpinturacarpinteriaymas it shouldn't have any restrictions in the USA, I just messaged a contact person that I have with Soundavo so I'll reply back when I hear

[@javierRdz00]

Did you use cat5 wire?

[@TheKMZ1]

yes, in one install i used cat6, some of the others i use cat5e. Either way it all works