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Take full advantage of your NuVo Grand Concerto I8G or Essentia EG6 whole-home audio system by adding the NuVo Music Port. The Music Port allows you to use your personal computer audio content as one collective library. Utilizing NuVoNet connectivity you can navigate and control your system from any Grand Concerto or Essentia Control Pad. With the included Music Port Software, a user-friendly interface allows you to control your system from any PC or touch screen. Access music downloads, ripped files, and podcasts stored on your PC in any format (including protected files). It even merges the files on your iTunes, Windows Media Player or any other media player into one easy to manage collection. Browse by playlist, track, artist, album, genre, or favorites, and view album artwork via the software interface. The Music port turns a dedicated host PC into a music server with up to six sources of music running simultaneously. If you are using a network of PCs, you can sync all of your music files to access a single large collection. Whether you are using a Control Pad from a Grand Concerto or Essentia music system, or any connected network PC, you can change the music in your kitchen while you’re barbecuing on the deck or change the volume level out on the deck while you sit in your home office. Music Port takes all of your music, organizes it, and places it right at your fingertips to manage anywhere and any way you see fit.

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The combination of baluns and inexpensive Cat. 5 cable allow for the distribution of audio, video and power over long distances. Two MuxLab Component Video/Analog Audio Square Baluns (each sold separately) can be used to connect a regular or HD video source with an analog audio output to your TV or monitor over long distances. Using a component video cable and analog audio cable, each sold separately, connect one balun to a source component (cable or satellite receiver, Blu-ray player, or DVD player) and connect a second balun to your receiver (TV, HDTV or monitor). Once that is complete you can run Cat. 5 cable between the two. For standard definition component (480i/p) you can run the video feed up to 1,000 feet; high definition components (720p and 1080i/p) up to 500 feet, and analog audio up to 3,250 feet. This small transformer converts audio and video signals from unbalanced to balanced and vice versa, making the necessary impedance adjustments for A/V signal transmission between different wiring systems. For a professional finish, you can snap this Balun into a MuxLab Wall Mount Fixture, sold separately.

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Take full advantage of your Nuvo Simplese D 4-Source 4-Zone Whole-home Audio System by using the Nuvo Local Source Interrupt wall plate. While the Simplese D allows users to access music from any connected room (zone) in the house using a single audio source, you can still listen to a different music source in a separate zone by installing the Local Source Interrupt. A local audio source such as a CD player, DVD player or MP3 player can be connected to an amplifier or receiver and then connected to the front of the interrupt wall plate. Then, to the rear of the Local Source Interrupt, connect the selected zone speaker output of the Simplese D Allport, the selected zone keypad, and the selected zone speakers. By adding a Local Source Interrupt to each zone of your whole-home audio system, family members will be able to listen to different music sources in separate rooms simultaneously.

The Local Source Interrupt is a passive, non-amplified device. The signal sent to it must be amplified.

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The combination of baluns and inexpensive Cat. 5 cable allow for the distribution of audio, video and power over long distances. Two MuxLab VideoEase CCTV Video and Power-Thru Baluns (each sold separately) can be used to connect a video and power feed over long distances from a surveillance camera to monitor or DVR and power supply. Simply attach one balun at the sender (surveillance camera) utilizing the BNC connector and power wire leads, and a second balun at the receiver (display monitor or DVR and power supply). If needed, BNC adapters are available, sold separately. Then connect the two baluns using Cat. 5 cable with RJ-45 connectors. The VideoEase CCTV Video and Power-Thru Balun is used in pairs to transmit video up to 2200 feet away and/or power up to 518 feet away (depending on power supply voltage). Ideally, this type of balun can be used with closed-circuit TV (CCTV) equipment for security and surveillance equipment such as CCTV cameras, monitors, DVRs, IP camera encoders, video switchers and CCTV camera servers. With an ultra-compact design, it can easily fit inside most dome cameras.

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The combination of baluns and inexpensive Cat. 5 cable allow for the distribution of audio, video and power over long distances. Two MuxLab VideoEase CCTV Mini Baluns (each sold separately) can be used to connect a TV to a remote A/V source or bring a surveillance signal to a monitor or DVR. Utilizing the BNC connector, attach one balun at the sender and another at the receiver (DVR, monitor, modulator or display device). If needed, BNC adapters are available, sold separately. The VideoEase CCTV Balun is used in pairs to transmit standard composite NTSC, PAL or SECAM video up to 2200 feet. Ideally, this type of balun can be used with closed-circuit TV (CCTV) equipment for security and surveillance equipment such as CCTV cameras, monitors, DVRs, IP camera encoders, video switchers and CCTV camera servers. The CCTV Baluns may also be used with other composite baseband video equipment such as DVD players, cable boxes, media servers and audio-video monitors. The audio balun features a fire resistant design with screw terminals and a flexible BNC connector that provides easy installation and reliable connectivity. With an ultra-compact design, it can easily fit inside most dome cameras.

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