drewhadley
New Member
I moved into this house last year and was stoked to have it completely wired for audio throughout each room with individual volume controls, but have yet to get it optimized and am turning to the experts here to figure out what I'm dealing with.
The main distribution panel appears is an AF-12 by Sonance but is very confusing. I can't attach a picture but we basically have a distribution board with 2 sets of inputs (4 wires each) and 12 outputs (4 wires each) to which each room is connected (via 16 gauge twisted pair). The amplifier input is connected to my left and right front speaker outputs from my 1000w Pioneer amplifier. There are two transformers in the box that I have not tinkered with. It seems that I may be able to retap these to match impedance but I have no idea on where to start with that. Plus, I would expect the system would have been matched already with the speakers installed from the original installer.
The problem I'm running into is that the sound levels are very low and my receiver trips out on overtemp on a regular basis. It also heats up very quick, even when I turn down all rooms so that just one room is playing.
Can anyone direct me to a resource on how these systems are set up? Or give some guidance as to fixes here? I've thought about an additional external amp, but at a lower power output, I have to assume its not going to do much better.
Thank you for the help!
Drew
The main distribution panel appears is an AF-12 by Sonance but is very confusing. I can't attach a picture but we basically have a distribution board with 2 sets of inputs (4 wires each) and 12 outputs (4 wires each) to which each room is connected (via 16 gauge twisted pair). The amplifier input is connected to my left and right front speaker outputs from my 1000w Pioneer amplifier. There are two transformers in the box that I have not tinkered with. It seems that I may be able to retap these to match impedance but I have no idea on where to start with that. Plus, I would expect the system would have been matched already with the speakers installed from the original installer.
The problem I'm running into is that the sound levels are very low and my receiver trips out on overtemp on a regular basis. It also heats up very quick, even when I turn down all rooms so that just one room is playing.
Can anyone direct me to a resource on how these systems are set up? Or give some guidance as to fixes here? I've thought about an additional external amp, but at a lower power output, I have to assume its not going to do much better.
Thank you for the help!
Drew