Kiwiman Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Hi and thank you to admins for letting me join. Hopefully this is the best area to post this? As per heading - I have come to own a number of Control4 items. I see from reading some posts here an amazing amount can be done with this brand. I have been an audio tech most of my life, tho in stage and theatre sound. i have not dabbled into any multifunction home systems, until I inherited a collection of items. Not all from one location - bits and so on. I probably won't have a need or use for a lot of what can be done with any of these items (tho I might amend that after learning some more) I live fulltime in a bus and I have floor to celing racks x2 for my recording, ham radio and A/V acticities. Is there someone who, after I put up a list of items, would be able to hold my hand and give me a quick crash course? And if I can implement any functions available from the iterms I have, even if just "basics". My first interest is in if I can use a C4 16AMP3-B amplifier as a stand alone muti-channel amplifier? For eg: a pair of outputs to the kitchen spkrs, same for bedroom, studio and instrument amplifiers etc. To be able to mix and match audio sources to outputs - is this possible in "dumb" mode, to be able to control some of the functions and audio routing via the remotes? One system looks fairly complete and used a number of wifi modems to connect to the various zones. I will start getting a list of items - perhaps a little dated, but perhaps a good place to start the learning curve I am in New Zealand also. Thanks, Graham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 The control4 amps can't be used as standalone. They require a controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwiman Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 Thanks - i have a couple here - best i list what is in the boxes and go from there,. Will do this shortly. Graham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 5 hours ago, msgreenf said: The control4 amps can't be used as standalone. They require a controller. Do you have to be added to a system? Or can you just use the dial and buttons on that old map to map an RCA input to a speaker output zone, and to control the volume? It would be awkward and painful, but wouldn't it work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoe Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 https://www.reddit.com/r/Control4/comments/m2cab3/c416amp3b_without_a_controller/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bballjn64 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Amps are amps. They're not smart or controlled in any way other than taking the low level RCA input and amplifying it. It doesn't need a controller to work. You can literally plug any audio source with RCA outputs into the amp and get audio out to speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpencerT Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 10 minutes ago, bballjn64 said: Amps are amps. They're not smart or controlled in any way other than taking the low level RCA input and amplifying it. It doesn't need a controller to work. You can literally plug any audio source with RCA outputs into the amp and get audio out to speakers. True on a standalone amp, not true on a matrix amp. Something has to tell the ins to connect to specific outs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bballjn64 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 1 hour ago, SpencerT said: True on a standalone amp, not true on a matrix amp. Something has to tell the ins to connect to specific outs. Oh you're right, I misread the model and was thinking it was the C4-AMP108 which doesn't not include the integrated matrix switch. My apologies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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