PS3, PSP and a receiver with extra zones, is this a godlike setup? - Blu-ray Forum

Firestreak · 06-29-2008, 03:32 PM

Like all good ideas, this came to me while in the shower. I was thinking it would be nice to be able to hear my mp3 collection while in the morning shower, and thought about setting up a playlist and putting some outdoor waterproof speakers in the bathroom.

Then I was thinking how cool would it be with a waterproof PSP mounted in the bathroom so I could pick my songs and have them stream out of the PSP's shitty speakers.

Then I realized I could combine the two, obviously, the PSP isn't waterproof, but what if you put some outdoor speakers on the deck, had them attached to a secondary zone on your receiver, then had the PS3 set with remote play to play sound from the PS3. Then you walk out with your PSP, and can select any song you want and listen to it while you grill or just read a book outside. It would be essentially a wireless remote you could take anywhere you have wireless internet - and read your selection off of it.

WriteSimply · 06-29-2008, 03:40 PM

Sounds like a good idea. Let us know if it works out.

fuad

Driver_King · 06-29-2008, 04:17 PM

I thought about doing that. It's a good idea. I still have my Onkyo HT-SR505 lying in my closet. I might just hook it up to the speakers on my deck outside and replace the other old amplifier currently out there. That amp used to be good and now it's falling apart. If I hook my receiver up out there, then I'm going to need to make an online trip to Monoprice for some speaker wire and some banana plugs!

crackinhedz · 06-29-2008, 04:26 PM

Waterproof PSP Player Case

Firestreak · 06-29-2008, 05:02 PM

I could take it in the shower with that?

crackinhedz · 06-29-2008, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firestreak

I could take it in the shower with that?

Quote:

specially designed for use with the Sony PSP, which is fully usable once sealed in the case.

# 100% Waterproof.
# Will float if dropped in water.
# Guaranteed submersible to 19ft / 6m. (Class 5 Waterproof)

yup

crackinhedz · 06-29-2008, 05:04 PM

personally I wouldn't leave it hanging right under the shower stream just in case you didn't seal it all the way. but you could keep it close by on a towel rack or something?

Firestreak · 06-29-2008, 06:12 PM

Maybe mount the waterproof case in the tub to the side away from where the stream would be going directly, then when going to the shower, take PSP with and stick into the mounted case. Then assign Zone A to be the bathroom, and zone B to be the porch.

Driver_King · 06-29-2008, 06:16 PM

Sounds good.

un4gvn94538 · 06-29-2008, 06:23 PM

do people really spend THAT much time in the shower?

Firestreak · 06-29-2008, 06:45 PM

Not about time/money for functionality only, but for the fun of doing the project.

But I mean, you could hear the music more than just in the shower - brushing your teeth, doing #2, sensual bath /w lady friend, ext.

Firestreak · 06-30-2008, 02:30 AM

I don't have a pool myself, but was just thinking that it would be a pretty damn nice setup, to use a waterproofed PSP as a remote for some poolside speakers, getting their audio from the remote played PS3. Makes me wanna go out and buy a pool... or a hot tub. ;o

crackinhedz · 06-30-2008, 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firestreak

Makes me wanna go out and buy a pool... or a hot tub. ;o

bah, just give me a lady friend and a sink.

allstar780 · 06-30-2008, 03:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crackinhedz

bah, just give me a lady friend and a sink.

or a crack ***** and a bowl of puddle water

Beta Man · 06-30-2008, 12:12 PM

I have 4 AVRs currently not in use.... I'm planning on using one to run some exterior "gazebo" speakers..... same could be done for a bathroom I suppose.... not sure I'd use "outdoor" speakers.... maybe just a couple tiny satellite speakers (that are cheap) above the mirror etc..... sure the moisture 'may' damage them EVENTUALLY.... but for $30 or $40 for a pair of junky speakers.... You could do that 5 times before you hit the cost of waterproof speakers

(and they're smaller!)

Driver_King · 06-30-2008, 05:18 PM

If you're looking for good quality, low cost speakers, look here.

You can use it for outdoors too.

Edit: It looks like Circuit City doesn't have them available online now. They go for $150 at Crutchfield and other online stores. I got these for $28 with free shipping. They cost a bit more now, but they sound very good for outdoors. They definitely have to be broken in before you crank them and they accept 12 gauge wire and banana plugs. Their bass works strangely, as it sounds boomy very close up but much more accurate and fuller when you're further away. Other than that little quirk, their performance is excellent.

Firestreak · 06-30-2008, 09:13 PM

Well I checked out circuit city, best buy and tweeter, and ended up with the cheapest set they had, a $30 pair of Insignias. Got home, not getting any sound, trying to fiddle with the zone settings. Apparently I don't get digital or something along those lines, which is pretty bad considering... everything I have is connected VIA HDMI or optical except a Wii... Apparently I can also use phono plugs to connect to a zone, which would have been good to know since there are wireless setups I could have used with that though there's no guarantee that would send the digital signal... so I'm thinking now I'll just have to use the 1/4 inch headphone jack somehow...

Already own one of these.

http://www.brookstone.com/store/prod...ry&prodtemp=t2

Thinking i'll just put that on the deck and plug into the PSP's headphone jack. It's not going to be the best sound quality... but then again neither would my $15 a piece speaker be.

Going to see if sound will come out if I use the standard def cables to connect to the receiver from PS3.

Firestreak · 06-30-2008, 11:07 PM

Ok, it works if I use regular phono plugs. So the insignias work...

Unfortunately... I was planning on sliding the wires out one window and in through the bathroom window, which is completely sealed shut. It feels like the grooves of the window will break off before it slides open. They reach through the hallway but it looks really awful. Thinking about just sliding the wire down to the deck as originally planned for the deck... and maybe going with a shower radio - FM transmitter solution.

Did get one shower with the speakers, and listened to "put on your sunday clothes" in honor of Wall-E.

Firestreak · 07-01-2008, 02:06 AM

Alright, spent a little time outside with the speakers. The setup is perfect. Grilled a couple hot dogs and put on some light jazz music and a good book. Unfortunately, I live next to a field and tonight for some reason of all nights like 20 or so young children are camping on it, very loud, impossible to enjoy myself. But the deck setup works great, and the PSP remote is perfect.

I sincerely recommend anyone with their music collection PS3 accessible and a PSP to find a way to output their music on their porch, even with cheapo speakers, it's really quite nice.

Of course the easiest way is probably just playing it directly out of the PSP's headphone jack to something.

06-29-2008, 03:32 PM	#1
Firestreak Senior Member Member since:Mar 2007 Blu-ray collection:103 Trading Score:64	PS3, PSP and a receiver with extra zones, is this a godlike setup? Like all good ideas, this came to me while in the shower. I was thinking it would be nice to be able to hear my mp3 collection while in the morning shower, and thought about setting up a playlist and putting some outdoor waterproof speakers in the bathroom. Then I was thinking how cool would it be with a waterproof PSP mounted in the bathroom so I could pick my songs and have them stream out of the PSP's shitty speakers. Then I realized I could combine the two, obviously, the PSP isn't waterproof, but what if you put some outdoor speakers on the deck, had them attached to a secondary zone on your receiver, then had the PS3 set with remote play to play sound from the PS3. Then you walk out with your PSP, and can select any song you want and listen to it while you grill or just read a book outside. It would be essentially a wireless remote you could take anywhere you have wireless internet - and read your selection off of it.

06-30-2008, 05:18 PM	#16
Driver_King Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Tampa Bay, Florida Home Theater Gallery:96 Blu-ray collection:28 Trading Score:10	If you're looking for good quality, low cost speakers, look here. You can use it for outdoors too. Edit: It looks like Circuit City doesn't have them available online now. They go for $150 at Crutchfield and other online stores. I got these for $28 with free shipping. They cost a bit more now, but they sound very good for outdoors. They definitely have to be broken in before you crank them and they accept 12 gauge wire and banana plugs. Their bass works strangely, as it sounds boomy very close up but much more accurate and fuller when you're further away. Other than that little quirk, their performance is excellent. Last edited by Driver_King; 06-30-2008 at 05:36 PM.

07-01-2008, 02:06 AM	#19
Firestreak Senior Member Member since:Mar 2007 Blu-ray collection:103 Trading Score:64	Alright, spent a little time outside with the speakers. The setup is perfect. Grilled a couple hot dogs and put on some light jazz music and a good book. Unfortunately, I live next to a field and tonight for some reason of all nights like 20 or so young children are camping on it, very loud, impossible to enjoy myself. But the deck setup works great, and the PSP remote is perfect. I sincerely recommend anyone with their music collection PS3 accessible and a PSP to find a way to output their music on their porch, even with cheapo speakers, it's really quite nice. Of course the easiest way is probably just playing it directly out of the PSP's headphone jack to something. Last edited by Firestreak; 07-01-2008 at 02:09 AM.

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06-29-2008, 03:40 PM	#2
WriteSimply Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Sep 2006 Location:Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Sounds like a good idea. Let us know if it works out. fuad

06-29-2008, 04:17 PM	#3
Driver_King Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Tampa Bay, Florida Home Theater Gallery:96 Blu-ray collection:28 Trading Score:10	I thought about doing that. It's a good idea. I still have my Onkyo HT-SR505 lying in my closet. I might just hook it up to the speakers on my deck outside and replace the other old amplifier currently out there. That amp used to be good and now it's falling apart. If I hook my receiver up out there, then I'm going to need to make an online trip to Monoprice for some speaker wire and some banana plugs!

06-29-2008, 04:26 PM	#4
crackinhedz Super Moderator Member since:Feb 2007 Home Theater Gallery:10 Blu-ray reviews:8 Trading Score:19	Waterproof PSP Player Case

06-29-2008, 05:02 PM	#5
Firestreak Senior Member Member since:Mar 2007 Blu-ray collection:103 Trading Score:64	I could take it in the shower with that?

06-29-2008, 05:04 PM	#7
crackinhedz Super Moderator Member since:Feb 2007 Home Theater Gallery:10 Blu-ray reviews:8 Trading Score:19	personally I wouldn't leave it hanging right under the shower stream just in case you didn't seal it all the way. but you could keep it close by on a towel rack or something?

06-29-2008, 06:12 PM	#8
Firestreak Senior Member Member since:Mar 2007 Blu-ray collection:103 Trading Score:64	Maybe mount the waterproof case in the tub to the side away from where the stream would be going directly, then when going to the shower, take PSP with and stick into the mounted case. Then assign Zone A to be the bathroom, and zone B to be the porch.

06-29-2008, 06:16 PM	#9
Driver_King Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Tampa Bay, Florida Home Theater Gallery:96 Blu-ray collection:28 Trading Score:10	Sounds good.

06-29-2008, 06:23 PM	#10
un4gvn94538 Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Limbo (Bakersfield, Ca.) 4K collection:143 Blu-ray collection:811 DVD collection:54 Digital collection:1494 Trading Score:277	do people really spend THAT much time in the shower?

06-29-2008, 06:45 PM	#11
Firestreak Senior Member Member since:Mar 2007 Blu-ray collection:103 Trading Score:64	Not about time/money for functionality only, but for the fun of doing the project. But I mean, you could hear the music more than just in the shower - brushing your teeth, doing #2, sensual bath /w lady friend, ext.

06-30-2008, 02:30 AM	#12
Firestreak Senior Member Member since:Mar 2007 Blu-ray collection:103 Trading Score:64	I don't have a pool myself, but was just thinking that it would be a pretty damn nice setup, to use a waterproofed PSP as a remote for some poolside speakers, getting their audio from the remote played PS3. Makes me wanna go out and buy a pool... or a hot tub. ;o

06-30-2008, 12:12 PM	#15
Beta Man Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Juuuuuuuust A Bit Outside.... Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:268 Blu-ray reviews: 18 Trading Score:25	I have 4 AVRs currently not in use.... I'm planning on using one to run some exterior "gazebo" speakers..... same could be done for a bathroom I suppose.... not sure I'd use "outdoor" speakers.... maybe just a couple tiny satellite speakers (that are cheap) above the mirror etc..... sure the moisture 'may' damage them EVENTUALLY.... but for $30 or $40 for a pair of junky speakers.... You could do that 5 times before you hit the cost of waterproof speakers (and they're smaller!)

06-30-2008, 09:13 PM	#17
Firestreak Senior Member Member since:Mar 2007 Blu-ray collection:103 Trading Score:64	Well I checked out circuit city, best buy and tweeter, and ended up with the cheapest set they had, a $30 pair of Insignias. Got home, not getting any sound, trying to fiddle with the zone settings. Apparently I don't get digital or something along those lines, which is pretty bad considering... everything I have is connected VIA HDMI or optical except a Wii... Apparently I can also use phono plugs to connect to a zone, which would have been good to know since there are wireless setups I could have used with that though there's no guarantee that would send the digital signal... so I'm thinking now I'll just have to use the 1/4 inch headphone jack somehow... Already own one of these. http://www.brookstone.com/store/prod...ry&prodtemp=t2 Thinking i'll just put that on the deck and plug into the PSP's headphone jack. It's not going to be the best sound quality... but then again neither would my $15 a piece speaker be. Going to see if sound will come out if I use the standard def cables to connect to the receiver from PS3.

06-30-2008, 11:07 PM	#18
Firestreak Senior Member Member since:Mar 2007 Blu-ray collection:103 Trading Score:64	Ok, it works if I use regular phono plugs. So the insignias work... Unfortunately... I was planning on sliding the wires out one window and in through the bathroom window, which is completely sealed shut. It feels like the grooves of the window will break off before it slides open. They reach through the hallway but it looks really awful. Thinking about just sliding the wire down to the deck as originally planned for the deck... and maybe going with a shower radio - FM transmitter solution. Did get one shower with the speakers, and listened to "put on your sunday clothes" in honor of Wall-E.

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