GK1 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Obviously, a newbie here. I have a question. I was an early C4 adopter. I have a 12 zone system which was all on speaker points. I’m not sure why ask the installer but it has worked. The question I have is can these speaker points work without a Control4 system for a simple set up. Could you bypass or reset the devices so that it just functions as a simple amplifier? If so how? I tried unsuccessfully. Could you attach a streaming device such as WIIM and have the speaker point function as the amplifier?. I have 12 of these laying around. Seems like a waste to throw them away. Could be a inexpensive way to get up and streaming in my sons apartment. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Ewaste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control4Savant Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 9 hours ago, GK1 said: Obviously, a newbie here. I have a question. I was an early C4 adopter. I have a 12 zone system which was all on speaker points. I’m not sure why ask the installer but it has worked. The question I have is can these speaker points work without a Control4 system for a simple set up. Could you bypass or reset the devices so that it just functions as a simple amplifier? If so how? I tried unsuccessfully. Could you attach a streaming device such as WIIM and have the speaker point function as the amplifier?. I have 12 of these laying around. Seems like a waste to throw them away. Could be a inexpensive way to get up and streaming in my sons apartment. Thanks You can turn the speaker points into amp only modes and run the c4 system in a static always on only state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GK1 Posted July 7 Author Share Posted July 7 Thank you for the reply. Do you need your installer or equivalent to do this or is it a simple process that I could perform? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 As he is talking about still using a c4 controller (to ensure the speaker points are local only and turned to amp mode at all times, plus have a set volume) you'd need composerpro - and a controller, an older one as the new controllers require a system version as a minimum that will not accept those speaker points. So the anser is no, you cannot use them standalone - though you could -technically- use nothing other than a controller (and a router and network switch) to use them as static one zone amps. While i feel the idea of it being a waste, you're better off just getting a few cheap static amps in that scenario in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GK1 Posted July 8 Author Share Posted July 8 Thank you. To the recycle bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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