[mythtvnz] OT: Cat5e sharing phone and audio - any issues? (Lexcom question for Noel)

[Matt Poff]

Ok, so I've been looking into the Lexcom product line and it looks 
pretty versatile which is great as I'm basically just wanting to get 
cables into the walls and worry about what they will carry later. The 
only thing I'm unsure about is using the cable for speaker wiring. 
There's a UK company which has developed an audio distribution 
technology using Lexcom cable (check out 
http://www.ibn-01.com/intelligenthome) but it uses  proprietary inbuilt 
active speaker units.

All I want is the option to patch the Lexcom wiring I'll use for 
data/phone/TV for speaker cable so I can use it as a speaker cable run 
as well. There doesn't seem to be any kind of module for doing this in 
the Lexcom range, is it just a simple matter of by-passing the hub and 
just connecting two outlet cables together directly to form the cable link?

If I use it this way,do you think the  Lexcom cable sufficiently 
shielded so that if two cables are run in parallel, with one carrying 
data and the other audio output that no interference on the data line 
will occur. Generally you're not supposed to run data and audio signals 
in parallel right?

Also I see the installation instructions for the Lexcom cable specify a 
minimum run of  8Metres so as to not overload circuits in their hub 
comms modules. I guess this didn't effect you as you're not using their 
hub gear but do you think this is necessary (adds a lot of extra length 
to my cable requirements)?

Hope you can help and cheers for the lead on this stuff!

Matt