Audio/video transmission system and method
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1. A system for distributing an audio/video signal from an audio/video source to an audio/video receiver, comprising:
- a transmitter assembly including a first wall plate, a source audio/video connector adapted to be coupled to an output of the audio/video source, and a first circuit board attached to said first wall plate;
said first circuit board including a first signal processor in communication with said source audio/video connector and a first plurality of terminals in communication with said first signal processor;
a receiver assembly including a second wall plate, a receiver audio/video connector adapted to be coupled to the audio/video receiver, and a second circuit board attached to said second wall plate;
said second circuit board including a second signal processor in communication with said receiver audio/video connector and a second plurality of terminals in communication with said second signal processor; and
a twisted pair cable having a first end and a second end and including one or more twisted pairs of conductors, wherein each terminal of the first plurality of terminals is adapted to be connected to an individual conductor of said one or more twisted pairs of conductors at the first end of said cable and wherein each terminal of the second plurality of terminals is adapted to be connected to an individual conductor of said one or more twisted pairs of conductors at the second end of said cable.
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Abstract
An audio/video signal distribution system includes a wall plate transmitter and wall plate receiver, which communication via twisted pair cabling. In a further aspect, a method of distributing an audio/video signal is provided.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for distributing an audio/video signal from an audio/video source to an audio/video receiver, comprising:
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a transmitter assembly including a first wall plate, a source audio/video connector adapted to be coupled to an output of the audio/video source, and a first circuit board attached to said first wall plate;
said first circuit board including a first signal processor in communication with said source audio/video connector and a first plurality of terminals in communication with said first signal processor;
a receiver assembly including a second wall plate, a receiver audio/video connector adapted to be coupled to the audio/video receiver, and a second circuit board attached to said second wall plate;
said second circuit board including a second signal processor in communication with said receiver audio/video connector and a second plurality of terminals in communication with said second signal processor; and
a twisted pair cable having a first end and a second end and including one or more twisted pairs of conductors, wherein each terminal of the first plurality of terminals is adapted to be connected to an individual conductor of said one or more twisted pairs of conductors at the first end of said cable and wherein each terminal of the second plurality of terminals is adapted to be connected to an individual conductor of said one or more twisted pairs of conductors at the second end of said cable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for distributing an audio/video signal from an audio/video source to an audio/video receiver, comprising:
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operating the audio/video source to generate an audio/video signal to be transmitted;
connecting the output of an audio/video source to a wall-mounted transmitter assembly, said transmitter assembly including a source audio/video connector, a wall plate connected to a electrical wall box, and a first circuit board received within the electrical wall box, said first circuit board including a first signal processor in communication with said source audio/video connector and a first plurality of terminals in communication with said first signal processor;
connecting the input of an audio/video receiver to a wall-mounted receiver assembly, said receiver assembly including a receiver audio/video connector, a wall plate attached to an electrical wall box, and a second circuit board attached to the wall plate, said second circuit board including a second signal processor in communication with said receiver audio/video connector and a second plurality of terminals in communication with said second signal processor; and
connecting a first conductor to one of said first plurality of terminals and to one of said second plurality of terminals, and connecting a second conductor to another of said first plurality of terminals and to another of said second plurality of terminals, the first and second conductors being individual conductors of a twisted pair of conductors of a twisted pair cable extending between the wall plate transmitter and the wall plate receiver.
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19. A kit having component parts capable of being packaged in a disassembled or partially disassembled form and of being assembled into a system adapted for distributing an audio/video signal from an audio/video source to an audio/video receiver, said kit comprising:
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a transmitter assembly including a first wall plate, a source audio/video connector adapted to be coupled to an output of the audio/video source, and a first circuit board attached to said first wall plate;
said first circuit board including a first signal processor in communication with said source audio/video connector and a first plurality of terminals in communication with said first signal processor;
a receiver assembly including a second wall plate, a receiver audio/video connector adapted to be coupled to the audio/video receiver, and a second circuit board attached to said second wall plate;
said second circuit board including a second signal processor in communication with said receiver audio/video connector and a second plurality of terminals in communication with said second signal processor;
each terminal of said first and second plurality of terminals being adapted to connect an individual conductor of a twisted pair cable.
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