Garage stereo receiver with outdoor speakers

[GSB Ice Man]

Ok, just to let everyone know, I am NOT smart with electronics.

That being said, I have a new 36" flat screen I am hangin in the man cave(garage). I would like to play the tv into the speakers for surround, but be able to play the radio and listen on the patio outback for sports games, radio songs, and possibly the wifes Ipod.

Can anyone give suggestions on products or ways to do this? I don't need top of the line, but want it to last. I would probably need 1-2 outdoor speaker and two inside the garage.

Thanks everyone

[CAMAN]

Any of the basic surround recievers at best buy should work for you.

Just need a two wire RCA cable and go from the TV AUDIO OUT to one of the inputs on the reciever(probably even one marked as TV)

Hook up the speakers to the outputs on the reciever and you should be golden.

They pretty much make the simple no frills recievers idi0t proof these days, and instructions are usually easy to understand and follow.

[pureinsanity]

Id recommend a denon receivers

[McGurk]

Just watch a few garage sales or craig slist. You may want outdoor speakers if you are mounting them where elements can get to them. Otherwise just get cheapies, run wires to where you want them with simple brackets for mounts, and bring them in and out of the the garage or house as needed.

[Farley]

Pretty much any reciever will do as long as it has at least one set of inputs (be it RCA, 1/4 in. or whatever.) You also need speaker outputs, doesnt really matter if it has 2 or 4 or if they are quick connect, 1/4 in. or whatever. Radio Shack has every adapter you'd need to make it work so look online or garage sales to find a cheap reciever, unless you go to BB and buy a new one.

[Shack]

I have boughten many used receivers and amps over the years. Amazingly my best and nicest finds have come from pawn shops. Garage sales and on-line you are buying from a private party that has a 50%/50% chance of just moving a good piece of stereo component. I would most defiantly test any receiver out unless it is for free. Most common issues will be either the left or right channel will not work, underpowered or just sounds terrible. If it's setup with speaker A and B or speaker on options, make sure both speaker wires are not running to just the left or right to get two speakers to produce sound.

Kind of hit some speaker stuff when posting about man cave junk in this post: Click Here

Radio Shack most defiantly will have what you need, but Menards also can handle (cheaply) your outdoors audio needs.

One benefit I have found with having amplified sound integrated with TV's and satellite/DishNetwork out in the garage is those upper channels with constant music from Sirius Satellite Radio or equivalent. The other thing I have worked in is tying my garage sound into my home network and my videos, movies and transfered or purchased music library. This has even lead into playing just YouTube videos for the audio feed and playing the YouTube playlists for given artist. You have to weed out those who upload videos pertaining to your artist but do not include music or the artist, but pretty much have any music or media a person can think within seconds of searching on a laptop. Been listening to YouTube all night.

[LakeDocktor]

Crappie Commando, where are you located? If you are close to me, I could order anything you wanted at my cost and get you set up.

[GSB Ice Man]

LakeDoctor,

I am 10 miles North of St. Cloud. Not too far from Albany.

The wife and I are going to hang the TV in the next two weeks. I will hopefully be getting into town to see whats out there for receivers and outside speakers.

[LakeDocktor]

Before you buy anything, let me know. I can get it for you for far cheaper most of the time. Do you have the TV and mount already? I can get those as well.