Has anyone run some sort of multi-room installation with a 1050? I know it is not expressly designed as a multiple room controller, but I think, with a little effort, it would perform the simple task I am looking for: I want to run some outdoor speakers without keeping the indoor speakers on.

I am using an external amp, meaning that I have the internally amplified channels still free. I imagine with the addition of a simple speaker level switch box, I could kick the outdoor speakers on or off and to kill the indoor channels, I could simply leave the external amp off. I am still then left with the sub being on, which may be an acceptable situation.

Does anybody have a better idea of a way of doing this? My main concern would be someone else not noticing that the outdoor speakers are on, thereby broadcasting the morning news to the neighbors. . .

S.