a signal distribution and communication arrangement controls the broadcast of different types of signals through speakers located in various zones . the arrangement includes an audio receiver circuit which responds to a music signal from an external music source , and an associated threshold detection circuit which provides a music mute function . further , a page interface circuit , responds to a page signal generated from a telephone handset , which generates a paging control signal and serves as a power source to the telephone handset ; and a doorbell interface circuit responds to any of a plurality of doorbell signal sources at differing locations by generating a doorbell control signal and activating a corresponding door bell tone sequence which identifies the location of the doorbell signal source . finally , a control circuit , responds to these various circuits by selecting which of the corresponding signals should be broadcast by the speakers .