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Custom installing means that the equipment is
physically integrated with your home. Whether that is simply a plasma
screen and speakers fitted to a wall with hidden cabling, or whether
its multiple components around the whole house for a completely
integrated home entertainment, lighting and automation system, it’s
still a bespoke system just for you. We can advise you on what is
possible and help you create your vision. We can also turn that
vision into reality.
 Imagine
the possibilities! Browse through your DVD collection from your
favourite chair. Check the weather or the TV listings over the Internet
on the screen in the kitchen as you drink your coffee. Relax in
the bath to your favourite CD whilst your children listen to the
sort of music that would burst your bubbles. Our solutions can achieve
the seamless integration of video, music and internet.
We specialise in using the most innovative technology to make installation
quick and remarkably inexpensive. For example, our multi room sound
solutions do not need heavy speaker cables run from room to room.
Similarly, our lighting control solutions are a simple replacement
of the switch with a controllable module. There is no rewiring and
no expensive central control unit. Let us talk to you about your
options, and what we could do for you.
In some situations physical wiring is the best solution. Whilst
this is easiest done along with other renovations, much can be achieved
with minimum disruption to you life and décor! It’s
quite amazing where we can fit a cable! All of our solutions use
flexible industry standard components, such as ‘cat.5’
cable, which can form the basis of your whole house integration.
Non-cabled areas can be wirelessly bridged, cables hidden under
skirting, through the garage, in the loft, under floorboards, and
ribbon cables laid under carpets and even wooden and ceramic floors.
The key to seamless integration is control. With a typical home
having say, satellite, amplifier, DVD player, video recorder and
a display (TV, plasma, or projector), you quickly lose count of
the remote controls! And that’s just in one room… The
answer is a programmable remote control system. This is much more
than a single controller for all the devices. For example, it enables
us to program the screen to lower, the projector turn on, the amplifier
to turn onto the right source, the curtains to close, the lights
to dim, and the DVD playback to start, all with the press of just
one button. It is the difference between a replacement TV and an
integrated home cinema.
The Process
We begin with a consultation and a site survey. It’s essential
to know what we are integrating with, what can be achieved and how
much ‘installation’ will be required to achieve it. We
will discuss the options and what it will mean for you, both in
terms of end results and the installation work. From this discussion,
we can draw up a full system specification to whatever level of
detail is appropriate.
The next step involves the bulk of the work, laying necessary cables,
and installing and configuring any wireless components. Additional
services like satellite TV or broadband internet are installed at
this stage. In-wall and in-ceiling speakers’ mounting brackets
are installed, and cables run.
Once this is complete, the selected equipment is installed, along
with making good any disturbed décor, after testing.
The final step, of configuring the control system, is the most technically
complex part. It can also be tailored to your precise requirements
and usage patterns.
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