Custom Audio/Video and Home Automation Make Your Home More Liveable

Imagine never having to remember to turn on your sprinklers or draw your blinds again. Imagine living in a house that plays your favorite music on request in any room. Imagine a house that turns on the lights in the upstairs hall as you start up the stairs, gets your coffee started before you wake up in the morning and lets you watch whichever movies you want from any screen in the house – not just the one connected to your living room television. Sounds like something out of “The Jetsons”, doesn’t it? In fact, there are custom audio/video and home automation specialists that can create that dream smart home for you today.

Home Automation: Today’s Smart Home

Today’s technology makes it possible to create a smart home, a home that senses actions, events and conditions and responds to them using pre-programmed commands. It allows for you to integrate all of your entertainment systems, security system, home networking, climate control and lighting systems so that you can control it all from one central location. Using custom audio/video and home automation, you can design a program for your home that includes adjusting the thermostat based on time, temperature and occupancy, creating specific moods with lighting at various times of day and allowing access to network resources. Here are just a few of the many scenarios you can create using a full home automation technology that includes all of your electrical systems.

Got a no video games or online chatting until after dinner rule for your kids? Program your home networking system to block online access in the kids’ rooms until after dinner.

Cut down on your energy usage with automation. Programmable thermostats are common now, but home integration lets you take that even further. For example, you can design a system that opens and closes blinds and windows when temperatures reach a certain level to take advantage of sunny days or block the rays when you’re trying to keep things cool.

Combine lighting sensors, motion sensors and time schedules to turn lights on when they’re needed and off when they’re not. You can even set up lighting profiles to suit your moods and needs and call them up with the touch of a button or a voice command. Shut down all the lights in the house from one switch at bedtime, bring up the task lighting for cooking in the kitchen or dim all the lights and turn on the music for a romantic evening in the living room – all with a single touch to an LED touchpad.

If you’re building a new home, consult a pre-wire/wiring specialist to set up your home for custom audio/video and home automation support. For older homes, consult a custom audio/video and home automation expert to find out what’s possible and bring your home into the 21^st century.