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Technology can bring to mind ugly black boxes, flashing lights, and a rat’s nest of wires, but it doesn’t have to. Here in this 6,000-square-foot Princeton, NJ, home the owners asked for a basic audio/video entertainment system throughout the house without taking away from the clean, uncluttered design. It’s a request Electronic Design Group hears often. Consumers want music in nearly every room and easy access to audio and video entertainment, but they don’t want to see the speakers, boxes, and cables driving it. The enabling technology also has to intuitive enough that an owner’s manual isn’t required reading. Clean, simple and premium sound is what many homeowners are looking for. Those directives are almost a mantra at EDG these days. EDG tapped Control4 for the project. The Control4 control system sends music and video to every room where the customer wants it. The family can pull up playlists from an iPod, an Internet radio station, music from a Blu-ray player or the music channels that come from cable TV. The same familiar interface is available in every room, either from a remote control with a TV, or a wall-mounted touchscreen display. Each TV can tap into the Control4 system and access any cable station, music channel or music source.
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Specifications Technology Budget
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$98,000 *Excludes; Architect, Interior Designer, Carpenter & Furnishings.
Equipment List
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(1) Card Access WCS10B Wireless contact switch with external antenna (1) Card Access NEP10A 12V DC Power Supply (1) Control4 C4-HC500-E-B Home Controller (1) Control4 Remote Included with the HC-500 (1) Control4 C4-HC300-E-B Home Controller (2) Control4 C4-HC200-E-B Home Controller (2) Control4 C4-4URMK-B 4U Rack Mount Kit (1) Control4 C4-3URMK-B 3U Rack Mount Kit (1) Control4 C4-2URMK-B Rack Mount Kit for HC-300 (1) Control4 AVM-16S1-B Audio Matrix Switch (1) Control4 AC-3URE1-B 3RU Rack ear Kit (1) Control4 C4-16AMP-B Multi Channel Amplifier (1) Control4 C4-8AMP1-B 4 Zone Amplifier (1) Control4 C4-4Sight 1 Year 4Sight Subscription (1) Control4 C4-CHE-13X Composer Home Edition (1) Control4 C4-3PNAV Mobile Navigator License for IPhone Touch (1) Control4 C4-TUN2-E-B Multi Tuner V2 - AM/FM Radio Tuner (1) Control4 C4-XMOD Xm Module (1) Control4 C4-IPDKTT1-E-B Control Dock for iPod (1) Control4 160 GB HD Included with the HC-500 (1) Control4 C4-TSWM7-E-B 7”” PoE In-Wall touchscreen (1) Control4 C4-NWB7-P 7”” TS Plastic Wall touchscreen (4) Control4 TSE-3.8C2-W PoE Mini Touch Screen (1) Client Supplied Speaker & Subwoofer (3) Client Supplied HDTV 32”” HDTV (1) Client Supplied Sony PS3 Gaming Console (2) Client Supplied Apple TV (2) Client Supplied Cable Box HD Cable Box w/ DVR (1) Client Supplied HDTV 60”” HDTV (1) Client Supplied LG LCD 22”” Flat Panel TV (1) Client Supplied 110”” Projection Screen (3) Client Supplied HD Cable Box (11) B&W CCM80 In-Ceiling 2-Way Speaker (11) B&W PMK-C8 New Pre-Construction Bracket for CCM80 (6) B&W CCM818 In-Ceiling 2-way Speaker (4) B&W CCM628 In-Ceiling 2-way Speaker (10) B&W BB-C8 Metal Back box for CCM628, CCM 818
(4) B&W PMK-C6 New Pre-Construction Bracket for CCM65 (4) B&W WM-6B 2-Way Weatherproof Indoor/ Outdoor Ported Monitor Black (4) B&W CCM65 In-Ceiling 2-way Speaker (1) Epson 7500UB 1080p Projector (1) Intelix AVO-A2 Single dual mono stereo or audio balun (1) Intelix AVO-V2A2-WP Single dual composite video and stereo audio wallplate balun (2)Integra DTR-6.9 7x100 Surround Receiver (2) Integra IRK-155-3A Rack Mount Kit for DTR-6.9 (1) Key Digital KD-MSW4x2Pro 4 to 2 RGBHV & HDTV Matrix Switcher - Routes Fios DVR and Apple TV to TVs (1) Linksys WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit router with VPN (1) Linksys SFE2000P 24-Port Managed Ethernet switch with PoE (4) Linksys WAP4400N Wireless Access Point for 802.11n with PoE (1) Magnum Dynalab ST-2 Omni-directional FM Antenna (2) Middle Atlantic ERK-SYS ERK Equipment Rack System (1) PC-Tel XM-500 XM Antenna (1) PNY USB-Drive-1GB 1 GB flash Drive for BD-Live Option (16) Straight Wire MCA0020 2m Musicable II Audio Intereconnect (2) Speakercraft Cinema Sub 10 10”” Passive In-Wall Subwoofer (2) Speakercraft Accutune Box 10 Enclosure for Cinema Sub 10 (2) Speakercraft Bass Power 200 200 Watt Subwoofer Amp (2) Speakercraft IRC-3.0 Kit,IR Receiver (1) Sony BDPS350 Blu Ray HD DVD Player (1) SRS XM EXT-1, SBA-1”” XM Amplifier & Cable adapter to convert from RG-58 to RG-6 (4) Straight Wire HDM3020 2M Select HDMI Interconnect (1) Tributaries ELEC-HXC HDMI over Cat5 extender (1) Tributaries ELEC-HCC5 HDMI over Cat5 Extender (1) Weather Bug Weather Bug Local Weather”
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In the family room, EDG installed a 55-inch Samsung LED TV. LED technology delivers rich color and sharp resolution using far less energy than standard LCD TVs. It’s also thinner and lighter than a standard LCD TV, which made it simple for EDG installers to mount to the wall. EDG requested black vertical shades from the interior designer to keep sunlight out during daylight viewing so that images remain bright and pure. In keeping with the owners’ desire for a speaker-clean environment, five round in-ceiling speakers provide the surround sound for the space, and their grilles were painted to match the environment. For this room, where the family gathers to watch movies, a Bluray player hides in the cabinet beneath the TV. The wires from the Blu-ray player and amplifier snake invisibly behind the wall to the TV and to the speakers. The movie theater in the home is on the lower level where an Epson ceiling projector throws an image to a 110-inch screen. Nintendo Wii and Playstation3 game players connect to the system through connectors beneath the screen. When not in use, they store neatly with their cords in a closet. The lowend punch for the room is delivered by a Speakercraft in-wall subwoofer whose grille is painted to match the wall. Keeping with the minimalist look, each room with a TV can access the video sources through Control4 without having a stack of black boxes. Apple TV provides streaming movies via Netflix, baseball games from MLB.com, thousands of YouTube videos and even the family vacation pics from Flickr. Most rooms have audio, too, including the bathroom, kitchen, sitting space and playroom. The kids can listen to the Disney Channel via Music Choice over the room’s in-ceiling speakers. With all the viewing options on big-screen TV, music in every room and a killer lake view, it’s tough to get this family to leave the house. Although the owners chose for now not to have housewide control of lights and temperature, they can in the future if they choose without expensive and messy rewiring. The Control4 system allows for easy upgrades which would enable the owners to control temperature and lights on a schedule for convenience or every-savings. Light switches and thermostats would simply have to be swapped out since the Control4 system uses wireless communications and requires no extra cabling. Now that’s future-proof.
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About EDG For more than 20 years, EDG has been an award winning technology solutions provider of audio/ video, conferencing systems, integrated multimedia presentation, luxury amenity space entertainment, cardio theater, screening rooms, home theater, lighting, shade, and automation control solutions; additionally, we offer maintenance and service. We operate in three specific channels: feebased consulting and engineering, project sales and implementation, and Client Care service, monitoring and maintenance to business and affluent residential channels. Our company was founded in 1987 and has a strong management team in all operating areas of our business.
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Š 2011 Electronics Design Group, Inc.
www.EDGonline.com
732.650.9800