Automation

Home automation has been a buzzword for almost 20 years. Except that even today, no one really knows (or will agree on) just what Home Automation means.

The technology that has evolved from that "home automation" catchword is called systems integration. Briefly, it means that the HVAC, lighting, surveillance, home theater, even the video and audio systems continue to be self-contained systems. They are still capable of being operated independently, as in the pre systems integration days.

Only now there is an overall controller concept that marries all these systems and combines them into one very user friendly integrated control package.

"Lights, camera, action!"

From this easy-to-use Crestron touch screen, the owner can control lighting in any room or outside, monitor any security camera (imagine seeing who's at the door from your bath!), check out what's on TV, control music anywhere on the property, and even adjust the temp in any room. Ultimate control - exactly what any director wants.

You can read more about this wonderful concept and the company that has made it so widely accepted, Crestron. In a nutshell, it's made countless lifestyles infinitely more enhanced. And very cool. AVX clients love their Crestron integrated system solutions.

Systems integration can be as simple as putting your lighting controls on the same touch pad as the distributed audio/video. And it can be as cool as powering up your home theater system, opening the curtains over your home theater screen, dropping the projector from the ceiling, dimming the lights, and starting the film. All at the touch of one button.

This is one of the areas that can be so enjoyable and so fulfilling, as you work with one of our system designers to customize your home to do exactly what you want it to do. And unlike the original home automation systems of the past, our integrated system solutions allow you to modify your system as your lifestyle demands. So you're never locked in to one set of parameters.

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Warm vs. Cool

There's something about being home with the family and enjoying a film or music video that transcends the theater experience. It's called "cocooning."

With built-in audio-video, security/surveillance, climate, and lighting controls that are so easy to use, the Crestron control system defines the experience as warm and secure. Except that it's just so cool!

Pop-up Plasma

When we say, "It's not only what you see, it's what you don't," we aren't kidding. In this case, we designed this state-of-the art plasma TV to appear and disappear on demand. The owners have found a great additional use for this space without compromising the look they wanted.

Honey, have you seen the remotes?

We've all heard that one. You're looking at a Crestron wireless remote control touch screen. While not petite enough to fall between the sofa cushions, it's small enough to be portable. Instead of separate remote controls for everything, the Crestron is your one-touch solution to all that confusion.