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See our example installations for ideas on how you may want to wire your home. The feature pages expand to show you more information such as instructions, photographs and illustrations. Diagrams are included to give you some perspective. There are additional highlight pages for products in our section on home devices.
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We installed a Bose® Lifestyle® 50 home theater sound system in the family room of our example home. In addition to the home theater feature detailed in this section, the Bose Lifestyle® 50 can easily be expanded to provide sound for up to four locations throughout our home, including exterior speakers for the deck. Our feature below shows a step-by-step installation of the home theater sound system through illustrations, photographs, instructions and more. This feature should help you understand home theater sound systems and their wiring in general.
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We installed a home security and automation system in our example home. Our feature below shows a step-by-step installation of the wireless Honeywell TotalHome® control system through illustrations, photographs, instructions and more. Although the system featured is wireless, the components and results are the same as with a wired system. This feature should help you understand home security and automation in general.
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We installed a TalkSwitch home telephone system in our example home. Our feature below shows a step-by-step installation of the wiring and system using illustrations, photographs, instructions and more. This feature provides the overall information needed to understand the common aspects of home telephone systems and their wiring in general.
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Television (HDTV) We installed a Sanyo PLV-60HT front projection system in the family room of our example home. Our feature below explains what HDTV is all about and shows a step-by-step installation of the front projection system through illustrations, photographs, instructions and more. This feature should help you understand HDTV in general.
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In our example installation we needed to accommodate data connections, telephone connections and two separate video distribution splitters. Our feature details these connections through illustrations, photographs, instructions and more in order to assist you in understanding structured wiring in general.
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With the new choices in high-speed connections and more homes having more than one computer it makes sense to share Internet access. Our feature shows a step-by-step setup of a Wired/Wireless Linksys router using illustrations, screenshots, instructions and more. This feature should help you understand home Internet sharing, in general.
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We added the AudioTron, a home network appliance, to the sunroom sound system. The sunroom sound system plays music in the sunroom, dining room and kitchen. The connections are for the audio as well as a connection to our home network. With the Turtle Beach AudioTron we can listen to our mp3 music library, stored on the home office computer, or play Internet radio. AudioTron is a 'smart stereo component' that takes full advantage of the power of home networking. With the included AudioStation software, we can rip songs from CD into WMA, MP3 and uncompressed WAV formats, tag songs for proper display on AudioTron, create custom playlists to play on AudioTron, burn custom CDs from our digital music library files and more. From the TurtleRadio web site we can configure a custom list of Internet Radio stations for use with the AudioTron. From there we can select from hundreds of Internet Radio stations or select our own stations to create custom radio lists that are downloaded by AudioTron for easy access.
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We added the first robotic device to the household. The RL500 robotic lawnmower (Robomower) takes away a very monotonous chore. It works by placing a thin wire perimeter around all the lawn areas you want to cut. The grass grows over the wire fairly quickly so only the Robomower will know it's there. Areas with plantings can be surrounded in a perimeter island to inform the RL500 where not to cut. Any objects 6" or higher will be avoided using Robomower's bumper sensors. Take a closer look through the highlight below.
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These products enable you to step into your PC. The 3D glasses and gaming chair make a good addition to your home technology. The LX gaming chair features a patented, built-in, immersive sound system that provides a strong tactile feedback sensation and creates a more realistic gaming experience. With the 3D glasses you can experience the latest in virtual reality technology with true off-the-screen 3-D action!
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There is one camera in the home which is located on the table next to the fireplace. It points straight down the hall and shows a good view of the upper level. (Click thumbnail on the left) The wires run down a nearby vent to the lower level office. It attaches to a color monitor in the corner of the home office (Click thumbnail on the left) Often times there is a need to work in the home office which is located on the lower level in the back of the house. This camera gives us the ability to keep an eye and ear on the upstairs while getting a few things done in the office. |
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Upper level The sun room has a small surround sound system inside the cabinet TV stand. The digital cable coax output is connected to the digital input, the AudioTron home network appliance is connected to the aux in and it has a connection for the gaming system as well. The AudioTron lets us play our collection of MP3s (stored on our home office PC) as well as stream Internet radio stations through the home network. There is a set of powered speakers attached to a small LCD TV in the kitchen. This is used to enhance programming as well as to play digital music channels. There is a stereo CD/AM/FM/cassette in the living room.The unit and speakers are housed in the bookshelf . There are powered stereo speakers attached to each of the kids computers. They are used to play CDs, MP3s and stereo sound from the PC TV tuner. Lower level There is a 6 CD/AM/FM home theater sound system in the family room. Surround sound (5.1) speakers are positioned around the room. There are left and right studio monitors on the back shelf in the home office. There is a mixer with keyboards, mics and computer plugged into the inputs. The mixer feeds a stereo power amp with a compressor.
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