It is important that you talk with someone that is a specialist in the low voltage field when planning to build. That specialist will help plan the proper low voltage infrastructure to support current and new technology, security, and entertainment.   The proper communication infrastructure for your new home is as important for you and the resale of your home.

Call and set up a meeting, we can show you how to best prepare your home.

Automation

What is Automation? For some it may be something as simple as remote or automatic control of a few lights. For others, security may be the central application. Still others may choose to install advanced controllers or use voice recognition. As a very basic definition, we tend to refer to automation as anything that gives you remote or automatic control of things around the home. By utilizing a automation system all of your home systems can all be integrated and run seamlessly together and be controlled from a central location, or several locations including the World Wide Web.

What can you control and monitor with a automation system?

  • Lights
  • Security
  • HVAC
  • Irrigation and water system
  • Home Computer Network
  • Smoke, fire, and Carbon Monoxide monitoring
  • Audio and Video
  • Shades and Draperies
  • Anything else you can imagine

What  are the benefits?

Convenience -- We've all gotten used to controlling our TV from the couch; just wait until you are able to dim the lights as well. Imagine adjusting the temperature from your bed or controlling the volume of your whole-house audio system from any room. Or imagine the wall/ceiling heater in your bathroom coming on automatically on chilly mornings 5 minutes before your alarm clock goes off so that it is warm when you enter. Many Smarthome products also save energy -- we'll all agree that's a nice convenience.

Safety -- We're all used to opening the garage door from the car, but you'll be surprised how much safer you'll feel coming home to a lit home and even turning on more lights from your remote upon your arrival. With a couple of basic products you can have your whole house light up like Fort Knox when there is motion detected at any corner of your house. Or you can have your security system call you if there is an alarm, which might include your typical security alarm or even a low or high temperature or water in the laundry room or basement.


Conserving Energy --  Using your Home Automation system to control lights and the HVAC system at your house can save energy which is a perfect way to Go Green. You can also use Home Automation to shut lights off at a specific time just incase you forgot when leaving your house in a hurry that morning. What about your shades did you shut them before going to wiork this morning? We could program the controller to shut your shades if it reaches a certain temperature outside to block all the sun rays from coming inside your house.

Security

Electronic Alternatives will protect your most valuable investments by installing a state of the art security system. This system can also be accessed by you anytime anywhere. You can check the status of your house simply by calling it. You can also customize your system by adding temperature sensors or even security cameras.

At Electronic Alternatives we are experienced with:

  • Security
  • Access control
  • Video surveillance and digital video recording
  • Security and automation processes
  • Complete custom systems

 

Multi-Room Audio and Video

Whole home audio and video has come a long way in recent years. Today you want to do more than simply turn the volume up and down. You want to have the ability to turn on the music and choose what station you want to listen to, or change the CD. Today's whole home audio and video system allows you to listen to your favorite type of music in one room while someone else listens to their favorite type of music in another room they are in simultaneously. At the same time you can watch different programs or DVD's in separate room's all streaming from the "head-end" location. You no longer need cable/ satellite boxes, DVD players, and VCR's at each television location. All of this equipment can be shared a central inconspicuous location.

Whole Home Audio and Video Systems can be designed to fit any home size and budget, and will maximize the effectiveness of your current audio and video equipment. Today's systems can also store your entire Compact Disc and DVD collection to be viewed from any television location in the home.

 

Home Theater

Whether you are building a home or planning to improve your existing home, a custom home theater system will be a true asset. Let us create a system that will give you and your family a great place to enjoy sports, movies and music. A home entertainment system will bring your family and friends together like never before. A home entertainment system could be your home theater or a media room. We customize and calibrate every system to fit your home and budget. Get the popcorn and set a time to fit your schedule don’t plan around the times at Movie Theater. You are about to experience a whole new level of movie viewing, the High-Definition picture will grab you and the surround sound will set you back in your chair with the touch of a button.  

We will integrate the finest audio and video components into a system that will easy to use. If you have been thinking about having a great Home Theater system, go for it! We will walk you through every step.



Structured Wiring

What is structured wiring? Structured wiring is the low-voltage wiring in your home or business that makes up your telephone, data, and TV connections. All wires are homerun into the basement low-voltage panel where they would be terminated.  One of the main features of this is having a central location and how all of the cables from the outlets go back to the central location. This is commonly called a Home Run configuration.  Typically one outlet plate is used for all of the wiring types - phone, video, network or whatever. And the wires are typically run in bundles containing ALL the types of wiring. No splices are used. 

 Advantages - With all of the cables running back to the Central Wiring Panel you can easily change how and what these individual cables are connected to and what they are used for.

Troubleshooting - Each of the cables can be individually isolated from the rest of them and tested for shorts and opens if need be.

No splices - Splices are taboo here because they are prone to failure and can pick up noise and interference and, quite simply, aren't needed here.

More consistent signal quality - with all cables running back to the Central Wiring Panel where they can all be connected to the same source and get the same signal level. You can easily avoid having some outlet passing through more splices or splitters than others.