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Audio / Video
Entertainment: Home Theater |
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Replace all remote controls
with one easy-to-use interface... |
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... simple, handheld remote
control - always accessible, obvious how to use it |
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... keypad on the wall by
the door - get things started as you walk in the room |
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great looking graphical touch screen display at various sizes and prices |
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Reliable communication to
all of the AV components, always |
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Reliable 2-way control of
all components so the system always works |
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Accurate and up to date
documentation of all wires in the system |
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One touch on the user interface
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... turns on all the right
components (e.g., VCR, DVD, cable, surround sound, display) |
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... drops down the screen
or raises the lift |
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... closes the curtains |
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... dims the lights |
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... arms the security system |
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... adjusts the heat to
the right temperature |
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Use your large screen TV
as a computer screen to ... |
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... surf the web from your
couch |
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... access the user interface
to your home |
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... work from the comfort
of your living room |
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Have the entertainment system
turn off automatically after you've left the room for a while |
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Audio
/ Video Entertainment: Whole House Music |
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Distribute music to multiple
rooms of your home to ... |
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... utilize a central library
of music |
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... listen to the same music
in every room |
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... listen to different
music in each room |
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... wake up to music with
the volume increasing gradually |
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... play what's playing
in the adjacent room with the touch of a single button |
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Control the music from ... |
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... the keypads and displays
associated with the audio switch |
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... with the same remote
control that controls the TV and music |
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... with the touch of a
single button on a keypad |
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... from the graphical display
on the wall |
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... by time of day
or time relative to sunrise or sunset |
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... from your PC at work
or at home |
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... automatically when you
walk into and out of a room |
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Have the music automatically
turn on as you enter a room, turn off as you leave |
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Have the same music follow
you from room to room |
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Audio
/ Video Entertainment: Whole House TV |
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Distribute video sources
throughout your home to ... |
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... start a DVD in the living
room and watch the end in your bedroom |
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... buy fewer source components |
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... play the same show on
every TV in your home while doing chores |
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Have the TV automatically
turn on as you enter a room, turn off as you leave |
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Have the same TV show follow
you from room to room in a constrained set of rooms |
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Cameras
to monitor your home |
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See who is at the front
gate or front door |
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Monitor all outdoor areas |
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Deter burglars from your
home |
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See your baby sleeping,
even from work |
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See your nanny with your
child |
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Let your parents see their
grandchildren playing remotely |
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Curtains |
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Quickly and easily open
and close curtains to ... |
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... reduce glare on the
TV set |
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... close your home up for
the night |
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... welcome the sunshine
in the morning |
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... help you wake up in
the morning |
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... close up the vacation
home as you leave |
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... protect furnishings
from the sun's damaging rays |
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... reduce the cost of heating
and cooling |
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... reduce drafts and cold
spots in the room |
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Open and close the curtains
... |
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... with the same remote
control that controls the TV and music |
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... with the touch of a
single button on a keypad |
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... from the graphical display
on the wall |
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... by time of day
or time relative to sunrise or sunset |
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... automatically when you
walk into or out of a room |
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Displays
and keypads |
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Install attractive displays
in multiple rooms of your home and use them to ... |
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... view the floor plan
of your home and know which rooms have their lights on |
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... view the floor plan
of your home and know which rooms are occupied |
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... control and monitor
devices in every room of your home |
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... view cameras located
everywhere around your home |
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... receive Internet feeds
of news and weather |
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Use less expensive, simple,
attractive keypads to ... |
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... set the lighting scene
for the room |
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... control the curtains,
fans, fountains, fireplaces, and windows |
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... turn the music on and
off, select a music source, and set the volume |
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... play the music that
is playing in the adjacent room |
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... arm and disarm the security
system |
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... set the temperature
in the room to the ideal temperature |
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... set the temperature
to conserve energy |
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Do
it yourself |
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Integrators are worth their
weight in gold for design and installation, but you may want to ... |
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... change individual lights
in a lighting scene to set the ideal mood |
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... create your own timer
events to wake up with lights, music, and the ideal temperature |
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... control when the outdoor
lights turn on and off automatically |
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... determine whether the
TV should turn on when the room goes to TV scene |
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... change the lighting
level of every room of your home during a party |
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Doors |
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Display all of the open
doors of your home on your wall mounted touch panel PC |
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Add a surveillance camera
to each door so you can see who's there from a safe distance |
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Unlock your back door from
work to let someone in |
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Unlock your doors without
carrying keys |
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Close the garage door from
work |
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Driveway
Entry Gates |
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Increase privacy and security
with a driveway entry gate |
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Latch the gate open for
a party or when you know someone will be arriving |
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Automatically close the
gate every day at 5pm or sunset |
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Automatically open the gate
for the landscapers to cut the grass |
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Open and close the driveway
gate from anywhere |
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Open the driveway gate even
during a power failure |
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Open up a video image of
the car or person at your gate on a display in your home |
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Easy
to upgrade |
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Replace the DVD player with
a newer model and update the control software in seconds |
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Get the next set of features
by easily upgrading the software on your home controller |
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Fireplaces |
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Turn your fireplace on and
off ... |
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... with the same remote
control that controls the TV and music |
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... with the touch of a
single button on a keypad |
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... from the graphical display
on the wall |
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... by time of day or time
relative to sunrise or sunset |
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... from your PC at work
or at home |
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... automatically when you
walk into and out of a room |
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Fountains |
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Quickly and easily turn
your fountains on and off to ... |
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... save energy |
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... reduce noise |
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Turn fountains on and off
... |
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... with the same remote
control that controls the TV and music |
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... with the touch of a
single button on a keypad |
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... from the graphical display
on the wall |
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... by time of day or time
relative to sunrise or sunset |
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... from your PC at work
or at home |
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... automatically when you
walk into and out of a room |
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Heating
and cooling |
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Make you life more comfortable
and save energy |
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Create multiple heating
and cooling zones to ... |
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... get the ideal temperature
in each room |
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... save energy in rooms
where it is not needed |
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... help make a greener
world |
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Set the ideal temperature
in a room from ... |
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... an attractive thermostat
on the wall |
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... with the same remote
control that controls the TV and music |
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... with the touch of a
single button on a keypad |
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... from the graphical display
on the wall |
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... by time of day or time
relative to sunrise or sunset |
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... from your PC at work
or at home |
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... automatically when you
walk into and out of a room |
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Set back the temperature
in all rooms with a single button when you leave your home |
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View from your PC which
zones are in heating, cooling, and off |
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Intercom
and paging |
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Use your telephones as an
intercom and paging system |
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Page someone anywhere in
your home |
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Page people to answer a
phone call |
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Intercom specific rooms
or multiple rooms with the touch of a finger |
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Include the front door bell
and driveway entry gate into the paging system |
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Listen to your baby sleeping
or your kids playing from any room in your home |
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Knowledge
of what rooms are occupied |
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Knowledge of what rooms
are occupied gives you more information |
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Find your toddler, kids,
and/or spouse quickly |
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Know when your kids get
home from school - even from work |
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Know if your kids are having
a party while you're away |
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Know what rooms your workers
are in on your PC at work |
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Know where intruders are
and how to avoid them |
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Lawn
& Garden |
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Control each sprinkler in
your lawn and garden separately ... |
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... by time of day or time
relative to sunrise or sunset |
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... from your PC at work
or at home |
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Lights |
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Create elegant lighting
scenes that set the mood of the room |
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Adjust the lighting scenes
yourself without calling the integrator for help |
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Turn the outside lights
on at dusk, off at 11pm |
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Wake up to gradually increasing
lights |
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Blink the lights to announce
when it's time to leave for work |
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Turn off all lights in your
home with a single button |
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Walk to the bathroom at
night without waking your spouse or stubbing your toes |
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Control the lights in any
room... |
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... with the same remote
control that controls the TV and music |
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... with the touch of a
single button on a keypad |
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... from the graphical display
on the wall |
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... by time of day or time
relative to sunrise or sunset |
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... from your PC at work
or at home |
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... automatically when you
walk into and out of a room |
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Networking |
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Have a very high speed wired
network among multiple rooms of your home |
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Have wireless access throughout
your home |
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Extend the wireless network
to your yard and pool |
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Access the Internet and
share files and printers from all PCs |
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Access your home remotely
(hotel or office) while securely blocking others |
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Create an "always on"
network that is secure |
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Make you network resilient
to power failures |
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Player
piano |
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Control the player piano
from any room in your home |
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Wake up to your favorite
music being played on your piano |
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Control the piano... |
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... with the same remote
control that controls the TV and music |
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... with the touch of a
single button on a keypad |
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... from the graphical display
on the wall |
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... by time of day
or time relative to sunrise or sunset |
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... from your PC at work
or at home |
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... automatically when you
walk into and out of a room |
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Privacy/Notification |
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Be notified in the master
bedroom when the kids leave their rooms and enter the hallway |
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Be notified when someone
enters the pool area or the wine cellar |
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Security |
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Arm for home, arm for away,
and disarm the security system with ... |
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... the keypad of the security
system |
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... with the same remote
control that controls the TV and music |
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... with the touch of a
single button on a keypad |
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... from the graphical display
on the wall |
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... by time of day or time
relative to sunrise or sunset |
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... from your PC at work
or at home |
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Create paths of light moving
through your home to make it look lived in |
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Know what window or door
has been breached |
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See who's at the gate or
door before opening it, even from work |
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If an intruder breaks in,
know where he is so you can avoid him |
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Know whether or not your
garage door is closed, and close it - even from bed or work |
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Unlock your doors without
carrying keys |
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Structured Wiring |
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Add structured wiring for
... |
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... data networking |
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... telephone |
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... audio and video |
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... security |
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... lighting |
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... HVAC |
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... relay controlled devices |
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... future applications |
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Telephone |
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Add a PBX to your home to
enable the following features |
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Add intercom and paging
to every phone in your home |
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Have the door bell "ring"
throughout your house on all phones |
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Speak with the person at
the door from any phone |
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Open the driveway gate and/or
front door from any phone |
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Have multiple phone numbers
and answer them from any phone |
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Use a different ring for
each phone number |
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Block 900 reverse charge
calls |
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Automatically dial a friend's
number with a touch of a button |
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Redial the last number with
a touch of a button |
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Conference in two friends
on the same call |
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Let your friends listen
to music while on hold |
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Save on long distance calls
using VoIP |
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View the caller ID on all
phones |
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Audibly announce the caller's
name over the intercom |
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Each member of the family
gets his/her own mail box and voice message light for voice mail |
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Easily leave voice messages
to your kids or spouse instead of writing notes |
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Automatically send the same
message to every parent on the soccer team |
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Wake
up alarm |
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Wake up to one or more of
the following ... |
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... 20 minutes before the
alarm goes off heat the room to 70° F |
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... 10 minutes before turn
on the hot water recirculator to prepare the shower |
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... when the alarm goes
off, begin playing your favorite music very softly |
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... 1 minute later turn
the lights on dimly |
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... 2 minutes later increase
the volume of the music and the brightness of the lights |
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... 2 minutes later open
the curtains |
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Water |
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Automatically turn the hot
water recirculator ... |
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... on 10 minutes before
your wake up alarm |
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... off when you go on vacation |
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Turn the hot water recirculator
on and off ... |
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... with the touch of a
single button on a keypad |
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... from the graphical display
on the wall |
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... by time of day
or time relative to sunrise or sunset |
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... from your PC at work
or at home |
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... automatically when you
walk into and out of a room |
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Windows
and skylights |
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Quickly and easily open
and close windows and skylights to ... |
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... bring in fresh air |
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... help you wake up in
the morning |
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... close your home up for
the night |
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... close up the vacation
home as you leave |
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... reduce the cost of heating
and cooling |
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Open and close curtains
... |
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... with the same remote
control that controls the TV and music |
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... with the touch of a
single button on a keypad |
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... from the graphical display
on the wall |
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... by time of day or time
relative to sunrise or sunset |
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... from your PC at work
or at home |
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... automatically when you
walk into and out of a room |