What`s to Know about Smart Wiring

Smart Wiring is often associated with networking computers and reticulating DVD

Smart Wiring is often associated with networking computers and reticulating DVD and Foxtel to all TVs in the home, but in reality it has many other uses. Here are seven ways that Smart Wiring can add value and convenience to your home.

1. Access music and movies from the internet and distribute around your home.

With Smart Wiring you can have one central computer in your study and simply add media readers to every location you want internet TV, movies and music. Media readers (which can be purchased from $150 upwards) take the information stored on your PC and play it on your TVs, stereo systems and multi room audio over the Smart Wired system reliably. Without Smart Wiring you would need to have a PC with the correct digital connections at every location you wanted these services, making it a very expensive end solution.

2. Control music around your home using the one system.

By incorporating multi room audio into your Smart Wired system, you can listen to and control music around your home without the need for multiple systems. Central control allows you the flexibility to listen to different music in different rooms of the house through the one system. Imagine you are entertaining friends: the children are dancing to Wiggles in the family room, the footie fans are cheering to a match in the theatre and the rest of the party are in the Alfresco listening to a playlist of music from the PC.

3. Add on a intercom or security system.

Telephone intercom systems can be added to your Smart Wired system, which allow for front door communications and internal intercom through your telephone system, getting rid of extra costly systems in your home. Cameras can also be installed at the front door or near the pool and their images will appear on every TV at designated channels. Other areas like your driveway can be monitored, especially if you have a vehicle left out at night.

4. Take advantage of internet services reliably and cheaply.

Currently many major companies are setting up to provide all services via the internet. You have all this information - movies, music, games, radio, TV, books and even phone calls using VOIP - going into your PC and Smart Wiring gives you the ability to reticulate this around your home to the places you want it. For example, with Smart Wiring you could watch a movie in the theatre room, internet TV in the bedroom at the same time, listen to internet radio in your family room and check out photos that are stored on your PC in any TV in the home.

5. Better utilise wireless technology.

Wireless technology is best used when run in hybrid with your Smart Wired system. Without a Smart Wired system to back it up, your wireless system is susceptible to problems of security, reliability and bandwidth. Common complaints of wireless systems are they often suffer interference and can be hacked into, leaving the home insecure.  Many also believe that wireless technology will not cope with the bandwidth that will be required in the home in the future.

6. Switch to VOIP.

Voice over IP (VOIP) gives you the ability to make phone calls over your internet account, which means you can make local and international calls for near no extra cost. VOIP is a simple device that can be added to your Smart Wired system.

7. Watch high quality digital TV.

Many people have moved over to flat panel digital TV systems that cost thousands of dollars but are getting inferior picture quality because they are using conventional TV cabling (RG59), which is not recommended for digital TV.  Smart Wiring sets your home up with the correct cables and connectors for digital and high definition TV, avoiding expensive retrofitting at a later date.

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