Function · audio and screens

Audio and screens, integrated.

We wire, mount and integrate third-party audio and screens so they answer to the same keypads and scenes as everything else. We do not manufacture them and we do not resell them at a markup.

Hardware
Keys Pro · anodised aluminiumOur own hardware
We do not make this

We specify, route and integrate it. You buy the equipment from your own supplier at their price.

What the system runs

What we wire and what you buy.

Multi-room audio

Your chosen amplifier and speakers, zoned to match the lighting zones.

Screens on the same scenes

A “cinema” scene can dim the lights, close the curtains and wake the projector.

Keypad control

Source and volume from a wall keypad, so a guest does not need an app.

Cabling done once

Speaker and HDMI routes specified at first fix, before the ceilings close.

What we do not do — and will not pretend to

We are not an AV dealer. We will specify a system, install the infrastructure and integrate it, but you buy the equipment from your supplier at their price. Where a better device exists than one we make, we specify the better device.

Kinds of installation

Four jobs, and our part in each.

We are not an AV dealer. In every one of these we specify, wire and integrate — and you buy the equipment from your supplier at their price.

Multi-room audio

Amplifier and speakers of your choosing, zoned to match the lighting zones so a scene can move both. Cabling from the rack decided at first fix.

Cinema room

Projector, screen, sources and acoustic treatment coordinated with your AV supplier; we hold the control, the cabling and the scene that dims the room.

Outdoor audio

Weather-rated speakers on their own zone with their own volume limit, so a terrace scene does not carry into a neighbour's garden.

Screens and sources

Displays, streamers and set-top boxes brought onto the same keypads and scenes, over IP or IR depending on what the device actually supports.

Settled before first fix

Five things decided before the ceilings close.

Almost all of this is cable, and cable is a first-fix decision.

01

Cable routes are the whole job

Speaker, HDMI and control runs are specified at first fix. Adding a route afterwards means a chase, and in a villa that usually means a room out of use for a week.

02

Speaker position is an acoustic decision

Where a speaker goes is your AV supplier's call, not ours and not the electrician's. We provide the route and the control; the position comes from their layout.

03

One control protocol per device

IP where a device supports it, RS-232 where it does not, IR only as a last resort — IR cannot report state, so the app can never be sure whether the screen is on.

04

Rack location and heat

Amplifiers and sources generate heat and noise. The rack needs ventilation and a position that is neither a cupboard under the stairs nor the middle of the living room.

05

We will specify a better device than ours

Where a third-party product is the right answer, we say so and you buy it. Being the manufacturer is not a reason to sell you the wrong part.

Reference

The numbers for this function.

What we commit to in writing, so it can be checked against a drawing rather than taken on trust.

Audio zones
Per lighting zone
Integration
IP, IR, RS-232, dry contact
Cabling
Specified at first fix
Supply
Third-party, at your cost
What it does

All functions

Start here

Send us the ceiling plan.

Forty minutes, free, no obligation. You will get the fitting count we would use, where the light falls short, and a straight answer about whether you need us at all.

  1. 01You send the planA PDF, a photo of the drawing, or nothing at all — we can start from a room count.
  2. 02We read it and call onceForty minutes. You get the count of fittings, the count of keys and where the board goes.
  3. 03You keep the drawingYours whether you buy from us or not. That is what makes it worth your hour.
Three lines and a drawingThe drawing is optional — the three lines are not.
Drag the plan here, or choose a filePDF, JPG or a photo of the sheet. Up to 20 MB.

One engineer answers, usually inside a working day. No call centre, no drip campaign.