DAS-AHS-04 Experience Kit

The AMX Experience kits give you the ability to sell AMX to your customers while offering them a real package savings.   These systems can be used in your client's retro-fit situations with existing speaker wire or cat5e to the keypads. They are also a great solution for new construction. The biggest advantage to experience kits is they include an AMX Processor.  Once you have a processor installed in the customer home you have the ability to expand control throughout their home. 

For example, you can add lighting control, control shades, or add a wireless controller.  This gives you a reason to go back to your exi

TPControl Integrates Apple and AMX

sting customers to upgrade their system.TPControl will allow your client to control the system with an iPad, iPhone or iTouch.This system can be programmed with AMXHome.

AMX Experience Kits start at only $5000 retail for an 8 source and 4 zone system with a NXD-500i [example DAS-AHS-04] includes:

• 5" Modero touch screen
• 3 each MET-6N-BL/WH: Metreau 6-Button Keypad with Navigation
  
• NI-2100: NetLinx Integrated Controller.  

You can upgrade to a wireless MVP-5200i the AMX

MVP-5200i: 5.2" Modero ViewPoint Touch Panel

5.2" Modero ViewPoint Touch Panel with Intercom for only $2000 more.These Experience Kit systems are also available with 8 Zones for $10,000 and $14,000 respectively and include an upgraded NI-3101-SIG: Signature Series NetLinx Integrated Controller. 

You can also upgrade the Metreau keypad to a  4.3" Modero® Portrait Wall/Flush Mount Touch Panel for $400. The Modero Portrait Wall/Flush Touch Panel is a portrait configuration touch panel that allows for Modero Touch Panel functionality in a vertical form factor.

4.3" Modero Portrait Wall Flush Mount Touch Panel.

It can be used for a variety of cost-sensitive applications where touch panel control offers many more control/automation possibilities than a similarly priced keypad or remote: locations such as entryways, bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens, and other surface mount locations.

Another Bonus: The kits include all of the required accessories and count towards the AMX BullsEye program. 

Selling AMX Experience Kits will set your company apart by offering a system that is flexible and give your customers the ability to grow their system as their needs change. Contact this article's author, Blake Carder, for more information about integrating AMX Experience Kits.

Need to provide a client with all of the screen formats in a single screen solution? The Da-Lite Multi format Imager is a fixed frame masking system that features variable horizontal masking. With the masking retracted, the screen is Cinemascope (2.35:1) aspect ratio. With masking, you can achieve Letterbox (1.85:1), HDTV (1.78:1) and NTSC Video (1.33:1) formats.

The Multi Format Imager System can be installed over Da-Lite's Cinema Contour, Imager, Da-Snap or Perm-Wall fixed frame screen, rear projection screens or over any other permanently wall mounted screen. The right and left masks can be adjusted together or independently to change the factory preset stops or to create custom aspect ratios. The Multi Format Imager frame comes standard with Da-Lite's image enhancing Pro-Trim finish.[a fabric frame covering that aesthetically enhances the appearance of the installation while absorbing light that surrounds the viewing area].

• The MC452 features Thermal Track technology, allowing instant and accurate monitoring and adjustment of temperature, assuring maximum performance with minimal heat.
• The MC452 is able to mate with any loudspeaker type because of the unique McIntosh Autoformer.
• The MC452 employs the  McIntosh Output Power meter system, which displays power in watts. Knowing the true output delivered will allow adjustment of the volume to match the speaker's design limits.
• The large, oversize power transformer and the stereo output Autoformers of the MC452 are encapsulated in aluminum enclosures, which are further sealed with transformer potting tar. This construction technique has been proven to extend the life of these parts while providing quiet, cool amplifier operation.
• As in all McIntosh amplifiers, the MC452 has a full suite of protection circuits. 
• Thermal Control safeguards the amplifiers from over-heat conditions.
  
• Shorted speaker wires or loudspeakers will not harm the MC452 thanks to Sentry Monitor.
  
• Power Guard prevents this amplifier from being overdriven into distortion.
  
• This grouping, the Exclusive McIntosh Power Assurance System, protects the MC452 from anomalies in the operating environment while preserving the performance and long life of the MC 452.

Your client will appreciate the investment in the audio legacy of McIntosh Labs. No other product enjoys the length of service or holds resale value like a McIntosh!

Surge Elimination is very different than surge protection. Surge protection devices depend on sacrificial devices called MOV's [Metal Oxide Varisters] which are small discs filled with zinc oxide that are placed between hot and neutral or hot and ground in an attempt to circumvent a surge entering the system. MOV's trigger at 330 volts and if they can maintain - they then dump the voltage on neutral or ground. This rush of voltage has a secondary opportunity to corrupt the system since most devices reference ground and are connected to neutral. Surge Elimination works differently by completely eliminating the surge without placing it on neutral or ground.

Meet the XS10 - at only $449, it provides complete Surge Elimination for 10 outlets and 15 amps of load. The XS10 is perfect for the entry level system that does not require a rack mount. The XS10 will guarantee your system is protected, 24-7.

The XS10 is engineered with professional grade Advanced Series Mode® Surge Elimination Technology and Impedance Tolerant® EMI/RFI filtering, the XS10 is the only 10-outlet strip protection product in the market that eliminates surges and transients that can degrade AV system performance. This standalone device is rated for 15 Amps and easily mounts in your client' s system requiring only minimal space, and includes optional mounting brackets.

There are many other SurgeX devices that can meet many other needs you might have in your system designs. You can see the complete line of SurgeX devices here.

If you are not familiar with Surge Elimination, you can see a demonstration of this technology compared to standard surge protection here.

Although both sit in your garage and can take you places, there is a huge difference between a Ferrari and an entry-level commuter car. There is a market for luxury automobiles. And there are custom-designed garage flooring and car maintenance supplies that keep those luxury automobiles in tip-top shape.

Although both will technically keep your beverages cold, a Sub-Zero® fridge is a world away from its apartment-grade equivalent. There is a market for high-end, professional-grade appliances. In fact, it is not uncommon for people to spend more on a built-in outdoor kitchen barbecue than they do for a stove or more for a climate-controlled wine room than they do for a refrigerator.

In other areas of the home, opportunity exists for new brands and solutions to create new lifestyle opportunities in the home: for everyday living and entertaining. There are luxury furniture brands, performance sports equipment, and luxury fabrics and finishes that set apart the upper tier of residences. They help reflect the passions and personality of their owners and reflect on their tastes and priorities.

Yet sadly, the homeowners that appreciate finer brands and high-performance durable goods in their homes and garages often settle for mass-market video products for entertainment purposes. These products often do not reflect the tastes or passions of the homeowner. Runco is poised to change this.

Beautiful and unique spaces call for unique and specialized video. Runco's legendary product performance, pioneering in home theater and entertainment for several decades, creates new ways to live and play in your home. Combined with Design by Runco™ options, we have created new ways to feel beautiful in your home. Beautiful spaces demand nothing less.

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• Show civilians how to use the technology (they already own) to a level that they never dreamed possible. This is your new customer!
• Show customers who know you how to upgrade their systems to take advantage of all of the new sources and access to content. We have 50 years of old audio that all needs an upgrade.

PeachTree Audio musicBox with mB3 speakers $799 MSRP.

PeachTree Audio Nova.

PeachTree Audio iDAC adds to your client's high end system and takes them to a new level of performance.

STPA23 arm and STPWPM wall mount Short Throw Projector Mount

• STPWPM [hides components up to 6"h x 6"w x 1.5"d]
• STPWPL [hides componenets up to 8"h x 8.8"w x 1.75"d]  

Both STPWPL and  STPWPM are double stud wall plates for mounting and concealing components. Both share these features:

• Heavy duty steel construction with open architecture for easy trim-out
• Component covers are removable for convenient component installation and can be tightened with security hardware
• Component covers are vented for cooling and have punch-outs for routing cables and wires
• Allows for six inches of lateral adjustment
• Covers are paintable
• Includes complete Grade 5 hardware kit

• Solve marketing and communication issues
• Improve brand awareness
• Increase advertisement recall with exciting digital signs
• Create targeted in-store advertisements
• Positively impact revenue
   

iDAC is a high-resolution 32bit, 24/192 multi-input DAC with a pure digital iPod dock.

Now it's easy to bring your preamplifier, receiver or integrated amplifier into the "computer age" with

Peachtree Audio iDAC shipping in late January!

the Peachtree Audio iDac. The iDac is a stand-alone DAC featuring a PURE DIGITAL iPod dock, delivering nothing but "1's" and "0's" from your iPod directly to its highresolution digital-to-analog converter. The iDac has four additional high-resolution digital inputs for your computer, Apple TV, cable box, Sonos or anything else that's digital. The improvement in all of your digital sources is guaranteed to be nothing less than startling!

High-Resolution Digital Audio The iDac features a 24bit/96kHz high-resolution USB input for audio from your computer. Until now, recording engineers were the only group to hear music at this resolution on a regular basis. Now you can, too. The iDac is plug-n-play, so you'll never have to search the web for elusive, hard-to-install USB drivers. The setup is simple and will easily outperform your redbook CD player-all from the the computer you use every day! When you experience the 24bit/192kHz resolution available through the iDac's coaxial and optical inputs, you enter a whole new world! It's like 3D for your ears-finally approaching the open musicality of vinyl records, but with a signal-to-noise ratio that a turntable could never match. Even standard mp3 recordings take on a new life and sound better than you've ever heard them!

Video The iDac includes both component and S-video outputs. Place your iPod into the dock and watch TV shows, movies, YouTube all on your HDTV. Or gather 'round after a big day and watch the movies you've created on the fly with your new iPod touch. Add just the right playlist for atmosphere, and enjoy home movies like never before!

A World Challenge

• One in five people worldwide survive on less than $1.25 a day
• Only 3% of the need for microfinance is being met

The Solution: 
World Vision Micro

Small loans by themselves are not enough to end global poverty. But when these small loans are interwoven with other poverty-fighting efforts like clean water, health, and education, the result is a world-class approach to community development. We can help with just a few dollars.

As we struggle with our economy here, we are so far ahead of most of the world's wealth. Here is an opportunity to put an entrepreneur in a poverty stricken country in business or expand their efforts in their current business. All it takes is a few people and $25 or more to make it happen. Every penny you put in goes to the person you chose.