Your Planning Guide

Designing the entertainment and technology systems for a new or renovated home presents many options. As with any design project, it can be helpful to begin by thinking about those features that are of most interest or importance to you and your family. This allows you to consider a wide array of options and to begin setting your own priorities. The ACT Planning Guide is intended to help you in this process. It presents a variety of home entertainment, networking, communications, and security options and invites you to rate them on a very simple scale. If you have questions along the way, please give us a call. We’d be happy to help.

FEATURES INTEREST/IMPORTANCE LEVEL	Very	Somewhat	Low
Home Entertainment
1. A Sound or Video System in 2 or 3 Rooms.
2. A Sound or Video System in Most Rooms.
3. A Sound System for Outside Deck or Pool Areas.
4. A Dedicated Home Theater Room.
5. A Surround Sound System with a Large Screen TV (e.g. Family or Great Rooms).
6. High Definition Television.
7. Flat Panel (Plasma, LCD) TV for Family/Great Rooms, Bedrooms, Kitchen, Exercise Room, Home Office, etc.
8. Updating Your Current Systems Components (DVD/DVR, CD Player/Recorder, Receiver, Speakers, etc.)
9. Universal Remote Control Programming.
Home Networking/Technology
1. Shared High Speed Internet Access (Multiple Locations).
2. Networked Home Computers.
3. Home Office (PC, Scanner, Printer, Fax, etc.).
4. Wireless Internet or Networking Solutions.
5. Multi-media (phone, computer, TV) outlets throughout your home.
6. Future proofing your home for tomorrow’s technologies and home automation devices.
Communications/Phone
1 Multi-line Phone System.
2 Intercom System.
3 Door Phone.
4 Room Monitoring (e.g. Nursery).
5 Electric Door Release.
6 Caller ID.
Security
1 Intrusion Detection.
2 Fire/Smoke Detection.
3 Central Monitoring Station Coverage.
4 Closed Circuit TV.

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