Bedroom Features His and Hers A/V Systems

Photo by Todd Bush

One bedroom plus two audio/video systems equals marital bliss.

How many times has this happened: You want to watch your favorite show or a great movie in the bedroom, but Honey Bunny either wants to sleep or watch something you have no interest in. A North Carolina couple with irreconcilable viewing differences got around this marital problem with an innovative his-and-hers audio/video system.

Here’s how it works: He can watch The Sopranos on his 32-inch Sony flat-panel LCD HDTV while she watches an intriguing drama on her identical 32-inch set. One of them can hear the audio through the in-wall Sonance surround-sound speakers and Klipsch center channel while the other dons a set of wireless Sennheiser headphones. (If they want, they can each use their own Sennheiser headphones.) Each viewer also has a high-definition satellite receiver and a wireless AMX Modero touchpanel to operate the system.

A button on each touchpanel selects whether audio from the selected video source is sent to the surround processor or the corresponding wireless headphones. One interesting feature of the system is that when one of the touchpanels has “room speakers” selected, it disables the selection on the other wireless touchpanel.
Fortunately, only one Yamaha surround processor and preamp was required, along with a single Yamaha 5-disc DVD/CD changer. “The Yamaha receiver powers the Sonance in-wall speakers, and zones two and three on the receiver, and sends audio to the respective wireless headphones,” explains custom electronics installer Charley Dearmin of MHS Technologies of Newland, NC.

In the rare event that the couple wants to watch the same thing, the TV defaults to the cabinet where the center channel is housed. Additionally, a 7-inch in-wall AMX touchpanel allows for control of housewide and room lighting, housewide music selection, security, and HVAC control. Wall-mounted his and hers LiteTouch bedside stations allow for lighting control without getting out of bed. Recessed cans with pinhole trims are mounted above the bed and provide his and hers reading lights.

There’s even more: Enter the walk-in closet, and you’ll find a 23-inch Sony LCD. But there was no need to double the fun in there.

EQUIPMENT LIST

Displays
• Sony KDL-V32XBR 32-inch LCD HDTVs (2)
• Chief JWD-210S dual articulating arm TV mounts (2)
• Sony 23-inch LCD TV
Audio/Video Components
• DirecTV HD satellite receivers (2)
• Yamaha RX-V2600 A/V surround processor/amp
• Yamaha DVC6760 5-disk CD/DVD player
Speakers
• Klipsch RC-25 center speaker
• Klipsch Reference powered sub
• Sonance Virtuoso 830D 3-way in-wall speakers (4)
• Sennheiser RS130 wireless headphones (2)
Control
• AMX MVP-7500 7.5-inch 2-way Modero ViewPoint color wireless touchpanels (2)
• AMX MVP-KS Modero Kickstands (2)
• AMX NI-3000 Netlinx processor
• AMX PLK-MSP8 audio control station
• AMX NXD-CV7 7-inch in-wall color touchpanel
Lighting
• LiteTouch bedside lighting control stations (2)
• LiteTouch S-series in-wall lighting control stations (4)
Accessories
• APC SC250 battery backup
• Aprilaire 8870 communicating thermostat
• Middle Atlantic SRSR equipment racks (2)
• Panamax Max 4300EX surge protector
• Panasonic KXT-7736 system phone/intercom
• Panasonic KXT-TD7680 cordless system phone/intercom
• Straight Wire A/V interconnect cables

CONTACT
Systems Design & Installation
MHS Technologies
Newland, NC
828-733-0141
www.mhstechnologies.com

Interior Design
Dianne Davant Interiors
Banner Elk, NC

Builder
Mike Smith Builders
Boone, NC