System design driven by concern that "mundane tasks" would be much more difficult in client's new 15,000-square-foot home compared to their previous 3,000-square-foot home.
Concern for the Mundane
On-Demand Home Theater
Details, Details
Central A/V
Touchpanel Controls
Summertime Fun
Clean and Subtle
The Living Room
High-tech, High-class Bar
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Touchpanel Controls

Four in-wall Crestron touchpanels in strategic locations and handheld Crestron remotes in rooms with TVs provide control. Programming allows the family to set automated features such as an entertainment scene that activates exterior path lights, exterior ambiance lights, common area interior lights, and sets the temperature throughout the house during a party. They can then select music from Pandora, Sirius XM, or their iPod to play throughout the house using in-wall or mobile control devices.

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