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How to Customise the ELAN Home Automation Screen

I have been involved with the ELAN Control System for over 8 years, and in that time I’ve trained installers, provided technical support and sold and programmed many systems and yes I really like the ELAN Control System 🙂 … it just works. One of the things I really like is the ability to customiseContinue reading “How to Customise the ELAN Home Automation Screen”

Kanto YU2 Speakers

At AVctrl, we are big fans of the Kanto range of powered speakers. A powered speaker has an inbuilt amplifier which means that all you need to do is connect something to it and press play. The Kanto range starts with the tiny YU2 which has USB and 3.5mm connections and is best for yourContinue reading “Kanto YU2 Speakers”

What do you need to listen to your vinyl collection?

Vinyl is currently going through a purple patch and really is the new “cool”. You can buy new albums in trendy fashions stores, supermarkets or bargain dive in charity shops. You may even have a collection of LPs, EPs or 7” singles hiding somewhere in the attic from back-in-the-day. If you want to get backContinue reading “What do you need to listen to your vinyl collection?”

Controlling Sonos from Alexa

It has been possible to control Sonos from Amazon Alexa for some time. The Play One and Beam come with Alexa built in, but you can use any Echo device to control your music on Sonos. You do however, have to remember to say the right words in the right order. You can make controllingContinue reading “Controlling Sonos from Alexa”

Rediscovering Rex Bob Lowenstein

It has been a very long time since I posted on this blog and we have been keeping ourselves very busy making buildings smarter, but something happened recently which has inspired me to get back. A parcel arrived at home from that rainforest company which was around 12 inch square, thin and looked suspiciously like aContinue reading “Rediscovering Rex Bob Lowenstein”

Nest now works with RTI

The Nest Learning Thermostat is one of our favourite bits of kit – a room thermostat which learns how you use your house, anticipates your schedule and saves you money. All this and it looks cool. RTI the home automation system, can now control the Nest Learning Thermostat™ and Nest Connect: Smoke + Carbon Monoxide™. This meansContinue reading “Nest now works with RTI”

AVctrl is now an authorised Sonos dealer

We are delighted to let you know that AVctrl is now an authorised Sonos dealer. Sonos is the leading wireless multi-room music system, it has a great app for both iOS and Android and you can enjoy any music in the world in any room of your home. And because it’s wireless, there is no mess andContinue reading “AVctrl is now an authorised Sonos dealer”

Nest Now Available in the UK

The Nest learning thermostat is now available in the UK. Heating control just got a whole lot cooler. The Nest Learning Thermostat remembers the temperatures you like, creates a custom schedule for your home, and turns itself down when you’re away.Use your phone, tablet or laptop to control your home by adjusting you’re home temperatures whileContinue reading “Nest Now Available in the UK”

Elegant Heating Control

We all need to control our heating systems so it is important to make sure that the thermostats are easy to program and cater for our changing use of the rooms during the day. However, thermostats are probably the most ugly and boring pieces of kit we put in our rooms. So what are theContinue reading “Elegant Heating Control”

IP CCTV

AVctrl is passionate about designing and supplying the best solutions. CCTV camera solutions have traditionally been either very poor quality (you know there is a dark shadow there but no idea who it is) or very expensive. IC Realtime supply a superb range of high quality cameras and DVR’s which have a host of featuresContinue reading “IP CCTV”