Design is for 2 story, basement home with 3 rooms in the basement (exercise, home theater and utility) and a 25x20 room in the attic.
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Solution Specification:
Six types of outlets
VDT : Video, Data, Telephone, powered by composite cable DT : Data + telephone powered by cat5e cables T : Leviton Out-of-Sight Telephone Jack AVC :Audio Volume control for A-bus whole house audio with ceiling speakers in same room/zone powered by cat5e from panel/entertainment center and 14/2 speaker wires to ceiling speakers HT : Home theater 5 pairs of binding post modules for audio input. Located behind entertainment/TV unit. (Other end terminates directly on to the speakers. VC : video camera, run one RG6 and 1 cat5e to each of the interior/exterior camera location. Three technologies available, CCTV($), IP camera($$), IP camera with Power over ethernet($$$) wire for both.
CCTV uses 1 RG6 for video and cat5e for 12V DC
IP camera uses cat5e for signal and control and have a 110 V AC close by for power.
IP camera with power over ethernet handles signal/control and power all from one cat5e but is very expensive now.
When pre-wiring for video camera leave ample extra length on camera end and cover gang box with wallplate.
Master Bedroom + 2 bedrooms on first floor (3)
3 x 1 VDT on wall across from bed
3 x 2 DT on each side of bed
1 x 1 HT for master bedroom
1 x 1 VDT in master in one corner, near ceiling if you
prefer watching TV from Jacuzzi
Kitchen (1)
1 x 1 VDT under cabinet to allow tel, data and under cabinet
TV.
1 x 1 DT near/behind fridge
1 x 1 DT in kitchen nook area for laptop
1 x 1 T for out-of-sight kitchen wall phone. Run 110V power to this unit to ensure cord free Wall Phone installation. note: this item not available until August.
Family room (1)
1 x 1 VDT at big screen TV/Flat Panel TV location
1 x 2 DT on two other walls
1 x 1 HT in Family room
note: if installing flat panel TV, install wallplate
(and 110V outlet) at approx 5 feet height.
Study (1)
1 x 1 VDT on one wall
1 x 2 DT other potential desk locations
Dining (1)
1 x 1 VDT on one wall
1 x 1 DT on another wall
(We can remove VDT if you dont think you need TV
in the dining room)
Three rooms in the basement + 1 in attic(4)
home theater, exercise and utility room in basement
and one large room in attic, total 4 rooms
4 x 1 VDT
4 x 1 DT in on another wall of your choice in each of the 4 rooms
1 x 1 VDT on yet another wall in the Attic as it is a large room and two allow two possible configurations of furniture/TV locations.
1 x 1 HT in the basement home theater
1 x 1 HT in the large attic room.
Whole House audio (2)
Russound ABK1.2 A-Bus kit contains the A-bus hub,
IR emmiters and 4 A-bus keypad units. Speakers are
seperate. Run Cat5e wire from the back of the entertainment center to the keypad, run 14 guage 2 conductor speaker cable (same cable is also used for home theaters) from
keypad to ceiling speakers.
Cable estimates are included in component list below.Speakers would go in the ceiling of the rooms/patios
We do not sell Russound products.
Wired Survelliance Camera
Run one cat5e and one RG6 to four indoor/outdoor
locations. You may want to mount two ceiling cameras
on each floor and may be two outdoor cameras
overlooking the Porch, Backyard.
Total outlets(wallplates) of each type
VDT=12
DT=19
AVC=4
VC=4
HT=3
T=1
Total outlets by service type
Video 12
Data 12 + 19 = 31
Telephone 12 + 19 +1= 32
VC 4
AVC 4
Surround sound 5.1/Home Theater 3
(family, attic and basement)
