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HiddenWires is the UK and European resource for custom install home automation and home entertainment. Aimed at designers, installers, suppliers and users of smart home technology, HiddenWires provides a wealth of news, articles, case studies, training and events, as well as helping to locate suitable products and services.

Articles Sponsor: Habitech Habitech, a value-added distributor of home entertainment and automation products, delivers the highest standards of service, performance and value. Feature: Audio & Loudspeakers Product Article: The Sonance 'Degrees of Invisibility' Range - where there's sound there's brass (3/6/2013) By Jonathan Pengilley, Habitech Techniques: Designing Outdoor Audio Spaces (3/6/2013) By Mitch Witten, Core Brands Business: Why Not Suggest a 'Music Room' to Your Clients? (3/6/2013)` By Simon Buddle, SMC Technology: Wireless Audio in Custom Install (4/6/2013) By David Rodarte, NuVo Technologies Regular Columns Trade Talk: Don't Believe the Hype - Get the Engineering Right (4/6/2013) By Peter Aylett, Archimedia Middle East Letter from America: Showcase YOUR Value (4/6/2013) By Michael Heiss, HiddenWires Technology Update: Getting Ready for Xbox One (4/6/2013) By Michael Heiss, HiddenWires Tales from the Sharp End: I'm All for Cool, Except when it Comes to the Weather (4/6/2013) By The Urbane Installer Case study: Les Voiles du Leman - total home control in Switzerland using ELAN g! (4/6/2013) By Jim Beaumont, HomeTech Europe  Training & Events Sponsor: CEDIA The CEDIA Awards recognise and promote high quality system design, installation and integration. Book your tickets now! Habitech ProNet training introduces IP networks, how they work, and how to get the best results CYP Europe offers Demopad Integration Workshop for integrated control of AV and home automation solutions Networking School - learn how to implement TCP/IP connected hardware in a residential environment Connect with CEDIA - Rome - 6 June 2013 Connect with CEDIA - Cardiff - 20 June 2013 Connect with CEDIA - Marbella - 10 July 2013 [more training] [more events]  Recruitment Yamaha Seeks motivated and professional Sales Manager to join its AV Division Place your recruitment ad here to get it seen by the right candidate [more recruitment]

News Sponsor: Arcam Arcam designs and builds a range of CI products to help dealers grow revenues and deliver outstanding AV performance in home cinema, media room and whole-house installations. Priority News Arcam Launches New Receiver Range for the CI Market (3/6/2013) Arcam Offers rBlink and SonLink Devices to Improve Quality and Convenience of Home Audio Systems (3/6/2013) Control4 Announces New Wireless Lighting Control Family (10/5/2013) Habitech Adds Niveo Professional IP Network Components to its ProNet Range (14/5/2013) CEDIA Region 1 Announces Best Showroom and Best Training Initiative Awards Finalists (21/5/2013) Core Brands Announces Integration of the SKAA Wireless Audio Protocol Into New CE Products (31/5/2013) CYP Ships AU-A300 Integrated 2 Channel Zone Amplifier for Simplified Multiroom Audio Integration (3/6/2013) Wyrestorm Shows its AMP-001-010 HDBaseT Class D Digital Audio Amplifier/ Extractor/ Receiver/ Extender and More at InfoComm 2013 (3/6/2013) Parks Associates and Securitas Direct - Verisure Co-Host Free Smart Home Webcast on 11 June 2013 (4/6/2013) Axium Appoints Aldous Systems as Exclusive UK Distributor of its Multi-Award Winning Distributed Audio System (17/6/2013) Latest News CEDIA Region 1 Commissions Second Industry Market Resrach Report (19/6/2013) Sharp Announces Availability of its 90-Inch Aquos LC-90LE757 LED TV in Europe (19/6/2013) Sunfire Kicks Off Three P's Spring Promotion (19/6/2013) Zonoff Launches Open Device SDK for its Connected Home Platform (19/6/2013) GIA Expects Global Market for Home Media Servers to Reach US$141.3 Billion by 2018 (19/6/2013) [more news]  Books etc Save up to 30% on the titles in our book store: TCP/IP For Dummies Networking All in One for Dummies CEA-DHTI+ Digital Home Technology Integrator All-In-One Exam Guide, Second Edition (All-in-one) [more books]