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Home ESP: Entertainment, Surveillance and Paging from RGB's new ADA Product Range (27/4/2006)

When ADA began designing their latest advancement in multi-room technology, the engineers did not limit themselves to just thinking about how the system distributes music. Incorporated into their design are unique elements such as advanced video distribution that permits both sound and images to be routed to any room. Once the video switching circuitry was developed, the team engineered a sophisticated surveillance monitoring system, permitting closed-circuit video cameras to be integrated into the home.

To facilitate inter-home communication using the same speakers that play music, they also added advanced paging features. The culmination of these efforts has resulted in "Home Entertainment, Surveillance, & Paging" (Home ESP) and it is exclusive to ADA's Suite 16 System.

Not only does the Suite 16 perform superbly as an audio entertainment system, it also switches your accompanying video signals with simple one-touch operation. This means that when you select your DVD player, not only will the room speakers begin playing the sounds of the DVD, the TV will also show the image, all with one button press.

Suite 16 can also be used to route images from surveillance cameras stationed in and around your home. These images can be displayed on TV sets and video capable touchscreens. This makes checking who's at the door or looking in on the children as easy as touching a button. Suite 16 even has the ability to automatically interrupt your program if someone is ringing your doorbell or if a security sensor is activated.

This surveillance feature can also sequence through multiple cameras.

The paging feature of Suite 16 was specifically designed to avoid problems that can occur when using high-end audio speakers for paging. Suite 16 includes a built-in compressor/limiter to stop audio peaks that occur during a page, which could cause speaker damage. The Suite 16 paging input can connect to telephone systems that feature paging or something as simple as a doorbell chime. Suite 16 even permits room to- room paging.

The main building-block of Suite 16 is the AVP-16 chassis which can house up to three card modules. The audio outputs of your source components are connected to the A-16 Audio Input Module. The P-16 Modules accept audio signals from the A-16 then provide switching and preamplification for sixteen zones/rooms. The V-16 Video Switching Modules are also mounted into the AVP-16 chassis and route video signals to video display devices (TVs, projectors, keypads). For larger homes, several AVP- 16 chassis can be connected together.

Suite 16 derives its name from the suite of electronic cards that are combined based on system size and complexity. A Suite 16 has the ability to have sixteen audio components connected to it while providing sixteen zones of preamplification. Expandable in increments of sixteen zones, a Suite 16 system can incorporate up to ninety-six zones of audio.

Several V-16 Modules can be housed in one or two AVP-16 chassis to distribute S-Video, Component Video and even HDTV video throughout your entire home.

Suite 16 is typically incorporated in projects that are either new construction or home remodelling. Since it can be controlled by almost any keypad or touchscreen, Suite 16 is an ideal system for those who wish to upgrade or replace their existing multi-room system.

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