Welcome to the Smart Home
Control4 makes Everyday Easy™. It provides simple, practical control of your music, movies, lights, temperature, and security system from anywhere in your home or around the world. Control4 products enhance your home by bringing a new level of effortless entertainment, peace of mind, and comfort and convenience, establishing itself as the platform for the digital home.
Automation, once an expensive and complex proposition exclusive to new homes, has been made accessible and straightforward by Control4.
Key Benefits of Control4
- Affordable: Offers practical, reliable home automation at a budget-friendly price. Its scalable design allows users to start with a basic system and upgrade over time.
- Easy to Install: Designed for simple installation in both new and existing homes, utilizing wireless or wired technology to avoid extensive remodeling. Systems can be installed and programmed in hours.
- Easy to Use: Simplifies home technology, allowing easy management of lighting, security, music, and entertainment without complex remotes or extensive training.
"The automated life used to be the exclusive realm of the rich. Now home automation is coming to a subdivision near you." - WIRED
"If someday the average American home includes complete automation, Control4 may be the company most responsible." - Robb Report: Home Entertainment
"...their [Control4] system will become the Model T of home automation...that takes the industry to a whole new level." - CNN/Money
It's good to save energy, especially your own.
Transform Your Home Experience
Effortless Entertainment
Make your home the ultimate gathering spot with Control4 Home Theater and Multi-Room Music systems. Enjoy a true movie theater experience by starting a movie, dimming lights, and adjusting the temperature with a single remote. Access music and videos from any room, anytime. Create the perfect mood with playlists throughout the house, or enjoy different music in different rooms simultaneously. Control4 allows playback from various sources, including MP3 players and computers, with services like Rhapsody offering access to millions of songs.
Peace of Mind and Security
Rest easy knowing your home and family are safe. Control4's 4Sight Internet Services can send email or text alerts for events like children arriving home from school, an open garage door, or a basement water leak. Monitor and control your home from anywhere in the world, adjusting temperature, checking cameras, and managing lights. Simulate occupancy while away by scheduling lights to turn on at specific times.
Comfort and Convenience
Make your home comfortable and energy-efficient. Wake up to your ideal temperature with lights gradually turning on and your favorite music playing. Prepare your home for bed with a single button press, automatically adjusting temperature, turning off lights, and arming security. Save on utilities by setting lights to turn off automatically in unoccupied rooms.
Why a Smart Home is a Smart Idea
Control4 combines high-tech solutions with ease of use for a positive environmental impact. By giving you control over your home, it makes conserving energy, water, and time simple. Lights can be automated based on time of day or occupancy, managing energy consumption effectively.
Environmental Savings
Using dimmers, timers, and occupancy sensors can significantly reduce energy waste. A typical 3-bedroom home with Control4 could save over 850 pounds of CO2 emissions annually, equivalent to not driving a car for a month. Further savings are realized by controlling wattage and using dimming devices, which conserve electricity, reduce costs, and extend bulb life.
| Dimming Saves the light this much | this much electricity | Extends bulb life |
|---|---|---|
| 10% | 10% | 2 times longer |
| 25% | 20% | 4 times longer |
| 50% | 40% | 20 times longer |
| 75% | 60% | More than 20 times longer |
Source: The Energy Conservation Enhancement Project at LSU
Start Small, Upgrade Over Time
Control4 systems are designed to integrate easily with most standard systems and protocols, making them robust, dependable, and easy to install. Control4 offers the benefits of a practical, reliable home-automation solution at a fraction of the cost of most systems.
Standards-Based
- Leverages standard wiring in light switches and thermostats.
- Uses standard Ethernet cabling.
- Operates over standard wireless protocols including 802.11 and 802.15.4.
Ideal Solution for Retrofit
Existing homes are perfect for Control4 installations, requiring no wall demolition due to its standards-based, wireless/wired capabilities. Control4 solutions have been successfully installed in homes of all ages.
Integrate in New Construction
New homes can be built with basic systems and easily expanded. Home theater, multi-room music, smart lighting, and security system integration can be specified before construction.
Control4 is the Clear Choice for Retrofit Projects: "People...can now enjoy the convenience and security of technologies that were previously out of their price range and until now would have required extensive rewiring of their house." - Advanced Home
Controllers, Multi-Room Music, and Speakers
Controllers
Controllers are the core of every Control4 system, enabling control and automation of home functions. All versions offer powerful control and system building capabilities.
- Home Controller HC-200: Affordable, versatile controller for in-room control and on-screen navigation. Features universal mounting and a small form factor.
- Home Controller HC-300: Offers increased performance for simple whole-home automation. Features 720p HD on-screen TV interface and USB hard drive support for digital music and photos.
- Home Controller HC-500: Combines HC-300 power with an integrated hard drive (160GB) for storing digital music and photos.
- Home Controller HC-1000: High-performance controller optimized for large media libraries, featuring a half terabyte internal hard drive and solid-state boot drive.
Multi-Room Music
Enjoy your entire music collection throughout your home.
- Dock for iPod: Seamlessly integrate and control your iPod contents, playing all media files anywhere in the house.
- Multi Tuner: Access traditional radio and satellite radio, streaming up to three stations simultaneously. Features dual AM/FM tuners and optional XM Satellite Radio.
- Speaker Point: Digitally streams music throughout the home affordably, featuring a 2-channel digital amplifier (50 watts per channel) and WiFi/Ethernet versions.
Amplifiers and Audio Distribution
- 4 Zone Amplifier: Delivers high-quality sound with 4 stereo zones at 60W per channel (8Ω). Features signal-sensing inputs and auto-power save mode.
- Multi Channel Amplifier: An 8-zone digital amplifier/matrix switch providing high-quality sound, with full equalization per channel, 16-channel digital amplification (100 watts per channel), and 8 signal-sensing stereo analog audio inputs.
- Audio Matrix Switch: Distributes audio sources throughout the home, offering automatic signal detection and 16 input sources to 16 output zones.
Speakers
Complement your system with Control4's in-ceiling and in-wall speakers for surround sound and multi-room music.
- 5.25", 6", and 8" In-ceiling Speakers: Offer spectacular sound in any room with polymer cones and computer-optimized crossovers.
- 6" and 8" In-wall Speakers: Ideal for front-channel speakers in high-performance home theater systems, featuring polymer cones and computer-optimized crossovers.
- 6" and 8" In-ceiling Stereo Speakers: High-quality, multi-purpose solutions for whole-house music where space is a consideration.
Interfaces: Lighting, Keypads, and Temperature Control
Interfaces
Control4 offers a variety of interfaces for controlling your entire home, from playing music to adjusting temperature.
- System Remote Controls: Simple devices for controlling all home functions, featuring wireless RF with feedback, paging capabilities, OLED displays, and backlit buttons.
- LCD Keypad: Provides complete system control in a compact design with ten buttons, available in wireless (ZigBee) or Ethernet versions, and in-wall or desktop configurations.
- Mini Touch Screen: A compact four-inch touch screen with rich color graphics, available in WiFi or Ethernet versions, and in-wall or desktop configurations.
- 7" Touch Screen: Offers control of an entire home automation system with WiFi and Ethernet communication, plus 4 customizable hard buttons.
- 10.5" Touch Screen: Provides comprehensive home automation control, available in Ethernet (in-wall) or WiFi (portable) versions, with custom wood frames available for in-wall units.
Lighting
Control lighting locally or remotely without additional wiring.
- Wireless Dimmer and Switch: Elegant control from any interface, replacing existing switches without new wires. Features screw-less faceplates, customizable LEDs, and integrated air gap switches.
- Wireless Outlet Dimmer and Outlet Switch: Connects household plug-in devices to the Control4 system. Features dual outlets, a small form factor, secure mounting, energy efficiency, and built-in dimmer/power sensing capabilities.
Keypads
Control4 keypads offer affordable solutions for personalized one-touch scenarios.
- Wireless 2, 3, and 6 Button Keypads: Scalable, low-cost solutions with unlimited programming options, customizable LEDs, and keycaps. Can be used as 3-way switches in lighting scenes.
Temperature
Advanced temperature control is a simple and affordable addition.
- Wireless Thermostat: Easily adds advanced temperature control to any home, featuring bi-directional communication with Control4 interfaces and stand-alone functionality.
Sample System Configurations
Sample System – Home Theater and Music
Home Theater: Depicts a setup with a TV displaying an interface, CD Player, Receiver, DVD Player, and USB Hard Drive connected to a Home Controller HC-300. A Network Router is also shown, with connections indicated as ZigBee™ Wireless, WiFi, and Wired.
Bedroom: Shows a System Remote Control, Speaker Point™, and Control4 8" In-wall Speakers connected to the HC-300.
Family Room: Illustrates a System Remote Control, Wireless LCD Keypad, WiFi Speaker Point™, and Control4 8" In-wall Speakers connected to the HC-300.
Sample System – Home Theater, Music, Lighting, Temperature
Home Theater: Features a TV interface, CD Player, Receiver, Sony DVP-CX995V 400-Disc Changer connected to a Home Controller HC-500. A Network Router, Wireless Dimmers, and a Wireless Thermostat are also present, with connections via ZigBee™ Wireless, WiFi, and Wired.
Bedroom: Includes a System Remote Control and Control4 8" In-wall Speakers connected to the HC-500.
Bathroom: Shows a System Remote Control and Control4 8" In-ceiling Speakers connected to the HC-500.
Family Room: Displays a System Remote Control, Wireless LCD Keypad, and Control4 8" In-ceiling Speakers connected to the HC-500.
Kitchen: Features a 7" Portable Touch Screen and a 10.5" Wireless Touch Screen connected to the HC-500.
Simplify Your Life with Control4
With Control4, you can simplify your life by bringing all the technology in your home together into one complete, elegant solution. It's affordable, perfect for both new and existing homes, and practical for everyday life.
Visit www.control4.com or call 888.400.4070 for more information.
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