Apples iPad looks likely to change the face of multiroom user interfaces. It’s high resolution display and relative cheap price has already seen a huge number of multiroom manufacturers rushing to bring out apps to control their systems.



Its big friendly interface looks to be even more popular than the iPhone for interactivity with home system control. Almost no company will want to invest huge sums in producing a display for interface, when Apple has done the job already at a cost they couldn’t even dream of.

It’s a ready made miracle for home automation and control. Expect to see SpeakerCraft, Sonos, Rako, Living Control to have working apps very soon, and this is just the tip of the iceberg.

The recently upgraded Sonos system continues to rule the waves.

The easy solution to music everywhere, the Sonos system allows you to get access to your iTunes stocked computer, as well as over 6 million tracks on the Napster listen service including around 600 radio stations. If there isn't something on there to listen to, then you have very strange taste in music indeed.





The beauty is, it's all done wirelessly.

The intuitive handset is a breeze to use and you can have a whole house of base units in every room in the house, all listening to different things. So you need never be without music again.

Two base units are available, one with an amplified output, so you need only plug in a pair of speakers and away you go. Plus a line out unit so you can integrate it into your existing music/home cinema system.

It's been busy at Living Control headquarters, with a raft of new items.

This new wall pad display lets you have your own picture as a background and also now includes full control over you Rako lighting system.

The ColourPad allows you to upload any jpeg, bmp or png file so that you can customise your wall pad with your own choice of background.

Using one is sure to be an illuminating experience.

Living Control is introducing a new Blu-Ray movie server designed to compliment the already excellent range from this premier multi room manufacturer.

Supporting a wide range of library audio & video formats, the Studio6 will allow you to archive and store not only your audio CD's, but your Dvd movies as well. This server will allow you to view two simultaneous video streams independent of each other to two completely separate areas in pristine full 1080P High Definition. This is in addition to four independent audio outputs. These are all controllable from Living Controls class leading easy interface wall key pads. It even allows you to import video and music from external sources.

Future updates will add full storage capability for Blu-Ray making this unit truly a one box solution.

It's huge capacity can be further boosted to provide even further storage capacity to keep even the biggest film buff happy.

SpeakerCrafts already popular range of multi-room controller keypads have been joined by a new flagship model called the 'Mode' keypad. Set to become an overnight success it features full LCD instructional control over your devices, including projectors, Plasmas, audio and visual components to name but few.

Existing SpeakerCraft owners will be glad to know that you can upgrade from many of the older keypads to the new 'Mode' with just some re-programing.

Available in stealth black or purest white, it performs brilliantly and looks great.