Hello I am new here, just think I should say hi to you.

Sounds like someones a lil grumpy.. must be the AMX.

Take 2 of these and all will be well.......

LOL I ran out of halloween candy last night...started handing out Crestron mints to the last few stragglers before we had to head out for the night.

Mmm, Crestron mints. Little rock-hard balls of cool freshness.

HA! Yes they are. I came home from the show with about 2 dozen. Every time I walked passed the booth I grabbed a handful. My carry-on bag sounded like the "sideler" in Seinfeld episode with the tic tacs. I figure in 20-30 years one of those kids that got a box from me will be in the market for some home automation...planting the seed early :->

How much is this going to cost me?

50 points below retail.

Thanks for the welcome Cj. I live in Monroe and work for Audio Video Architechs in Indian Trail. It's good to know that we live close and maybe can become friends. Have a good one and I'm sure we'll chat soon.

My name is Brad, 10 year veteran of the CI industry. I am the Lead System Integrator for Automation & Network Solutions, Inc. out of northern Illinois. We are very big into Speakercraft, Control4, RTI, URC MX Series, Denon, Integra, Nuvision, Sony, and we also do a fair deal of Bose, unfortunately (hey, there's good money in it)... Been reading the RC forums for years, but only just got around to creating an account. If there are any questions that I can answer, feel free to ask.

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You can fix anything with Duct Tape! Welcome!

LOL, you are probably the first person ever to pick up on why i call myself that on forums. Well done :)

And thanks for the welcome.

John

Hi, I'm Robbie.

I picked-up the nickname HiFiRobbie after working in a place with three Robbies. We had Horse Robbie, Pilot Robbie and HiFiRobbie. After then, it just kinda stuck.

I first became interested in electronics and computers through my father. He was an engineer with NCR in his early years before becoming a fulltime desk jockey for them. He was kinda lucky to have been at the forefront of the transition from mechanical adding machines, to electronic. I used to go in to work with him and load-up games like Star-Trek which was a completely text based game loaded painfully slowly from a cassette tape. You would then thrill as the numbers indicated on the 10" monochrome monitor told you how may klingons you had, and where and how many phasers you had left to use. Awesome fun! LOL! LONG LIVE 70's and 80's technology!!

My first introduction to HiFi was his first system, which I treated as my own. The speakers were 15" RCA Victors in custom cabinets, a Sansui integrated amplifier and a Garrard turntable. I fell in love with music through it and the sound it would produce.

As my dad and his friends continued to upgrade, I saw all kinds of things. Quad ESL's by the dozen, "Voice of the Theatre" systems and some huge Altec Lansing horn systems that scared the crap outta me at the time due to their intimidating look.

Over the years I began to play a lot of music. I was firtunate enough to be sent to a good school with an excellent music programme where I played a variety of instruments such as: Keys, Alto and Tenor Saxophone, Drums and Percussion (Tuned and Untuned), Guitar and dabbled in a few others. We also had a 24 track analogue recording studio where I learned about monitoring and mixing. I did live sound for any of the school performances I wasn't playing in and also for a couple of local civic centres.

After school I became a motor mechanic after deciding to chase my other passion - cars. During my time on the tools I continued to play with HiFi, working on my own systems and learning from others'. I workied in a few specialist auto shops fixing makes such as Porsche, Lotus, Ferarri, Jaguar, BMW and Mercedes to name a few. I also built ski-boats and engines for a water-ski shop for a while before taking a job as a tuning specialist.

After leaving the trade I headed to the airlines. Started loading baggage for Virgin Blue in 2000 and became a flight attendant a year later, getting to travel all over the country with over 1000 of the best looking girls in the country.

They called that a job!!??

In my downtime I was playing drums in a few bands and helping out OzAVI with his custom install work. After 6 years of flying and climbing through the ranks I decided that I'd had enough. I started sub-ing for OzAVI every week and soon we had enough work for the pair of us to do our own thing, while occasionally calling on each-other for a hand to pull some cables or lift something heavy into place.

About 18 months ago, my local HiFi shop that I had frequented for the last 10 years (since I could afford to shop there) had the first job opening they'd had in nearly 20 years. It was offered to me and I have worked there part-time since, selling brands such as Wilson Audio, B&W, Electrocompaniet, Meridian, NAD, Classe and more...

I am now the project manager for one of the most elite custom installation and automation companies in Australia and with "Trustworthy" (introduced at the top of the page) and a team of admin and install staff, tackle the likes of 2,500+ sqm homes in order to make them sing and work in harmony using brands like Genelec, Triad, Denon, Stewart, Sim2, AMX and RTI.

I am thankful every day for the opportunities that I have encountered on my journey so far and work hard to support myself and all who depend on me - both at work and at home.

Robbie.

Hello Everyone. My name is Justin. I am Hicks Home Entertainment & Automation in Phoenix Arizona. I started in the "Smart Home" industry 5 years ago. My cousin had his own setup and offered me a job pulling wire. After about 6 months, I had that nailed down and moved up into installations. Ranged from basic Media rooms to full blown control systems. Over the years I have expanded my knowledge with installations and programming of HAI, Control 4, Elan, AMX & some Crestron. After the market issue, I decided that I was ready to go out on my own and start my own adventure. It's not easy, but it is more fun and less stressfull. Remote control revolves around everything I do. Everything in a system can be perfect, but if the remote is off by just a little bit, nothing works. I have dedicated myself to designing a fool-proof remote template for the Marantz RC9500 and what do you know, they discontinue it. Go figure. So, now I am designing templates for the URC MX-3000 and the Philips Pronto TSU-9400. These templates will be disigned for my basic installtions and my full blown installations with buttons and macros already in place, all you need is to learn the remotes in and provide discretes for Power and Inputs. If anyone would like to provide some feedback for me, it would be greatly appreciated. So, until next time, just have fun.

I am a CI out of Lewisville TX. I presently do RTI, Universal, pronto, and Digilinx as my controllers. I have a little left before I become certified in AMX, and after that I will be going after Crestron Cert!!! I do about a 75% 25% commercial to residential split and find that as long as you treat the customer’s right and spend that little extra effort then you will never need to advertise once! I moved here from CT and let me tell you, owning a business up there is no fun. They are the third highest taxed state in the country and integration, at least where I was, just hasn't caught on. Now as far as the Dallas/ Fort Worth market I'm in now they just can't get enough.