How Can Home Automation Enhance Your Outdoor Space?

Upgrade Your Baton Rouge Property with A Home Automation System

 One of the benefits of living in Baton Rouge is having the opportunity to take advantage of your outdoor space all year round, and a home automation system helps you make the most out of your patio, deck, or pool area.

Want to expand the range of your sound system? Put up shades to block out the sun and bugs? Control the temperature of your pool from your smartphone?

Smart home automation makes it all possible, maximizing the convenience and functionality of your space while impressing guests with sleek integrated technology. Read on to discover how a home automation system can make your outdoors greater than ever.

 SEE ALSO: The Best Tool To Maintain Your Home Automation System 

Increase Comfort with Automated Shades

The Louisiana sun can be brutal, but you can shield yourself from the blazing heat with automated shades. Setting shades up around the perimeter of common areas keeps those spaces cool, and they can be set to lower or raise depending on the time of day so you always have coverage. Shades also protect against harmful UV rays and bugs, making it easier to relax without worrying about burns or bites.

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4 Ways Custom AV Elevates the Restaurant Experience

Upgrade Your Mandeville, LA Restaurant with Commercial Audio Visual

Visiting a restaurant is as much about the ambiance as the food, and custom commercial audio-visual systems allow businesses to create a unique, engaging dining experience for their customers. There’s a wide variety of opportunities available to make restaurants in Mandeville, LA more inviting and memorable, and here are four ways to use custom AV to create a space that will have guests eager to return.

SEE ALSO: How Commercial Audio and Visual Can Enhance Your Conference Room

Deliver Dynamic Visuals with Flat-Panel Displays

Flat-panel displays are capable of more than showing a baseball game or the latest episode of Westworld. They can be used to create active tableaus that set the atmosphere for patrons, putting moving artwork on the walls that adds a new element of sensory stimulation. This distributed video is customizable to fit the aesthetic of your specific restaurant, which is especially handy for those that seasonally change their menu and décor.

Turn Wait time Into Play Time with Interactive Touch Screens

Nobody likes waiting for a table, but it’s easier to be patient when there’s something to keep you occupied. Touch monitors can be programmed with games to keep children and adults entertained, reinforcing a sense of community before people gather around the table. Whet the guests’ appetites with interactive menus that show how dishes are prepared and presented. Want to make sure appetizers and drinks are ready immediately after being seated? An ordering feature will let the bar and kitchen know ahead of time.

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Increase Efficiency with Intuitive Control Systems

The staff of your restaurant can quickly alter volume or change channels with a centralized control system on a smartphone or tablet. Control4 is an industry leader when it comes to integrated AV, providing a wide variety of options for seamless handling of electronic networks. Does a table want to hear a specific song? Jump onto Tidal and put the track on the restaurant playlist in seconds. Is the audio too loud in one area? Hone in on the speakers in that room and adjust the volume for a more pleasurable visit.

Transport Patrons with Global Radio Services

Music creates a sonic landscape that influences the customer's buying decisions, giving ethnic restaurants extra incentive to match their audio to their cuisine's country of origin. A service like TuneIn allows users to explore radio stations from around the world, which eliminates the process of looking for specific artists or songs to provide restaurants with a continuous stream of music from a particular region. Check out the video below to see how easy it is to navigate TuneIn from a Control4 system, and contact Acadian Home Theater & Automation to learn more about how we can optimize your restaurant with commercial audio-visual solutions.

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Maximize Your Smart Home Security with Control4 Automation [Video]


Gain Peace of Mind from Louisiana’s Only Control4 Diamond Dealer

 
With nearly 35,000 burglaries a year in Louisiana, how do you protect your family and belongings? Luxury homeowners have made a significant investment to create a high-end property, and more importantly, they want to ensure that their families will be safe and secure in the event of an attempted break-in. The Control4 smart home system offers a variety of features to put your worries at ease.

Acadian Home Entertainment & Automation is Louisiana’s only Diamond Control4 dealer, an honor we’ve received because we’re committed to detail-oriented, personalized custom installations. We want our clients to live without fear, and here are some ways a Control4 system can enhance your Lafayette home’s security with an intuitive, comprehensive control network.

 
See also: Consider These Benefits Of A Professional Security System
 
Fortify Your Home with Lock and Sensor Control
The bigger the home, the more potential weak spots in security, and it can be difficult to make sure you’ve locked every door before leaving the house. Control4 allows you to access all the locks and sensors on your property, and if you’ve accidentally left a door unlocked, all it takes is a tap to lock it again. Do you tend to leave your garage door open? A Control4 system can be programmed to shut it automatically if it’s lifted for an extended period, and that time frame is easy to change if you need to keep the door up longer. Check out the video below to see just how simple it is to keep track of locks and sensors with Control 4.

 


 
Automatically Activate Lights and Sound to Ward Off Intruders
The quickest way to get a burglar off your property is to let them know they can be seen, and sensors around the home can turn on lights and sound if they detect a human intruder. Flashing lights and a message warning that you’ve contacted the authorities will stop the trespasser before they reach your door. Remember the scene in Home Alone when Kevin sets up an elaborate fake party in his house to fool the burglars? It’s possible to achieve the same effect with far less effort thanks to home automation, and Control4 can be programmed with a lighting scene that makes your home appear occupied if you're away on vacation. You could even incorporate audio to sell the illusion further.

 
See also: 5 Perks Of Using Professional Surveillance Cameras
 
Keep an Eye on Your Property with Surveillance Cameras
Seeing real-time footage of your property is the best way to monitor it, and setting up security cameras lets you know if there are any unwanted visitors on the property. Because privacy is an increasingly important concern, Acadian can also install a trustworthy Firewall to ensure that no one has access to this network except for authorized users. Cameras can be installed both inside and outside your home, and the video below showcases how Control4 serves as a central hub to navigate each different surveillance sector.

 


 
These are just a few of the many features Control4 offers to enrich your Lafayette smart home, and you can contact Acadian Home Entertainment to learn more about their services from Louisiana’s most acclaimed Control4 dealer.

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The Best Tool To Maintain Your Home Automation System

Explore How Acadian Makes Smart Home Maintenance Easy

 At Acadian Home Theater & Automation, we work with you to craft a smart home system not only designed for world-class performance but also for ultimate convenience to elevate your lifestyle.

From the moment our installation is complete, you will have the ability to control all of your home’s devices – directly from an in-wall touchscreen panel or your smartphone or tablet. You’ll even be able to create customized automation commands.

However, we know that technology might not always cooperate with you. And when that happens, you should have a resource ready to assist you within a moment’s notice.

That’s why our team has created the Acadian mobile application.

In this post, we reveal how this custom tool is the best resource available to maintain your home automation system, whether you live in New Orleans or throughout the state of Louisiana.

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Introduction to Home Theaters: What You Need to Know

Explore the Must-Know Facts of Owning a Home Cinema System

At Acadian Home Theater & Automation, we love working with homeowners throughout Louisiana to make their home entertainment dreams a reality.

If you have ever wanted to showcase a home cinema in your house, our team based in Baton Rouge has dedicated experience crafting customized theater systems for any family throughout the state.

But where do you begin the process? What are the must-know facts about home cinemas that you need to know about?

In this post, we share some of the home theater basics you should know about as you embark on your project.

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