There is certainly some science to retro fitting (planning steps,knowing construction techniques) but mainly its an art, still learned primarily by apprenticeship. To be successful you need to be good atboth the science and the art. Ill try to cover a little of both by dividing it into the three Ps: Planning (including understanding construction techniques), Practice (including tools and training), and Patience.

A stunning 300-year-old cabinet found in an historic castle in Scotland will soon be delivered by private plane. All of the A/V components must fit into the spaces in this cabinet, even though it is only 15 inches deep.

Any product category with so many positive features is going to attract a lot of attention and competition. However, the typical electronic systems contractor (ESC) is ideally positioned to successfully offer and deliver on PV installations, because many of his skills, equipment, and facilities can be applied and leveraged in this adjacent product category.

Power, as a basic system component, is a tougher concept for the custom A/V integrator to introduce than the differences in quality of more visible parts of a home theater or stereo system.

XFTP by Trilithic is offering two new cable mappers to the XProTec line of installation tools. The new XProTec 20-way cable mapper and XProTec eight-way cable mapper are designed to map speaker, coaxial, or security/alarm cables. They can identify inaccessible installed cables or multiple cables in a bundle.

XFTP by Trilithic released a pocket Oscillator to the XProTec line of installation tools. The dual-frequency XProTec Oscillator is used as a signal generator to test the performance of the CATV upstream band. The XProTec Oscillator features replaceable female F Connectors and comes equipped with standard replaceable batteries.