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Radiance: Outdoor Lighting and Audio in One Beautiful Solution

By Christine Hunsaker

Imagine your outdoor space elevated to a dreamy immersive atmosphere; it is simpler than you may think. Durable, mix and match speakers with multiple lighting mount options help create your laid-back or lively haven. No matter the season or the reason, audio with ambiance comes in one installation. Episode Radiance combines low-voltage lighting with powerful audio to help you realize the space you have been coveting.

Updates to Streaming Audio with Pandora

By Christine Hunsaker

Updates to the Pandora driver expands functionality for Control4 Pandora Plus and Premium users.

Safe, Smart, and Spooky with Control4

By Christine Hunsaker

Have a safe and spooky halloween with a little Smart Home magic from Control4!

What is MQA Audio?

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What is MQA Audio? MQA is an award-winning audio technology that enables music fans to stream the original master recording into their home, car or on their mobile.

TECH THAT TAKES YOUR OUTDOOR SPACES TO THE NEXT LEVEL

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It’s essential to stay connected in today’s world, but it’s also important to stay connected to nature. Here are three ways you can use technology to turn your backyard into an outdoor oasis.

Multi-Room Audio Systems—Simplifying the Art of Music Listening

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A multi-room audio system can consolidate all of your music components—streaming devices, CD players, satellite receivers, and more—into one simple-to-use product that distributes every song from every source and music library to speakers positioned throughout your house. This means that you can cue your favorite compilation of classics in the kitchen while someone else delves into disco in the den.

Customizing your pad

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Sure, this multi-button keypad can control a virtually unlimited number of lighting devices, but if you are using your keypad for only the lights, you’re missing out on a slew of possibilities! Any button can be programmed to control any aspect of your automated home. Take a look at these 9 ideas that will get your creative juices flowing!

IF SOUND COULD BE “FELT”, THIS WOULD BE IT.

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I can’t coin myself an audiophile. While it’s true that I absolutely love music and will listen to anything from Dean Martin to Radiohead, deciphering between good and stellar audio quality isn’t quite my gig. Well, at least I didn’t think it was. This week...

Halloween Harmonies for Smart Home Streaming

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...So it seemed fitting that with Halloween just a few nights away, we give you quick-access to some streaming stations that we have cherry-picked for you—all complete with scary (or fun) sounds and songs to play for your door-to-door tricksters or party-goers. Here are a few soundtracks and playlists from Pandora, Rhapsody, TIDAL & TuneIn—sorry Deezer-lovers, the service isn’t available in the states just yet, so we weren’t able to help with your playlist picking, but I’m sure you’ll find some good picks below!

The Control4 Experience

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Over the last several months, our development teams have been busy— working diligently to deliver stunning new capabilities and features, along with several elegant changes to our user interface, to enhance the Control4 experience for both our customers and Dealers. Tonight, we unveiled all that’s new to over 1000 Control4 Dealers at the CEDIA Expo...

Using Your Home Automation System to Make Your December Merry & Bright

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Thanks to our newest issue of Home Smart Home, we shared some suggestions on how to make both your Thanksgiving and Halloween a bit more fun and entertaining with your Control4 home automation system. And to wrap it all up (pun intended), we are closing with our Christmas holiday automation suggestions. We wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season.

Using Your Home Automation System to Make this Thanksgiving Deliciously Automated

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Thanks to our newest issue of Home Smart Home, we shared some pretty cool Halloween home automation tricks-and-treats with you. And with Thanksgiving just around the corner, we have a few more tips to delight the household or your dinner guests. Below are our suggestions for November, but click on the image below to see some great ideas for December as well to prepare you for the Christmas holiday.

Using Your Home Automation System to Make this Halloween Scary-Smart

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Thanks to our newest issue of Home Smart Home, we have some pretty cool home automation tricks-and-treats to share with you this Halloween that will make your Control4 system scary-smart. Below are a few suggestions for October, but click on the image below to see ideas for November and December as well, just in time for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

GEEKING OUT: Converting Music for Digital Playback

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With the announcement of the Control4 Wireless Music Bridge, people living the home automation lifestyle saw their music-listening options broaden considerably. An entire universe of streaming music, talk, sports, podcasts and audio books is now available directly through your smart home audio system. But what if you just want to listen to <i>your</i> music? Whether you’re putting your music on a network drive or on a mobile device, it’s easy to get lost in the weeds when it comes to picking the right format for digital audio files.

Shades of Grey Control

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My reference point both for "grey" and "control" come not from a best-selling novel from 2011 (one of these days I suppose I should read it?) but instead from a visit I made earlier this last year to none other than New York City.

Rhapster....

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Can you hear it? Yes, that's the sound of over 15 million songs streaming through your Control4 system. Rhapsody has been a perennial favorite feature, loved by Control4 owners everywhere. And now that we've introduced integrated Napster functionality in

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