Frequently Asked Questions

We’ve installed Smart Technologies in homes and businesses throughout the Chicago Metropolitan Area and all over the country. Our work is in some of the most prestigious addresses in Chicago including: The Waldorf Astoria, Trump Tower, Water Tower Place,  Four Seasons, The Ritz-Carlton, John Hancock Building, 600 N. Fairbanks, and 900 N. Michigan, among others. We’ve even done work in second homes for existing clients beyond that in Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts (including Martha’s Vineyard), and Wisconsin. We’re thrilled our clients trust us so much that they don’t want anyone else working on any of their properties anywhere.

Having a Smart Home allows you to integrate & control many systems in your home with very simple “single app” control from anywhere, rather than having a multitude of apps and systems that don’t communicate or interconnect at all. MediaTech can turn your home into a mindful environment always in tune with your life. Under your effortless command. We can integrate hundreds of media, lighting, communications, and environmental processes and systems into one harmonious structure you can control with a touch of a button.

If you think about it, you would never buy a new vehicle without Bluetooth capability or automated climate controls anymore. And we’ve moved way beyond printed maps and basic metal bumpers in cars, right? Now our cars have mobile digital navigation, proximity sensors, streaming music, hands free mobile, backup cameras, and internet access. They can even parallel-park without our input. Cars without features like these would be obsolete before leaving the lot. Having a home without some smart home technology will soon be unacceptable to most homeowners.  And proper planning will allow for future expansion with minimal invasion. Ask us how.

Consider your lifestyle. Ask yourself what automated solutions would make your life easier and more pleasant. Do you want to get rid of the stack of remotes for all your audio-visual equipment? Do you want the ability to listen to your music collection virtually anywhere in your house? Do you want all of the lights in your house to go off when you leave? Do you want to be able to check on your home from anywhere in the world to make sure it’s secure?

Whether wired or wireless, you can automate practically any electronic device in and around your home. You can automate your swimming pool or spa, inside and outside lights, electronic gates, sprinkler system, garage doors, music, movies, television, heating and cooling, security system, door locks, security cameras, and on and on. The possibilities are virtually endless.

While MediaTech home automation solutions are simple enough for everyone in your house to use, your system will be a complex design, linking multiple devices in your home to make it possible for them to communicate over a network. Naturally, this is the kind of work that requires a professional with the tools, training and experience to understand how to get everything working together. MediaTech is equipped to work closely with you, from designing and installing your system to teaching everyone in the house how to use it. MediaTech will also provide ongoing support and upgrades after the system is up and running.

While MediaTech automation can be installed in any dwelling, the strength of your network and wiring is extremely important. The type of wiring recommended for a home automation system is called “structured wiring”—a wiring foundation that provides an effective communications infrastructure for home networking and telecommunications.

With new construction, plans can be made in advance so you can figure out where you want all of your Ethernet connections to be, and you may want to run additional cabling throughout your home for future expansion. With an existing home, the installer will want to minimize the number of holes that will need to be cut in the walls.

But that doesn’t mean you’re severely limited if you have an existing home. There are many ways to wire an existing home, and because many MediaTech devices are wireless, you’re not restricted by wires running in your walls. Your dealer can help you come up with the best solutions, depending on your situation. At the very least, you will need one or more Ethernet cables and an Internet connection. 

Smart Home equipment is not created equal! There can be a huge difference in the reliability between “off-the-shelf” systems and the ones we provide. And managing all those apps that don’t communicate with each other can be a pain. Since Smart Homes rely on the quality of the infrastructure to give service you can count on, it’s important to know what hardware and wiring is going into your home before it’s installed and connected. Call us to learn more about the time-tested hardware and systems we use and why we work so hard to make sure your system will work well before we even install it in your home.