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We have an existing 20-year-old home. I am looking for a design service to provide a design of all the wiring needed, electrical connections, equipment, etc. I also need support to answer any questions my installers may have. Thanks in advance

Thanks. Looks like manual volume controls is not the preferred way for C4. You bring up an interesting questions about zoning: 1. If I have an open floor plan with a sunroom, kitchen and family room Would I put them all in 1 zone? Otherwise, I feel music from one would bleed into the other. 2. I have 4 bedrooms, study, living, dining, basement, 1 for sunroom, kitchen and family room. That is 9 zones. But let us say, play simultaneously only 4 zones at once. Is there any way to get away with a 4 zone matrix multiplier or would I be forced to get one with 9 zones. Thanks

If I had speakers in a bedroom and adjoining bathroom and they were in 1 zone, but I wanted a volume control in each so that I could down the volume in the bedroom if someone were sleeping while I was showering, can I add volume controls in bedroom and bathroom. I understand these will be manual.

I have over 20 keypads (all through the house) with cat 6 from keypad to central location, that is a lot of wire fishing through the walls. Just thought I would check again, 1. is no way to use the cat 6 from keypad to central location? 2. Is it connecting to the controller, amplifier or matrix switch? 3. If I start with only whole house audio, it needs no keypads to control the audio. Correct? Thanks for being so helpful. @Control4Savant- Thanks for the detailed response. I plan to use polk 80i or Klipsch, both of which are 200W. 2 per room and upto 9 rooms. Kepad distance is about 40 feet. My take away here is: 1. Run 16/4 wire from keypad to central location (don't use unstranded 24 AWG Cat 6 wire from keypad to central location) 2. Joining the 16/4 (keypad to central location) and 14/4 (speaker to keypad) is OK for distributed audio Am I correct in reading your response?

Still learning about the C4 system to find a cost effective solution to decide if I want to invest in C4. This question is all about lighting controls. I currently have legacy switches in the house. Lots of them. Most of them are 2 or 3 gang with a couple 4 gang switches. I see C4 has the following: 1. Adaptive Phase Dimmer 2. Forward Phase Dimmer 3. 0 - 10 V Dimmer 4. Wireless Switch 5. Dual Load Switch 5. Essential Forward Phase Dimmer 6. Essential Forward Phase Switch For a 1 gang switch/dimmer, which is the most economical option of the above? For a multi-gang, switch/dimmer, which is the most economical option of the above or can I use a keypad to directly hookup and replace a multi-gang switch? Thanks

You guys are so knowledgeable. Thank you. What are the potential downsides to connecting CAT6 to 14/4 or 16/4? Audio quality issues? breakage? If I pulled 16/4 wire from keypad to central location, I would have to join it to the 14/4 from keypad to speaker. Any issues there? Or should I just home run audio wire from speaker to central location.

I have over 20 keypads (all through the house) with cat 6 from keypad to central location, that is a lot of wire fishing through the walls. Just thought I would check again, 1. is no way to use the cat 6 from keypad to central location? 2. Is it connecting to the controller, amplifier or matrix switch? 3. If I start with only whole house audio, it needs no keypads to control the audio. Correct? Thanks for being so helpful.

Thanks. So, if I understand this right. I need 1. One 14/4 wire from keypad to ceiling which will be used to wire 2 speakers in ceiling (assuming it is not bi-wired) 2. One 16/4 wire from keypad to central location. 3. At the keypad, I would splice the 14/4 with the 16/4 and close the keypad location. Am I right?

There are no controls. Looks like I have one 14/4 audio wire going from wall to ceiling and 2 cat6 from wall to central location. Ideally, what do I need since will have someone pull wire if needed? Thanks

Guys I have in-ceiling speakers with 14/4 wire that comes to a volume control on a wall in the room. The Volume control has 2 cat 6 going to a central location. If I were going to do control and wanted to use the existing wiring, how would this work? Thanks in advance for your help