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By: Richard Cazzo
Website: http://www.lamps-n-lighting.com
Lutron Electronics, the world's leading manufacturer
of lighting control systems, in collaboration
with Danish audio-visual specialist Bang &
Olufsen, has launched a new range of Bang &
Olufsen keypads designed to integrate with both
Lutron's award-winning HomeWorks residential lighting
control system and B&O's AV equipment.
Lutron's partnership with Bang & Olufsen
demonstrates both companies commitment to providing
consumers with products that are as integrated
as possible to fit perfectly into their lifestyle.
Lutron's new HomeWorks B&O keypads allow
convenient control of HomeWorks lighting and B&O
entertainment systems from a B&O Beo4 remote
control, allowing the lights to be raised and
lowered, preset scenes to be selected and shades
and blinds to be controlled.
John Niebel, Lutron's UK sales director for Residential
Systems, says: "The HomeWorks Bang &
Olufsen keypads offer existing B&O and Lutron
customers a great opportunity to integrate their
equipment with equivalent audio-visual or lighting
control systems. For homeowners looking to add
home entertainment and lighting control systems
to their home, this is the perfect solution -
controlling both systems from one handset makes
operation far more convenient for users."
The new keypads are available in three different
finishes, white, black and satin nickel and complement
the B&O design, incorporating the classic
B&O button colours, red, green, yellow and
blue, with each colour used to select preset lighting
scenes. As an extra individual touch, custom engraving
can be specified for the faceplate adjacent to
the coloured buttons on a four-button keypad for
recalling four favourite lighting scenes, for
example, movies, entertaining, dining and relaxing.
The new keypads are available from March 2004,
from selected Bang & Olufsen stores nationwide,
and from Lutron EA Ltd.
The Lutron HomeWorks B&O keypads join Lutron's
GRAFIK Eye B&O series lighting control system,
a product of a previous collaboration between
the two leading manufacturers. The B&O GRAFIK
Eye system, GBO, also incorporates the four B&O
signature colours for easy operation and control
of the preset lighting scenes, up to 16 of which
can be stored and recalled at the touch of a button*.
As with the new HomeWorks keypads, the GRAFIK
GBO system can also be operated from the B&O
Beo4 remote control.
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