Intercom Department :

Intercom systems provide simple communications from room to room and can also include capability for music. This feature can also be upgraded to video. 
Intercom Systems can be used to: 

• Answer your front door from anywhere in the house 
• Talk to all members of your household with the press of a button.
• Talk and listen with out pressing buttons each time.
• Monitor a sleeping baby from any room in the house .
• Listen to music in any location in the house. (even in the bathroom)

Video capability can be added to allow you to verify who is at the front door or to observe a particular area. Wired and wireless systems are available. It may be wise to set out by asking yourself the following questions for your home intercom plans:

• Do I want door intercom?
• Do I want entry video monitoring?
• Do I want room-to-room intercom?
• Do I want whole house broadcast intercom (paging) or handset intercom? Or both?
• Do I want a whole house audio system?

There are several considerations in a communications systems including:

• The type of communications you will need – Voice, data and /or video.
• Do You want a DSL phone line, two analog phone lines or both DSL and analog lines?
• Do You want cable internet or dial-up internet?
• The number of users that will access a communications method at the same time.
• The current and future locations where you will need to connect a device.
• The number of incoming phone lines you will need.
• The types of features you will need.