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Home Entertainment magazine's Dennis Burger recently reviewed Russound's Collage Powerline Media and Intercom system. Dennis recognized the system's expandability, easy installation, and simple use and said, "With the economy being what it is, it’s safe to assume that retrofit multi-room audio solutions are going to be a hot item in our industry for the foreseeable future. It’s also safe to

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Dear Russound, I wanted to pass along that we installed a Collage system this past week for a client in RI (Rhode Island) and so far he is loving it. Says it works well and he has no complaints. It also saved him a bunch of money on adding music thru the home as the walls are finished and there would have been no way to do so without a lot of ripping and tearing apart of the house. He started

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Dan Ciupe, owner of Residential Networks, a Chicago, Il based home technology design and installation company, saw the potential of Russound’s Collage Powerline Media and Intercom system, and ran with it. While working with a developer on Moderna Chicago, a project of 18 high-end, three bedroom, two bath condominiums in West Chicago, Dan saw the opportunity to add a new premium feature to the

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Residential Systems magazine published an initial review of a Russound Collage Powerline Media and Intercom system installation on their website. A view from the eyes (and hands) of John Sciacca shows that "Without question, Collage is a far easier path to retrofitting audio into a home, and a crew banging out a 10-room install in a single day is no stretch.".Check out the rest of John's take:

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In the May 2010 issue of Home Theater magazine, reviewer Darryl Wilkinson rated Russound's Collage Powerline Media and INtercom system a "Top Pick." "In my opinion, Russound not only got the system right, it got it about as right as right can be," wrote Wilkinson, stating that not only was system surprisingly easy to install, that it was also as equally easy to set up. In terms of ratings,

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The editors of Custom Retailer magazine voted the Russound Collage Powerline Media and Intercom System one of the top 15 Best Products in their 2009 E-Gear annual product review.To view the January/February 2010 issue of Custom Retailer, please visit http://www.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=29195&p=1

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Russound product manager Walt Zerbe, delivered two presentations displaying the ease and simplicity of the retrofit installation of a Collage system at the Electronic House Expo 2010 in Orlando, Florida this week. The theme of this year’s show was “New Opportunities for the Custom Electronics Industry”, and the Collage Powerline Media and Intercom system couldn’t have been a more perfect

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Daylight savings time is coming up for those of us who observe it, the change is to occur on Sunday March 14th. Collage will incorporate an automatic daylight savings feature in a future firmware release. Until then the time must be changed through one of the system keypads. Please see the FAQ called "Does my Collage keypad automatically adjust for Daylight Savings Time?" on the Collage FAQ

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Bob Archer, Senior Editor of CE Pro Magazine, recently posted an initial review of Russound's Collage Powerline Media and Intercom System. Hands On: Does Russound Collage Live Up to Hype?Check out their website at www.cepro.com for the forthcoming full review of the Collage System.

Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567716595390147922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013640490678711974.post-62975638983570971012010-01-26T14:59:00.002-05:002010-01-26T20:25:47.988-05:00

The latest version of the Collage Media Manager Firmware (vers. 1.00.04) has been made available today.Within the next day Collage Powerline Media and Intercom System users will notice that “Firmware Update” has become the top selection on the menu located on the Home screen. Simply select “Firmware Update” and follow the instructions and your Collage system will initiate the update process.

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Russound is pleased to annonce that the Collage Powerline Media and Intercom system began shipping on Thursday January 7th.Russound CEO Charlie Porritt reviews Collage hardware and packaging for product sign-off with Project Manager Beth Rogers and President Maureen K. Baldwin.Russound President Maureen K. Baldwin navigates available music sources using a College Keypad.

Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567716595390147922noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013640490678711974.post-88617131391449013572009-11-10T09:07:00.023-05:002009-11-12T13:48:38.172-05:00

Before a Collage system is installed, test pigtails are connected to system keypads. These allow the keypads to be "plugged in" to electrical fixtures in the home in order to test the strength of the Powerline Carrier network in each room the Collage system is to be installed in.Here a Collage system keypad is shown, having been "bound" to the system's Media Manager. This procedure establishes

Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567716595390147922noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013640490678711974.post-21361154888103206852009-11-02T15:50:00.007-05:002009-11-04T09:40:57.554-05:00

After much hype and press, Russound is happy to announce that the first round of production Collage hardware has arrived. We received Collage Amplified Keypads and Media Managers, and have begun pre-shipping testing. Units are unpacked, visually inspected, and prepared for testing by Russound staff. Here a Russound technician powers up a Collage Amplified Keypad to test the output of the

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