D-Tools System Integrator 5.5™ Wins 2010 Custom Retailer  EXCITE Award
09/02/2010 – 8:02 am | View Comments

CONCORD, CA – SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 — D-Tools, Inc., the worldwide leader in system integration software, today announced that D-Tools System Integrator 5.5 has been named a 2010 Custom Retailer EXCITE Award recipient. Each year …

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Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) News for March 2010
03/31/2010 – 10:01 am | View Comments
Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) News for March 2010

D-Tools MVP manufacturers realize the importance of bringing you their product information and have chosen to support the D-Tools user community by joining the program and making their product data directly available through D-Tools SI …

Connector Tolerances
03/31/2010 – 9:29 am | View Comments
Connector Tolerances

Hello D-Tools followers,
I hope you have been enjoying the series on cable construction 101. Hopefully, you are not using this to help with insomnia and are getting a better take of the complexities, requirements, expectations, …

Potential Third Consecutive EU/UK 3 Day D-Tools Training Event!
03/31/2010 – 9:27 am | View Comments
Potential Third Consecutive EU/UK 3 Day D-Tools Training Event!

Hello all!
The purpose of this post is to ask for feedback to gauge an interest level for a third consecutive EU/UK 3 Day D-Tools training Event to be held outside London. Before …

Certified Partner, MED featured in Residential Systems; ‘Extreme’ Design Article
03/31/2010 – 9:18 am | View Comments
Certified Partner, MED featured in Residential Systems; ‘Extreme’ Design Article

This month’s Residential Systems featured a story called ‘Extreme’ Design and it featured D-Tools Certified Partner, Ryan Brown of MED.  Ryan partnered with Shawn Lemay, President of Sound & Theater of Williamsville, NY for the …

D-Tools subscribers: Free Full Version of BitWise Controls software for the next 30 days!
03/31/2010 – 8:24 am | View Comments
D-Tools subscribers: Free Full Version of BitWise Controls software for the next 30 days!

BitWise Control released their Project Editor Software last week. This is important to D-Tools subscribers because it moves their BC4X1 out of being an IR to IP connectivity device to being an automation controller with …

Surround Speakers- Explained.
03/30/2010 – 11:48 am | View Comments
Surround Speakers- Explained.

Surround Speakers- Explained.
© 2010 Steve Feinstein, Atlantic Technology
The surround speakers in a home theater system play an extremely important role: they convey the three-dimensional sound effects (like the sonar pings in a submarine’s hull, the …

St. Callistus and D-Tools MVP Partner, Tannoy
03/30/2010 – 11:45 am | View Comments
St. Callistus and D-Tools MVP Partner, Tannoy

New Sound for St. Callistus.
St. Callistus Catholic Church had a sound problem.  In fact, they had a large and obnoxious sound problem.   In a perfect storm of dramatic architecture, very live acoustics, and poor system …

Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) News for February 2010
02/24/2010 – 2:28 pm | View Comments
Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) News for February 2010

D-Tools MVP manufacturers realize the importance of bringing you their product information and have chosen to support the D-Tools user community by joining the program and making their product data directly available through D-Tools SI …

Cable Construction 101, Connector Shielding
02/23/2010 – 11:25 am | View Comments
Cable Construction 101, Connector Shielding

Hello D-Tools Newsletter Subscribers and welcome to another edition of HDMI Cable Constriction 101 from Kordz USA !
Last month we went over the five basic methods of contact termination. If you missed this article, you …

Why MDF Is Ideal for Speaker Enclosures and Baffles
02/23/2010 – 10:58 am | View Comments
Why MDF Is Ideal for Speaker Enclosures and Baffles

Why MDF Is Ideal for Speaker Enclosures and Baffles
© 2010 Steve Feinstein, Atlantic Technology
There are a lot of different materials used to make speaker enclosures and baffles. Although most people don’t think about it, the …

Integrating the iPod
02/23/2010 – 10:56 am | View Comments
Integrating the iPod

Integrating the iPod
Buzz Delano
Delano Associates
There are over 220 million iPods out there, just waiting for an electronic systems contractor to spec them into a system and make some money. The iPod economy is huge and …

D-Tools Schedules Additional “Plugged In” Virtual Trainings
02/23/2010 – 10:55 am | View Comments
D-Tools Schedules Additional “Plugged In” Virtual Trainings

D-Tools “Plugged In”  virtual training event was so successful, that two additional “Plugged In”  trainings have been scheduled.  100% of System Integrator 5 users who attended the previous “Plugged In” event in December 2009, thought …