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Home Wireless Intercom System

September 17th, 2009

When we bought our home in Indiana (built in 1979) we found a NuTone intercom with radio throughout the house.  The master unit was in the basement and included an AM and FM radio.  There was even a remote station on what had been turned into a three season room, but had been the back porch.  The entire system had been hardwired and a few of the remote stations had a bit of static when trying to talk to anyone.  To talk to anyone you had to hold down the talk button and then release it while waiting for a response.  Needless to say we rarely used it for intercom purposes, but we did use the music feature on occasion although being out in the country meant we never got the best reception on most channels.  The master unit and remote stations all were in a dark brown with a vinyl wood grain insert.  Most of the trim in the house had been stained dark brown so in 1979 it probably looked great.  We found the original invoice for the product from the builder and the system cost over three hundred dollars installed (one master and six remote units).

When we looked into replacing the system we found that most of the master units and remote units from any manufacturer including NuTone were much smaller than the units we already had in our walls.  NuTone has a few different home wireless intercom systems that we could have replaced the wired system with but we would have had to make extensive dry wall patches around all of the old station boxes.  We decided to hold off and we ended up moving before we made any changes.

Knowing what I know about buying a home wireless intercom system, I would recommend the products available to anyone who wishes to have added security, anyone who has a large home and children, and anyone who lives out in the country with few or no neighbors nearby.  You can purchase a full home wireless intercom system from any local contractor or online from Amazon.com and many other sites as well.

One home wireless intercom system I came across is the M&S Music System.  They offer several models with increasing features for prices between four hundred ($400) and two thousand ($2000) dollars.  The top of the line M&S music system allows you to have eight room speakers and three door speakers for your music enjoyment.

Home Wireless Intercom System