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    • scottalanmiller
      scottalanmiller last edited by scottalanmiller

      So my home has some really old intercoms that don't really work any longer. They are from the 1970s and came with the house. It's a neat idea, and I'd love to still have working intercoms, but what is there is just silly and not viable. So thinking about what I could replace these units with. I know that they make modern intercoms that even integrate satellite radio, but that's just silly.

      So looking for some ideas from everyone. Having something that can talk to other rooms is great, being able to play music would be really awesome. I wish that Amazon Echo / Alexa had a solution for this, that would be super cool. If it is music, I'd want Internet radio, not regular radio. And if it could play audio from the home theater in other rooms, that would be nice because then you don't miss movie dialogue while stepping outside or using the rest room or cooking or whatever.

      Who has ideas?

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          • stacksofplates
            stacksofplates last edited by stacksofplates

            Kindle fires with SIP clients. You can do prime music, Pandora, Spotify, or stream from a share.

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              • scottalanmiller
                scottalanmiller @stacksofplates last edited by

                @stacksofplates said in Hi Tech House Idea: Replacing Old Intercoms:

                Kindle fires with SIP clients. You can do prime music, Pandora, Spotify, or stream from a share.

                That's not bad. And quite cheap.

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                • scottalanmiller
                  scottalanmiller last edited by

                  Would need to add little speakers to play music, but that's pretty easily.

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                  • scottalanmiller
                    scottalanmiller last edited by

                    I had been wondering if making something with a Raspberry Pi (or equivalent) would make sense. Then not limited to what the Kindle Fire does, but the Kindle Fire gives you Alexa capabilities. Hmmm....

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                    • prcssupport
                      prcssupport @scottalanmiller last edited by

                      @scottalanmiller said in Hi Tech House Idea: Replacing Old Intercoms:

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                      Off subject... did you get the house based on the kitchen color having ML colors?

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                      • scottalanmiller
                        scottalanmiller @prcssupport last edited by

                        @prcssupport ha, that's funny. Never thought about that. No, the house was painted like that about five years ago, coincidentally by one of the people that picked the ML colours.... now the question is... are these just the same colours that she always picks?

                        Just behind that wall is my home office... which is painted in NTG colours!

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                        • prcssupport
                          prcssupport @stacksofplates last edited by

                          @stacksofplates said in Hi Tech House Idea: Replacing Old Intercoms:

                          Kindle fires with SIP clients. You can do prime music, Pandora, Spotify, or stream from a share.

                          You could also use a Bluetooth speaker system in the room for sound

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                          • prcssupport
                            prcssupport @scottalanmiller last edited by

                            @scottalanmiller said in Hi Tech House Idea: Replacing Old Intercoms:

                            @prcssupport ha, that's funny. Never thought about that. No, the house was painted like that about five years ago, coincidentally by one of the people that picked the ML colours.... now the question is... are these just the same colours that she always picks?

                            Just behind that wall is my home office... which is painted in NTG colours!

                            Sounds about right. I don't choose any paint unless it's my office. Lol even then, I get options to select from she that has already "approved!"

                            Leads me to wonder if I really had a choice. Lol

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                            • scottalanmiller
                              scottalanmiller @prcssupport last edited by

                              @prcssupport said in Hi Tech House Idea: Replacing Old Intercoms:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Hi Tech House Idea: Replacing Old Intercoms:

                              @prcssupport ha, that's funny. Never thought about that. No, the house was painted like that about five years ago, coincidentally by one of the people that picked the ML colours.... now the question is... are these just the same colours that she always picks?

                              Just behind that wall is my home office... which is painted in NTG colours!

                              Sounds about right. I don't choose any paint unless it's my office. Lol even then, I get options to select from she that has already "approved!"

                              Leads me to wonder if I really had a choice. Lol

                              No, no you did not.

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                              • scottalanmiller
                                scottalanmiller @prcssupport last edited by

                                @prcssupport said in Hi Tech House Idea: Replacing Old Intercoms:

                                @stacksofplates said in Hi Tech House Idea: Replacing Old Intercoms:

                                Kindle fires with SIP clients. You can do prime music, Pandora, Spotify, or stream from a share.

                                You could also use a Bluetooth speaker system in the room for sound

                                Could, I really want something wired in, though.

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                                • prcssupport
                                  prcssupport @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Hi Tech House Idea: Replacing Old Intercoms:

                                  @prcssupport said in Hi Tech House Idea: Replacing Old Intercoms:

                                  @stacksofplates said in Hi Tech House Idea: Replacing Old Intercoms:

                                  Kindle fires with SIP clients. You can do prime music, Pandora, Spotify, or stream from a share.

                                  You could also use a Bluetooth speaker system in the room for sound

                                  Could, I really want something wired in, though.

                                  Yea that will help keep the bluesnarfing to a minimum

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                                  • scottalanmiller
                                    scottalanmiller @prcssupport last edited by

                                    @prcssupport said in Hi Tech House Idea: Replacing Old Intercoms:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Hi Tech House Idea: Replacing Old Intercoms:

                                    @prcssupport said in Hi Tech House Idea: Replacing Old Intercoms:

                                    @stacksofplates said in Hi Tech House Idea: Replacing Old Intercoms:

                                    Kindle fires with SIP clients. You can do prime music, Pandora, Spotify, or stream from a share.

                                    You could also use a Bluetooth speaker system in the room for sound

                                    Could, I really want something wired in, though.

                                    Yea that will help keep the bluesnarfing to a minimum

                                    And I want it to be simple and integrated, not something that people have to always set up.

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                                    • stacksofplates
                                      stacksofplates @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Hi Tech House Idea: Replacing Old Intercoms:

                                      Would need to add little speakers to play music, but that's pretty easily.

                                      Ya I found some nice ones on Amazon for prety cheap.

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                                      • stacksofplates
                                        stacksofplates @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                        @scottalanmiller said in Hi Tech House Idea: Replacing Old Intercoms:

                                        I had been wondering if making something with a Raspberry Pi (or equivalent) would make sense. Then not limited to what the Kindle Fire does, but the Kindle Fire gives you Alexa capabilities. Hmmm....

                                        That could get expensive. If you want screens, Pi screens are kind of pricey.

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                                        • BRRABill
                                          BRRABill last edited by

                                          I love those intercoms. I mean, did people have weak voices in the 1970s?

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                                          • DustinB3403
                                            DustinB3403 last edited by DustinB3403

                                            I'd go with a pine64 or rasp pi. Add in PoE and a speaker with a display and you're in good shape.

                                            Trouble is it doesn't appear any of those intercoms are the same size or shape.

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