Commercial AV & Automation
Commercial Audio Visual Systems in Plano, TX
Zoned audio, digital signage, and video walls for restaurants, retail, and offices.
Even coverage, separate zones
Dining, bar, patio, and lobby each get their own volume and source. We measure the room so coverage is even and conversation stays possible.
Signage your staff can update
Menus, promotions, and wayfinding live in a browser-based content manager. A manager can change the lunch special from a phone without a service call.
Simple for any manager
Open and close scenes, locked volume limits, and a wall panel or phone app. Training happens at handover, not in a binder.
Before the proposal
What decides your project
The four inputs that size the work, then what a proposal includes and what you supply.
Which spaces need independent volume?
Dining room, bar, patio, lobby, open office, waiting area, and worship hall each become a separate zone with its own limits and schedule.
Can staff run signage?
Yes. A browser-based content manager pushes menus, promotions, and wayfinding; managers update content from a phone or browser.
Does it integrate with our network?
Yes. AV lands on your network or a dedicated switch with VLANs separating guest Wi-Fi and point-of-sale traffic.
What if a display fails?
We program a restart path and, where design calls for it, backup playback. The Plano team diagnoses many faults remotely.
Scope ledger
Confirmed in writing before equipment is ordered.
- Included in the proposal
- On-site walk, zone map, and line-item proposal
- Speaker, display, paging, and signage installation
- Browser content manager setup and staff training at handover
- After-hours installation and remote diagnosis where supported
You or facilities provide
- Space list, operating hours, and network constraints
- Signage content and brand assets
- Existing processor health review for Crestron or AMX
Local team
Digitalholics LLC
8105 Rasor Boulevard, Suite 211, Plano, TX 75024
Service areas
- Frisco,
- Plano,
- McKinney,
- Allen,
- Prosper,
- Dallas,
- Southlake,
- Westlake,
- Flower Mound
Commercial AV & Automation
The first drawing we produce is a zone map: dining, bar, patio, lobby, kitchen. Each zone gets its own volume, source, and schedule, because a single speaker circuit cannot serve all of them. Get that map wrong and Friday night either shouts over conversation or the patio goes silent.
We design from that map. Ceiling speakers and a labeled amplifier stack cover each zone. Digital signage and video walls sit on a content manager, the browser tool that updates every screen, including outdoor displays rated for Texas weather. When a dining room or lobby needs it, Lutron lighting and motorized shades sit on the same control system. We are a Lutron Gold Dealer and a Control4 Certified Dealer.
Managers run open and close scenes from a phone or wall panel, with volume limits that stay put. Our designers hold THX professional certification. We calibrate to the same reference targets used in commercial cinemas, then train your staff before we leave. The Plano team stays on the system after handover.
How we approach the work
The first drawing is a zone map.
The Craft
Every zone gets its own volume cap
A dining room and a bar fail differently — one too loud to talk over, the other dead by nine. The zone map sets levels, schedules, and caps per area before installation, so managers set scenes instead of fighting knobs.
Industries
Spaces we design for
A dining room, an open office, a waiting room, and a worship hall fail in four different ways. We design for the failure you are trying to avoid.
Corporate offices
Open offices need sound masking, a low background hush that covers nearby conversations, plus paging that can stay on one floor. Lobbies get a video wall or portrait displays that marketing updates from a browser. Those screens share the building control system, so a visitor does not meet a black panel in reception.
Restaurants and retail
Kitchens are loud. Dining rooms need conversation. Patios fight Texas wind and heat. We wire those as separate zones with their own volume caps and schedules. Menu boards and promotional screens sit on the same content manager, including weather-rated outdoor displays when the storefront or patio needs one.
Medical and dental
Waiting rooms and corridors need paging and wayfinding without a consumer speaker on a reception shelf. We use even, quiet coverage and screens that a front-desk manager can update from a browser. Sound masking at open desks keeps the next conversation from carrying across the check-in counter.
Houses of worship
Speech has to land in the back pew and the overflow room. We design distributed speakers and assistive listening, personal receivers required in many assembly spaces under the ADA, so spoken word stays clear at a comfortable level. House lighting and lyric screens sit on the same panel the volunteer desk can run.
Packages
Scope by building
Scope by building: one room, one control system, or a campus with backup playback.
Essential Business AV
For an existing dining room, lobby, or a few meeting spaces that need even sound and screens staff can run.
- Multi-zone audio with per-zone volume
- 4K displays for presentations and signage
- Wireless presentation in one meeting space
- Phone or wall-panel control
- Browser-based content manager for the screens
- Training and a written system map at handover
Premium Corporate Experience
Whole-building audio and a signage network with one control system.
- Building-wide audio with centralized management
- Digital signage network across lobby and corridors
- Sound masking (low background hush) for open offices
- Lutron lighting and shade integration where specified
- Zoom Rooms or Teams Rooms in the primary boardroom
- Priority support from the Plano team
Ultimate Corporate Technology Center
Campus-scale AV with acoustic design, backup playback, and a dedicated project manager.
- Campus AV infrastructure documented end to end
- Custom acoustic design and treatment
- Video walls and collaboration spaces
- Redundant playback for lobby and all-hands rooms
- Dedicated project manager through commissioning
- Scheduled updates and on-site optimization
Our Process
After-hours installs, zone maps first
Zone map first, after-hours install second — the schedule bends around your service hours, not ours.
Complimentary phone consultation
We start on a call: how many zones you need, how many displays, whether we are wiring a finished restaurant or an empty shell, and which nights work can happen. No charge, no obligation. If it is a fit, we book the walk.
On-site walk
We walk the facility during service hours and map dining, bar, lobby, patio, and back of house as separate zones. We also note who owns signage content and which nights we can work after close. You leave with a written scope.
Zone map and proposal
Our designers hold THX professional certification and Home Acoustics Alliance training. We specify speakers, displays, and a content manager (the software that updates every screen from a browser) against measured acoustics and Texas daylight. The proposal lists equipment, zones, and cable paths.
After-hours install
Our own technicians hang displays, pull speaker and control cable, and land a labeled rack. Work runs after hours or on weekends so lunch service keeps moving. We coordinate with your contractor, electrician, and fire-alarm vendor when those systems share a ceiling.
Measure and hand over
We measure coverage in each zone, set volume limits, and program open and close scenes on a phone or wall panel. Managers practice updating signage and paging one zone before we leave, so a busy night cannot blast the dining room.
Local support
The Plano team handles updates, content-manager questions, and on-site repair across the DFW metroplex. You reach the people who built the rack at (469) 666-0747, Mon–Fri 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM · Sat 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
Authorized Dealer
Brands we install & support
Displays, loudspeakers, and lighting control from the manufacturers this page names.
Common Questions
Questions about commercial av & automation
01How much does a commercial AV system cost?
Cost depends on how many zones you need, how many displays, and whether we are wiring a finished restaurant or an empty shell. After a complimentary phone consultation we write a line-item proposal for equipment, cable, programming, and training. There is no published price list. Call (469) 666-0747 to schedule that call.
02Do we need dedicated IT staff to run the system?
No dedicated AV engineer is required. Managers update signage from a browser and run volume and scenes from a phone or wall panel. We train your team at handover and can watch the system remotely. If you already have IT, we document the network ports and VLANs (isolated network segments) we use so they stay in the loop.
03How long does commercial AV installation take?
A single dining room or lobby signage job is often done across a few after-hours nights. A whole-building audio and signage project takes several weeks because cable, mounts, and programming have to happen around your hours. The schedule is in the proposal. We work evenings or weekends so lunch service and meetings keep running.
04Can we update signage content ourselves?
Yes. Every signage design includes a content manager, the browser tool that pushes menus, promotions, and wayfinding to every screen. Your staff can change a lunch special from a phone and schedule weekend art in advance. Multi-location businesses can update every store from one login.
05Can you integrate with our existing network and business systems?
Yes. We land AV on your existing network or a dedicated switch, using VLANs (isolated network segments) so guest Wi-Fi and point-of-sale stay separate. Signage, paging, and control can also talk to the lighting, shade, and conference systems we install. We keep a working phone system in place while the speakers go live.
06What if a display or zone fails during a busy period?
A dead lobby wall or a silent dining room is a public failure. We program a simple restart path and, where the design calls for it, a backup source. The Plano team can diagnose many faults remotely. For on-site repair you call (469) 666-0747 and reach the crew that built the rack.
07Can this work with our existing Crestron, Control4, or AMX system?
Yes. We are a Control4 Certified Dealer and we also program Savant and Lutron. If you already have Crestron or AMX, we keep that processor when it is healthy and add the audio and signage as rooms on it. If the old program is a tangle, we say so in the proposal and quote a clean control layer.
Zones doing their jobs at service hours — lobbies presenting, bars staying conversational, dining rooms reading as architecture.
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Lobby walls run presentation and signage off one system.
Bars keep their own zone and their own volume cap.
Private dining reads as architecture, not install.
Daylight is a design input, not an obstacle.
Loft plans zone dining away from the kitchen clatter.
Coffered ceilings hide coverage, not capability.
Tall volumes carry sound top to bottom.
Open kitchens hold their own background level.
Scene lighting and speaker coverage share the same ceiling.
Weather-rated displays stay out when the weather turns.
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Complimentary Consultation
Start with a complimentary consultation
It starts with a phone call — what the space is, how you use it, and what you want it to do. If it is a fit we book the walkthrough, then send a written, line-item proposal. You approve the scope before anyone books a crew.
- A complimentary phone consultation. No obligation.
- A written plan before anyone talks price.
- We aim to respond within one business day.
No charge, no obligation · We aim to respond within one business day