SCOTIA UK PLC

Research has shown that if you create a welcoming, friendly environment in your office, reception or showroom, customers become more relaxed and are therefore, much happier to stay around for longer. A key factor in the creation of a welcoming atmosphere is sound and music. In this existing area Scotia UK works in partnership with Bose, one of the world's leading professional sound system companies. Using an impressive range of award winning Bose technologies, we can create tailor made sound systems for individual room settings. Discreet and effective, Bose systems include amplifiers and room speakers in any number of different configurations. Technology can be stunning in its capabilities - but it's not always the most aesthetic of products. To help integrate the hi-tech with your room environment, Scotia UK offers a full cabinet and furniture design solution. We can create credenzas with hidden plasma screens that rise at the touch of a button.

Perfect for waiting rooms, receptions or showrooms, digital signage helps you to keep customers informed and entertained. With digital signage, you can communicate key messages with real impact on a combination of plasma screens, LCDs and projectors. The system can run any number of images, movies, live TV, web pages and news and can be updated as often as you require. But perhaps the most exciting benefit of digital signage is its sheer ease of use. Effective, impactful imagery can be created using a huge range of standard, colourful templates and these can be adapted to incorporate your own messages without any special training or expertise. Scotia UK would be delighted to provide an interactive demonstration of the system's capabilities so that, at a glance, you can see just how eye catching this system can be. A control system is often specified where a number of audio visual devices are used in one room. This comprises a control processor by either AMX or Crestron. These are the two leading manufacturers of dedicated AV control systems. We are happy to use either and the final decision will often be dictated by the user interface requirements. The processor is connected by serial or infra red interface to the various devices and has the advantage of always recalling the "default" settings when the room is reset. The equipment in the rack may include audio and video switchers or matrices to route the signals, scalars to convert the image from video to say, XGA, and of course a number of video and audio amplifiers. Much of the actual cabling and distribution uses CAT5 cable. It has the advantages of superb quality and a much lower profile than the older conventional coaxial cable. Audience response systems can transform the standard lecture or lesson into a powerful interactive presentation.