DNG specializes in our cabling techniques and professional approach to giving the customer the most advanced backbone and infrastructure available in today's commercial and residential applications. DNG has many solutions to all of your wiring and low voltage needs. DNG does it all from copper (cat3, cat5, cat5e, cat6, feeders, underground and coaxial), to glass (fiber optics). DNG is also certified in Structured Wiring Solutions by OnQ Technologies.

Description: Cat 5

Category 5. A category of performance for inside wire and cable systems. Cat5 cables can be of various gauges, and are useful in support of applications requiring a carrier frequency of up to 100 MHz. Cat5 is now the most common cabling installed for use in voice and data systems. Although, cat5e is becoming a standard of its own.

Description: Cat5e

Category 5 Enhanced. A developing, non-standard cabling system. Cat5e is intended to be manufactured according to tight specifications in support of signaling rates of up to 200MHz. The pairs have a much tighter twist than cat5 cable. This type of cable is useful in all data applications including Gigabit Ethernet.

Description: Cat 6

Category 6. A developing cabling system standard for SFTP (Shielded Foil Twisted Pair) intended to support signaling rates up to 200MHz. Cat6 consists of 4 twisted pairs separately wrapped in foil insulators and twisted again around one another. Cat6 is used in Gigabit Ethernet and ATM transmissions. Cat7 does exist and supports rates up to 600MHz. That is pretty fast for copper.

Description: Fiber

Fiber Optics. Fiber is made of very pure glass. Digital signals, in the form of modulated light, travel on strands of fiber for long distances. Each strand is about as thin as a human hair. Fiber over copper: The big advantage that fiber has over copper is that it can carry far more information over much longer distances. Fiber has many, many years of evolution left before we will ever understand how much information it can transmit over long distances.

Structured Wiring
As homes, offices, and our lifestyles incorporate more and more electronics for entertainment and communication, the wiring in most homes will become the weak link. The DNG solution is called "Structured Wiring." It's a network of high-speed cables, for services like telephone, Internet, home theater, satellite and cable TV, that start at a central panel and run to wall outlets in each room in your home.

In the past, most homes were wired for only basic services like electricity, telephone, and cable TV. That's not enough to take advantage of today's new technologies. Structured Wiring by DNG also enables you to add newly developed systems as they become available.

Regardless of size, location or cost of a home, incorporating DNG's structured wiring standards can add value to the home at resale and effectively ensure optimum access to all developing home communication, entertainment, security and control technologies. Conversely, homes not built to these standards will likely be outdated in a few years.

Here are some of the Questions owners and builders have about structured wiring and answers to key elements of a wired system:

What is Bandwidth?

• A wire's capacity for information is called bandwidth.
• More bandwidth = More information passing through the wire.
• Similar to plumbing, a bigger wire (pipe) can carry more bandwidth (water).
• The amount of bandwidth is critical for current and future information services.

What is Bell Wire?

• One pair of copper wires.
• Designed for voice conversations only.
• Subject to noise and interference.
• Used in the majority of homes until recently.
• Relative capacity: A squirt gun.

What is Category 5 (CAT 5)?

• 4 twisted pairs of high quality copper wire enclosed in an outer jacket.
• Used for phone, fax, modem and high-speed digital computer transmissions.
• Supports four phone lines with one cable.
• High immunity to interference.
• Relative capacity: A garden hose.

What is RG6 Quad Shield?

• Coaxial cable with insulated center wire and four layers of shielding.
• Supports hundreds of channels and digital data.
• Used for cable TV, digital satellite, cable modem and high-speed interactive video services.
• High immunity to interference.
• Relative capacity: A fire hose.

What is DSL?

• DSL stands for Digital Subscriber Line service.
• Transmits high-speed data anywhere from 50 to 270 times as fast as today's standard modems (1.5 million to 9 million bits per second).
• Service provided by the telephone company over high-quality copper phone wire.

What is Cable Modem Service?

• Cable modems transmit high-speed data up to 900 times faster than today's analog computer modems (30 million bits per second).
• Since neighborhood users "share" available bandwidth, actual data throughput speed might be slower.
• Provided by the cable company over high-quality coaxial cable.

What is Ethernet?

• Commercial networking standard for transmitting data between computers.
• Computers typically connected via cables to an Ethernet hub.
• Each computer must have an Ethernet network interface card.
• 10BaseT means the computers are connected with twisted pair cable (CAT5) at 10 million bits per second data throughput up to 100BaseT which is 100Mbps.

What is DSS?

• With Digital Satellite Service (DSS), video programs are received by a small (18") satellite dish.
• Signals are decoded at the TV with a set-top receiver.
• Users need a traditional TV antenna for local broadcasts, such as local news.

What is Whole-House Video?

• Any video source can be seen on a specific channel on every TV in the home.
• VCR or DVD programs can be viewed on any TV.
• Baby room camera allows sleeping infants to be watched over from any room.
• Front door camera enables screening for possible intruders.

Now that you know all about Structured Wiring terms, here are some basic components needed:

Three Major Components:

• Central Hub (also called Service Center) - central point accepts incoming services and distributes services throughout the home.
• High Performance Cabling - Category 5 telecommunications cable and RG6 Quad Shield coaxial video cable provide the "highway" for information to travel.
• High Quality Outlets - specifically designed to support advanced information services, outlets are the "off-ramp" to your computers, TVs and telephones.

The "Structured" Wiring System:

Star-wiring - instead of daisy-chaining, all cables are "home-run" to the central hub. High-quality cable connections (also called terminations)ensure high-performance end-to-end system. Cable management - services can easily be redirected as the homeowner's family grows and their needs change. DNG uses, installs, and is certified as an OnQ Systems distributor for all your structured wiring needs.

Commercial Enclosures and Racks:
DNG offers a wide array of data rack systems and enclosures for all types of businesses. We take pride in our work and running cable is only half the battle. Cable would be a highway to nowhere without the correct termination points.



Home Theater:
The OnQ Home Entertainment Upgrade from DNG puts you in control of selecting the types of services you want today and the flexibility to change at a later time. This option even allows you to turn your TV into an integral part of your home security network. For instance, you could add a front door security camera to see who's at the front door from any TV in your home.

• Enhanced video module
• Two-way amplifier for sharp, clear pictures and video distribution
• High-performance cabling for digital satellite and high-definition TV
• Connections for Internet TV, DSS satellite, cable TV, or local antenna
• Front door camera wiring
  

DNG is committed to offering its clients the very highest level of service necessary to satisfy their needs in this unique and very personal area of home electronics. A complete Home Theater system will give your home its ambiance. It will entertain you and your guests and it will bring you into the 21st century by integrating all of your home electronics into one easy to use system. We will simplify digital satellite technology, high definition television, phone systems, intercom systems, surround sound and home security. Our staff of consultants, designers, and installers has a wealth of experience with the references to match. We will provide our services to everyone in the same professional manner. So whether you live in an apartment or a castle we can help you choose a system that is right for you, your family, your home, and your budget.

If you are considering Home Theater system for your present home, a new home currently under construction or you are in the planning stages call us and we will be more than happy to meet with you and your family to help make your dreams come true.