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Hello, welcome to the Wire Guy Web site. My name is James Miller and I have a unique blend of audio & video skills, that combined with my 10 years in the low voltage industry makes
me the perfect installer for your wiring job
My Specialty
The Wire Guy specializes in all facets of low voltage wiring including the design, installation and final trimout of audio, video, networking and surveillance. I have personally planned over 100 custom homes in the bay area and terminated several hundred
over my 10 years of low voltage and automation experience.
WIREGUY PROJECT BLOG
The Rest of Summer 2011I have been extremely busy mostly wiring custom homes in the Los Altos & Saratoga area. It seams surveillance is very popular and home theater as well now that prices are withing everyones reach. June 4thGetting Ready for many Graduation cerimonies at my son & daughters schoolJune 3rd Retofitting a 5.1 system and 8 zones of CAT6 and RG6 in a house in the Los Altos HillsApril - June (Really Busy)April 11th - 16th wiring a giant 3 story house in Portola Valley with more wire than Ive ever wired in my life for Sight & Sounds.April 2nd -8th Transformed an 80s looking playroom into a 21st century home theater. paint, can lighting, wall sconces new AV funature and a great Polk Audio & Denon system and a Samsung 65"Man its been a busy spring!January 10thProject managing a low voltage team in a new construction home in Los AltosJanuary 7thMet a builder & electrician in Pacific Grove to plan the wiring a large custome built 3 story sea-side home. January 6thRetrofitted a living room into a home theater installing a 5.1 surround system and hung a 55" LCDJanuary 5thTerminated another custom theater and set up a structured wire panel in Los AltosJanuary 4thTrimmed out and terminated a home theater and 8 structured wire drops with CAT6January 3Rd Repair and replaced some damaged speaker wire in a home theater in Palo AltoHAPPY NEW YEARDECEMBER 26thStarting the pre-wire of a two story home in Saratoga.Happy HolidaysBeen to busy to update.DECEMBER 8thFinish triming out a two story retrofit in Sunnyvale.DECEMBER 7thCompleted terminating the Belmont house using wallmount rack and 24 port switch.DECEMBER 6th Fished voice, video & data wires from under a Belmont house into conduit left ny the contractor.DECEMBER 2 - 4too busy to update my websiteDECEMBER 1stRunning a single network drop at an advertizing agency in San Jose.NOVEMBER 30thDid a panel clean-up and Trimmed out a vacatioin home in Pacific Grove, MontereyVACATIONNOVEMBER 22ndFinish final trimout in the Saratoga retrofit job.NOVEMBER 20thRan structured wire through a partial remodeled home in Sunnyvale.NOVEMBER 19thRetrofitting a house in Saratoga with CAT6 structured wire.NOVEMBER 18thInstalling a DVR & aiming cameras in a resturaunt in San Jose.NOVEMBER 17thHooking up a 5.1 blue ray system in-a-box in San JoseNOVEMBER 16thInstalled an in ceiling 5.1 speaker system in Palo Alto & 2 zones of distributed audio.NOVEMBEFR 15thDid a 3 zone audio pre-wire and a home theater in a new home construction project in Fremont.NOVEMBER 8thStarting the trimout of a gnarly 18 zone structured wire panel with an additional 24 CATs. NOVEMBER 5thHelp get audio from an amp on the 2nd floor to a whole house system in the basement using CAT5E.NOVEMBER 4thInstalling a 4 channel DVR and aiming cameras at a resturaunt in San Jose. NOVEMBER 3RDRan 5 new phone lines in a Santa Clara machine shop (man that was dusty!) Touch up and test at an Apple employees brand new home in SunnyvaleNOVEMBER 2ndInstalling a new telco demarcation box and troubleshooting in Redwood City - Final touch-ups at the spec home in Los Gatos for Tom Rouse Homes INC.NOVEMBER 1stTrimmed out structured wire wallplates in a spec home in Palo Alto for California Green BuildersOCTOBER 28thPurchase more supplies from vendors and start a 12 zone structured wire trimmout in my hometown of Sunnyvale.OCTOBER 27thFinished wiring up 3 zones of audio and 6 intercom stations at the custom home in Los Gatos.OCTOBER 26thStarting the 2 day pre-wire of a custom spec home for a builder in Los Gatos.OCTOBER 25th (morning)Hanging a 52" LCD & integrating an AV receiver, speaker and Direct TV in SaratogaOCTOBER 21stDId a walkthrough at a church in San Jose. They need a new soundboard and some sound upgrading.OCTOBER 152 Customer walkthroughs and purchasing trimout materials for next weeks jobs.OCTOBER 14Finished installing U-Verse and Set up Channel Vision DVR in CupertinoOCTOBER 133 customer walwalkthroughs and a pre-sheetrock inspection. Testing and verification at Mr Sungs OCTOBER 12Structured wire panel trimout and DVR installation. Had U-Verse issues but figured it out.OCTOBER 11thProgrammed a Harmony learning remote controlled and helped get a Wi-Fi blue-ray player on-line in Santa CruzOCTOBER 9thWired a new house with 8 zones of CAT6 structured wire,2 5.1 home theaters and 2 zones of distributed audioOCTOBER 8Helped a fellow builder trim out a structured wire panel & wallplates in Santa Clara.OCTOBERr 7thcleaned up the IFLY server room. Rewired and mounted 7 PCs and a video system.OCTOBER 6thFinished setting up the two outside 55" LCD TV at the Mmoon Resturaunt in San jose OCTOBER 5thInstalled a small amplifier and in-cieling speakers in a conference room in Santa ClaraOCTOBERr 4thIFLY Pre-clean-up inventory and labelingOCTOBER 3rdInstallation and programing of Channel vision DVR and San Jose Airport resturaunt. Tres GringosOCTOBER 2ndInstalled 8 new drops of RG6 and hooked up a video distribution system at the San Jose Fire Dept training facility.
ABOUT Customer Reviews
Why the Wire Guy
"James is an excellent installer. He was open and honest with us regarding the amount of time our wire project would take and did a fantastic job. Providing us with a detailed diagram of our panel was the icing on the cake. I would recommend his services to any of my friends."
- Mike Hayden
"James & his nephew Doug worked very diligently to retrofit our home with eight zones of distributed audio with volume control points in each room. We are delighted with the results!"
- Adam & Laurel
"James has consistently provided my customers with a wealth of pre-wire planning and assistance and has worked on many of my high profile clients homes. This guy is a low voltage wizard, I�m glad to have him on my team!"
- Manuel Cortinas - RPM Electric Inc.
J ames Miller has personally planned the low voltage designs in over a thousand custom homes in the bay area, from log cabins to 10,000 square foot mansions. I have trimmed out several hundred structured wire panels and am the best in the industry when it comes to panel design and layout. All structured wire panels come with a custom made graphic overlay of the room names to quickly find out what services flow to which room.
My 10 years as a low voltage sales consultant at HomeTech Solutions has given me the knowledge & understanding of all residential technologies that go way beyond just voice, video & data. A solid understanding of today’s high tech AV gear, flatscreen displays and the many ways to distribute digital music & video is key to providing the wire backbone of today’s custom homes in the Silicon Valley.
The homes wired by the WireGuy use all open standards and are not engineered to a spec requiring proprietary high priced distribution techniques. The home owner will be able to easily integrate any technologies in the future with ease.
I take no shortcuts on low priced web stuff when it comes to parts either. The WireGuy uses a hybrid of Open House, Channel Vision & Leviton, picking only the best of each line to come up with a great looking structured wire panel & quality trimout thought the house.
Don’t worry about what technology you may or may not put in your house, or try and second guess now what your audio & video needs will be in the future, with a well wired house, those are all decicians you can make later as long as the wire is behind the walls.
Don’t rope the electrician into doing it, don’t rely on the alarm guy to wire it, don’t guess yourself. Let the WireGuy be your personal technology consultant and design, wire or trimout your dream home today.
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PROJECTS Commercial Experience Too !
- Commercial Experience
- Data Jacks and Networking
- Pre-Sheetrock advise
- Audio Video Hook-Ups
- Home Theater Solutions
- Heat Managment
- Testing Verification
- Survielance
- Whole House Audio
- Flatscreen Mounting
- Hi-Def Anttena Installation
- Panel Clean-Ups
The Bay Area Wire Guy specializes in all phases of structured wire which includes voice, video, data & audio distribution. From planning & design to installation and final trim out of the wire panel and wall plates.
Other services include:
Click on the buttons to the right for more information about each service offered.
Commercial Experience Although my years in A/V and low voltage have come from working in the residential world, I have also wired many resturaunts, hotels & conference rooms and have gained allot of experience in the commercial field as well.
Data Jacks and Networking 
DATA JACKS
Need a simple link between your TiVo and your router? Tired of Wireless not working good? Need your server linked to your rooms?
From a simple CAT5E/CAT6 run to networking the whole house, it can easily be done with the right planning. Whether new construction or retrofit, the wireguy has preformed careful home surgery to get the job done.
Pre-Sheetrock advise 
PRE-SHEETROCK ADVICE
Although many electricians are versed at structured wiring, many are not. Electricians tend to get "roped" in to wiring for their hi-tech customers simply because they deal with wire.
It might be a good idea to get pre-sheetrock advice from a low voltage professional before the rock goes up on your dream house. I can identify problems based on too little wire or tell you if you’re on wire overkill. Make additional recommendations based of future technologies, or just tell you that you need a bigger wire panel to hold routers, switched and other electronics.
Audio Video Hook-Ups 
AUDIO/VIDEO HOOK-UPS
Having issues integrating the latest technologies into your life? You'd think technology would be easier these days but that’s not always the case. From programming learning remote controls or controlling the cable box in the closet, I can help. Today’s AV & HDMI switching receivers don't come out of the box working perfect. Many need renaming of inputs & re-assigning digital inputs to get the correct sound and video. I'm here to help..
Home Theater Solutions 
HOME THEATER SOLUTIONS
10 years in sales in the audio, video & home theater department at the Good Guys gave me the experience in planning, design & implementation of today’s home theater systems. I can work from any budget whether it’s a home theater-in-a-box to a full fledge theater with custom seating and sound treatment & lighting control. Every home should have an entertainment room to get that theater experience. Some of the best looking & sounding theaters I've seen in the passed few years have been under a few thousand dollars including TV, AV receiver and speakers. I love home theater.
Heat Managment 
HEAT MANAGMENT
Many people are distributing audio and video from a single distribution point in the house. This is great however allot of people end up stacking all of their electronics in one place. Possibly a closet or a cabinet that has poor ventilation.
This can be a problem down the line as many electronics have an operating temp limit of 104c. Today’s servers and DVRs produce allot of heat and it’s important to keep these components cool for optimal performance and maximum life. Whether you just need a few ventilation holes cut into your cabinet or have a thermostatically controlled fan, the Bay Area Wire Guy can help.
Testing Verification 
TESTING & VERIFICATION
Phone jacks stop working? Can’t locate a wire? Did you inherit the mess from the previous home owner? Let the Wire Guy use sophisticated techniques and his talents to track down the problem and offer a fix. Sometimes a wire splice, sometimes replacing a cable is the answer.
Survielance 
SURVIELANCE
Need a little security in your life?
Crazy neighbor move in across the street? Keep would be thieves in check with a simple security camera system. Good quality DVR's are as low as $399 and affordable cameras come in all shapes and sizes. Accessing these cameras on today’s PC's smart phones is a snap. Forget QC & Costco brands, their noisy and very low quality. Stick with name brands for a quality video surveillance system that’s easy to use and record.
Whole House Audio 
WHOLE HOUSE AUDIO
Distributed Audio has become a popular technology to implement thanks to today’s media servers. Smaller digital amplifiers also make adding speakers to any room without running speaker wire all over the house. If you have a large digital collection of MP3's, why keep em" contained on one PC. Share your music easily using an AV receiver’s zone 2 & 3 function or install a more robust dedicated multi-room system with digital keypads. With a 10 year audio background and 10 years in the low voltage industry as well as being a musician myself, I enjoy making distributed audio happen on any budget.
Flatscreen Mounting 
FLATSCREEN MOUNTING
Just bought a new flastcreen? looking for mounting over a fireplace? or in the living room? The Bay Area Wire Guy can easily help out. With basic mounting starting at $90 bucks. If you need to run HDMI or component cables to a nearby closet, no problem. We can also offer IR (Infrared) or RF technology to control the equipment from anywhere in the house.
Hi-Def Anttena Installation 
HI-DEF ANTTENA INSTALLS
Did you know that you can receive free hi-definition signals for free. Today’s TVS have tuners that receive these UHF signals and offer a stunning uncompressed picture.
Panel Clean-Ups 
WIRE PANEL CLEAN-UPS
Did the wrong guy wire your panel? Frustrated with your design?
This is my specialty. I see every panel as a challenge. It’s like hi-tech artwork for me and I’m proud of every panel I do. It’s kind of like tie dye, every panel is different in some way. Remember all your cable modems, switches & routers are supposed to live inside the panel so even if you need a bigger panel, retrofitting a new one in is easy. I use a hybrid of different manufactures to come up with a quality looking panel that’s easy to use & understand. Even if your electrician wired your house, you may want a professional to make your head end come together nicely. Electricians have run from the amounts of cable I've fit into a single panel.
