Commercial Audio Visual (AV) company in Austin, Texas
Reliable, easy-to-use AV environments, from conference rooms to large-scale spaces. Clear audio, clean video, intuitive control. We serve Austin, Westlake, Lakeway, Bee Cave, Round Rock, Cedar Park, and the rest of Central Texas.
What we install
- Conference room AV. Meeting rooms with simple, dependable control.
- Enterprise platforms. Scalable deployments on proven hardware and software.
- Long-term supportability. Built for consistency, serviceability, and expansion.
Brands and platforms we design, install and support
We design, install and support these systems for commercial clients across Central Texas. AK Technologies is an authorized dealer for the AV hardware brands listed here.
Enterprise AV platforms
Collaboration & audio
Video & display
Networked AV
AV that still works in year three
Most AV problems are not installation problems. They are supportability problems that arrive later.
Designed to be serviced
Long-term supportability means consistent hardware choices, documented configuration, and room to expand. A room nobody can service becomes a room nobody uses.
One control experience
Meeting rooms fail when every room works differently. Consistency across rooms is what makes AV get used rather than avoided.
Where AV meets paging
Public address and paging is its own service line; see public address (PA) and paging systems. When a gym or auditorium needs both, we plan them together so they share cabling and rack space.
The infrastructure underneath
AV rides on the structured cabling and network we install, so bandwidth, pathways, and power are sized for it up front.
Conference room design: what drives scope
Room size sets the equipment. Decide the size class, the platform, and how people will join before anyone prices a display.
Small rooms and huddle spaces
Usually one display and an all-in-one bar that combines camera, microphones, and speaker. The decisions that matter are display height, where the bar sits so the camera sees faces, and whether the room needs a table box for wired laptop sharing. Hard walls and glass cause more echo in a small room than people expect.
Medium rooms
Where a bar stops being enough. Ask how far the farthest seat is from the microphone, whether people sit around a table or along one side, and whether a single camera can frame everyone. Medium rooms often move to a separate camera, table or ceiling microphones, and wall or ceiling speakers.
Large rooms and boardrooms
Treated as a designed audio and video system, not a kit. Expect to decide on microphone coverage zones, multiple cameras or camera tracking, a digital signal processor, confidence monitors, and a control system. Echo, room noise, and sight lines to the displays should be resolved on paper before equipment is ordered.
Audio and acoustics
People forgive soft video faster than bad audio. Audio problems are mostly room problems: bare walls, glass, HVAC noise, and hard table surfaces. Ask what the room does to sound (reverberation and background noise) and whether fixing it takes treatment, not more microphones.
Decide microphone type (table, ceiling, or bar), how much of the room each one covers, and whether echo cancellation lives in the room system or a separate processor. Speakers should reach the back row at an even level.
Cameras
Decide field of view, mounting position, and whether the camera must follow the speaker. A camera mounted above the display looks at people; one mounted off to the side looks at their profile. In rooms with windows, plan for backlight.
Room control
The control surface should do the few things people actually need: join, share, mute, volume, and end. Choose between a platform touch panel, a custom control system, or both, and decide what else it runs, such as shades, lights, or a second display. Every room of the same type should behave the same way.
BYOD or a native room system
The first decision for most meeting rooms is whether people bring their own laptop or the room joins the call itself.
BYOD rooms
A laptop connects to the room camera, microphones, speakers, and display, usually by USB and HDMI or a wireless sharing device. It costs less and works with any meeting software, but every meeting starts with someone plugging in, and the quality depends on the laptop and its settings. It suits small rooms and rooms that use several meeting platforms.
Native room systems
A dedicated room device signs in to the meeting platform, shows the room calendar, and joins with one touch. It costs more, needs a room account and often a license, and ties the room to one platform. It suits rooms used all day by many people. Platform-specific choices are on our Microsoft Teams Rooms and Zoom Rooms pages.
Network readiness: questions to ask IT
Conference rooms are network devices. Ask these before the design is final, because the answers change the equipment and the cabling.
- VLANs. Do room devices and any networked audio sit on their own VLAN, and can they reach the meeting platform and the room calendar from it?
- QoS. Does the network prioritize real-time audio and video traffic, and who sets the markings?
- PoE. Which devices are powered over Ethernet, what power class does each need, and does the switch have the budget for all of them at once?
- Bandwidth. What does the uplink carry today, and how many rooms will be on calls at the same time?
- Firewall and security. Which addresses and ports must be open to the platform, and what is the approval process for a new device on the network?
- Cabling. Is there a cable at the table, the display, the camera, and the rack, and has it been tested?
Commissioning and handoff
A room is not finished when the equipment is mounted. Ask what happens next, and get it in the scope.
- Testing. A real call from every seat, audio level and echo checked, camera framing set, and every input and the control panel exercised.
- Documentation. Device list with model and serial numbers, network addresses, account names, and the configuration as left, so the room can be serviced later.
- Training. A short session for the people who use the room and for whoever supports it, plus a one-page quick guide for the room.
- Support. Who to call, what is covered, and how remote management is set up. Confirm these in writing before the project closes.
Using Teams or Zoom? See Microsoft Teams Rooms and Zoom Rooms. For budgeting, see what drives conference room AV cost. To scope your rooms, request a quote.
Common questions
Do you install AV as well as security, or is it a separate contractor?
The same company. Audio visual is one of AK Technologies service lines alongside access control, video surveillance, intrusion, and cabling, with its own trained technicians. AV is a growing service line for us, not a sideline. If you work in AV and want to join us, see our careers page.
Do you also install PA and paging?
Yes, as a separate service line with its own page. Where a space needs both, the AV and the paging are planned together so they share cabling and rack space.
What makes commercial conference room AV in Austin different from a conference room kit?
Supportability and consistency. AK Technologies installs conference room AV across Austin and Central Texas, designed so rooms behave the same way, configuration is documented, and the system can be expanded and serviced years later rather than replaced.
Do you work with school districts and public entities on AV?
Yes. Eligible entities buy under Texas DIR cooperative contract DIR-CPO-6165, and AK Technologies has delivered work for Texas public-sector clients.
Do you integrate commercial Audio Visual (AV) systems in Austin?
Yes. AK Technologies designs, installs, and services commercial AV systems in Austin, from conference rooms to large-scale spaces. AV is planned with the structured cabling and network we install, and with paging where a space needs both, so bandwidth, pathways, power, and rack space are sized up front.
Do you install commercial AV in Westlake and Lakeway?
Yes. AK Technologies is an Austin company and serves Westlake, Lakeway, Bee Cave, Round Rock, Cedar Park, and the rest of Central Texas. Tell us the site and the rooms, and we will scope the AV from there. Request a quote.
What is AV system installation?
AV system installation is the design, installation, and setup of the audio, video, and control equipment in a space, such as the displays, speakers, microphones, and controls in a conference room. It also covers the cabling, network, and configuration behind that equipment. AK Technologies designs, installs, and services commercial AV in Austin, so one team owns the room from design through service.
Where we work
Austin, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Pflugerville, San Marcos, and commercial sites across Central Texas. Eligible public entities can buy under Texas DIR contract DIR-CPO-6165.
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Tell us the site, the scope, and what the system has to do.
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