Anyone ever retrofit an old whole home intercom system

[osutater]

The house we just bought has this exact system in it and it still works in about 50% of the rooms.

Anyone ever tried something like this?

https://hackaday.com/2016/01/29/pimped-out-70s-home-intercom-system-now-with-more-pi/

 

[N. Pappagiorgio]

I can’t help you with your question but will never forget having the intercom on in my room by accident while my parents were listening in.

 

[osutater]

Hahaha. I’d drop the microphone and just use speakers for music if I tried to do something like this.

 

[davidallen]

Google Home. Your welcome.

 

[purkey]

we replaced the speakers in each room trying to find something the same size as to not have to do any sheetrock work. We found them. Bought a new main box that fit in the same hole. It does work but the speakers in each room are pretty large and look more than dated. It never gets used...occasionally use the radio which you can hear in every room.

 

[The Duke]

we replaced the speakers in each room trying to find something the same size as to not have to do any sheetrock work. We found them. Bought a new main box that fit in the same hole. It does work but the speakers in each room are pretty large and look more than dated. It never gets used...occasionally use the radio which you can hear in every room.

We are in the same situation. Have about 10 indoor and 2 outdoor that have been decom’d But I need to get someone to rip those things out, sheet rock, paint, etc.

We probably have 200 miles of coax run through the house, choking out every conduit. But the original owner went cheap on the cables and they are now brittle and basically worthless.

 

[Cowguy]

Google Home. Your welcome.

He wants something that won’t send all his personal data to our robot overlords.

 

[davidallen]

He wants something that won’t send all his personal data to our robot overlords.

Good luck with that...

 

[osutater]

Google Home. Your welcome.

Worse. Advice. Ever

 

[davidallen]

Worse. Advice. Ever

if you prefer your illusion of privacy, far be it from me to burst your bubble...

 

[osutater]

if you prefer your illusion of privacy, far be it from me to burst your bubble...

It isn’t about that. This is about retrofitting something cool and unique, not using some stupid thing Google copied off Amazon and everyone in the world already has.

 

[davidallen]

It isn’t about that. This is about retrofitting something cool and unique, not using some stupid thing Google copied off Amazon and everyone in the world already has.

then your just unimaginative?

https://www.instructables.com/id/1986-Google-Pi-Intercom/