RAKO Lighting Control

Lighting is one of the most important and exciting parts of a home cinema, helping to add mood, drama and intrigue to the cinema.

Ben is already Control4 certified and has experience with multiple lighting systems including KNX, Futronix, Lutron but we’ve been drawn to Rako lighting recently - From their great looking keypads but mainly their first class reputation in the industry. As a bonus all the products are made in Britain.

It's been an award winning year for Rako.  They are proud to have won the Smart Building Awards for Best Lighting Control product and the CEDIA EMEA Award for Best New Hardware.

We were invited down to Rako’s HQ in Kent to undergo training on their lighting systems.

✅ Mood lighting systems such as Rako offer users the ability to recall dramatic scenes, or mood of lighting at the touch of a single button lighting circuits are split to define zones, highlighting room features. They are programmed so that single button presses can enact those dramatic moods to the room through the lighting ‘scenes’.

Day One was their foundation course which is an 'Introduction to Lighting Controls'

Day Two was the Advanced course that covers the Rako wired system and programming. 

The advanced course is specifically aimed at installers with previous Lighting systems knowledge.

We loved finding out how it worked, it’s a great system for wired/wireless (they work exactly the same and with each other if necessary). Retrofit and new build suit the system equally well.

It was a great course and we will be using Rako Lighting systems in some of our cinemas and homes. We have a nice mix of options now for lighting for different size cinemas and for those who like more or less control.