20 Smartphone Apps For Your Next AV System Integration Project
Do you still use a handheld calculator whenever you need to do some quick math? Do you carry around a little black book to keep track of your appointments and contacts? When looking for something in the dark, do you still have to go find a flashlight before searching? Probably not, right!? These everyday tasks and thousands more have been made so much simpler with smartphones. It can be your calculator, your calendar, your contacts list, your note taker, fact-checker, and of course, your flashlight. Using our smartphones for these kinds of tasks has become second nature for many people, and it’s just as easy and reaching into your pocket.
So, with so many helpful smartphone tools guiding us through our normal day, there must be a number of smartphone tools and apps to help AV System Integrators make their jobs easier, right?
Turns out, there are…
iHANDY LEVEL
Smartphone Apps For AV System Integration
This app does not replace your standard level. But it will be a real lifesaver in a pinch! And, it is pretty darn accurate. One thing to keep in mind is that there may be buttons protruding from the sides of your phone which will affect the accuracy of the Level app. Make sure you’re placing the flattest and smoothest side of your phone against the surface of the object you are leveling.
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NOTES
Smartphone Apps For AV System Integration
How can you spot an AV system integrator? Scroll through their Notes app. You’d probably find everything from room measurements to shopping lists for the hardware store to wiring guides and more.
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FLASHLIGHT
Smartphone Apps For AV System Integration
This has got to be one of the greatest tools to have ever been built into a phone! For most dark rack rooms, your phone’s Flashlight might be the last light you ever need.
SOUND GENERATOR
Smartphone Apps For AV System Integration
A sound generator app like this one is great for quick AV system testing scenarios. You can generate pink noise, white noise, and sine waves right from your phone.
SPECTRUM
Smartphone Apps For AV System Integration
When you’re EQing a system, this Frequency Analyzer app might help you zero in on pesky frequencies that need fixed. Or, when your system reproduces frequencies so well in certain ranges, you can identify those frequencies. It’s always good to know where the real strengths of your AV system are.
TIDAL (OR SPOTIFY)
Smartphone Apps For AV System Integration
When it comes to system testing or system demos, Tidal is a killer app for playing your favorite system testing songs. Tidal is one of the best streaming services because they can stream audio with lossless sound quality. That’s uncompressed, CD quality music that uses FLAC files instead of the more compressed mp3 format.
The downside is that Tidal does have a more expensive subscription cost that other streaming services. So, you really do get what you pay for. If you don’t want to cough up the extra dough, Spotify still works great for most system testing and demo scenarios. And, Spotify users can follow our AV System Testing Playlist which consists of a handpicked list of our favorite system testing/demo songs.
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CAMERA
Smartphone Apps For AV System Integration
The camera is such a powerful tool for AV Installers. Need to remember what a certain connector looks like? Grab a photo. Want to show potential client’s examples of past installs? Take before and after pics. Or maybe you’re just proud of an epic cable management job and want to brag to your other installer friends. It’s so easy now to just whip out your phone and take high-quality photos.
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SOCIAL APPS
Smartphone Apps For AV System Integration
Social media provides installers the opportunity to grow their business like never before. It’s the perfect place to showcase your business, show off your best work, and connect with potential clients or other business partners. Any installer should seriously consider maintaining a frequent social media presence. People in the industry will love to see your before and after install shots, favorite gear and tools, and even your process for completing installs.
And trust us, brands love it when you tag their gear in your posts and will likely reshare your posts (we would love to!). That’s a massive amount of exposure for your business – and it’s free!
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CONNECT WITH US
LEA APP
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Ok, we don’t actually have an app. But you can add our website directly to the home screen of your device to quickly access anything you could possibly need related to our amplifiers. Information like product spec, training videos, white papers, manuals, how-to guides, and more are just a click away.
TAPE MEASURE
Smartphone Apps For AV System Integration
This is another game-changer for the AV system installer. No, it doesn’t completely replace an actual tape measure. But it does come in handy when your tape is nowhere to be found. The accuracy can vary, but overall, we’ve found this app to be pretty trustworthy. The other positive is you never have to worry about retracting the tape measure too quickly and having it whip around menacingly. It’s all digital!
TOOLBOX - MEASURING APP
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This is your toolbox in an app. It has a spirit level, ruler, protractor, barometer, altimeter, compass, teslameter, metronome, timer, stopwatch, seismometer, plumb bob, surface level, and a flashlight.
UNIT CONVERTOR
Smartphone Apps For AV System Integration
Depending on where your install job is located in the world and what gear you are installing, you may find need for a unit converter. This one does quick and easy conversions, so you never have to wonder or guess. Convert everything from mileage to length to currency to power to time to cooking to men’s and woman’s shoe sizes. You know, in case you need to leave the install site and do some quick shoe shopping for your significant other.
NETWORK ANALYZER
Smartphone Apps For AV System Integration
For tricky networking jobs, this Network Analyzer may come in handy. It will instantly analyze any Wi-Fi network that you connect your phone to and show you everything from connectivity status to SSID to BSSID, to IP Address, Subnet Mask and more.
WAZE
Smartphone Apps For AV System Integration
Installer or not, Waze is a must have navigation app. Although, since installers tend to travel to hundreds of job sites, it will definitely come in handy. Not only does Waze voice navigate the best possible route to your destination, it also has the ability to detect potential hazards and delays and reroute you instantly to avoid them.
Waze also works based on user input. Other Waze users on the road work together to tell the app when there are potential road hazards, police officers camping out, bad potholes, etc. It’s a true testament to how great things can be accomplished when everyone works together.
Thank you for reading our post! If you have any questions or know of other apps that are great for AV System Integrators, please leave a comment below or reach out to us on our social media channels.
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No SPL meter?!!! I also like electric toolkit.
Thanks for the suggestions. We’ll definitely download and check them out!