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 Transform
The Sheer Beauty of Luminette®
Privacy Sheers®
into
SHEER POWER! Now
Luminette is available with an exciting new motorization system
that performs both tilting and traversing functions. It's
smooth and easy new Luminette with PowerGlide™.
In
some ways, PowerGlide will seem instantly familiar because it is
fully compatible with the popular PowerRise™ option available on
Duette® honeycomb shades, Brilliance™ pleated shades and
Silhouette® window shadings. PowerGlide incorporates much
of the technology and many of the same components, but there are
some differences in options and in the way it functions.
Here's
How Luminette Sheers With PowerGlide Work
 Each
Luminette sheer with PowerGlide actually has two motors, one tilts
the vanes for privacy control when the sheer is drawn across the
window. The other motor traverses the vanes, drawing them
across the window or stacking them for an open view. The
remote control transmitter looks much like the controller used for
PowerRise with the word "Tilt" added under channel one
and "Traverse" under channel two. Each unit uses both
channels.
This
remote control is fully compatible with PowerRise controls.
So if you are also adding Silhouette shadings with PowerRise in
the same room, only one remote control will be needed. Use the
Counterparts information in the Luminette sample book to help
coordinate colors between the two products. You'll get a
great match for both the shades and the motorization systems.
As
with standard Luminette, the sheers should not be traversed while
the vanes are tilted closed. PowerGlide makes this
goof-proof. It will recognize this situation and
automatically tilt the vanes to the open position before stacking
the sheer - in this case both functions are triggered with just a
single touch.
No
Complicated Choices!
 One
of the big ways that Luminette with PowerGlide is different than
PowerRise shades is that there are fewer decisions to make.
PowerGlide is NOT a battery powered motorization system. The power source is
always a transformer that plugs into a wall outlet. So
there is no need to choose between battery wands or satellite battery
packs — they are not available with PowerGlide.
Because
the sheers would block it, a built-in eye would not be able to receive a signal from the remote control.
For this reason a Satellite Eye is always used for
Luminette with PowerGlide.
Center
opening sheers are priced the same as sheers with left or right
operation. Two motors are always used.
Basic
Specifications Are Easy, Too!
Luminette with PowerGlide is available with ALL Luminette fabrics, including Evening Star®. Maximum width is
144 inches and maximum height is 120 inches (EXCEPT
Maximum height with the Filigree fabric is 102").
Update
Existing Manually Operated Sheers
Do you have customers that
have been waiting for a motorization system for Luminette? Here's
some great news! Existing manually operated Luminette sheers may be upgraded to PowerGlide.
Better still --the upgrade process can be done quite easily in the
home. The existing manual headrail must be replaced.
The cost of an upgrade is equal to the standard retail surcharge, plus the replacement cost of the headrail.
(See updated pages in Hunter Douglas Reference
& Price Guide) You
may want to consider doing a mailing to all of your Luminette
customers to let them know about this great new option.
You
MUST See This Great Option!
There's no way an article like this, or any other print materials
can give you a full understanding of a great new option like this.
You must see it up close. Where? Come to a Designer
Blinds Coffee Talk --a FREE workshop that will get you fully
updated on new products from Hunter Douglas and Designer Blinds in
less than two hours.
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