Niles RFG manual

INST ALLA TION GUIDE RADIO FREQUENCY GA TEW A Y RFG[...]

CONG R A TUL A TIO NS ! T hank you f or pu rcha sing t he RF G Radi o Fr eq ue nc y Ga te way fr om Niles . W it h pro per ins t allat ion an d oper at ion , you sho uld enjoy year s o f tr ouble -fre e use. Niles ma nuf ac tur es t he indus t r y’s mos t comple te line o f cus tom ins t alla tio n comp onen t s and acce ss or ies f or audio / vi[...]

NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 305-238-4373 1 INTRODUC TION T he Niles R F G Radio F requ ency G at eway is a highly flexib le to ol th at allow s sys tem desi gner s to ad d a Zig Bee ® r adio t ra nsmit ter/ rece iver to N iles Mul ti Zo ne pro duc t s or ex te nd the R adio F reque ncy Re ceiver o f a Niles H T - M S U Home T[...]

2 QU IC K AN D EA SY S ET - UP W ITH W IZA RD -BA SE D NI LES QU IC K CONFI G TM CON FI GU R A TI ON SO FT W A RE An R FG ca n be add ed to an y n etwork base d Ni l es Mu lti Zon e Rec ei v er o r ho me sy ste m t hea ter us in g th e Ni l es Qu ic kConfig Syst em Configu rati on Soft war e. The Qu ic kConfig ‘ soft war e is wi zar d-b ased a[...]

NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 305-238-4373 3 1 ) Po wer LE D - Th e blue L E D indic ate s tha t the R F G has p ower . T his L E D als o indic ate s the c onne ct ion s t a tus t o the N iles M ulti Zo ne Re ceiver o r Home T he ate r Main S ys t em Uni t. 2) System Connection - T his R J - 4 5 c onne ct ion is u sed w hen t he [...]

4 ZIG BE E TER MI NO LOG Y T o under s t and h ow to us e the R F G, t he sys tem d esigne r needs t o unde rs t and Zig Be e termino log y . M AS T E R BA SE T he Ma s ter B as e is t he co ordin ato r of t he R F mes h net wor k . I ts j ob is t o recei ve inf orma tio n fr om th e Repe ate r Ba se s and E nd- P oint s in t he sys tem, c ons olid[...]

NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 305-238-4373 5 ZIG BE E RF N E T WO RK W hen des igning an R F ne t wo rk i t is impor t an t to k now t hat a t lea s t one M as ter B a se and o ne End - Po int ar e needed . Repe ate r bas es ar e use d to expa nd the c overag e area of t he R F ne t wo rk . Mul tipl e hops c an be u sed in a R F [...]

6 R FG USAG E W IT H N I L ES N E T WO R K - BA S E D M U L TIZO N E R E C E IV E R S T he R F G ca n be use d wit h Nile s Ne t wo rk -b as ed Mul ti Zo ne rece iver s allowing t he ins t aller to crea te “w ireles s keypa ds. ” T ypica lly , c ont ro l keypads a re co nnec te d to t he Mul tiZ one r ecei ver via a C AT -5 c able. I n ins ta l[...]

NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 305-238-4373 7 S Y S TE M D ES I G N W I R I N G FO R R FG T he R F G ha s t wo R J - 4 5 c onnec t ions f or wir ing int o th e sys tem. T he co nnec ti on us ed depen ds on t he mod e and over all sys tem de sign. A M AS T E R RF G CO NN EC T ED T O A NI LE S N E T WO RK-BA S ED M UL TI ZON E R ECE[...]

8 A RE PE A TE R R FG N OT W IR ED T O A M UL TIZ ON E RE CE I VE R A R F G se t for R epe ater B a se M ode a nd no t conn ec ted t o a Mult iZ one r eceiver ( s t an d alo ne ) must h ave an opt iona l power sup ply co nnec te d. A RF G SE T F O R WI RE L E S S K E YPAD M OD E A R F G se t for W ir eles s Keyp ad mus t have the op tio nal powe r [...]

NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 305-238-4373 9 INST AL L A TIO N CONSI DE R A TIONS PL ACE M E N T O F T H E R FG N i l e s r e c o m m e n d s p l a c i n g t h e R F G a l o n g a b a s e b o a r d o r i n a n a t t i c . G e n e r a l l y, t h e u n i t s h o u l d b e p l a c e d i n a c o n c e a l e d l o c a t i o n b e c a [...]

10 A N T E N N A C O N S I D E R AT I O N S C o m m u n i c a t i o n b e t we e n R F G s i s R F - b a s e d w i t h a f r e q u e n c y o f 2 . 4 G i g a h e r t z . E f f e c t i v e r a n g e o f c o m m u n i c a t i o n i s 7 5 f e e t ( 2 2. 8 6 mete rs ) i n o p e n a i r. T h e R F a n t e n n a i s i n t e r n a l t o t h e R F G a n d i[...]

NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 305-238-4373 11 INST AL L A TIO N 1 ) S E T T HE R F M ODE D I PSWIT C H ES ( F igure 9 ) 2 ) CO N NECT CA T - 5 CA B L E Co nnec tion t o a Mult i Zone r ece iver or a keypad us es CA T - 5 cab le terminated wit h R J45 co nnec tion p lug s. T he CA T - 5 cab le must b e ter mi nated u sing t he T 5[...]

12 TROUBLESH OOTIN G T h e s e t-u p d ip s wi t c he s a ll ow t he R F G t o b e p re - c o n fi g ur e d f o r it s r o le i n t he s y s t em R F mo d e de s i gn . W i t h t h is i n min d , t r o ub le s h o o t in g t he R F G co m es d o w n t o t wo m ai n is su e s : 1 ) S E T - U P I SSU ES 2 ) HAR DWAR E IS SU ES SE T - U P ISSUE S PRO[...]

NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 305-238-4373 13 PRO BL E M : 1 . B ad Co nn ec t io ns o r Wi ri ng If the c onn ectio ns o r wir ing a r e wr ong, l oos e, shorte d, or o pen, t he system will not o perate properl y . The sy mpt oms co uld in clu de: Power L ED flicke rs or is off, intermittent o peration o r no op eration. S OL U[...]

14 A CCESSORI ES O F T H E R FG 1 . 2 5A 1 2 VD C UN IV E RSA L P OW ER S UP PL Y FG 0 1 0 3 5 Cur rent o utle t provid es 1 2 V DC syn c connec t ion via an ac ces so r y cable t o the H T - M S U IC2 H OM E THEA TER A UTO MA TION AN D C ONT R OL S YS TEM FG 0 1 3 4 2 Ho me theat er aut omatio n and co nt rol sys tem t hat includes t a ble top rem[...]

NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 305-238-4373 15 SPECI FIC A TI ONS Pow er Re qu ir em en t s : 1 2 V D C fr om eit her c onne ct ion t o Niles N et wor k ba sed M ult iZ one rec eiver or o pti onal N iles power s upply ( F G 01 0 3 5 ) Un it D ime ns io ns : 4.6 8 " L x 2. 1 5" W x 1 . 1 5" H 1 1 .8 9 cm x 5.4 6 cm x[...]

16 LIM ITED W ARR ANT Y Niles Audio Corpo ration (“N ILES”) wa rrants to the ori ginal ret ail purc haser onl y that this product will be free of manufactu ring defe cts in m aterial and workmans hip for the followi ng period s and sub ject to t he limit ations and excl usions se t forth b elow: Lifeti me Warr anty All P assive Loudspea ker Pro[...]

NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 305-238-4373 17 DE T AC H H ER E AN D RE TU RN TO : NI LE S AU DI O C OR PO RA TIO N W AR R AN TY R EG IS TR A TI O N DE PT . P . O . B OX 1 60 81 8 MI A MI , FL OR ID A 33 11 6- 0 81 8 W ARRANTY REGISTRA TION CARD Age: Under 25 25-34 35-44 45-54 55 & over Income: Under $24,999 $25,000-$34,999 $3[...]

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