Nuvo NV-E6DXS manual

Essentia ™ Six-Source , Six-Zone Au dio Distribution S ystem NV-E6D MS/NV-E6D XS Owner s Man ual[...]

ENGLISH Danger Exposure to extremely high noise levels may cause a permanent hearing loss. Individuals vary considerably to noise induced hearing loss but nearly everyone will lose some hearing if exposed to sufficiently intense noise for a sufficient time. The U.S. Government's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has specifie[...]

FRENCH DURE EN HEURES P AR JOUR 8 6 4321 INIVEAU SONORE CONTINU EN dB 90 93 95 97 100 103 Danger L‘exposition a des niveaux eleves de bruit peut provoquer une perte permanente de l’audition, Chaque organisme humain reagit differemment quant a la perte de l’audition, mais quasiment tout le monde subit une diminution de I’acuite auditive lors[...]

4 Essen tia Six-Source , Six-Zone Au dio Distribution S ystem NV-E6D MS/NV-E6D XS Owner s Man ual In tr oduction Congra tulations on y our purchase of the N uV o Essentia au dio distribution system. Essen tia offer s the newest in digita l audio technol og y in an a ttracti ve, eas y-to-install, and simple-to-use package . Generation D digit al amp[...]

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Q uick S t art Guide Y our Essentia Audio D istribution Syst em is quick and easy t o install. This guide out lines the necessary steps for an accurat e and successful insta llation, and year s of audio enjoymen t. Step 1: Check your package f or all of the componen ts. Y our box should con tain the f ollowing it ems: 1 NV-E6DMS 6-sour ce, 6-zone d[...]

Step 7: Connect the pr ovided pre-t erminated networ k Cable in t he RJ-45 connection jack on the fron t of the EZ Port and in the Netw ork Connection on the back of the Essen tia amplifier . Step 8: Each zone is easily set using t he DIP swi tches locat ed on the back of the k eypad. Swi tches 1-4 are used t o set a unique addr ess for each zone a[...]

Essen tia Amplifier F ron t P anel 1. POWER But ton: The amplifier is designed t o be turned on and remain on. The po wer button su pplies power to t he system. Each zone can t hen be turned on or off independe n t l y . T h e a m p l i fier shoul d be turned on befor e any e xtern al connec- tions are mad e. This activ ates in terna l protecti ve [...]

9 Essen tia Amplifier Back P anel 1. Audio Source Input s: The Essentia amplifier accept s up to six audio sources. A sour ce consists of an y au dio component capa ble of supplying a line l evel signal. 2 Source Link: This multi-pin connection is used t o transfer t he audio inf ormation from t he Essentia main ampli fier to the e xpander amplifie[...]

Essen tia Ke ypad 1. V olume Indicator: Thes e LED ’ s (ligh t emitting diodes) indica te the zones v olume leve l. The lit L ED tra vels to t he right as the v olume leve l is increased and to the l eft as it is d ecreased. 2. V olume Buttons: These buttons con trol t he zone’ s v olume leve l up and down. They also serve as the windo w for re[...]

11 Essen tia R C2 Remot e Con tr ol 1. IR Emitt er: Us e the RC2 remot e’ s IR emitter to dir ectly con trol the Essen tia Sy stem or to t each the sy stem contr ol functions to an y learning r emote contr ol. 2. De vice Selectors: This allows y ou to easily swi tch between the N uV o Essentia S yst em and any of the NuV o T uners. 3. Source Sele[...]

12 In st allin g Essen tia in Y our H ome I. Compl ete Crimping I nstructions f or Cat-5 (F ig. 1) The NuV o audio syst ems requir e Cat-5, unshielded, twisted pair (UTP), f or communication between t he ke ypads and the main amplifier uni t. Each end of the wire is t erminated wit h an RJ45 connect or. The correct wiring scheme f or the Cat-5 wire[...]

13 II. Inst allin g the Essen tia Amplifier Sy stem setup wor ks best when the amplifier is placed in the same loca tion as the audio sour ce equipment. This is typically in an a udio rack, ent ertainment cen ter or a closet dedica ted to housing t he home audio/video equipmen t. The amplifier should be plugged in and t he power but- t on on the fr[...]

14 IV . Connecting t he E Z Port t o the Essen tia amplifier (F ig. 3) When the EZ Port is insta lled in the wa ll the onl y part visible should be the facepl ate and a single RJ-45 jack. The supplied pre-t erminated netw ork cable can t hen be plugged int o the jack on the EZ Port and in to the net- wo rk connection on the back of the Essen tia am[...]

15 V I. Connecting t he IR Emitt er s (F ig. 5) IR commands for t he source equipmen t are tr ansferred from t he Essentia amplifier t o the source equipmen t via mini IR mouse emitt ers. Six of these ar e supplied with y our Essentia S ystem. The emit ter is plugged int o the corresponding sour ce IR output on the Essentia and t hen placed over t [...]

16 V III. Inst alling the Essentia k eypads (F ig. 7) Y ou are now read y to install t he keypads and compl ete t he Essentia inst allation. This is easil y done using a series of DIP s witches on t he back of the keypad. A chart on the back of t he keypad shows each s witch ’ s function, and the settin g options. See page 17 f or instructions on[...]

IX . Settin g the Zone Addr ess D IP Sw it ches (F ig. 8) The first f our switches on t he keypads ar e designed to creat e a specific binary address id entifying each zone to t he amplifier . Setting each zone addr ess is easy , but it is important to not e tha t each keypad must h ave i ts o wn unique settin g. Each swit ch can either be placed i[...]

18 X. Set ting the Pr eset Zone Equ alization (F ig. 10) Sw it ches 5,6 , and 7 are used to set equa lizations for each zone. These can be used to accommod ate f or acoustical v ariations in each room. The swi tch settings al lo w two leve ls of bass boost, two levels of tr eble boost, or if necessary , bass or treble can be cut. If y ou de sire, y[...]

19 XII. V olume Reset (F ig. 12) Sw it ch 9 contro ls the volume le vel when the zone is t urned on. When it is in t he down position, t he zone will turn on at i ts previous v olume lev el. When it is in t he up position, t he zone will turn on at a pr eset low vo lume leve l. XIII. P aren ta l Lock A unique f eature of t he Essentia ke ypad is th[...]

20 XIII. The NV-RC2 IR R emote Con trol (F ig. 13) The Essentia S yst em comes with the R C2 remote con- trol. This r emote allows wir eless contr ol of all of the ke ypad functions, as well as the functions of t he NuV o T3 T uner. The f our-backlit butt ons at the t op of the r emot e allow you t o choose which device the r emote will contr ol. T[...]

21 Essentia Accessories NV-MI1 Mute I nterf ace Adapt er (Fig. 15) The Mute I nterf ace is used in conjunction wit h Sy stem Mute input in t he back of the Essentia ampli fier. I t acts as a rel ay f or a volt age from up to two phone lines and tw o doorbell transf ormers. When a vol tage is present ed to t he MI1 it t hen sends a contact cl osure [...]

22 Accessories—contin ued NV-LSI12 Local Sour ce Int errupt (Fig. 16) The Local Source I nt errupt enables an ampli fied local audio sour ce to overrid e the Essentia S ystem and pl ay thr ough the local zone in-w all speaker s. The most common scenario for t his is a T V tha t would benefit fr om higher qua lity speakers. LOCAL SOURCE SWITCH NV-[...]

23 Accessories—contin ued NV-P2100 200 W att A uxiliary Amplifier (Fig. 1 7) The P2100 is speci fically designed f or use with the N uV o Sy stems ’ lineouts. I t can be used with eit her the fixed or v aria ble lineouts on the Essen tia either a 1/8" t o 1/8" ster eo patch ca ble or a 1/8" ster eo to RCA pat ch cable . There ar [...]

24 Tr oubleshootin g S ymptom When the k eypad is plugged in t her e is a loud pop through t he speaker s and the k eypad does not work. My ke ypad is lit, but nothing ha ppens when I press a but- t on. The amplifier is plugged in and t urned on, but the S T AND B Y L ED is not lit and none of t he sy stem functions w ork. All the k eypads change w[...]

25 Essen tia S peci fications W arr an ty NUVO T echnologies warr ants t his product to be fr ee of def ects in w orkmanship or mat erial for a period of thr ee (3) years fr om the original d ate of purch ase. This w arr anty applies t o the original pur chaser only and is not transf erable . This warr anty is subject t o the fo llow- ing condition[...]

Control Interface Description Document for the Nuvo E6D Main Unit Revision B November 26, 2003 DB9M POR T PINOUT S: Nuvo T ransmit to System Controller on pin 2. Nuvo Receive from System Controller on pin 3. Ground on pin 5. SERIAL POR T P ARAMETERS: RS232, RTS/CTS or software flow control (X ON/XOFF) NOT required, 9600 baud, 8N1 protocol. RULES OF[...]

COMMAND: *SxIR56SET<CR> - sets SOURCE x to 56 KHz IR repeat carrier (x is 1 to 6). RESPONSE: Same response as for #IRSETSR<CR> ********************************************************************************* COMMAND: *SxIR38SET<CR> - sets SOURCE x to 38 KHz IR repeat carrier (x is 1 to 6). RESPONSE: Same response as for #IRSETSR&[...]

Once it is SET by one of these commands: a. It will remain set until power is cycled on the unit. b. Non-address DIP switch changes on a connected KEYP AD connected to this zone will be ignored. If override state is "0", this response is also issued whenever non-address KEYP AD DIP switches are changed. ***********************************[...]

COMMAND: *ZxxVOLyy<CR> – Set volume of zone xx to level yy below max in dB from –0 to –78 dB (include lead 0 for all single-digit values). RESPONSE: Same response as for *ZxxCONSR<CR> ********************************************************************************* COMMAND: *ZxxVOL+<CR> – ST AR TS zone xx volume ramp UP at[...]

********************************************************************************* COMMAND: *ZxxVRSTON<CR> – zone xx VOL UME RESET ON. RESPONSE: Same response as for *ZxxSETSR<CR> NOTE: sending this command to the E6D will set override (lock out KEYP AD non-address DIP switches) for this zone until power is cycled. ********************[...]

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