Xantech MRC44 manual

INSTALL ATION INSTRUCT IONS MODEL MRC44 FOUR Z ONE – F OUR SOURCE AUDIO/VIDEO CONTROLL ER/AMPLIFIER SYSTEM[...]

Page : 2 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co rporation SAFET Y INSTRUCT IONS - READ BEFORE OPERATING EQUIPM ENT CAUTION: T O RE DUCE T HE RISK OF EL E CTRIC S HOCK, DO NOT RE MOVE COVE R (OR BACK) NO U SER -SER V I CEA B LE PA R TS IN SI D E REF ER S E RVICING TO QUAL IF IED S ERVICE P ERS ONNE L The lightni ng f lash wit h arr owhead symbol , wit hi[...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 3 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on T ABLE OF CONT ENT S Secti on T i tle Page Gener al I nf ormati on ...........................................................................................................................................4 Sys tem O v er v ie w .....................................................................[...]

Page : 4 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration GENERAL I NFORMAT ION The Xantec h MRC44 Sy stem i s a rev ol uti onar y whole-house audi o/v i deo di str i buti on, audi o am pl i f ic ati on and cont rol system . The M RC44 System c onsists of t he MRC44 Cont rol l er/ Am pli f i er, f our LCD Keypads and f our IR Em i t t ers. W hen com bi[...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 5 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on SYST EM OVERVIEW The M RC44 is a f our -source f our-z one audi o/v i deo di str i buti on and c ontr ol system . T he Sy stem i s com pr ised of a Contr ol A m p, f our LCD Keypads, and f our 283M I R Em it t ers. T ogether the Cont rol A m p and t he Keypads m ake up a m ul t i -r oom A/ V system[...]

Page : 6 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration CONT ROL LER/AMPLI FIER FEATURES Cent ral Pro cesso r x Four Audi o/V i deo Sourc e Input s x Vi deo sensing (NT SC/ PAL S ync) on each i nput f or power m anagem ent of com m on sourc e com ponent s x Current sensing (> 20m A- < 10A) f or each i nput f or power m anagem ent of co[...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 7 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on MRC44 CONT ROL LER/AMPLIFIER PA NEL AND FEA T URE DESCRIPT IONS FOUR ZONE - FOUR SOURCE AUDIO/VIDEO CONTROLLER/AMPLIFIER MRC44 12 34 POWER 4 1 2 3 2 Figure 2 – The Mode l MRC 44 C ontrolle r/A mplifie r – Front P anel Fe atur es a nd Funct ions 1. Fr ont Pa nel . 2. Ch assis F eet . Set high en[...]

Page : 8 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration COM PORT IR OUT IR 1 2 3 4 COMMON GND FUSE 6 AMP SLOW BLOW AC 120V 60 HZ 3A 240 WA TTS AUDIO LEFT AUDIO RIGHT 1234 SENSE SENSE SENSE SENSE VIDEO 12 34 VIDEO STA TUS K E Y P A D VIDEO STA TUS K E Y P A D VIDEO STA TUS K E Y P A D VIDEO STA TUS K E Y P A D CONTROL OUT LEVEL RESET LEFT RIGHT SPEAKE[...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 9 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on 12. I R Out (1-4) . 3. 5m m Mono M i ni Phone Jac ks. T hese mi ni j ac ks are f or the c onnect i on of I R em i t ter s to cont rol source com ponents. T hese jack s are “steerabl e” with Dr agon Drop-I R f or IR r outi ng and pr i ori t y loc kout . ( See: Contr ol l er O pti ons Progr am m [...]

Page : 10 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration MRC44 KEYPAD FEATURE DESCRIPT IONS POWER CH CH ST ATUS SELECT PLA Y STOP P AUSE FF REW VOL VOL MUTE 24 22 25 26 27 29 30 31 35 32 33 34 28 23 20 21 Figure 4 – The Mode l MRC 44 K ey pad – Fr ont Pa nel Fe ature s and Func tions 20. M RC44 Keypad . 21. Po w er. Tur ns the zone O N and O FF .[...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 11 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on 26. S ou rce 2 Sel ecto r. S el ect s s ource i nput 2, rev erses s ource i c on on LCD Di splay when source is select ed and sends IR com m ands program m ed to t hi s button ( i f any ) t o the source 2 and c om m on em it t er out puts. Al so used in Dynam i c M oni tor Lockout and Dynam ic Zon[...]

Page : 12 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration 36. Co nt rol l er T ermi nal . RJ45 Jac k. Connect s Keypad to z one keypad i nput on MRC44 Cont rol l er v i a CA T5 cabl e. 37 . Expans ion T erm inal. RJ45 Jack . Al l ows a s ec ond Key pad or ex t ernal I R recei v er f or each zone. 38 . Seconda ry K eypa d. Jum per. Used to conf i gure [...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 13 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on I NSTALLA TION MRC44 CONT RO LL ER/ AMPLI FI ER P HYSI CAL LO CATI O N AND MOUNT I NG (BASIC/ADVANCED) W hen you m ount t he MRC44 Cont rol l er, you shoul d pl an i ts l ocat i on caref ul l y. Pay c lose at tent i on to eac h of the f ol l owing f act ors: 1. The am pl i f i er i s conv ect i on[...]

Page : 14 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration Keypad m ount i ng f or the M RC44 Keypad does not requi re a j unc ti on box . T he MRC44 key pad can be m ount ed on drywall , l ath & pl aster, butt on board or other surf aces cov er i ng a hol low wall . F ol l ow these s i m pl e procedur es to i nstal l the pr ov i ded MRC44 m ount i[...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 15 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on 2. Insta lling the Mount ing Br acket a. Att ach t he ground wir e to t he ground l ug t o t he rear of t he back- bar wit h the pr ov i ded green screw, bef ore begi nni ng t he brac ket i nstal l ati on pr ocess. NOTE: A ground wir e c onnec ted to Ea rth ground is requir ed to pr otect aga inst[...]

Page : 16 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration CONNECT ING T HE MRC44 CO NT RO L LE R/AMPL IF IE R W hen m ak ing c onnect i ons to the M RC44 Contr ol l er be sure the power cor d i s unplugged. Proc eed as f ol l ows , referri ng to Figur e 1 3 f or Ty pi cal MRC44 S ystem l ay out: Sour ce Com ponent Conne ctions A udio Connec tions (BAS[...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 17 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on NOT E 2: P rogram IR com m ands f ro MRC44 Cont rol l er curr ent sensing as descri bed i n “PROGRAMMING SENSE CODES”. (EXPA NDED) Connect CS M1’s as des cri bed abov e t o the P ri m ar y Cont rol l er. Sense i nputs are not av ai l abl e on the Secondar y Contr ol l er. Zone W iring Conne [...]

Page : 18 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration Wire Color Signal white/orange Tx+ orange Tx- white/green 12V RET blue IR RET white/blue IR green +12V white/brown Rx+ brown Rx- Cat 5 Cable RJ45 Connector at Controller/Amplifier RJ45 Connector at Keypad Wire Color Signal white/orange Rx+ orange Rx- white/green 12V RET blue IR RET white/blue I[...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 19 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on (EXPA NDED) W hen at least one zone on ei ther the P RIM ARY or SECO NDARY cont rol l er i s tur ned ON, t he Contr ol Out on th e P RIM AR Y Co ntr olle r is Hig h ( +12 v olt s ). Th e C on tro l Out o n t he SEC OND AR Y C on trolle r w ill be inac ti v e. A C Power Connec tions (BA SIC/ADVA NC[...]

Page : 20 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration Ex tende d Runs a nd Sec ondary Key pad In Zone FOUR ZONE - FOUR SOURCE AUDIO/VIDEO CONTROLLER/AMPLIFIER MRC44 12 34 POWER POWER CH CH STATUS SELECT PLAY STOP PAUSE FF REW VOL VOL MUTE POWER CH CH STATUS SELECT PLAY STOP PAUSE FF REW VOL VOL MUTE 600 feet max (183 m) IR Receiver PWR VGS IR RCVR[...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 21 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on Speaker C onnections (BA SIC/ADVA NCED/EXPA NDED) SPEAKER PHASING: TO O BTAIN STABLE IM AG ING AND FULL BASS RESPONSE, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT ST EREO SP EAKERS BE CONNE CTE D "IN PHASE " W ITH EACH O T HER. Y OU CAN V ERIFY THIS AS FOLLOWS : 1. I f t he "+ " (posit i v e) and &q[...]

Page : 22 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration AUDIO LEFT AUDIO RIGHT 1234 SENSE SENSE SENSE SENSE VIDEO 12 34 VIDEO STA TUS K E Y P A D VIDEO STA TUS K E Y P A D VIDEO STA TUS K E Y P A D VIDEO STA TUS K E Y P A D CONTROL OUT LEVEL RESET LEFT RIGHT SPEAKER + -- -- + LEFT RIGHT SPEAKER + -- -- + LEFT RIGHT SPEAKER + -- -- + LEFT RIGHT SPEAK[...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 23 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on PLANNING T HE SYST EM Bef or e att em pt i ng any pr ogram m ing, pl an t he system conf igur ati on f i rst. Thi s should i ncl ude t he f oll owing: 1. Determ i ne the br and and ty pe of al l source com ponents to be used. Sourc e 1: _____________ Sourc e 2: _____________ Sourc e 3: ___________[...]

Page : 24 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration Sta rting MR C4 4 D ragon D rop-IR ™ Double- cl i ck the DRA GO NMRC44 short cut on your deskt op or: 1. From ST ART m enu, choose Program s. 2. Sel ect Xantech/ DRAG 450MRC f rom t he l i st and cl i ck on the DRAG 450MRC I con. 3. The progr am l oads and opens to the Xantech M RC44 Dragon D[...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 25 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on IR #2" . A t t hi s point , press the same but ton on t he t eachi ng rem ote a second ti m e. W hen " I R #2" i s lear ned, t wo asteri sks (**) w i l l appear nex t t o t he com m and on t he l i st. NOT E : A s a mat t er of procedur e, when lear ni ng com m ands, leav e t he Aut[...]

Page : 26 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration Fi gu re 16 – So u rce FUNCT I ON sel ecti on i n P alet te Ed i to r Other Editing Funct ions x Help . G i v es basic hel p i nf orm at i on f or the P al ett e Edi t or. x Clo se . Cl oses t he Pal et te E di tor when you hav e f i ni shed edit i ng. Aut o-sav e f eature sav es all I [...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 27 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on Fi gu re 17 – DRAG450MRC Basi c System Wi ndow (ADVA NCE D) W i th Dr agon open, f rom “FI LE” select “NE W PRO JE CT” and gi v e the pr oj ect a nam e. Hit “E NTE R” on t he keyboard or cli ck “SAVE”. Cli ck on “USER SET TI NGS” i n the M enu bar. Sel ect “ADVANCED DRAG ON[...]

Page : 28 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration Configur ing Sourc e Ic ons on MR C44 Key pad LC D (BA SIC/ADVA NCED/EXPA NDED) Pr ogra mm ing Source Icons Fi gu re 18 – MRC44 Keyp ad LCD I co n G en erato r Icon Ge nera tor The di spl ay on the M RC44 Key pad is conf i gurabl e t o graphi cal l y show the ty pe of source t hat can be sele[...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 29 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on Cr eating N ew Icons 1. Cli c k on t he “I CON E DIT O R” t ab i n the M RC44 System W i ndow. The ‘I con Edi t or’ window wil l appear. 2. Clic k “N EW ”. Th is w ill c lea r th e s cr een. 3. To t ype a new source nam e, usi ng the P C keyboar d, S el ect “T EXT”. A source nam e,[...]

Page : 30 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration Ed it in g S equ en ces 1. The Com m and Li st can be edi t ed by draggi ng and dr opping any com m and on the l i st t o any posi ti on on t he li st. Lef t c l ic k and drag t he com m and t o be m ov ed. A s you drag upward and you want the com m and between two exi sti ng c om m ands, dr op[...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 31 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on 16. Cl i ck OK f or addi ti on t o Br and Li st (i f show n) and O K f or addi t i on (or m erge) t o a .bc i f i l e. Thi s com pl et es the f i l e i m port t o t he Brand and . bci f i l es in DRAG MRC44. 17. At t hi s point , or at any l ater date, you c an choose addit i onal com ponent t ype[...]

Page : 32 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration PROG RAMMING T HE MRC44 CO NT RO L LE R/AMPL IF IE R Figure 19 - M RC 44 Syst em Window S ens e Input Tab A utomat ic Sourc e Power Manage ment ( Figur e 19 ) (BA SIC/ADVA NCED/EXPA NDED) W ith t he ab ility to tur n t he s ys tem ON and O F F f rom m ore than one l oc ati on, T he MRC44 Cont r[...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 33 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on PROGR AM MING POW ER M AN AGEM EN T A ND SE NSE TRIGGER C ODES (BA SIC) In t he Basi c m ode Vi deo and Cur rent Sensing c an onl y be used f or power m anagem ent of com m on source com ponent s. (A DVANC ED/EXPA NDED) In Adv anced or Ex panded m odes, the V i deo and Sense input s can be used f [...]

Page : 34 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration Pola rity of Sens e Input TI P: + 12VDC RING : I nput (+ 12VDC) SLEVE: G round W hen using a dr y cont act cl osure t o act i v ate a Cur rent Sense Input Tr i gger, the switc h should be bet ween TIP and RING . W hen using an ex ternal v ol t age, (12 v ol t cont rol out f r om sw i t ched out[...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 35 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on Prior ity Loc kout M ode (Factory d ef ault: “DISABLED”) Thi s m ode is the opposi te of “W hol e House”. That i s, when one is ENABLED, the ot her i s DISABLED. W hen ENAB LED, if Z one 1 select s a source, Z one 1 w ill ma inta in e xclu sive co nt ro l ov er tha t s ou rce un til Z one [...]

Page : 36 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration ohm resi stor. ) T he Low output should nor m al l y be used. T he Medi um Sett i ng i s cl ose to the Hi gh P ower Mode em i tt er out on a 791-44 A m pl i f ied Connec ti ng B l ock ( 120ohm resi stor. ) T he Medi um out put should be used w i t h com ponent s w i t h weak IR si gnal s or w h[...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 37 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on li nked zone num bers. (i .e. The di splay i n Zone 1 would show: “LINK SESSIO N” Z2). The di splay w ill ‘ time out’ and r etur n to t he norm al screen af t er 10 seconds. Dy namic Zone Link Mode (Factory default : “DISABLED”) Thi s m ode al l ows z one l i nki ng ‘on t he f l y ?[...]

Page : 38 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration 10. A f t er t he f i r m ware transf er i s com pl eted, selec t t he Base u ni t m enu it em and t hen selec t Who am I? It should now display the c orrec t t hree- di gi t f i rm ware v ersion t hat you j ust l oaded i nt o the M RC44 uni t. I f t hi s is t rue, the new f i rm ware has been [...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 39 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on 4. From the I nt ernal Am pl i f i er Com m and W i ndow Selec t “ ZO NE T OGGLE POW ER C OMMAND ” and set t o the appr opri ate z one num ber. T hat c om m and wil l appear i n t he Com m and Li st. 5. From the A m pl i f i er Com m and G enerat or selec t “ ZO NE S OURCE SELE CT CO MM AND?[...]

Page : 40 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration 1. In t he MRC44 Sy stem W i ndow Menu, c l i ck on P al ett e, and select “M RC44 Am pl i f i er Com m and G enerat or” (F6). 2. From the M RC44 System W i ndow, select the Z one t o be program m ed. (e. g. Z one 1) 3. Cli ck the button to b e prog ramm ed. (e.g. “Pow er”) 4. Sel ect t[...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 41 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on T RA NSFERRING A PROJEC T T O T HE MRC4 4 (BASIC/ADVANCED) W hen al l progr am m i ng of the v i rt ual key pad has been com pl eted and al l I R com m ands tested, t o conf i rm operat ion, t he proj ect can be t ransf er red t o the M RC44. Proc eed as f oll ows: 1. Be sure the M RC44 Contr oll [...]

Page : 42 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration Backin g- Up P roj ect F i les It i s always w i se to bac kup al l proj ec t f i l es to another hard dri v e, f l oppy di sc or other storage m edia. I t i s recom m ended that each pr oj ect be sav ed t o a f l oppy di sc and kept wit h each c l i ent' s job f il es. T o m ak e backup c[...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 43 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on 5. Sel ect another i nput t hat sounds l ouder. 6. Adj ust VO LUME but t ons again unt i l the appar ent l oudness is the sam e as step 1. 7. Repeat t hi s procedure f or each r em ai ni ng i nput. 8. Veri f y sett i ngs by select i ng each i nput again, m ak i ng adj ustm ent s as necessary. 9. W[...]

Page : 44 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration OPERATING INSTRUCT IONS W i t h all system com ponent s connected and t he MRC44 Cont rol l er and Keypads program m ed, T he system i s ready f or use. Zone C ontrol (BA SIC/ADVA NCED/EXPA NDED) 1. Press the ”PO W E R” but ton on any keypad. T he MRC44 Cont rol l er w ill tu rn O N. If Po [...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 45 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on Dy namic Zone Link (ADVA NCE D) To t em porar i l y t i e m ul t i pl e zones toget her f rom a zone wit h Dynam ic Zone Li nk enabl ed: 1. Si m ul t aneously press “STA TUS and the “ CH+” butt on. The ‘Li nk Session’ m essage w i l l appear . 2. Pr ess the but ton f or t he zone t o be [...]

Page : 46 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration ZONE EXPANSION USI NG MULT IPLE MRC44 CONT RO LL ERS Two MRC44 Contr ol l ers can be used to ex pand t he num ber of zones in a M RC44 system to ei ght . W hen doi ng so there are addi t i onal Xantech c om ponents that w ill h a v e to be added t o t he system . 1. AV 61 A udio/Video S ix W ay[...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 47 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on COM PORT IR OUT IR 1 2 3 4 COMMON GND FUSE 6 AMP SLOW BLOW AC 120V 60 HZ 3A 240 WATTS COM PORT IR OUT IR 1234 C O M M O N GND FUSE 6 AMP SLOW BLOW AC 120V 60 HZ 3A 240 WATTS AUDIO LEFT AUDIO RIGHT 1234 SENSE SENSE SENSE SENSE VIDEO 12 34 VIDEO STA TUS K E Y P A D VIDEO STA TUS K E Y P A D VIDEO ST[...]

Page : 48 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration T ROUBLESHOOT ING If you encount er pr obl em s, rev i ew each of t he f ol l owing i t em s and tak e corr ect i v e act i on as des cri bed. I f probl em s persist, cont act Xantech T echni c al Support . PROBLEM PROBA BLE CAU SE A ND SOLUTI ON The M RC44, af ter a success f ul T ransf er f r[...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 49 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on PROBLEM PROBA BLE CAU SE A ND SOLUTI ON I hav e m ade har dware connect i ons as show n i n Figure 13 . Howev er , when att em pt i ng to l ear n IR c om m ands, the " W ai t i ng f or I R f rom y our Rem ot e" di spl ay t i m es out with t he "No I R Recor ded" di al og box . [...]

Page : 50 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration PROBLEM PROBA BLE CAU SE A ND SOLUTI ON Un it w ill no t lea rn IR co m m ands f rom cert ai n brands and m odel s of rem ot es. a) Because of t he wide v ari et y of IR c odi ng and ti m i ng r el ati onshi ps (there ar e no i ndustry standards), t here ar e some I R com m ands that ar e not l[...]

Mode l MRC44 Page : 51 © 2002 Xantech Corporati on PROBLEM PROBA BLE CAU SE A ND SOLUTI ON W hen T ransf err i ng the pr oj ect to a M RC44, t he tr ansf er stops w i t h a "T ransf er abort ed-Recei v er St opped Responding" or a "Com m unicat i ons Error---" m ess age. The f ol l owing i tem s m ay hav e int erf ered wit h th[...]

Page : 52 Mode l MRC44 © 2002 X an tech Co r poration SPECIFICA T IONS A udio (ea c hannel ) Ga in (@ ma x VC): ............................................................................................................. ..................... Input O v erload: .......................................................................................[...]