Niles Audio 8 manual

IntelliContr ol IntelliContr ol IntelliContr ol IntelliContr ol R ef er ence Manual R ef er ence Manual R ef er ence Manual R ef er ence Manual V ersion 8.0 July 2000 Niles Au dio Cor poration[...]

i Contents 1A. IntelliControl Features and B enefits ....................................................................................... ............................ 1 A Complete System.............................................................................................................. ........................................ 1 One Tou[...]

ii 2C. Com ponent Compatibility .................................................................................................... .............................. 16 Infrared Compatibility ......................................................................................................... ..................................... 16 Testing Compo[...]

iii Testing the “ Input Man ager” Method ............................................................................................. ..................... 32 Determine th e “Defaults” ....................................................................................................... .............................. 32 3G. Master Keys: P[...]

iv 6. Conne ct Flas hers a nd Sync Cables......................................................................................... .......................... 43 7. Flasher Level Check ...................................................................................................... .................................... 44 8. The IR/RF Test LED..[...]

1 IntelliContr ol ® Home T hea ter A u toma tion System 1A. Inte lliContr ol Fea tu re s and Be nefits Introducing the I ntel liC ontr ol, the world’s f irs t aff or dable hom e theater aut om ation s ystem express ly designed to provide tr ue one-touc h operation. Unlik e universal r em ote controls , the IntelliContr ol S ystem senses the ac t[...]

2 One Touch “In telligent Macros” To Tu rn The Ent ire Home Thea ter On or Off Normal hom e theater system operatio n requires y ou to turn on m ultiple components . It is easy to m ake a mis take, whic h can create a s ituati on where you m ust be a detec tive and hunt down the f ugitive c om ponent that is “ off” , when it rea lly shou ld[...]

3 Proudly Made in USA The IntelliContr ol is designed and bui lt in the USA and com es with a lim ited two year parts and labor warrant y. 1B . IntelliCon tro l Par ts Gu ide Figure 1 The IntelliControl T abletop Rem ote The Tabletop Remo te The Tabletop Rem ote is a radio f requency (RF) transm itter which comm unicates with the Main System Unit ([...]

4 • Backlight Key – Pr essing the Back light Key (located on t he upper left corner of the Tabletop Rem ote) will il lum inate all the k e ys to enabl e c om plete c ontrol of the s ystem in dark rooms . • Function Key s – T he thirty-two Fu nction Ke ys inclu de the num eric , m enu, tr ansport, mu te, volume, and channel k eys. Once a Mas[...]

5 • RF Test Port – Also loc ated on the upper left s ide of the MS U is the RF T est Port. The RF Tes t Port enables you to recei ve real- tim e confirm ation that RF sig nals are received and unders tood, detect interf erence, and test for sync status. T he bicolor RF/IR Test LED (FG00727) is avail able as an ac cess ory, and s hould be so ld [...]

6 required). B ef ore begi nnin g to pr o gram the s ystem, it is r ecomm ended that a Ni les IR Sensor be connected to the MSU’s “Hom e T heater IR” por t and each of the flas her level adj ustm ents be set us ing the com ponents ’ original rem ote c ontrols. 1C . Selling the System Selling Automated Home Theater Systems In the past, s ell[...]

7 W hen the user pres ses an y Master Ke y, the Intell iControl’s m icroproc essor c hecks the power status of each c om ponent and synchron izes the system to the end user ’s des ires by issuing only the necess ary power comm ands. No matter what their pr evious o n or of f states, the Inte lliContro l will k now exac tly which com ponents nee[...]

8 Problem Two: Sel ectin g Inputs & Modes Home theater s need to h ave the surr ound rec eiver’s audio i nputs s electe d, the c orrec t surround- sound m ode selec ted, and the c orrect T V input se lected. Eve n if there is a separate button for every mode or input, the user m ust rem ember which input label is correc t for each c omponent [...]

9 correc tly configuring th e s y stem for any source. As a result, t he com ponents c an be placed behi nd closed doors. Problem Four: When The Syst em Tur ns On, The Volume Is Too L ow, or Too High Surround-s ound pream ps /receiver s typical ly sta y at the last vo lum e s elected when the y are turned of f . As a res ult, tur ning on a s ystem [...]

10 1D. Comparison of Home Thea ter Control Systems Figure 8 S ystem Comparis on[...]

11 P o wer S yn cr oni zation and Com po nent Compa ti bility 2A. P ow er Syncroniz ation Infrared Turn On/Off Requires “Sync” Ever y component which requires an infrared comm and to turn “ On” or “ Off” m ust be synced to the IntelliContr ol. Bas ed on the “ sync status ” of the s elected com ponent, th e IntelliContr ol will k now[...]

12 For some com ponents, it m ay be useful to turn them on and of f with a Niles AC- 6+ triggered by one of the thr ee rela y voltages (“Aud io”, Video”, or “Assignab le”). Y ou cou ld elect to turn on and of f a latching po wer CD pla yer v ia the Ass ignable Rela y if you specif ied an AC-6+ to power it on and of f. W hen program ming, [...]

13 and to the MSU’s c om posite video s ync por t which c orresponds to that s ource’s Master Key. Note: The labeling of the Master Keys on th e Tabletop R emot e must matc h the sync connections on the MSU. (For exam ple, if the VCR is Master Key #4, on e side of the VCR’s split video output mus t be connec ted to vid eo sync port #4). The I[...]

14 2. Niles LS-1 Light Sens or The Niles LS-1 Light Sensor was des igned to detec t a chan ge in bri ghtness on a component’s front pane l disp la y. W hen it sens es a chang e in br ightnes s, the LS- 1 outputs a constant 12 V DC 500m A c ontrol voltag e. A bloc king c over is pr ovided to prevent ambient light f rom fals ely trigger ing the LS-[...]

15 Each Sync Connect i on on the M ain System U nit Corresponds to a Pa r ticular Master Key on the Tabletop Remote The labels typicall y represent the sourc es of a system . Master Ke ys 1 through 7 feature both “12V” and “Vide o” s ync capabili ties, Mas ter Ke y 8 features onl y “12V” sync, but Master Ke ys 9 and 10 have no s ync con[...]

16 Once Agai n: Rememb er the Except ion Since the Intell iControl will be pr ogramm ed to tur n on the T V Monitor whenever a video Master Ke y is press ed, there ar e a specia l set of s ync connectors ded icated to the T V and are unrelated to an y of the other Mast er Ke ys. Likewis e, the Pream p/Rec eiver has its own Pream p s y nc and flashe[...]

17 The following proced ure will help you determ ine if the com ponent you are usin g is has “A/B” codes : 1. Standing in front of the com ponent, iss ue the “Po wer” com m and to turn it on. This w ill theoretica lly iss ue the “A ” version of th e “Pow er” comm and. 2. Next, com pletely cover t he fr ont of the rem ote with your h[...]

18 Sync Off Delay It is comm on for man y vid eo components s uch as VCR’s and DS S receivers to c ontinue to output vide o f or a f ew seconds ( or long er ) af ter the y have b een t urned of f . T his c reates a false sync signal and m ay interfer e with reli able operat ion. It is im portant to note dur ation of the com ponent’s “S ync Of[...]

19 5) Click on the “Com ponents ” tab in Intel liFile II and selec t the com ponent you wish to video s ync test. 6) Go to “S ync Test ” , select “Video S y nced” , and click the “On” button. (T he IntelliF ile II will stay in vide o s ync mode f or the com ponent being tes ted unt il the “O ff” button is sele cted) . 7) Tur n t[...]

20 when “Zone 2” is ac tive). Becaus e of this, it m a y not be possible to sync th e rec eiver using a 12V D C wall adapter. Inst ead you mus t resor t to using dua l zone r eceivers with separate “O n” and “Of f” c ommands f or the “Main” an d “Second” zo nes, c onfigura ble control volta ge out puts, or sim ply use two separa[...]

21 Chapter 3 Pr og r amming C a pa bilities 3A. P a ges, K eys, and Seque n ces Designing an d program m ing an IntelliContro l s ystem r equires that you have an intim ate understand ing of ho w the Intel liControl f unctions . This way you ca n sell the s ystem properly (and not em barrass yourself by mak ing unrealistic prom ises), as well as be[...]

22 An Address For Every IR Command Ever y command you want the Inte lliContro l to is sue m ust be s tored to a m emor y address (including c omm ands that ar e only issued as steps in a sequ ence) . Ever y m emor y address is c om posed of two parts, th e “Ke y” you are pr ess ing, and th e “ Page” you are on when that “Ke y” is pres s[...]

23 T herefor e, you could f irst program the “Pla y” key on the “ VCR” page with the VCR’s “Play” Func tion Ke y IR com mand ( which plays the VCR) , then you cou ld pro gram the same ke y to is sue a sequence consis ting of two steps - the VC R’s “Pl ay” comm and, follo wed by the LIGHT S “Dim ” comm and. Note: Each ac tual[...]

24 look to that m em ory address loc ation on the “ Default” page of m emory to s ee if a “Function Ke y IR” comm and (or a “ Function Ke y Sequence” ) is s tored ther e. If there is inform ation pr ogram m ed to that par tic ular addres s on the “ Def ault” page , the I ntel liC ontr ol will iss ue whatev er code (or sequence of c [...]

25 Sony 369 Yamaha 378 The additio n of the second chi p gives far m ore capacit y than ne eded (it es sentially g ives the mem ory the capacit y to store m ore than 12 00 IR cod es, when there are onl y addresses to s tore 416) . T he Intel liF ile II s of t ware will ind ic ate th at you ar e ou t of m emor y when the text describing the c odes y[...]

26 Sync Snapshot As soon as a Master Ke y (or the “S ystem Off ” Ke y) is pressed, an d before an y com m ands are issued, the Inte lliContr ol MSU tak es a “Sync Snaps hot” of all the s ync ports on the MSU. By tak ing this “Sna pshot”, the MSU is essentia ll y taking invent or y (roll call! ) to determ ine exactl y which com ponents a[...]

27 Ev en t Tw o - TV Po wer In “Event T wo – TV Po wer”, the IntelliCo ntrol check s the autom ation programm ing of this particular M ast er Ke y. Should the T V turn “O n” when this Mas ter Ke y is pr essed? Shou ld the TV turn “ Off” when this Mast er Ke y is pressed? Once the Inte lliContro l has chec k ed it’s instru ctions, i [...]

28 Typicall y, “Play”, “Digit” com mands (us ed to select the us ers f avorite cha nnel) , and occasionall y “Stop” c omm ands (for other com ponents in the s ystem ) are inc luded in the “Ending S equence” . 3E. Master Keys: P ar t 2 - Special F ea tur es Automation Bypass for Manually Adjusted Featu r es Additional ly, you m a y c[...]

29 However, if the user dec ides to s kip a s ong on the CD, you sim ply res elect th e “ CD” Master Ke y to access the song sk ip button. Norm ally this would reset the s ystem to Stereo, but s ince the “Sur round So und” M aster Ke y was program m ed as a “Feature Key”, the IntelliF ile II’s “ Autom ation Bypas s” f eature is en[...]

30 For all of the other Mas ter Keys with h igher num bers (out of the IntelliControl ’s ten possibilities ) whic h will a utom atically turn on t he shar ed sourc e com ponent, choose “Separate On/Of f” . Even though t he com ponent onl y features a single “ Toggle” po wer comm and, this technique will enab le us to trick the IntelliCont[...]

31 3F . Master K eys: P ar t 3 - Direct IR, Seq uence IR, and Ma na gers One of the key automation f eatures of the IntelliCo ntrol is its abi lity to select Pr eamp and Televis ion “Inputs ” and “M odes” three d iff erent ways: Direct IR - A Di fferent “Single” IR C ode for each of the Component’s Inputs. This is the mos t desirable [...]

32 input every time . If the anch or is not 1 00% reliab le, you will have t o resor t to usin g the “Input Manager” m ethod. Input Manager – For Components with on l y a Single “Inpu t Toggle” Command This is the least desirable t ype of pream p, televisio n m onitor, or pr ojector to automate. Using the “Input Manager” method, the s[...]

33 Event 2 - TV A uto Turn Off If the T V is on when the “S ystem O ff” key is pressed, this step turns it of f. Even t 3 - Auto Vo lume Reset The volum e of the Pream p m ay be automaticall y lowered to minim um, then r aised to any leve l you choose . Note: This featur e requir es that t he preamp ’s “Volu me Up/Down ” commands be taug [...]

34 Thos e devices whic h draw m ore c urrent than the IntelliContr ol can suppl y should be triggered b y a wall ad apter or power suppl y of adequate c apacit y routed throug h the contact clos ures. Note: The c ontact c losures ar e rated to a max imum of 30 volts AC or DC with a maxi mum current of 1 amp. Also Note: Never c onnect 120V AC to the[...]

35 Volu me Re set The “Volum e Reset” feature enab les you to configur e the sys tem to autom atically lo wer the volume to minim um and raise it to an y desir ed level when the “ System Off” k ey is pressed. Note: This feature w ill only w ork if t he Pr eamp ’ s “V olume Up ” and “Vo lume Dow n” commands are t aught to th e “V[...]

36 If the s ystem is completel y “Off” , a Dual TV s ystem will t urn on t he “ Default” T V if an y video Master Ke y is pressed. If the user presses “ Switch T V” (Master Key 1) the “ Default” TV will turn off, and “TV2” will tur n on. Un til the “S ystem Of f” key is pres sed, “T V2” will remain on, regar dless of wha[...]

37 Chapter 4 Inte g r a ting the IntelliContr ol ® with IR R epea ter Syste ms 4A. Using Y our Original R emote Cont rols via an IR R epeat er System If the components are not in the direct line of s ight of the user , the origin al com ponent remote c ontrols wil l be inconv enient t o operate. T he Intel liControl MSU has a “H om e Theater IR?[...]

38 Zone IR” in put will not be pas sed to the flasher outputs ded icated t o the “Pr eamp”, t he “TV”, or through fl asher outpu ts “9“ or “10”. Figure 11 The ”IR Data” output of the IR Mai n System Unit (IRP/IRZ ) is routed to the “Second Zon e IR” input of the Int elliControl MSU. IR c ommands received at this terminal w[...]

39 In te gr ati ng th e N il es R VL- 6 an d MR Z- 6 M ult i -R oom C on tr oll er s The RVL-6 and MRZ-6 both feature an “I R Data Output” wh ich c an be connec ted to the IntelliContr ol’s “S econd Zon e IR” input f or c ontrol of s hared sour ces. Additional ly, both the RVL-6 an d the MRZ-6’s control outpu ts incorpor ate block ing d[...]

40 Teach the RF/IR Conversion Codes for th e Master Keys, Function Keys, and System Off Key Note: Every RF command s ent by th e Intell iControl i dentifies the last Master Key pres sed by the end us er. For ex ample; if t he Intel liControl w as bus y exec uting the tur n o n sequence for th e DVD and t he end us er press ed the Mast er Key for th[...]

41 Chapter 5 Installing the IntelliContr ol ® Home T hea ter Automa ti on Sy stem. Step-by-S tep Installa tion of a New System 1. Connect, Power Up, and Test The Home Theater Make s ure that all com ponents work with their fac tor y supplied IR rem otes and that a ll planned input/ output c onnections are cor rect. It is s uggested t hat you re pl[...]

42 by hand. If you wish to c hange an i nstalled label, us e a knif e to gently pr y the label protector of f the k ey. e. To operate multiple IntelliContr ols within one h ouse, you m ust change the “ Unit ID” setting. The T abletop R em ote transm its a “Unit ID” with each RF com m and. T here are 16 possible “Unit ID” s ettings whic [...]

43 to attenuate the antenna’s sign al b y placing a var iable at tenuator bet ween t he MSU’s F-connec tor and the anten na. Note: Radio Shac k offers a v ariable RF attenuator which works very well with the In telliContr ol. (R S15-578) No LED lights = Indicates that the RF signa ls are not being transm itted f rom the remote or r eceived b y [...]

44 Figure 12 Labeling Cables 7. Fla sher Level Check Your flasher levels should b e tested and adj usted usin g an Niles IR Sensor conn ected to the IntelliContr ol’s “ Hom e Theater IR” por t before pr ogram ming begins . Note: Tes t each flas her and its le vel on e at a tim e, with al l other f lashers unplugged. Connect the IR s ensor and[...]

45 8. The IR/RF Test LED The RF test LED may be plugged into an IR f lasher o utput to det erm ine if the j ack ( or the flasher driver circ uitry) is working proper ly. T he Tes t LED should light re d whe n comm ands are issued fr om the rem ote and output via that p ort. The T est LED may also be plugged into the j ack on the bottom lip of the T[...]

46 Specifi catio ns The I nt ell iC on tr ol Ta bl eto p R em ot e RF Carrier Fr equency : 418 M Hz RF Range : Up to 1 00 feet Backlight ing Batter y Life : 60 hours continuo usly lit RF Command Battery Life : 100,000 c omm ands Batteries : 3 “D” s ize batteries ( not inclu ded) Overall Dim ensions : 7" wide x 5 " hi gh x 4" deep[...]