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    INSTAL LATION INS TRUCTIO NS MODEL MRC88 EIGHT ZONE – EI GH T SOURCE AUDIO/VIDE O CON TROL LER/ AMPLI FIER S YSTEM[...]

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    Page : 2 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation SAFET Y INSTRUCT IONS - READ BEFORE OPER ATING EQUIPMENT CA U TIO N : TO R ED UC E TH E RI SK O F E L EC T R I C SHO C K, DO NO T R EMOV E COV ER ( OR BACK ) N O US E R -SE RVI CE ABLE P ARTS INS I DE REFER SERVIC ING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONN EL The lightn ing fla sh w ith arrowhe ad symbol, [...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 3 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation T ABLE OF CONT ENTS SAF ETY INSTRUCTIO NS - READ BEF OR E OPERATING E QUI P MEN T ........................................................... 2 TABLE OF C ON TEN TS ....................................................................................................................................[...]

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    Page : 4 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation DB 9 Se r ia l Co nnec tio n .......................................................................................................... ................ 38 U S B Se r ial C o nnec tion ................................................................................................................[...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 5 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Pas te ......................................................................................................................................................54 E DITING C OM MANDS ( IN T HE M ACRO C O MMAND L IS T W INDOW ) ...................................................... 54 IR In Z o n e .[...]

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    Page : 6 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation PROGRAMM ING INT ERNAL AM PLIFIER CO MM AN DS ................................................................................. 72 ZON E EXP A NS I ON ( CON N EC TIN G MUL TI P LE MR C8 8 C ON TR OLL ERS ) .................................................. 74 P ROGRAMMI NG I N EXPA NDED M ODE ...[...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 7 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation[...]

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    Page : 8 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Section 1: General I n form ation & Features GENER AL I NFORM AT ION The Xantec h MRC88 Sy stem is the next generati on in W hole-house A udio/ V i deo E nt ert ainment ( WA VE™ ) f amil y o f product s - the first being the MRC44. Thi s is a re v o l utionar y whole-house audi o/v i deo en[...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 9 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation I M P O RT AN T N O T E : A MRC88 System can be a s ingl e contr oll er w it h key pads f or up t o E ight zones or t wo connect ed cont roll ers and keypads f or up to Sixteen zones. There ar e thr ee diff erent setup m odes in t he Dragon Drop- IR S oft ware. T he Basic m ode all ows quic k set[...]

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    Page : 10 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation SYST EM OVERV I EW The M RC88 is a Eight-source E i ght- zone audi o/vi deo distri buti on and cont r ol system. The Sy stem is compri sed of a Cont rol Am p, Eight LCD Keypads, and E i ght 283M IR Emitter s. Together t he Control Am p and the Keypads m ake up a W hole-house A ud io/ V ideo E nt[...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 11 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation CONT ROLLER/AMPLIFIER FE ATURES • Zone s: Eight, expandabl e t o 16-z ones w it h t he addition o f a second Contr oll er/ Amplifi er and additi onal keypads • So urces: Eight audi o AND VIDEO sources. Any zone can select any source. Sa m e source can be select ed i n multi ple zones. Sev er[...]

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    Page : 12 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation KEYPAD FE AT URES • Fl ush-mount , snap-in wall unit wit h universal wall mounti ng plate. Requi res a 4" x 4" hole cutout in wall (use inc l uded tem plate) . • Connects to M RC88 Contr oll er/ Amplifi er vi a CAT5 cable termi nated wit h RJ45 connector s. • Confi gurabl e LCD p[...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 13 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation MRC88 CONT ROLL ER/AM PL IFIER PANEL AND FEAT URE DESCR IPT IONS 1 4 3 2 5 8 10 6 7 15 14 13 PROTECT OFF ON 9 11 12 PROTECT OFF ON Figur e 2 – The M ode l MRC8 8 C ontr olle r/A mplif ier – Fr on t Pa nel Fea tures an d F uncti ons MRC88 FRO NT PANEL FEA T URES AND CONNECTIONS: 1. Fr on t Pa[...]

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    Page : 14 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Zon e Status ( Active-O perat ion al Mode) a) St eady G reen – indicat es that t he Zone is Activ e (Keypad ON), i s not muted and is not wit hi n 5 dB o f MAX-V. b) St eady Red – indi cates that the Zone is Activ e, i s not muted and i s withi n 5 dB of MAX-V. c) Sl ow Green Bli nk – indi[...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 15 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation 29 30 31 24 26 27 20 23 22 25 19 28 17 18 16 34 21 33 32 Figur e 3 – The M ode l MRC8 8 C ontr olle r/A mplif ier – R e ar Pa nel C onne ct ions a nd F unct ions MRC88 REAR PANEL FEAT URES AND CONNECTIONS: 16. Keyp ad T erminal s (8) . Each Zone has one RJ-45 j ack for Keypad Int erf ace. Ea[...]

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    Page : 16 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation 23 . Sourc e Lo op- Thru C onne ct i ons (8 ). a) A udio L oop- Thru . Par allel Connect i on to Audio Input s f or connecti ng Audi o Source t o another MRC- 88 in Ex panded Mode or to other l ocal devic es. This i s not an activ e out put. b) Vide o Loop- Thr u . Buff ered V ideo Connec ti on [...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 17 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation MRC88 KEYPAD F E AT URE DESCRIPT IONS 6 7 5 2 4 11 12 9 8 10 14 13 1 3 Figur e 4 – The M ode l MRC8 8 Ke ypa d – Fro nt Pa nel Featur es a nd Funct ions MRC88 KEYPA D - FRON T FEA T URES: 1. M RC88 Keypad . 2. Powe r . Tur ns the zone O N and O FF. Can be programm ed wit h IR codes or sequen[...]

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    Page : 18 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation d) F ast Red Bli nk = IR Sensor INPUT or Keypad O UTPUT e) F ast Amber Blink = System B USY 5. L CD Di splay. W hen t he zone pow er i s ON, the LCD will indi cat e the select ed s ource, zone v olum e level, zone and system stat us and other system condi ti ons. The di splay is aut om aticall y[...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 19 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation JP1 JP2 19 18 17 22 15 24 16 23 21 20 Figur e 5 – The M ode l MRC8 8 Ke ypa d – R ea r P a nel Featur es a nd Funct i ons MRC8 8 KEYPA D - REA R FEA T URES A ND CONNEC T IONS: 15. Co nt roll er Termi n al. RJ45 Jack. Connect s Keypad t o zone keypad i nput on MRC88 Contr oll er v i a CAT5 ca[...]

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    Page : 20 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Section 2: I nstallation & Connections I NS TALLA T IO N OPER A TION: OU T- OF-THE -B OX PRE TES T (BA SIC/A DVAN CED/EXPA NDED) The M RC-88 is shipped to oper ate basi c f uncti ons ‘Out-Of -The-B ox’ wit hout any progr amming. Sim ply by pluggi ng in k eypads vi a standard CAT - 5 RJ45[...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 21 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation b) Pr ess “VO L+ ” on t he Zone 1 Keypad. The Vol ume bar s hould m ov e on the Keypad and t he audio cont ent of the source connect ed t o the Source 1 input s should be shoul d be hear d thr ough the Zone 1 speaker s. c) Press “MUTE ” on t he Zone 1 Keypad. The Zone 1 speakers will mut[...]

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    Page : 22 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation 2. If mount ed in an equipment cabi net or ot her confi ning locati on, all ow at l east 2 inches of space abov e the top c over. Be sure there are lar ge openi ngs in the shelf bel ow the unit and in the cabi net t o allow the entry of c ool air and t he escape o f warm ai r. 3. If the cabi net[...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 23 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation b. Using a l evel, make proper hor izont al and verti cal mar ks on s urf ac e to be cut, to pr operly orient te mplate . Figu re 7 – MRC88 Keypad mountin g templ ate c. Locate t he prov i ded te m plate so that the mar k is in the center of the hol e, which is in the cent er of t he te mplate[...]

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    Page : 24 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation e. Sli de the left or ri ght side of the back -bar int o the wall as sho wn in Fi gu re 8 . f. Center the m ounting br acket i n the wall and tight en the s cre ws unti l t he brack et is firml y held in the w all . Ov er ti ghtening will distor t the brac ket and prev ent the Keypad f rom snapp[...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 25 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation 1 2 POWER CH CH STA TUS SELECT PLAY STOP PAUSE FF REW VOL VOL MUTE Fig ure 9 – Removing th e MRC88 Keypad fro m the wall 1. Insert the M RC88 keypad r emoval tool i nto the sl ot at the bottom of the keypad, as shown in Figur e 9 , being sure t hat the tool i s insert ed so that the “i nsert[...]

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    Page : 26 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Using good qual i ty RCA- type patch c ables connect t he source VID EO OU T PUT jacks o f t he ‘Pr im ary contr oll er’ [Fi gure 3-( 23)] to the corr esponding source VI DEO IN PUT jac ks on the Secondary Cont roll er - Fig ure 3- (22). Z ONE A UDIO I NPU TS (ADVANCED) Use 3.5mm Ster eo Min[...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 27 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation NOT E 3: Program IR comm ands f or the MRC44 Cont roll er curr ent sensing as described i n t he MRC44 Ins tallatio n Instr uc tions , “PR OGRA MM IN G S ENS E CO DES”. (EXPA NDED ) Connect CS M1’s as descri bed abov e t o the Prim ary Co ntroll er . Sense input s are not av ail able on th[...]

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    Page : 28 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Wire Color Pin # Signal white/orange 1 485 + orange 2 485 - white/green 3 12V RET blue 4 IR RET white/blue 5 IR green 6 +12V white/brown 7 Attn. 485 brown 8 IR Loop Back Cat 5 Cable RJ45 Connector at Controller/Amplifier RJ45 Connector at Keypad Wire Color Pin # Signal white/orange 1 485 + orang[...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 29 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Mi ni jack to t he appropri ate zone Stat us connect or on the rear of the MRC88 Cont roll er/Am plif i er and the other end to t he de vi c e to control. Tip=Cont rol V oltage; Sleev e=GND Contr o l Ou t (BASIC/ADV ANCED) A singl e Comm on Control O utput is provi ded on the rear o f t he MRC88[...]

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    Page : 30 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation K EYPAD C ONNECTIONS AND J U M PER S ETTI NG S Sin gle K ey pad C A T5 Co n nec tio ns 1. Ref er to Fi gure 10 for pr oper termi nation at the zone-end of the CAT 5 cable. 2. Set K eypad Addr ess jum per configur ati on on the rear of t he keypad – Fi gu re 5 -( 17) acc ording t o Ta b l e 1 b[...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 31 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Keypad Addr ess Set ti ng Applicat ion JP1 JP2 Firs t (or S ingl e) Keypad in Zone (Pr im ary Keypad c onnect ed dir ectl y to MRC88 Cont roller ) OFF OF F Seco nd Keypad i n Z one (Connect ed to P rimar y keypads Ex pansi on Port ) OFF ON Thir d Keypad i n Zone (Connect ed t o Second keypads Ex[...]

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    Page : 32 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation L INKING T WO MRC8 8 C ON TROLLER /A MP LI F IE R U NI T S To c onnect two system s, sim ply connect the suppli ed DB15 E x pansion Cabl e t o the EXPANSIO N Port on the rear of one unit to the EXPANSIO N Port on the other – Figu re 3-( 30) . These uni ts should be pl aced eit her side by si d[...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 33 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Ext ended Runs and Secondary Keypads In Z one 125 feet max (38 m) IR Receiver 250 feet max (76 m) IR Receiver A B C POWER CH CH STATUS SELECT PLAY STOP PAUSE FF REW VOL VOL MUTE 500 feet max (152 m) IR Receiver POWER CH CH STATUS SELECT PLAY STOP PAUSE FF REW VOL VOL MUTE POWER CH CH STATUS SELE[...]

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    Page : 34 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation If any keypad i n the zone is using an ext ernal I R receiver, or if an outdoor keypad is necessary i n a sub- zone, t he MRC88 Termi nal Bloc k on the rear of t he keypad (see Figure 12 ) can be us ed to expand t he connect i ons on the back of t he keypad as shown in Fi gures 11A, B, & C .[...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 35 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation SETT ING-UP T HE MRC88 SYST EM (BASIC/ADV ANCED) To bet ter demonstr ate t he ease and v ersatili t y o f progr ammi ng the MRC88, Fi gure 13 w i ll be used to ill ustrat e setup f or a ty pical appli cati on. (EXPA NDED ) For setup of an ex panded system , see Fig ure 2 4 . The M RC88 is progra[...]

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    Page : 36 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Section 3: Pre- Prog ramming the MRC88 Progr ammi ng the MRC88 system i nv olves planni ng the system and most of all , programmi ng t he system. This secti on i s broken down to walk you t hrough f rom Basic to Advanced m odes of programmi ng as well as program mi ng ext ernal Univ ersal I R Re[...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 37 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation PLANN ING T HE SYST EM Bef or e attempti ng any programmi ng, plan the system confi gur ation fi rst. This should i ncl ude the foll owing: 1. Deter mi ne the brand and t ype of all source com ponents to be used. Sourc e 1: _______________ ______ ___ IR Fi l e N am e: __ __ ____ __ __ _ IR Li br[...]

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    Page : 38 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation INCL UDED HARDWARE & SOFTWARE ITEMS The M RC88 Dragon Drop- IR pac kage includes: • DragMRC CD RO M • One DB9 M ale-t o-Female Cabl e. Connect s the MRC88 COM PORT to a DB9 SERIA L P ORT 1 on your com put er. If you need to use s eri al por ts 2, 3 or 4 on y our com puter , see "SE [...]

  • Page 39

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 39 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation 3. A New Hardw are w indow shoul d appear on t he PC. Click NE XT to search the dr iv e f or an a v ail abl e driv er . For File Locati on poi nt the system t o C:Program Fil esDr agMRC USB f older . 4. Clic k Next t o continue. The pr oper driv ers should now be instal l ed and Dragon Norm a[...]

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    Page : 40 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Figure 14 MRC88 Syste m W indow – B AS IC Mode Figure 15 MRC88 Syste m W indow – A dvanced Mode LEA RNING IR COMMA NDS (Creating P alette Files ) (BA SIC/A DVAN CED/EXPA NDED) IR Codes f r om Manu f actures rem otes o f eac h of the com ponents you wish to cont rol f rom the MRC88 Keypad, m [...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 41 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation 1. W ith the IR Libr ary opened t o the specifi c m anuf act urers li st of Co mm and Groups as outl i ned abov e, cli ck on the fi rst Command G roup listed (i. e. Cmd Group1). A list of all of comm ands ass ociat ed wit h thi s component should be di spl ayed. 2. Connect an Emi t ter to the CO[...]

  • Page 42

    Page : 42 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation 5. Clic k on the RECO RD button in the middl e of the Pal ette Edit or. The RECORD butt on text will turn red. Dragon i s now ready t o l earn t he IR codes f or the speci fi c brand/ component selec ted. NOT E: Befo re performin g step 6, read step s 6 thru 8 as th e RECORD process i s a timed [...]

  • Page 43

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 43 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation To R e nam e a n Ex ist ing Fu ncti on 1. Ri ght -cli ck on t he f uncti on to be renam ed. 2. Choose RENAM E from the drop-down menu. 3. Edi t the text as desired and press ENTER on y our key board to sa v e. To A dd a N e w Fu ncti on 1. Scr oll down to t he bottom of t he f uncti on list on t[...]

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    Page : 44 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Fig ure 19: Creating a Palett e Fil e EDITI NG BRAND, COMPONENT, AND FUNC T IO N LIS T S If a brand, com ponent, or f uncti on is not found i n the Palett e Editor, each c an be added as f ollows : A DD ING B R ANDS 1. If the brand you need i s not alr eady on the list , choose the Component men[...]

  • Page 45

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 45 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation 1. Clic k “LINKS ” on the DragM RC menu bar. 2. Clic k on Remote Cent ral W ebsite. Your browser w i l l open and tak e you to htt p:// www .rem ot ecent ral. com / 3. Clic k FILE S in Rem ote Central. 4. Clic k Phili ps Pront o & Pronto Pr o. 5. Scr oll and cli ck on desired br and unde[...]

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    Page : 46 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Figure 20: Importing Discrete IR Codes ENTERI NG RS 232 COM MA NDS (Cr eating RS 232 Com man d Palette Files) (A DVAN CED/EXPA ND ED) The M RC88 Contr oll er can be used to contr ol advanced component s s uch a s proj ect ors and li ghti ng system s dir ectl y from the k eypad that would norm al[...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 47 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Figur e 21 RS232 Pal ett e Editor Windo w Fig ure 22 En terin g RS23 2 C o mman d Stri n gs T ESTIN G RS232 C O MMA N D S TRIN GS Ther e are t wo m ethods of t esti ng RS232 Command St rings di rectl y from the RS 232 Palette E ditor : One is dir ectl y out of the DragM RC PC’s Comport and t h[...]

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    Page : 48 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation the pr oper Com P ort is s elec ted of the DragMRC P C f or co mm unic ating wit h the MRC88 Co ntr o ller /A m p li fie r) 4. Clic k on the comm and string t o be tested on the left -hand side of t he RS232 Palett e Editor. N ote: Onl y comm ands w it h the icon will be able t o be tested. 5. T[...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 49 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Section 4: Prog ra mming The Controlle r Ther e are t hree ways in which t he MRC88 can be control l ed or to control your audi o, v ideo and home c ontrol system s; by pressing t he butt ons on the MRC88 K eypad, fr om s i gnal s receiv ed from an Inf rared (IR) remot e at the key pads IR Recei[...]

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    Page : 50 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Figu re 24 – MRC88 Keypad L CD Icon Generato r Enter i ng Text Dir ectly ont o the icons 1. Double c li ck on the Source I con in the Virtual Keypad in the M RC88 System s w indow. 2. Highli ght the TEXT to be edit ed and ent er the desir ed t ex t using the P C Keyboard (up t o 4 charact ers)[...]

  • Page 51

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 51 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation PLACING CO MM ANDS ON T O THE VIRT UAL KEYP AD Comm ands can be pl aced under any keypad butt on with the ex cepti on of the Volum e UP, Volume DO W N, and ST ATUS buttons. A ll other butt ons can be programm ed w it h I R co mm ands, RS232 Comm ands (ADVA NCED only ), and/or Inter nal Amplif i [...]

  • Page 52

    Page : 52 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation 1. Select the K EYPAD tab in the M RC88 Sys tems w indow 2. Clic k the desir ed Sourc e butt on on the virtual MRC88 Keypad. 3. Clic k the Func tion butt on you wish to plac e a comm and under and s el ect the appli cable c ommand fr om the pal ette f or that component functi on. T he code nam e[...]

  • Page 53

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 53 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Comm ands can be repeat ed t o extend the am ount o f time the comm and is being issued. Thi s i s sometim es necessary f or STOP commands or any c ommands that seem to be intermi ttent wit h a s hort but ton pr ess. 1. To r epeat an IR comm and for any reason, j ust use the arr ows to set the n[...]

  • Page 54

    Page : 54 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation D ELETE K EY (BA SIC/A DVAN CED/EXPA NDED) Selecting DELETE KEY f rom t he pop-up menu will del ete A LL commands placed under the selected butt on fr om the cur rent Keypad only . In BASI C Mode this appli es to all key pads in the system . D ELETE B ANK (Z ONE L EVEL ) (BA SIC/A DVAN CED/EXPA [...]

  • Page 55

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 55 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Figur e 27 : Editing Co m mands IR I N Z ON E (A DVAN CED/EXPA ND ED) Highli ghti ng a singl e command in t he Macro Comm and List and selec ti ng Ir In Z one fr om the pop-up m enu will di splay another li st with Current Zone and Z ones 1 thru 8 as choices ( f or E XPA NDED sy st em s, Zones 1[...]

  • Page 56

    Page : 56 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation D ELETE (BA SIC/A DVAN CED/EXPA NDED) Highli ghti ng a singl e command in t he Macro Comm and List and selec ti ng Delete f rom the pop- up menu wil l remov e the command from the Macro Command List. T ESTIN G C OMM ANDS P LA C ED ON TH E V IRT UAL K EY PAD Comm ands pl aced under but t ons in t[...]

  • Page 57

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 57 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation (BA SIC) 1. Sel ect the POWE R MANAGEMENT t ab in the MRC88 System s w indow. 2. Sel ect the SOURCE to program ( be s ure to hav e the component s IR Palette open wit h t he proper power com m ands opened). ( See Fi gure -2 8 ) 3. Select Video Sense or C urr ent Sens e (Current Sense requi res t[...]

  • Page 58

    Page : 58 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation PROGRA MMIN G SENSE T RIGG ER COD ES (A DVAN CED/EXPA ND ED) In Adv anced and Ex panded modes, t he avail able Video or Sense input s can be used f or eit her pow er m anagement of source component s or as Trigger s to initi at e IR codes, RS232 Codes or Int ernal Am plif i er Comm ands. T his i[...]

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    Mode l MRC88 Page : 59 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation 6. Sel ect POW ER OFF in t he Macro Comm and List. The POW ER OFF butt on will become outli ned in RED. 7. Sel ect the appr opri ate comm and(s) t o be as sociat ed wi th t he absenc e of a Sense Input (i. e. no video or 0VDC on the Ri ng of the stereo mi ni j ack connect ed to the SE NSE input [...]

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    Page : 60 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation ZONE OPT IONS CONFIGURA T ION In BA SIC mode, t he system i s con fi gur ed as a w hole and m ost f eatures are fix ed t o the de f ault settings. T he only feature t hat i s configurabl e in the Key pad screen is the RC68 G roup Code. W ithi n the ADVANCED M RC88 System , eac h zone can be cust[...]

  • Page 61

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 61 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation (BA SIC) In basi c mode, the code group c an only be set f or the entir e system. To change t he Code Group, click on the drop-do wn m enu in the “SYSTE M CODE GROUP” box and select one of the displ ayed Code Group choi c es. (A DVAN CED/EXPA ND ED) Each zone of the MRC88 can be set to it ?[...]

  • Page 62

    Page : 62 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Figur e 32 : Conf iguring Co m mands for IR IN ZONE T RANSFERRING T H E PROJECT (BA SIC) The pr oj ect can now be transf err ed to the MRC88 if it is being set up in t he Basic mode. For Ad v anced and Ex panded system s, c ontinue t o next secti on. See page 77 “Tr ansf erring a Proj ect” f[...]

  • Page 63

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 63 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Section 5: Advance d/Expanded Prog ramming All features di scussed in S ecti on 5 are only av ailable in ADVANCE D or EXPANDED modes of oper ation. Sect i on 5 w i ll c over all items cont ai ned in the CONTROLLER, ZO NE LINKI NG, and RS232 INPUT t abs as displ ayed i n the MRC88 S ystem s windo[...]

  • Page 64

    Page : 64 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation IR R OU TING (Factory De fault = “ ENABLED ”) Thi s mode all ows select iv e cont rol of multi ple sam e-brand same-m odel component s such as multi pl e DVD play ers or Sat elli t e recei v ers . W hen “ROUTING ENA BLE” is select ed, I R co mm ands are di rected onl y to the specif i c [...]

  • Page 65

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 65 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation RS232 SETT INGS To c onfigur e the setti ngs of t he RS232 Port loc ated in the rear of the MRC88 Cont roll er/Am plif i er – Figu re 3 - (29) , clic k on the CHANGE SETTI NGS button under t he RS232 Setti ngs secti on of the CO NTROLLER tab. Th i s wil l di splay all c onfigur abl e s etti ng[...]

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    Page : 66 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation i. e. If S ource #2 is a DVD player that should not be viewed by those in Z ONE 5, sel ect the box at the cr oss secti on of S ource 2 and Zone 5 as di splayed in Fi gure 35 Figur e 35 - Mon it or Loc kout Mode D Y NAM I C M ONITOR L OCK O UT (A DM I NI ST R AT OR ) (F act ory de f ault : “DIS[...]

  • Page 67

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 67 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation ZONE L INKI NG PROGR AMMING Zones i n the M RC88 System can be linked t oget her to all ow any co m binati on of zones to behav e as a singl e zone wit h regard t o power (ON/O FF) and sourc e selection. If Z ones 1 and 2 are li nked, when either is turned ON or OFF, both will t urn ON or OFF si[...]

  • Page 68

    Page : 68 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation NOT E: Aft er the proj ect has been tr ansf erred to t he MR C88 Control l er, the Z ones w ill be perm anentl y li nk ed unless reprogramm ed t o be otherwise. All link ed zones wil l hav e a s m all ‘L’ in the right side of t he Vol ume Bar locat ed in the LCD displ ay on the keypad( s) i [...]

  • Page 69

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 69 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation NOT E: Aft er progr ammi ng the contr oll er, to activ ate the Dynami c Link Mode, please see SEC TION 8 (O perati ng Instr ucti ons – Dynami c Zone Link). LI NK ALL DYNA MI C Sel ecti ng this butt on will set A LL zones to all ow Dynami c Zone Li nking bet ween ANY zones. LI NK ALL S T A T I [...]

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    Page : 70 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Fi gur e 38 – IRS232 Input Translat or PROG RAMMING IR COMMANDS A ND SEQ UENCE S The RS 232 Input Translat or get s programm ed in the same m anner as program mi ng the keypads. P al ettes are used to associ ate c ommands with any of the 128 av ailable A SCII stri ngs. This giv es the abili t [...]

  • Page 71

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 71 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation RC68+ IR CODE T RIGGERED SEQUENC ER The M RC88 Contr oll er/Amplifi er c an generat e IR code s equenc es t ri ggered by single RC68+ comm ands. T his f eature can be usef ul in elimi nati ng long sequence ex ecuti on fr om hand-hel d contr oll ers and also all ow a w i der range of program mabl[...]

  • Page 72

    Page : 72 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation can do one func tion when the I R is receiv ed at Z one 1’s IR Receiv er and have a totally different Macro associ ated wit h it when the sam e IR code is receiv ed in Zone 2). 4. Sel ect the RC68+ S equence T rigger Command to be programm ed. (i. e Clic k on button ‘80’. It w ill be outli[...]

  • Page 73

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 73 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation zone (i . e. lower the v olume in the Kids zone whil e sitti ng i n the Master Bedr oom) . A list of the avail able comm ands appears in Tabl e 2 on the ne x t page. NOT E: TH ESE C OMMAND S ARE ALREAD Y PR OG R AMMED INTO THE MRC8 8 AT THE FACTORY. They are made av a il abl e for use in speci a[...]

  • Page 74

    Page : 74 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation wil l tur n the zone “OFF”. (B e sure to set the PLA Y co mm and f or the proper Sourc e Emitt er Output. i. e. Right -clic k on command i n Macro Command Li st and s elec t S ource 1 output ) 9. Repeat f or all zones and com m ands as required. NOT E: Re m ember : As in the example abov e, [...]

  • Page 75

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 75 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation NOT E: Duri ng the EXPA ND ED Se t-Up ins truct i ons , w e w ill re f er to the PRI M ARY and SECONDARY Contr oll er s. T he P RIMARY Controll er ref ers to the MRC88 Control l er connected t o Zones 1 thru 8 and the SECO NDARY Contr oller ref ers to the MRC88 Contr oller connec t t o Zones 9 t[...]

  • Page 76

    Page : 76 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation 2. Any RS232 Comm ands pl aced on any key pad will be execut ed out of the PRIM ARY Controll er s rear RS232 Connect or O NLY regar dless of whic h zone is issuing t he comm and. Thi s m eans if int erf acing to another RS232 devi ce, t his de v i ce will need t o be connected t o the PRIMARY Co[...]

  • Page 77

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 77 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Section 6: Completing the Prog ramming Pr oce ss Aft er compl eti ng the previ ous 5 Sections, i t is f i nally time to t rans f er the proj ect to the Cont roller and star t usi ng the system . Besides transf err i ng the proj ect, proper fil e back-up proc edures are al so menti oned here t o [...]

  • Page 78

    Page : 78 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation SAVING AND BACKING-UP F ILES A UT OM AT I C S AV E W hen w orki ng on a proj ect in Dr agMRC, it is aut omatical l y sa v ed on a continuous ba sis, I t is O K to quit a proj ect at any time and com e back to it for further work by sim pl y c l icking on O pen Proj ect (Ctrl+O ) from the File m [...]

  • Page 79

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 79 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation 4. To use them at a lat er dat e, drag & drop t he contents of eac h of these f ol ders back int o the appropri at e f olders on t he main hard driv e NOT E: T o a v o i d the potenti al loss of work, back up fil es f requent ly. FIRM WARE UPGR ADE OPTIONIS The M RC88 has been des igned t o [...]

  • Page 80

    Page : 80 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Section 7: Tweakin g the S y st em Aft er the pr oject has been transf err ed and the sys tem d eem ed operat ional , ther e are still ar eas that mi ght need mi nor adjustm ents to customi ze the system. These adjustm ent s are av ailabl e s ystem wide regar dl ess of what m ode the sys tem was[...]

  • Page 81

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 81 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation 8. Put t he Lear ning re mote into LEARN mode. 9. Sel ect the f unction t o be Taught f rom the l ef t- hand side of the P al ette Edit or 10. Repeat f or all comm ands to be learned Figu re 43 : MR C88 Co mman d Pa lette MAKING FINE ADJUST MENT S Using an RC68+ Hand-Hel d progr ammer , Fine A d[...]

  • Page 82

    Page : 82 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Z O N E AD J U S T M E NT S These adj ustm ent s allow custom ized bass, trebl e, balance and m aximum level sett ings t o best complim ent the acousti cs and pref erences for eac h zone. 1. Go t o des ir ed zone. 2. Using an RC68+ select desir ed INPUT (source). 3. Poi nt the RC68+ at the IR se[...]

  • Page 83

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 83 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Section 8: Opera ting I nstru ctions W ith all system co m ponents connect ed and t he MRC88 Cont roll er and K eypads program m ed, The sys tem is ready f or use. T he foll owing i nstructi ons are for the end-user on how to operate t he system on a daily basi s. ZO NE CONTROL (BA SIC/A DVAN CE[...]

  • Page 84

    Page : 84 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation ZO NE SETT INGS SYSTEM S TA T US (BASIC/ADV ANCED) A singl e pr ess of the “STATUS ” button will show which s ource s are cur rent l y selected by zone f or zones 1 thru 4. Pr ess the STATUS button agai n to view the status of Z ones 5 thru 8. T he display wi ll ret urn to normal aft er 5 se[...]

  • Page 85

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 85 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation 2. Press the butt on f or the zone t o be unli nked. (Z1, Z2, et c) T he keypad status LED’s wil l sho w ‘busy’ (rapi d am ber fl ash) f or 10 seconds aft er t he last button press, t hen ‘tim e out’ and r etur n to normal use mode ( LED / green, LCD/norm al di splay ). The small ‘L?[...]

  • Page 86

    Page : 86 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation Section 9: Appendix RS232 C ON T ROL Thi s document descri bes the bi-di r ecti onal RS232 int erf ace o f the MRC88 using t he COM PORT on the rear of the system ( Fig . 3-29) . This interf ac e allows an ex ter nal RS232 devic e to contr ol the MRC88 via a set of ASCII text commands. I t i s a[...]

  • Page 87

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 87 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation The par sing of incoming dat a on the COM PORT can be disabled vi a a setting i n the Dragon proj ect. Thi s mi ght be necessary if t he COM port is to be used to control an external dev i ce and any i ncomi ng data f rom that devi ce is to be ignor ed. This setti ng can be f ound wit h t he set[...]

  • Page 88

    Page : 88 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation COMM ANDS N ote: A n explana tion of i tems in parenthe sis ( {} ) can be found below . NAME COMM AND EXA MPLES/ C OMMEN T S Zone P ower !{ z# } PR { 0/1 }+ To tur n on Zone 2: ! 2PR1+ To t urn off Z one1: ! 1P R0+ Zone P ower Toggl e !{ z# } PT + All Z ones Off ! AO + Input (Sour ce) Select !{ [...]

  • Page 89

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 89 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation QUERIES N ote: A n explana tion of i tems in parenthe sis ( {} ) can be found below . NAME QUERY RESPONSE EXAMPL E RESPONSE EX PLANATION Zone P ower ?{ z# } PR + ?{ z# }PR{ 0/1 }+ ?7PR0+ Power in z one 7 i s OFF. Input Select ?{ z# }SS+ ?{ z# }SS{ s# }+ ?5SS3+ Zone 5 c urrentl y has source 3 sel[...]

  • Page 90

    Page : 90 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation VOL UME LEVEL (39 S t ep s) MRC88 SE TTI NG ATTENUATIO N LEVEL ( in dB) 38 0 37 -1. 25 36 -2. 50 35 -3. 75 34 -5. 00 33 -6. 25 32 -7. 50 31 -8. 75 30 -10. 00 29 -11. 25 28 -12. 50 27 -13. 75 26 -15. 00 25 -16. 25 24 -17. 50 23 -18. 75 22 -20. 00 21 -21. 25 20 -22. 50 19 -23. 75 18 -25. 00 17 -27[...]

  • Page 91

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 91 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation KEYPAD B UTTON ID MRC88 SETTING Keypad But t on Label 1 NOT AVAILABL E 2 NOT AVAILABL E 3 Sourc e Sel ect 1 4 Sourc e Sel ect 2 5 Sourc e Sel ect 3 6 Sourc e Sel ect 4 7 Sourc e Sel ect 5 8 Sourc e Sel ect 6 9 Sourc e Sel ect 7 10 Sourc e Sel ect 8 11 CH + 12 CH - 13 POW ER 14 NOT AVAILABL E 15 [...]

  • Page 92

    Page : 92 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation BA SS/TREBLE LEVEL MRC88 SETTIN G LEVEL ( in dB) 14 +14 13 +12 12 +10 11 +8 10 +6 9 +4 8 +2 7 0 6 -2 5 -4 4 -6 3 -8 2 -10 1 -12 0 -14[...]

  • Page 93

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 93 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation BALA NCE LEVEL (63 steps) MRC8 8 Setting Lef t Speaker A ttenuation (in dB) Rig ht Speaker A ttenuation ( in dB) 0 0 Mut e 1 0 -37.5 2 0 -36. 25 … … … 29 0 -2. 5 30 0 -1. 25 31 0 0 32 0 0 33 -1. 25 0 34 -2. 5 0 … … … 62 -37. 5 0 63 Mut e 0[...]

  • Page 94

    Page : 94 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation T ROUBLES HOO T ING If you encounter probl ems, r eview each o f t he followi ng item s and take cor rectiv e action as descri bed. If probl em s persist, cont act Xantech T echnic al Support. PROBLEM PROBA BLE CA USE A ND SOLU TION The M RC88, after a s uccessf ul T ransf er fr om Dragon Drop-I[...]

  • Page 95

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 95 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation PROBLEM PROBA BLE CA USE A ND SOLU TION Unit will not learn IR comm ands f r om certain br ands and m odels of rem otes. a) Because of the wide v ariety of IR codi ng and tim i ng relati onships (ther e are no i ndustry standard s), t here ar e some IR comm ands that are not l earnabl e by the D[...]

  • Page 96

    Page : 96 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation PROBLEM PROBA BLE CA USE A ND SOLU TION W hen Transfer ri ng the proj ect to a MRC88, the transf er stop s w it h a "Transf er abort ed-Receiv er Stopped Respondi ng" or a " Communi cati ons Erro r---" m es sage. The f oll owing i tem s may hav e i nterf ered wit h the tr ans[...]

  • Page 97

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 97 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation PROBLEM PROBA BLE CA USE A ND SOLU TION Probl ems Cont rolli ng the MRC88 vi a the RS232 por t o n the r ear of the system. 1. Check t he cabli ng bet ween the contr olli ng unit and the M RC88. 2. Verif y pr oper comm and is being sent t o the MRC88. Refer to Appendix A and sect ion on RS232 T [...]

  • Page 98

    Page : 98 Mode l MRC88 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation 1 NC 1 IR Source 1 2 Tx 2 IR Sou rce 2 3 Rx 3 IR Sou rce 3 4 H S Ou t 4 IR Sou rce 4 5 G ND 5 IR Source 5 6 H S In 6 IR Source 6 7 RTS 7 IR Source 7 8 NC 8 IR Source 8 9 NC 9 NC 10 I R Co mmon 11 Tx Out 12 Comm on 13 Rx In 14 Si g Out 15 Si g In W indows and Micr osof t are register ed tr ademar[...]

  • Page 99

    Mode l MRC88 Page : 99 © 2003 X an tech Co rporation SPEC IFIC AT IONS A udio (ea channel ) Mi n Input: ...................................................................................................... 250m V f or f ull rat ed Output Input O v erload: ............................................................................................[...]

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