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R Remote O peration Ma nual 1 R Rem ote Operation Manual Thank y ou fo r choo sing a Y amaha prod uct. This o perat ion man ua l expl ains set u p and use of "R Re mote, " a W indo ws ap plicat ion t hat let s yo u make head amp (subsequen tly "HA") settings for the Rio3224 - D/R io1 608 - D/Ri8 - D (subse quent l y "R seri[...]
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R Remote O peration Ma nual 2 Contents ■ System Requirements ............................................................................................................................... 3 ■ Setup ...................................................................................................................................................[...]
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R Remote O peration Ma nual 3 ■ Sy st em Require ments In order to use R Remote, y ou'll need th e following items. ● A W indows co mp uter eq uipped with t he fo llow ing c onditio ns: OS W i ndows 7 SP1 Home Premium or l at er , W indo ws 8, W indows 8 .1 CPU Intel Co re i3 /i5 or higher HDD 120 MB or more Con nec tor An Etherne t connec[...]
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R Remote O peration Ma nual 4 Inst all ing the R Remo te The in stalla tion p roc edu re is as f ollow s. 1. Logo n to W indow s wit h administe r acc ount . 2. After decom pressing th e downloade d file, double - cl ick “set up.exe” in the decom pressed file locat ion. The R Remote setu p wizard wi ll ap pear . ・ The “U ser Acc ount C ontr[...]
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R Remote O peration Ma nual 5 Setting s on th e R ser ies uni ts When usi ng R Remot e to operat e an R serie s unit, set the DIP switches an d [UNIT ID ] rotary switc h of the unit, taking n ote of the following settings . ・ Set the UNIT ID in t he ran ge of 1 to 8. R R emote will not d etect units with a setting o f 0 or 9 or higher . ・ Set t[...]
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R Remote O peration Ma nual 6 Conne ct the co mputer and R s eries unit s Use an Et hernet cab le to c onnec t the com puter and the R ser ies un its. If you se lecte d DAIS Y CHAI N in “ Sett ings on t he R series u nits " on the previou s page, connect t he Dante connectors of th e R serie s units in a da isy chai n to the comp ute r . If [...]
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R Remote O peration Ma nual 7 TC P/IP Set tin gs Make T CP/IP setting s fo r the com puter as fol lows . 1. Acce ss the C ontro l Panel, then cli ck or do uble - click [Network and Sharing Center] or [V i ew network status and tasks]. The “Net work an d Shar ing Ce nter” is dis p laye d. 2. Click [Manage network connection] or [Ch ange adapter [...]
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R Remote O peration Ma nual 8 Use Dant e Controller or t he CL seri es cons ole t o speci fy the routing Y ou'll use Dant e Contro ller or the CL series co nsol e to spec ify t he rout ing. If you're using Da nte Controller to specify th e routing, refer to " Dante Cont roller User ’ s Guid e." If you're usi ng a CL serie[...]
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R Remote O peration Ma nual 9 ■ Operating R Remote When you start R Remote, the "Network Setup" dialog b ox may appear , allowing you to se lect the comput er' s netwo rk card tha t wil l be use d for com municat ion wit h the R series units. If thi s appe ars, click t he netw ork card t hat is c onnect ed to the R s eries un it, a[...]
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R Remote O peration Ma nual 10 Main sc reen Here yo u can m ake setti ngs for t he H A of the R ser ies un its. ① Display select buttons Click on e of these but ton s to view the co rre spond ing R serie s unit a t the ri ght. Up to two insta nces of R Rem ote ca n be simultan eou sly co nnect ed to a n R series u nit. For e xa mple , this wo uld[...]
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R Remote O peration Ma nual 11 ④ [SYSTEM] indicator /[SYNC] ind ica to r Indic ates th e stat us of the R ser ies un it or the Da nte stat us. For more ab out this in dicat ion, refer to "Messages" in the owner ’ s m anual of R se rie s . ⑤ Conne ctor i ndex Indicates th e range of conn ect or number s corr esp ondi ng to the HA set[...]
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R Remote O peration Ma nual 12 “ I/O Device Ed it ” dialog box Here yo u can view and e dit det aile d HA settings for the R series un it. This appear s whe n you click a connector index in th e m ain scr een. The t oolba r also show s the UNI T ID o f the R seri es unit. T o clo se the dial og box , clic k the [ x] button lo cate d in the u pp[...]
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R Remote O peration Ma nual 13 “ Netw ork Setup ” dialog box Here you can select t he netw ork interface ca rd of the com p uter that wi ll be used to comm u nicat e with the R ser ies (s ubsequent ly c alled “t he net work c ard”). ① Networ k card li st Select the ne twork car d that w ill be u sed to comm unicat e wit h R series . ② [[...]
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R Remote O peration Ma nual 14 “ R Seri es Infor mation ” dial og box This display s informati on about the R ser ies un its that are co nnected. Here y ou ca n also c hange the connec tion st atus of each R series unit. ① [ID] list Click t he UN IT ID of the R serie s unit whos e informatio n you want to view . ② [Information] disp lay a r[...]
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R Remote O peration Ma nual 15 ■ Uninst alling the sof tware(Removing the appl ication) Use “ Co ntrol Panel ” to uni nstall t he sof twar e. In Contr ol Panel, clic k [Program s and funct ions] o r [Uninstal l a program], then s elect the item yo u want to unin stall, and cl ick [Unin stall or chang e]. A dialog box will a ppear; follow th e[...]
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R Remote O peration Ma nual 16 ■ T r oubleshoot ing Problem Possi ble cau se Act ion R serie s unit is not det ected The R se ries un it's power switch is not on T urn the powe r switc h on. The R se ries un it's DIP sw itch setti ngs ar e incor rect Make the same settin gs as shown in o ne of the DIP switch setting examples of "Se[...]
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R Remote O peration Ma nual 17 Audio is not input / Inp ut level is low HA gain is not a t an ap propriate level Set the HA gain to a n appropriate lev el. The external dev ice is no t outputting a si g nal Output a sig nal fr om the sourc e device and make sure that th e SIG in dicat ors on t he appro priate chan nels w il l light . A conde nser m[...]