Home Automation Digital Whole Home Audio Distribution System manual

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    User’s Guide Digital Whole Home Audio Distribution System Document Number 62R00-1 Rev A October, 2006[...]

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    Copyright © 2006 Home Automation, Inc. All Rights Reserved[...]

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    Precautions Exposure to ex tremely high noise levels m ay cause a permanent hearing l oss. Individual s vary consider ably to noise i nduced hearing loss but nearly everyone will lose some hearing if expo sed to sufficiently intens e noise for a sufficient time. The U.S . Governm ent's Occupational S afety and Health Administrati on (OSHA) ha [...]

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    CONTENTS Intr oduc tion ........................................................................................................................ 1 General ................................................................................................................................................... 1 Operation ...................................[...]

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    Page 1 Intr oduction Thank you for purchasing your new Hi-Fi by HAI audio di stribution system. You are about to enjoy the freedom and convenience of listening to and shar ing music from your stereo, iPod™, satellite radio, digital cable TV, computer, CD player, or any other m usic source in any room in your home. Hi-Fi by HAI is a six-source, ei[...]

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    Page 2 Operation When an audio zone is turned on and the Volume-Sour ce Control (VSC) in that zone is idle, the blue display will show the current vo lume level of the zone. VOLUM E PUSH TO SELECT VSC You can change the zone power on/off state, select an alternative audio source, and adjust th e zone volume by either pressing or turning the knob. A[...]

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    Page 3 All Zones Off If you wish to turn all zones off, press the knob a nd hold it for 3 - 5 seconds. Release the knob when the display shows " FF ". All zone amplifiers are turned off and the volum e for each zone is set to " 00 ". Setting Zone Volume Turning the knob on the VSC clockwise will increase the volume and countercl[...]

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    Page 4 Display System Setting Default Value Range Ba Bass 0 -9 to 9 Tr Treble 0 -9 to 9 bL Balance 0 -9 to 9 If there is no interaction with the VSC for more than 20 seconds, the menu will be exited and the display will revert back to the volum e setting. You can al so m anually exit from the Zone Menu by pressing and holding the knob for at least [...]

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    Page 5 Advanced Menu To adjust the source gain and the connection status of each source, whether IR is enabled o r disabled, whether IR is passed to the audio sources, zone groups, and paging volume, pr ess and hold the knob on the VSC for more than 5 seconds to enter the Advanced Menu. Re lease the knob wh en the display shows " G1 ". In[...]

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    Page 6 Setting Source Gain / Connection Status The Source Gain / Connection item allows you to ch ange the source gain setting for each of the six sources. These settings are system -wide and affect all zones. To change the source gain for Source 1, turn the knob when " G1 " is displayed. Turning the knob on the VSC clockwise will increas[...]

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    Page 7 IR Enable / Disable This menu item allows you to set w hether the IR inform ation received at the VS C is sent to the Hi-Fi processor. By default IR is enabled, thus allowing the VSC to route the inform ation to the Hi-Fi processor whenever an IR signal is received. To change the IR setting, turn the knob when " Ir " is displayed. [...]

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    Page 8 POWER + - 6 5 4 3 2 1 SOURCE MUTE VOLUME 1 2 3 4 5 IR Receive When an IR signal is received by the VSC, it is sent directly to the Hi-Fi pro cessor. Upon receiving the IR data, the Hi-Fi processo r will decode it and process certain comma nds locally and rout e all IR data to connected source equipm ent. IR must be enabled fo r the VSC to se[...]

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    Page 9 IR Passthrough When IR Passthrough is enabled, IR data can also be routed to the connected source equipment. After decoding the received IR, the Hi-Fi processor will th en route the IR signal to the source which is logically connected to that VSC. IR Output Each RIM ships with an IR flasher (62A08-1). The IR flasher is used for sending IR da[...]

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    Page 10 RIM Remote Inpu t Module Hi-Fi RI M AUDIO I N IR OUT SOURCE 2 MP3 PLAYER Connecting Y our Music Source Each Remote Input Module (RIM) located throughout your hous e is used to pick up music from your home theater, kitchen TV, com puter, personal music pl ayer, satellite radio, Media Center, CD player, or any music source with an audio outpu[...]

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    Page 11 Page / Mute Hi-Fi has the capability of playing audio over all speakers in your home in special circum stances. For example, it can announce when someone is at the door or when the telephone is ringing. This feature is called paging. If paging is used, the paging audio source will be conne cted as audio Source 6. When an audio page is initi[...]

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