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    INST ALLA TION GUIDE SAS - 1 SIGNAL ACTIV A TED A/B SWITCH AUTOMA TED SWITCHING SYSTEM DS00055BCN-0 SAS1.indd 1 4/27/06 4:53:18 PM[...]

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    CONGRA TULA TIONS! Thank you for choosing the SAS-1 Signal Activated A/B Switch from Niles. With proper installation and operation, you should enjoy years of trouble-free use. Niles manufactures the industry’ s most complete line of custom installation components and accessories for audio/video systems. T o see the complete Niles product assortme[...]

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    NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI 1 INTRODUCTION The SAS-1 is an automatic A-B s witching system designed to replace manually operated A-B switches. It automa tically switches from A to B when a signal is present a t its B input. The unit’ s three switching sections can switch three different kinds of signals: Line-level audio, composi[...]

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    2 OPERA TION There are two ways to trigger the SAS-1 switch: a signal sensing mode (1) and a volta ge control mode (2). 1. In the signal sensing mode , the SAS-1 automatically switches from A to B when a signal is present at input B . A sensitivity control is pro vided for setting the amount of input level (trigger threshold) needed to activate the[...]

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    NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI 3 The 12Volts DC is present at the other two terminals whenever the switching section of the SAS-1 is activated. Depending on the setting of the Delay Control, the voltage turns off anywhere between ¼ of a second to 30 seconds after the signal that triggered the SAS-1 is removed. This fea ture is provid[...]

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    4 INST ALLA TION EXAMPLES USING THE SAS-1 USING AN SAS-1 VIDEO SIGNAL ACTIVA TED SWITCH. FIGURE 1       [...]

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    NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI 5 SPEAKERS SPEAKER “A” RECEIVER AC TRANSFORMER SUPPLIED WITH SAS-1 TV COMMON SAS-1 CONTROL OUTS A B COMMON A B L R L R L R TRIGGER LEVEL POWER DELAY V A S CONTROL IN SPEAKERS AC TRANSFORMER SUPPLIED WITH SAS-1 NILES SVC-1 OUT IN CONNECT THE WIRES TO THE SAS-1 IN P ARALLEL WITH THE WIRES TO THE DOORBE[...]

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    6 AC TRANSFORMER SUPPLIED WITH SAS-1 SAS-1 COMMON AVS-2 CONTROL OUT CONTROL IN A B COMMON A B LEFT RIGHT VIDEO A VS-2 COMMON CONTROL OUTS A B COMMON A B L R L R L R TRIGGER LEVEL POW ER DELAY V A S CONTROL IN T APE DECK 1 SURROUND RECEIVER T APE DECK 1 AC-3 (SLA VE) SAS-1 (MASTER) WALL OUTLET SAS-1 POWER SUPPL Y AC CORD AC CORD AC CORD SURROUND PRO[...]

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    NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI 7 ADJUSTING THE SAS-1 The Sensitivity Control adjusts the amount of input level needed to trigger the switch. The threshold may be set anywhere between 15mv and 300mv for line-level audio signals and .1 watt to 4 watts for speaker-level signals. Adjusting the control clockwise will increase the sensitivi[...]

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    8 USING THE CONTROL OUT The CONTROL OUT connector has 4 screw terminals and provides two different outputs. The two terminals on the left provide a set of normally open, dr y relay contacts, and the two terminals on the right provide a 12Volt DC output. The set of dry contacts close whenever the SAS-1 is triggered. They will remain closed as long a[...]

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    NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI 9 SPECIFICA TIONS Speaker Level Power Handling: 600 Watts channel continuous (RMS) Control Voltage Output: 12Volts DC at 400 milliamperes (.4 Amp) Dry Relay Contact Ra ting: Maximum of 28Volts DC at 1 Amp Minimum T rigger Levels: 15 MV line-level, .1 Watt speaker-level Delay Control Range: Adjustable fro[...]

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    NOTES DS00055BCN-0 SAS1.indd 10 4/27/06 4:53:30 PM[...]

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    NOTES DS00055BCN-0 SAS1.indd 11 4/27/06 4:53:31 PM[...]

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    12 LIMITED W ARRANTY Nil es Audi o C orpo rati on (“NI LES ”) w arr ants it s a ctiv e p rodu cts (t hose re quir ing AC or batt ery powe r) to t he ori gina l p urch aser to be free of man ufac turi ng d efe cts in m ater ial and wor kman ship fo r a peri od o f t wo y ears fr om d ate o f p urch ase. Thi s Wa rran ty i s sub jec t to t he f o[...]

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    Model Purchased _________________________________________________________ Serial Number ___________________________________________________________ Date Purchased (month/day/year) _____________________________________________ Dealer Name and Location __________________________________________________ ________________________________________________[...]

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    14 Niles Audio Corporation 12331 S.W . 130 Street Miami, Florida 33186 1-305-238-4373 1-800-BUY -HIFI – www.nilesaudio.com ©2006 Niles Audio Corporation. All rights reserved. Niles, the Niles logos and Blending High Fidelity and Architecture are registered trademarks of Niles Audio Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their resp[...]