Arcam MZ8 manual

23425 MZ12 MZ8 MUL TI Z ON E POWER AMPLIFIE R[...]

2 is p rod uct is de signed a nd ma nuf actur ed to m eet strict quali ty and safety stand ard s. H ow ever , yo u sho uld be a ware o f the f ollo wing installa tion and opera tion pr ecau tion s. 1. T ak e heed of w arnin gs and instructio ns Y ou s hould read all the saf ety a nd o peratin g ins truction s befo re o pera ting this eq uip men [...]

3 Cet ap par eil a ét é co nçu et fa briq ué co nfo rmémen t aux no rmes d e quali té et de sécurit é les p lus strictes . V ous devez cependa nt o bserver les pr écau tion s qui suiv ent lors de son installa tion et de son u tilisa tion. 1. A vertis sement s et co nsignes Il est impér atif de lir e les c ons ignes de sécurité et d ’ [...]

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5 W elc ome an k you a nd con gra tulat ions fo r pur chasin g you r A rca m MZ A mpl ier . A rca m has been pro duci ng spe cialis t aud io pr oducts o f rem ark ab le qua li ty for o ver th ree de cades.  e new MZ8 an d MZ12 mul ti-zon e power a mp li ers dr aw u pon a ll of A rcam ’ s experience as on e of th e UK’ s most r espe [...]

6 Placing the unit Place the am plier on a leve l, rm s urface, av oidin g dir ect sunl ight a nd sour ces o f hea t or dam p. Alt ernati vel y , the un it ca n be in stalled in a 19” equi pmen t rack usi ng the rack ea rs s upp lied. A ttach the rac k ear s to the sid es of the MZ a mp lier using the su ppl ied bol ts, as sho wn in the [...]

7 AUDIO IN AUDIO IN Z1 Z2 Z5 Z6 AUDIO IN Z3 Z4 Speaker terminals Po wer Inlet 12V T rigger Zone 1 T rims Zone 2 Input Select Zone 1 Input Zone 2 Input RS232 Connection Zone 5 & 6 C onnections and Controls Zone 3 & 4 C onnections and Controls Connect an RS232 remot e con troller here Connect the correct mains cab le here Zone 5 & 6 hav e[...]

8 Speaker Installation e MZ1 2 am plie r allo ws the c onnectio n o f up t o twe lve independ ent loud speaker c hann els, a rran ged in six st ereo z ones . e MZ 8 am plie r pr ovide s eigh t cha nnel s in f our zo nes. Each zo ne is designed to p ro vide am plica tion to o ne r oom o f a m ulti- room installa tion; further o ptio n[...]

9 Bi-ampi ng Bi-a mp ing i s the sepa rati on o f the a mp lica tion of lo w- and high - frequ ency signal s ov er two am plier s. Y ou will n eed to co nnect t o loud speakers tha t pr ovid e separa te terminals fo r the tw o cab les. Each speaker mus t ha ve tw o pair s of terminal s; o ne pair labelled HF F or ‘ Hi gh Fr equen cy’ , th[...]

10 Zone opera tion Each zo ne (ex cept Zone 1 ) has a n in pu t swi tch.  is swi tch all ows the inp ut for the zo ne to be taken from either the co rres pondin g zo ne in pu t or th e zon e 1 in pu t. is allow s fo r the in put to zone 1 to be sent to mul tipl e lou dspeaker pairs . Swi tch all in put swit ches to Zone 1 if y ou req uire the[...]

11 Fr ont panel indicators e fr on t pane l Zone Sta tus L EDs in dica te the stat us o f each of the am plier zon es: • Red - s tandb y • Amber - zo ne m uted • Gr een - zo ne o n • Flash ing Red - ov er te mpera tur e RS232 remote c ontrol e Ar cam MZ am pli ers ma y be remo te co ntr olled using an RS2 32 data con[...]

12 W orldwide Guarantee is en titles yo u to h av e the un it r epair ed free of c har ge, d uring the rst two y ears a er p urc hase, at an y au tho rised Ar cam di stribu to r pr ovided that it w as ori ginally p urc hased fr om a n a utho rised Ar cam dealer o r dis tribu tor .  e man ufacturer can tak e no r espo nsib ility for defe[...]

13 RS 23 2 C ont ro l Con ventions All hexa decimal n umbers begin 0x. An y cha racter in sin gle quo tes gi ves the ASCI I equi valen t of a hex v alue. <n> r epr esent s an u nknown or v ariab le n umber . Command and r esponse formats Comm unica tion be tween the rem ote con troll er (RC ) and the MZ8 /MZ12 tak es the f orm o f sequences o[...]

14 Zone numbers e f ollo wing zo ne n umbers ar e den ed: 0x01 - Zone n umber 1. (Zon e 1 is the mas ter zo ne. Comma nds tha t are glo bal ar e addr essed t o Zone 1) 0x02 - Zone n umber 2. 0x03 - Zone n umber 3. 0x04 – Zone n umber 4. 0x05 – Zone n umber 5. 0x06 – Zone n umber 6. Answ er codes e f ollo wing a nswe r codes a re d e?[...]

15 Sy stem C ommand Specifications COMMAND : Byte: Descri ptio n: St 0x21 Zn Zone n umber Cc 0x0E Dl 0x01 Data 0xF0 – Reque st mu te sta tus Et 0x0 D RESPO NSE: Byte: Descri ptio n: St 0x21 Zn Zone n umber Cc 0x0E Ac Answer code Dl 0x01 Data 0x00 – Zone is mu ted 0x01 – Zo ne is no t mu ted Et 0x0 D Software versi on (0x04 ) Reques t the v er[...]

16 COMMAND : Byte: Descri ptio n: St 0x21 Zn Zone n umber Cc 0x1F Data1 0x00 – Deacti vate mut e line 0x01 – A ctivate m ute lin e Dl 0x01 Et 0x0 D RESPO NSE: Byte: Descri ptio n: St 0x21 Zn Zone n umber Cc 0x1F Ac Answer code Dl Data le ngth <n> Data1 Relay state Et 0x0 D Activa te/de activate the mu te line s (0x1F) Acti vat e/deacti va[...]

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A&R C ambridge Ltd , P embro ke A venue, Wa terbe ach, CAMB RIDGE C B25 9QR, England SH216E Issue 2 234 25[...]