Multi - room Amp R1 AUDAC PROFESSIONAL AUDIO EQUIPMENT Multi-room Amplifier R1 User Manual & Installation Guide
AUDAC PROFESSIONAL AUDIO EQUIPMENT User Manual & Installation Guide AUDAC http://www.audac.be info@audac.
Index INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 ENVIRONMENT ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS .............................
USING THE AUDIO LINK ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 WALL MOUNTED CONTROL PANELS (OPTIONAL) ................................................................................................................................................. 29 JUMPER SETTINGS FOR ZONE OUTPUT SELECTION...............................................................
Introduction This section describes briefly the possibilities of the R1 multi-room amplifier. T he R1 multi-room amplifier is developed as an easy to use, flexible solution for multiroom use. During the development of the R1, the AUDAC-engineers wanted to achieve four goals: - Delivering a flexible audio solution to control multiple zones.
Chapter 1 Environment Do not place this unit in an enclosed environment such as a bookshelf or closet. Ensure there is adequate ventilation to cool the unit. Do not block the ventilation openings. Do not place the unit in environments which contain high levels of dust, heat, moisture or vibration. Do not use the unit near water or other liquids. Make sure no water or other liquids can be spilled, dripped or splashed on the unit. The unit is developed for indoor use only. Do not use the unit outdoors.
Safety Requirements Always handle the unit with care. Only use a grounded socket outlet and a power cord with grounding plug to plug in the unit. This unit is not a toy. It should not be operated by children. Do not stick objects through the ventilation openings of the R1. Do not open the unit. (risk for electrical shock) The R1 contains several ‘jumpers’ which can be set. These settings may only be done by qualified people. CAUTION - SERVICING This unit contains no user serviceable parts.
Pin connections on Connectors Cinch (RCA): tip = Signal (left or right), Ring = Ground RJ45 (RS485) Wall panel , Datalink: Pin 1 White-Orange / Pin 2 Orange / Pin 3 White-Green +12V DC Pin 4 Blue RS485 A Pin 5 White-Blue RS485 B Pin 6 Green Pin 7 White-Brown / Pin 8 Brown / GND RS232 (serial connection interface) The serial data protocol and wiring for the R1 can be downloaded at www.audac.be/download or can be asked at info@audac.be.
Chapter 2 Overview front and rear panel of the R1 FRONT: REAR: 8
Overview Zone Control ZONE 1 - 8 (FRONT) Zone Output Level VU-Bar Status Leds Routing Leds Power Button Routing Button Zone Output 2 Band Tone Control Zone Output Volume Control Overview Audio Inputs and Outputs 1 - 8 INPUT 1-8 ( REAR ) Input Clipping LED Input Gain Control Stereo Line Input (Cinch, line level) Stereo Zone Output (Cinch, line level) Amplified Zone Outputs 8 x 40W stereo 9
Overview Priority Inputs PRIORITY INPUT 1 and 2 (REAR) Priority Input Level Gain Control Priority Input (Differential) Priority Input Contact Overview Cascaded Control Ports and Audiolink CASCADING PORTS (REAR) Dipswitch for cascading address settings Audio Link Input Data Uplink Audio Link Output Data Downlink 10
Overview DATA Control Ports DATA CONTROL PART (REAR) Ethernet connection (RJ45) Serial Control Port (RS232) Wall Panel Outlets (RS485) Power Socket and Fuse 11
Chapter 3 Getting Started When turning on the power, the R1 start-up procedure will take place. This will take about 30sec.. The red “Wait” led will light up when the power is switched on. When the start-up procedure has completed, the green “Run” led will light up and the R1 is ready to be used. On the front panel you can route an Input channel to a specific Zone output simply by pressing the routing button of the Zone output. The led of the selected Input for the Zone output will light up.
Special functions When using one of these special functions, all the routing leds on the front of the R1 will blink a couple of times to indicate the functions is being processed. When the blinking stops, the function has been processed and you can release the pressed buttons. Save settings Routing settings can be saved by pressing simultaneously the buttons on ‘Zone 7’ and ‘Zone 8’ on the front panel of the R1. Hold down the 2 buttons for about 10 seconds.
Chapter 4 Wire up the System The AUDAC R1 amplifier is very easy in use. Following cable specs must be followed to guarantee a correct operation: 1. Speaker cable for amplified zone outputs: minimum 2x1.5 mm2 (distance >15m: 2x2.5mm2) 2. Wall Mounted Panel: UTP/FTP Cat5 cable 3. Music sources and line level zone outputs: must be connected with audio cable of good quality 4.
Notebook Pocket PC Amplifier 1 Ethernet R+L Wireless Amplifier 2 Wall panel 1 R+L Wall panel 2 Wireless Router RS485 Ethernet RS485 R L RS232 R+L L+R Tuner R +L L R CD player Sub Home automation systems 15
Chapter 5 Remote Control Interface To use the remote control interface, the R1 has to be plugged into an Ethernet LAN network with a standard (straight) network cable. Make sure the R1 default network address (IP-address: 192.168.0.181, subnetmask: 255.255.255.0) is within range of the connected Ethernet LAN network ! If the R1 default network address is not within range of your LAN network, contact your network specialist.
Standard Web Based User Interface CONTROL SCREEN: When you surf to the webpage of the R1, you will see the control screen of the R1. Default the IP address is http://192.168.0.181 The “Connection Status” will indicate “online” if a connection with the R1 has been made. Following changes can be made: routing of the input channels to the zone outputs, volume settings of the Zone outputs and Zone output muting.
CONFIGURATION SCREEN: This window will be opened after pressing the “Configuration” button in the control window and after logging in. (Default Username: audac, default password: R1 ) In this window you can choose to change the password settings to get into the configuration screen, change the network settings of the R1, change the priority settings of the R1, restore the R1’s original ( !! ) factory settings, set timers and set the date and clock in the time settings window.
CHANGE PASSWORD SETTINGS The user name and password can be changed in this window. There is a secret “rescue” password in case of emergency (passwords lost). This can be asked at info@audac.be . After the change of settings, press the “Change Settings” button. The “Change Settings” button must be pressed to save the changed parameters.
CHANGE NETWORK SETTINGS In this window the IP-address can be changed manually or can be set to DHCP. Do not forget to press the “Change Settings” button after the changes are made !! Standard the IP-address will be 192.168.0.181. (The subnetmask is set fixed to 255.255.255.0) Be aware: When set to DHCP, the DHCP-server of the network will automatically give a free IPaddress to the R1.
CHANGE PRIORITY SETTINGS Here you can enable or disable both priority channels. You can also choose on which Zone output you want to route the priority channels. Remember: if you enable both priority channels and you route them to the same zone output, priority channel 1 will have the highest priority in case both priority channels are switched on. Do not forget to press the “Change Settings” button when you are done. RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS BE CAREFULL to press this button.
TIMER SETTINGS In this window you can set 8 timers on a weekly base. The timers can be disabled or enabled individually by checking the enable box. An input zone can be routed to one or more output zones. The input zone can be chosen in the dropdown list and the output zones can be chosen by checking the checkboxes. The action can be set to “On” or “Off” which means the routing will be made or released. Hour and minutes can be chosen from a dropdown list.
TIME SETTINGS In this window the date and time can be set by using the dropdown lists. To set the clock press the “Set Clock” button. To readout the date and time from the R1, press the “Get Clock” button.
Chapter 6 Lite Web Based User interface PURPOSE: The purpose of the Lite Web Based User Interface is to offer easy access to the basic functions of the R1 and to offer access to the R1 on devices with a small screen, e.g. pocket PC’s, PDA’s, GSM’s … ACCESS: To access the Lite Web Based User Interface you will need a web browser with the “Macromedia Flash Player 8 ” or “Macromedia Flash Player 8 for pocket PC 2003” plug-in installed. The Lite Web Based User Interface can be accessed by typing “/small.
ROOM CONFIGURATION SCREEN: In this screen you can assign an input source to the selected room, change the output volume or mute the output volume. To configure another room or to go back to the “ Start-up Screen “, press on the name of the selected room. To change the names of the input sources and/or the rooms, press 3 times the “ Audac “ logo on the bottom of the screen.
NAME CONFIGURATION SCREEN: This screen can be activated by pressing 3 times on the “Audac” logo in the “Room Configuration Screen”. Here you can change the names of the “ Rooms“ and the names of the “ Input Sources“. By pressing the “ – “ and the “ + “ buttons on the screen you can navigate throughout the list of room names and input source names. By placing the cursor in the field and using the keyboard you can change the names to your flavour. When the changes are made, press the “ Save” button.
Chapter 7 Cascading the R1 It is possible to place up to 16 R1 multi-room amplifiers in cascade. To cascade R1’s, you need to give each R1 a cascade address, this is done by setting the dipswitch at the rear panel. Make sure there is always one R1 configured as master and each address can be used only one time. The Data Uplink of the master needs to be connected to the Data Downlink of the first slave.
In a cascaded setup, the Zone outputs are numbered as follows: Cascade setting Zone 1 Master Slave 1 Slave 2 Slave 3 Slave 4 Slave 5 Slave 6 Slave 7 Slave 8 Slave 9 Slave 10 Slave 11 Slave 12 Slave 13 Slave 14 Slave 15 1 9 17 25 33 41 49 57 65 73 81 89 97 105 113 121 Zone 2 2 10 18 26 34 42 50 58 66 74 82 90 98 106 114 122 Zone 3 3 11 19 27 35 43 51 59 67 75 83 91 99 107 115 123 Zone 4 4 12 20 28 36 44 52 60 68 76 84 92 100 108 116 124 Zone 5 5 13 21 29 37 45 53 61 69 77 85 93 101 109 117 125 Zone 6 6
Chapter 8 Wall Mounted Control Panels (Optional) The R1 Multi-room amplifier can be equipped with wall mounted control panels to control each Zone output. A Zone output can be controlled by more then one wall mounted control panel. The maximum number of wall mounted control panels connected to a R1 multi-room amplifier is eight. These wall mounted control panels are controlled by a RS485 data bus and must be connected to the R1 with “twisted pair” or “CAT5” cable.
Jumper settings for zone output selection A B C D E A J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J B J J J J J J J J C D E J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J Zone output 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Cascade settings Master Slave 1 Slave 2 Slave 3 30 J = set jumper
Chapter 9 Connecting the Audac Paging System The Audac Paging System can be connected to the R1 Multi-room amplifier. To connect the Audac Paging System to the R1 an additional module, the “APM-Amplifier interface”, is necessary. On one side of this APM-Amplifier interface you can connect the Audac Paging System (RJ45 connector) and an optional 24V power supply to power the interface and the paging system. On the other side of the interface, you can connect to the R1.
ARJ3 ARJ3 APM01 ARJ3 APM04 ARJ3 APM08 ARU04 ARJ3 ARU08 ARJ3 ARU16 ARJ3 +24V APM16 APM-Amplifier interface 32
Chapter 10 Additional Information R1 Technical specifications Sensitivity Line input -20/+4 dB 25k Ohm Frequency response THD+N by 1 kHz Signal to Noise ratio Slew rate 20 Hz – 20 kHz less than 0.1% 100 dB@1kHz +/- 13V/µsec Digital control Remote zone control Web based control RS-232 RS-485 Ethernet Zone outputs 1-8 +3dB 100 Ohm unbalanced Output power per channel (R1) 20 Watt 8 Ohm 40 Watt 4 Ohm Power Supply Max. power consumption R1 Lite Max.
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