Owner`s manual

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pable Madrigal components together using eight conductor “straight-
through” cables with RJ-45 connectors at both ends.
The RJ-45 cable needed for the connection between the Nº360 and
other PHAST-compatible Madrigal components may be purchased
from your Mark Levinson dealer. It may also be easily made to length
using two RJ-45 connectors and the appropriate length (up to 100 feet/
30 meters) of RJ-45 (flat, eight conductor) cable.
RJ-45 cables and connectors are used throughout the world for both
telecommunications and computers, and are widely available at low
cost. The connectors are crimped on to the ends of the cable such that
pin 1 at one end is connected to pin 1 at the other end. Such a
“straight-through” connection is (counter-intuitively) made by intro-
ducing a 180° twist in the cable between the two ends, as shown below.
Building PHAST cables
To Nº360 PHAST port
To PHAST port on
another component
Locking tabLocking tab
Connecting the communication ports other than as
described in this manual may damage the Nº360 and
the associated components, and will void those
products’ warranties.
These ports also provide for extensive home automation flexibility
via the PHAST™ protocols, should you be interested in integrat-
ing other brands of products into the system in a more compre-
hensive control system. Your dealer can assist you in taking advan-
tage of these advanced features.
Input Names Each input of the Nº360 digital processor can and should be named to
match the source connected to that input. Doing so makes it easier to
remember which components are accessed by which buttons (espe-
cially for the occasional user).
To facilitate operation in complex multisource systems, the Nº360 is
capable of displaying a wide variety of alternative names for each of its
six inputs. All inputs other than 1 and 5 are labelled NOT USED as deliv-
ered from the factory, and will need to be given appropriate names be-
fore they may be used. Giving inputs appropriate names is simple and