Zone Programming

What is a zone?

A zone is a grouping of 1 or more MLs where you want the lighting and the audio source to behave in synchronization. Typically, you would want all the MLs in a room to have the same light levels and play from the same audio source. For instance, you may want to have your family room and kitchen play from your television, but you may want the lights to be at different levels. In that instance, the rooms should be set up as different zones.

How many zones can I have in my ‘house’?

You can have 5 zones in a house. Your MLs also have the capability of playing the same source through all zones with a single button press.

What if I want more than 5 zones?

You can set up a second house code and repeat up to 5 new zones with each new house code.

How many MusicLites can be installed in 1 zone?

You can have up to 12 in each zone.

How can I synchronize all MLs in all zones of the house to the same source?

By pressing the AZ (All Zone) button followed by S1, S2 or S3 on the remote, you can send the audio from the selected source to all active MLs, regardless of zone.

How do I set the zones?

There is a dial located on the back of the ML (see FIGURE 4). It is labeled Zone with the option to set your product in zone 1-5. The default is zone 1. Simply rotate the dial to the setting you want. All the MLs set for a specific zone will work as a system.

By using your remote control, you can adjust volume, light levels and the source within a zone. You simply hit the button on the remote corresponding to the zone you want to control and then use the keys to adjust the function. The remote uses line-of-sight IR (infrared) technology. Once one ML receives the IR signal, it communicates using RF (radio frequency) to all MLs in that zone. So, if you have MLs in two rooms with the same zone, and you dim the light in one room, the other room will dim as well. If you do not want that to happen, you should change one of the rooms to another zone.

The remote can be used by zone (make note of zone locations on the supplied zone location sticker included to attach to to your remote). If you only have MLs set for one zone, you should never have to hit the zone buttons on the remote. However, if the MLs are not obeying the commands from the remote, you will want to press the zone button (likely to be zone 1) and then try the desired commands again.

FIGURE 4