Polk Audio RMDS-1 instruction manual Using Multi Room Feature, Operating from the remote control

USING MULTI ROOM FEATURE

The Multi Room feature allows you to listen to an audio source connected to the RMDS-1 system in another room of the house. For example, you can watch a movie in the living room while your children listen to the CD player in the family room. In order to use this feature, you will need a pair of powered speakers (such as Polk AMR-5), or another pair of speakers and integrated amplifier, and two RCA type interconnect cables long enough to reach from room to room. Connect the system as shown in Fig. 1. Follow the steps below to use the multi room feature.

Operating from the remote control:

1.Turn on the TV that is connected to the video output of the RMDS-1 preamp/processor.

2.Push the MULTI ROOM button on the remote control. The menu shown below will appear on your TV screen.

3. Push the right arrow on the remote control to select MULTI ROOM “ON.”

4.Use the down arrow to go to SOURCE, then toggle through the source choices by pushing the left or right gh arrows.

5.Move the cursor down to VOLUME and use the up and down arrows ▲ ▼ to select a volume level.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

For the sake of convenience the remote room amplifier should have a volume control of its own. The goal of setting the volume on the Multi Room menu is to supply the remote amp with enough gain (volume) to make the signal audible, but not so much to overload the input. Set the volume control of the remote integrated amplifier to about the 10:00 o’clock position. Raise the RMDS-1 Multi Room volume until the sound in the remote room is moderately loud. That should give you a comfortable range of volume control on the remote amp.

6.Move the cursor down to the EXIT line. Press the Enter button on the remote control to save and exit this menu. The preamp/processor will now go back to normal operation.

Operating from the front panel

1.Push the MULTI ROOM button on the front panel of the preamp/processor.

2.The red MULTI indicator will blink and the words “SEL SOURCE” will appear on the display.

3.Push the either the ▲ or ▼ SOURCE button to select the source you would like to play in the remote room.

4.A few seconds after you select the source, the words “MULTI VOL” will appear in the display window. The red MULTI indicator continues to blink.

5.Turn the volume control to -15dB.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

For the sake of convenience the remote room amplifier should have a volume control of its own. The goal of setting the volume on the Multi Room menu is to supply the remote amp with enough gain (volume) to make the signal audible, but not so much to overload the input. Set the volume control of the remote integrated amplifier to about the 10:00 o’clock position. Raise the RMDS-1 Multi Room volume until the sound in the remote room is moderately loud (in the range of -20dB to -5dB). That should give you a comfortable range of volume control on the remote amp.

6.Wait about another 10 seconds, the MULTI light will stop flashing and the RMDS-1 will return to normal operation.

7.When you push the MULTI ROOM button again, the Multi Room function turns off and stops sending sound to the remote room.

8.Any time you want sound in the

remote room, just push the MULTI ROOM button and the unit will recall the source and volume

level that you selected theRIGHT LEFT last time you used

the multi room function.

9.If you want to change the multi room source or volume level, just repeat steps 2 through 6, or use the

remote control, as described above.

(Fig. 1)	INTEGRATED AMP
	LINE IN				L		R
	L
	R
RMDS
ANTENNA				VIDEO	DSS	LD	DVD	VCR	VCR Rec.	Video
				INPUTS				Input	Out	TV ou
	FM(75Ω			S-VHS
		)	GROUND	AM
				OR
				Standard
ANALOG	Left
AUDIO
INPUTS	Right

CD	TAPE	TAPE Rec. DSS	LD	DVD	VCR	VCR Rec.	Multi-Room
	In	Out			In	Out	Output

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