INTRODUCTION TO ZR-8630AV CONFIGURATIONS
The Niles ZR-8630AV Audio/Video MultiZone Receiver combines with source components and control devices (keypads, remote controls, and IR sensors) to deliver audio and video to multiple zones throughout a home. This section of the manual describes 12 different ways to configure a ZR-8630AV system, beginning with the most basic (Configuration 1). Possible variations from the basic configuration include enlarging the system with additional ZR-8630AV units; expansion of zones and listening areas; and integration of a Home Theater, external amplifiers, and an IR repeating system.
CONFIGURATION 1 - SIX ZONES
Figure 4 depicts the most basic configuration, in which one Niles ZR-8630AV Audio/Video MultiZone Receiver and six separate components (which can be audio or audio/video) provide sound (with or without video) to six listening zones. Each zone consists of one room with a pair of speakers. In Figure 4, three zones also have TV sets, though the system could accommodate video in all six zones.
For user control, each zone includes a Select™ or Solo™ Master Keypad Module. (These devices are available with or without a built-in IR sensor.) In addition, some zones in Figure 4 have optional Numeric™ and/or Transport™ Accessory Keypad Modules and a separate IR sensor. Jumper cables (included) connect the Accessory Keypad Modules and sep- arate IR sensor to the Master Keypad Module. Use any combination of control devices to provide the desired degree of control in a given zone, with two exceptions: the Select™ and Transport™ cannot mate with the the Solo™.
Source Components
The ZR-8630AV has RCA audio/video inputs for connecting six external source components. Each of the six listening zones can select from among the six source components, and the two built-in AM/FM tuners.
With this configuration, a user in one zone can listen to and view one source component while another user in a different zone listens to and views a different source component (i.e., the DVD can be selected in Zone 1 while the tuner is selected in Zone 2). Additionally, each of the six zones can be set to an individual volume level. If more than one zone chooses the same source component, they share IR control of that source component.
Keypads, IR Sensors, and Remote Controls
Keypads, IR sensors, and remote controls enable users to control the Niles ZR-8630AV Audio/Video MultiZone Receiver and connected source components by issuing source-component IR commands programmed into the ZR-8630AV. To trigger these commands, a user presses a keypad key or remote-control button.
The Select™ or Solo™ Master Keypad Module in each zone connects to the ZR-8630AV through a “home run” of four-pair twisted cable terminating in an RJ-45 connector. Each Select™ and Select™ IR Master Keypad Module can mate with an optional Transport™ and/or Numeric™ Accessory Keypad Module. The Solo™ and Solo™ IR can mate with the Numeric™ but not the Transport™. Jumper cables for these connections are included. (See Connections, Figure 33.)
Adding an IR sensor enables the Niles R-8 Remote to control the ZR-8630AV and the connected source com- ponents from anywhere in a sensor-equipped room. Master Keypad Modules are available with a built-in narrow-bandwidth IR sensor that works only with the R-8. In addition, or as an alternative, any zone can include a separate wide-bandwidth IR sensor that connects directly to a Master Keypad Module. Wide- bandwidth sensors work with the R-8 and factory remotes from a wide variety of source components. For sep- arate IR sensors, installed with two-conductor shielded cable rather than four-pair twisted cable, Niles offers a three-wire to RJ-45 adapter. (See the Installation and Accessories sections of this manual for more details.)
