Russound CA 6.4i Keypad Connections AT Controller, Wiring AT the Controller, Clean Installations

KEYPAD CONNECTIONS AT CONTROLLER

•Each keypad connection on the back panel of the CAi-Series Master Controller corresponds to the room / zone number chosen for your speakers. Each zone operates independently, so it is very important to connect the keypad to the correct zone keypad input.

•On List 4 (opposite) copy down the room name to the zone number from List 3 on pg 6. NOTE: the keypad and the speakers in each room must be hooked to the corresponding numbered zone.

List 4 – Room names should be written below.

Zone 1	_________________
Zone 2	_________________
Zone 3	_________________
Zone 4	_________________

WIRING AT THE CONTROLLER

CAi System keypads are wired with CAT-5 wire. It is inexpen- sive and color coded for ease of installation. Due to the qualities of CAT-5 wire, when using it for keypad control wire with the CAi-Series, it is recommended to use the fol- lowing color code for maximum performance. NOTE: 250ft run of wire maximum per keypad is recommended.

CAT-5Type

Brown/White	Ground
Brown	IR Signal
Green	12VDC+
Orange/White	Source Select
Orange	Source Select
Green/White	Channel Select
Blue/White	Volume
Blue	Balance

Figure 9 – Connections with CAT-5 wire

KEYPAD PORTS

1	2	3	4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

RJ-45 using T568A

Wiring Standard

CAT-5 Cable GREEN ORANGE BLUE ORANGE BROWN

CLEAN INSTALLATIONS

For clean installations, we recommend using RJ-45 jumpers to run from the CAi controller to an RJ-45 Wall Plate then running your keypads from the Wall Plate.

Figure 10 – Connections with RJ-45 Wall Plate

IR GND +12V CH SEL SEL3 SEL1 BAL VOL

KEYPAD PORTS

1 2 3 4

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