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AUDIO/VIDEO CONTROLLER/AMPLIFIER SYSTEM MODEL MRC88 EIGHT ZONE - EIGHT SOURCEINSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE NO USER-SERVICEABLEPARTS INSIDEREFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL PageTABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 GENERAL INFORMATION & FEATURESSECTION 2 INSTALLATION & CONNECTIONS SECTION 3 PRE-PROGRAMMINGTHE MRC88SECTION 4 PROGRAMMING THE CONTROLLER LEARNING IR COMMANDS CREATING PALETTE FILESCONFIGURING SOURCE ICONS ON MRC88 KEYPAD LCD PLACING COMMANDS ONTO THE VIRTUAL KEYPADSECTION 5 ADVANCED/EXPANDED PROGRAMMING SECTION 7 TWEAKING THE SYSTEM SECTIONSECTION Page Model MRC882003 Xantech Corporation Section 1 General Information & Features GENERAL INFORMATIONIMPORTANT NOTE A MRC88 System can be a single controller with keypads for up to Eight zones or two connected controllers and keypads for up to Sixteen zones. There are three different setup modes in the Dragon Drop-IRSoftware. The Basic mode allows quick setup and programming for an Eight zone system. It assumes all zones will use factory defaults and will behave exactly the same. The Advanced mode allows customization of system configuration for functions such as zone link, monitor lockout, unique IR programming by zone, etc. The Expanded mode allows programming of systems with more than Eight zones using linked MRC88 Controllers Figure 1 - System Block Diagram SYSTEM OVERVIEWCONTROLLER/AMPLIFIER FEATURES KEYPAD FEATURES MRC88 FRONT PANEL FEATURES AND CONNECTIONS System Status Power-UpMode1.Front Panel PROTECT ON OFFZone Status Active-OperationalMode MRC88 REAR PANEL FEATURES AND CONNECTIONS 22.Source Component Input Connections23.Source Loop-ThruConnections MRC88 KEYPAD FEATURE DESCRIPTIONS MRC88 KEYPAD - FRONT FEATURES 1.MRC88 KeypaddFast Red Blink = IR Sensor INPUT or Keypad OUTPUT MRC88 KEYPAD - REAR FEATURES AND CONNECTIONS Section 2 Installation & Connections INSTALLATIONKeep perforations on top cover free MRC88of obstructions EXPANDED Figure 7 - MRC88 Keypad mounting template Note Do not tighten screwsMRC88 KEYPAD REMOVAL CONNECTING THE MRC88 CONTROLLER/AMPLIFIER SOURCE RELATED CONNECTIONSAudio Connections BASIC/ADVANCED Video Connections BASIC/ADVANCEDCSM1 Threshold Adjustments ADVANCEDBASIC/ADVANCED EXPANDEDBASIC/ADVANCED/EXPANDED ZONE RELATED WIRING CONNECTIONSEXPANDED RJ45 Connector at Controller/AmplifierCat 5 Cable BASIC/ADVANCED/EXPANDED Composite VideoControl Out BASIC/ADVANCED CO1 AND CO2 ZONES 7 & BASIC/ADVANCED/EXPANDEDZONE IR BASIC/ADVANCED/EXPANDED EXPANDEDMultiple Keypad Connections Single Keypad CAT5 ConnectionsKEYPAD CONNECTIONS AND JUMPER SETTINGS Table 1 - MRC88 Keypad Address Settings Sensor EnableApplication Zone TerminationCONNECTING SOURCE COMPONENTS LINKING TWO MRC88 CONTROLLER/AMPLIFIER UNITSMRC88 Connecting Block located on rear of Keypad Figure 11 - MRC88 Keypad CAT5 Cable Lengths1.Zones with IR Receiver ONLY BASIC/ADVANCED/EXPANDEDBASIC/ADVANCED/EXPANDED Composite Video Modulated VideoSETTING-UPTHE MRC88 SYSTEM Figure 13 -TypicalMRC88 SystemBASIC/ADVANCED EXPANDEDSection 3 Pre-Programmingthe MRC88 PLANNING THE SYSTEM BASIC MODEADVANCED MODE EXPANDED MODESOFTWARE INSTALLATION Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP INCLUDED HARDWARE & SOFTWARE ITEMSSTARTING MRC88 DRAGON DROP-IRSOFTWARE SERIAL PORT SELECTIONSTARTING A PROJECT BUILT-INIR CODE LIBRARY BASIC/ADVANCED/EXPANDED LEARNING IR COMMANDS Creating Palette FilesBASIC/ADVANCED/EXPANDED LEARNING IR COMMANDS BASIC/ADVANCED/EXPANDED Figure Built-InMfg’s IR Command LibraryUSING THE PALETTE EDITOR Source BRAND selection in Palette Editor Source COMPONENT selection in Palette EditorTo Add a New Function To Rename an Existing FunctionCREATING A PALETTE FILE BASIC/ADVANCED/EXPANDED GETTING SOURCE COMMANDS FROM THE INTERNET Figure 19: Creating a Palette FileEDITING BRAND, COMPONENT, AND FUNCTION LISTS Importing CCF FilesImporting Discrete IR Hex Codes ENTERING RS232 COMMAND STRINGS Figure 20 Importing Discrete IR CodesADVANCED/EXPANDED USING THE RS232 PALETTE EDITORUsing PC TEST Using MRC88 TESTRS232 Palette Editor Window Entering RS232 Command StringsCREATING AN RS232 PALETTE FILE ADVANCED/EXPANDED Figure 23 Creating an RS232 Palette FileSection 4 Programming The Controller CONFIGURING SOURCE ICONS ON MRC88 KEYPAD LCDBASIC/ADVANCED/EXPANDED Figure 24 - MRC88 Keypad LCD Icon Generator CREATING NEW ICONSSELECTING ICONS FROM THE ICON GENERATOR DOWNLOADING SOURCE ICONS TO THE KEYPADPLACING COMMANDS ONTO THE VIRTUAL KEYPAD PLACING COMMANDS ON THE VIRTUAL KEYPADSELECTING IR PALETTES BASIC/ADVANCED/EXPANDED BASIC5.Repeat for all buttons / all sources ADVANCED/EXPANDEDEDITING BUTTONS ON THE VIRTUAL KEYPAD Figure Button Edit Pop-UpMenuPUSH & HOLD TIERED COMMANDS EDITING COMMANDS IN THE MACRO COMMAND LIST WINDOW BASIC/ADVANCED/EXPANDEDBASIC/ADVANCED/EXPANDED BASIC/ADVANCED/EXPANDEDFigure 27: Editing Commands Zone 1 thruADVANCED/EXPANDED PROGRAMMING POWER MANAGEMENT BASIC/ADVANCED/EXPANDED8.Repeat for all components necessary BASICADVANCED/EXPANDED PROGRAMMING SENSE TRIGGER CODES ADVANCED/EXPANDED 8.Repeat for all trigger inputs desired ZONE OPTIONS CONFIGURATION Default settings set in BASIC Mode are as followsNAME OF ZONE ADVANCED/EXPANDED RC68 CODE GROUPPRE AMP VOLUME ADJUST SETTINGS ADVANCED/EXPANDED IR LOOP BACK SETTINGS ADVANCED/EXPANDEDBASIC ADVANCED/EXPANDEDFigure 32 Configuring Commands for IR IN ZONE TRANSFERRING THE PROJECTBASIC CONTROLLER OPTIONS PROGRAMMING Section 5 Advanced/Expanded ProgrammingZONE AUDIO INPUT IR ROUTING BACK-LIGHTCONTROLMODE OF OPERATION EXPANDED OPTIONSRS232 SETTINGS MONITOR LOCKOUT MODE Factory default “DISABLED”Factory default “DISABLED” ZONE LINKING PROGRAMMING Figure 37 - Dynamic Zone Link Programming Zones 1,2,3 & 4 programmed for Dynamic LinkingRS232 INPUT TRANSLATOR LINK ALL DYNAMICLINK ALL STATIC CLEAR ALLPROGRAMMING IR COMMANDS AND SEQUENCES Figure 39 - RC68 IR Command Macro Window RC68+ IR CODE TRIGGERED SEQUENCERPROGRAMMING INTERNAL AMPLIFIER COMMANDS Figure 41 - Using Internal Amplifier Commands Table 2 - Internal Amplifier Commands PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS IN EXPANDED MODE PROGRAMMING IN EXPANDED MODEENABLING EXPANDED MODE RS232 CONTROL WHILE IN EXPANDED MODEFigure 42 Expanded Controller Connections Sources 1 throughPrimary MRC88 Controller/Amplifier From A/V loopthroughs on Primary ControllerSection 6 Completing the Programming Process TRANSFERRING A PROJECT TO THE MRC88UPLOADING MRC88 PROJECTS BASIC/ADVANCEDSAVING AND BACKING-UPFILES USING BACKUP FILESAUTOMATIC SAVE SAVE PROJECT ASFIRMWARE UPGRADE OPTIONIS WARM FIRMWARE UPGRADECOLD FIRMWARE UPGRADE DOWNLOADING FIRMWARE FILES FROM THE WEBSection 7 Tweaking the System ADVANCED/EXPANDEDMAKING FINE ADJUSTMENTS TRIMMING SOURCE AUDIO INPUT LEVELSZONE ADJUSTMENTS KEYPAD ADJUSTMENTSPOWERING THE ZONE ON AND OFF SETTING THE VOLUMEACCESSING TIER 2 COMMANDS Section 8 Operating InstructionsZONE SETTINGS AUDIO ADJUSTMENTS BASIC/ADVANCED/EXPANDEDSYSTEM STATUS BASIC/ADVANCED DYNAMIC ZONE LINK ADVANCED2.Press the button for the zone to be unlinked. Z1, Z2, etc The keypad status LED’s will show ‘busy’ rapid amber flash for 10 seconds after the last button press, then ‘time out’ and return to normal use mode LED /green, LCD/normal display. The small ‘L’ will no longer appear. The zones will resume independent control EXPANDEDTYPES OF COMMANDS Table 2 Rear Com Port Connector Pin OutSection 9 Appendix RS232 CONTROL?5SS+ 7PR1+?5SS3+ COMMANDS COMMANDNAME EXAMPLES/COMMENTSQUERIES NAMEQUERY RESPONSEVOLUME LEVEL 39 Steps KEYPAD BUTTON ID BASS/TREBLE LEVEL MRC88 SETTINGLEVEL in dB MRC88 Setting BALANCE LEVELLeft Speaker Right SpeakerPROBLEM TROUBLESHOOTINGPROBABLE CAUSE AND SOLUTION PROBABLE CAUSE AND SOLUTION PROBLEMa Because of the wide variety of IR coding and PROBABLE CAUSE AND SOLUTION PROBLEMThe following items may have interfered with the PROBLEM RS232 AND EXPANSION PIN OUT INFORMATIONPROBABLE CAUSE AND SOLUTION Model MRC88 SPECIFICATIONS CERTIFICATIONSVideo IR SensorModel MRC88 Page2003 Xantech Corporation 2003 Xantech Corporation Model MRC88Page XANTECH CORPORATION 12950 Bradley Avenue, Sylmar CAPage Model MRC88