Designer s Guide. A New Class of Multi-Source/Multi-Zone Controller Amplifier

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1 Dsignr s Guid A Nw Class of Multi-Sourc/Multi-Zon Controllr Amplifir

2 Dsignr s Guid Th is a nw class of multi-sourc/multi-zon controllr amplifir from ELAN. Built upon th solid foundation cratd by th D16, th adds capabilitis and usr xprinc nhancmnts not availabl in any comptitiv product. Th purpos of this guid is to hlp you undrstand th faturs, capabilitis and applications so that you may dsign and install systms that nhanc your clints musical njoymnt of thir nvironmnt. Th braks with convntional sourc/zon paradigms. To fficintly dsign with th you nd to think in thr distinct trms Inputs, Zons, and Outputs as th trats ach indpndntly. Additionally, w ar introducing th trms Chassis and Unit. Whil ths diffrncs may sm slightly confusing now, by th nd of this guid you will fully undrstand thm and how thy apply to th. CONFIGURATIONS Thr ar thr configurations possibl with th Singl Chassis Mod, Dual Chassis Mod, and Amplifir Mod. Singl Chassis and Dual Chassis mods rquir a g! Hom Controllr. Amplifir Mod may b usd in any installation. Singl Chassis Mod A Singl Chassis systm provids 8 stro inputs or 16 mono inputs or any combination in btwn. Stro and mono inputs ar automatically adaptd to th outputs. Mono inputs ar split to stro outputs, and stro inputs ar summd to mono outputs without loss of fidlity. Expansion of a Singl Chassis systm provids additional Zons and Outputs as dscribd blow. Each additional is calld a Unit, and thr may b a total of sixtn s running in Singl Channl mod in any installation. Dual Chassis Mod A Dual Chassis installation uss on for th lft channl and on for th right channl. In this configuration, all inputs ar matchd btwn th chassis crating 16 stro (or dual mono) inputs. Dual Chassis systms ar xpandd in pairs of Units and thr may b a total of ight pair of s in any on systm. Amplifir Mod In Amplifir Mod th acts xactly lik an ELAN D16 standalon digital amplifir. Dsign information for th D16 is covrd in its Installation Manual availabl on th ELAN wbsit lanhomsystms.com/dalr. ELAN HOME SYSTEMS 2012 ELAN Hom Systms and g!ar rgistrd tradmarks of Th AVC Group, LLC Carlsbad, CA USA 1

3 Dsignr s Guid INPUTS Common To Both Singl Chassis and Dual Chassis Mod Lvl Matching is availabl for ach sourc allowing you to match input volum diffrncs btwn sourcs for your clints njoymnt. Music/Audio Snsing Evnt map triggrs ar availabl for all inputs that work off th prsnc or absnc of an audio signal Buffrd loop outputs assur th sam sound quality that gos into th first Unit is prsnt at th 16th Unit. Singl Chassis Mod Stro Inputs Mono Inputs Singl Chassis Mod 8 Stro or 16 mono or combinations throf 2 Optical Digital Inputs ar availabl for us in a singl Unit installation Using an optical digital input liminats 1 stro pair of analog inputs (Optical inputs ar compatibl only with PCM signals.) Optical Digital Inputs ar disabld in multipl Unit systms Th C2 Communications Controllr conncts to Input 16 as a mono sourc Dual Channl Mod 16 stro or dual mono inputs Th C2 Communications Controllr conncts to Input 16 as a dual mono sourc. Us a Y cabl or th loop through fatur to connct to both chassis ZONES A zon is an ara that has indpndnt accss to sourcs and indpndnt volum adjustmnt. Th is somwhat uniqu in that it sparats zons from outputs. Both Singl and Dual Chassis systms can b configurd with up to 64 uniqu zons, but obviously thr hav to b outputs to match. A systm dsignd with only 1 or 2 zons could still utiliz all 256 outputs. ELAN HOME SYSTEMS 2012 ELAN Hom Systms and g!ar rgistrd tradmarks of Th AVC Group, LLC Carlsbad, CA USA 2

4 Dsignr s Guid SUB ZONES Sub zons start lif as a zon but ar thn attachd to anothr zon in th Configurator. A sub zon shars sourc slction and powr status with th mastr zon but has indpndnt volum control. An xampl of this would b a mastr bdroom and sitting ara. Th mastr bdroom is th mastr zon, and th sitting ara is th sub zon. Eithr ara can slct th sourc or turn th systm on/off, but ach ara has indpndnt volum control from any of th g! intrfacs. In addition to common aras, ach with thir own zon adjustmnts, anothr sub zon scnario that th maks possibl is a mastr zon with variabl output and a sub zon with fixd lvl outputs. This is usful in an ara whr you don t nd a touch scrn intrfac, such as a dining room, but you want to hav constant volum lvl. ZONE CONFIGURATIONS Each zon has many sttings that allow you to distinctly tailor th systm to your clints nds. Whol Hous Music (WHM) WHM allows you to link all includd zons togthr with th touch of a singl button from th Sttings scrn. Whn linkd, all zons shar sourc slction and powr status whil rtaining individual volum control. WHM is dactivatd at powr down, whn a zon group is slctd, or whn it is dactivatd on th Sttings scrn. Any zon may b includd or xcludd in WHM. Zon Group Zon Groups ar similar to WHM but on a smallr scal. Thy allow you to convnintly link zons togthr without affcting th ntir systm. Common ara zons such as th ntrtaining aras, outdoor aras or mastr suit could b includd in a zon group. Activatd through th Sttings pag, a zon group links all th zons in th group togthr for sourc slction and powr status whil rtaining individual volum control. Th zon group link is dactivatd at powr down, whn WHM is slctd, or whn it is dactivatd in th Sttings pag. A zon may b includd in on of th 8 zon groups or non. Turn On Volums Minimum and Maximum volums ar slctabl to allow th systm to prform prdictably for your clint whn th zon is turnd on. Maximum lowrs th volum if it was too loud whn thy turnd it off. Minimum volum prvnts thm from thinking th systm is not working bcaus th volum is too low whn thy slct a sourc. Bass, Trbl & Loudnss Turn on sttings may b stablishd pr zon. You can slct from a spcific lvl or rtain th last stting. If you do not includ a Sttings pag on th usr intrfacs, thn th turn on sttings will b th prmannt sttings for th zon. Do Not Disturb Ovrrids th paging and doorbll and WHM actions. It can b st to on, off or last. C2 Status Provids for th inclusion or xclusion in paging and doorbll from th C2 Communications Controllr. ELAN HOME SYSTEMS 2012 ELAN Hom Systms and g!ar rgistrd tradmarks of Th AVC Group, LLC Carlsbad, CA USA 3

5 Dsignr s Guid OUTPUTS Th has only amplifid outputs. Should your installation rquir mor amplifir powr than th s 8Ω 4Ω), you can us on of any numbr of spakr lvl to lin lvl convrtrs on th markt to convrt th amplifid output to a usabl lin lvl. Th, lik all digital amplifirs, utilizs a floating ground systm on its outputs and is not compatibl with any convrtrs dsignd for common ground. You may us a spakr lvl to lin lvl convrtr and a spakr simultanously on th sam output. Singl Chassis A Singl Chassis systm has sixtn individual outputs. Additional outputs may b addd to th installation by adding additional units. Th maximum numbr of units in a Singl Chassis systm is 16 which provids for up to 256 outputs. Each output has svral configuration sttings to hlp you tailor th prformanc to any nvironmnt: Zon Assignmnt Any output may b assignd to any singl zon. Channl Assignmnt Each output may b assignd to Lft, Right or Mono channls. Th automatically sums stro to mono or splits mono to dual mono as ndd. Output Lvl On output pr zon is dsignatd as th Mastr, and all additional outputs assignd to that zon may b volum rducd. This allows for rlativ output lvl matching du to architctural or acoustic factors. It also allows matching of a sub/sat systm lvl. Filtr Each output may hav a crossovr filtr ngagd that allows low pass (for subwoofrs) or high pass (for satllit spakrs) signal filtring. Crossovr frquncy is slctabl btwn 20Hz-180Hz in 20Hz incrmnts. Dual Chassis In a Dual Chassis systm, th outputs on th lft and th right chassis ar matchd. This mans that Output 1 of th lft chassis is always connctd to th sam zon as Output 1 of th right chassis. Outputs ar xpandd in groups of two units, and a total of ight pairs of units may b usd on on installation providing 128 stro outputs. Each output has svral configuration sttings to hlp you tailor th prformanc to any nvironmnt: Zon Assignmnt Any output may b assignd to any singl zon. Output Lvl On output pr zon is dsignatd as th Mastr and all additional outputs assignd to that zon may b volum rducd. This allows for rlativ output lvl matching du to architctural or acoustic factors. It also allows matching of a sub/sat systm lvl. Filtr Each output may hav a crossovr filtr ngagd that allows low pass (for subwoofrs) or high pass (for satllit spakrs) signal filtring. Crossovr frquncy is slctabl btwn 20Hz-180Hz in 20Hz incrmnts. ELAN HOME SYSTEMS 2012 ELAN Hom Systms and g!ar rgistrd tradmarks of Th AVC Group, LLC Carlsbad, CA USA 4

6 Dsignr s Guid HOUSE SCENES Th includs th ability to stor and rcall thr Hous Scns. A Hous Scn taks a snapshot of th status of th following attributs of all systm zons: Sourc Volum/Mut Bass/Trbl/Loudnss DND Powr With th prss of a button or via an Evnt Map, ths sttings can b compltly rcalld. For xampl th clint could st up a hom for a party and sav thn stor it as Hous Scn 1 thn rcall it bfor th party. In a rstaurant you could st a Hous Scn for Brakfast, Lunch and Dinnr. Hous Scns ar availabl in th Evnt Mappr and may b assignd to buttons or triggrd vnts as you s fit. TRIGGERS AND IR Triggrs and IR connctions ar only for us in Amplifir Mod and ar disabld in both Singl Chassis and Dual Chassis mods SYSTEM EXAMPLES Thr ar countlss applications for th. W wantd to provid you a fw to stir th crativ juics. Go to th Nxt Pag ELAN HOME SYSTEMS 2012 ELAN Hom Systms and g!ar rgistrd tradmarks of Th AVC Group, LLC Carlsbad, CA USA 5

7 Dsignr s Guid USE CASE #1 Th clints want rally good sound in thir mastr bdroom and music throughout th mastr suit. Thy also want music throughout th ntrtaining aras. Th landscaping isn t going to b compltd for anothr yar, so th big outdoor spakr projct coms latr and will gt its own. To gt th sound quality in th mastr suit th clint dsirs, an in-wall subwoofr is usd to augmnt th architctural spakrs. Th snds 80Hz and blow to th sub and 80Hz up to th ciling spakrs. Th sub is usd as th mastr so th ciling spakrs can b turnd down a littl to mphasiz th low nd. A singl spakr is usd in th showr. Not a two channl but just on singl channl spakr and th mastr ara is zon groupd allowing th clint to link all th zons togthr without disturbing th main part of th hous. Grouping th ntrtaining ara allows thos zons to b run togthr convnintly without disturbing th mastr suit. Of cours, Whol Hous Music would turn on vrything for a houswid claning sssion. 5,000 squar foot hom with a grat mastr suit Zon Group 1 Zon 3 MASTER BEDROOM Zon 3 MASTER DECK Zon 2 MASTER SHOWER Zon 4 MASTER BATH SQUEEZEBOX IPORT HC 6 C2 Zon 5 KITCHEN Zon 6 DINING ROOM Zon 7 LIVING ROOM Zon 8 DEN Zon Group 2 ELAN HOME SYSTEMS 2012 ELAN Hom Systms and g!ar rgistrd tradmarks of Th AVC Group, LLC Carlsbad, CA USA 6

8 DI R E C DI R E C DI R E C DI R E C DI R E C DI R E C DI R E C DI R E C DI R E C DI R E C DI R E C Digital Satllit Rcordr DI R E C Digit al S atllit Rcordr Digit al S atllit Rcordr Digit al S atllit Rcordr Digit al S atllit Rcordr Digit al S atllit Rcordr Digit al S atllit Rcordr Digit al S atllit Rcordr Digit al S atllit Rcordr Digit al S atllit Rcordr Digital Satllit Rcordr Digit al S atllit Rcordr DI DI DI DI DI DI DI DI DI DI DI DI Dsignr s Guid USE CASE #2 This could b a sports tavrn with multipl dividd dining aras, much lik an ESPN Zon rstaurant. A dozn TV s ar mountd throughout th stablishmnt with a dozn satllit rcivrs in a cntral rack. Th nd to slct audio from any of th satllit rcivrs and rout it to any of th aras could mak th systm difficult to configur and us. Th rally shins in this typ of installation. Zon Grouping allows larg and small aras to b tid togthr fficintly and volum controlld indpndntly. This way, th smallr ara dosn t gt blastd whn th larg ara has an incras in volum. Adding a C2 and any standard phon allows paging gusts with as. Sports tavrn with multipl dividd rooms Zon Group 1 SAT DVRS Zon 1 LARGE ROOM Zon 2 SMALL ROOM Zon 4 MAIN BAR C2 COMM CONTROLLER Zon 6 PATIO BAR Zon 10 PATIO Zon 9 Zon 8 LADIES ROOM MENS ROOM Zon Group 2 HC12 SYSTEM CONTROLLER Zon 7 BILLIARDS ELAN HOME SYSTEMS 2012 ELAN Hom Systms and g!ar rgistrd tradmarks of Th AVC Group, LLC Carlsbad, CA USA 7

9 Digital Satllit Rcordr D I R E C D I R E C Digital Satllit Rcordr Digital Satllit Rcordr D I R E C D I R E C Digital Satllit Rcordr S t andb y REC P W R P W R W AKEU W AKEU POW ER PTI MER POW ER PTI MER O PC O PC S t andb y REC S t andb y R E C S t andb y R E C D IR E C L vi TV Gui d nifo S l ct Gui d Gui d Gui d D IR E C S l ct D IR E C S l ct D IR E C S l ct L vi TV L vi TV L vi TV nifo nifo nifo Dsignr s Guid USE CASE #3 This could b larg stat with up to sixtn sourcs, dozns of zons, and a larg numbr of spakrs can b a daunting installation for both th dalr and th clint. Using th savs you potntially hundrds of hours of programming. On most systms, zons and spakrs ar connctd togthr via wirs. On th, thy ar connctd by byts. If your clint suddnly dsirs that th south patio and north patio b on singl zon, all you hav to do with th is chang th zon stting for th spakrs and hit apply. All usr intrfacs ar automatically updatd th chang taks ffct instantly. You can vn do this rmotly from your offic. For th clint, having a larg hom with many zons of music can b a control nightmar. Think of lighting bfor th days of lighting control, walking around th hous making adjustmnts only to hav to rpat th procss to turn it all off. With Zon Groups, your clint may quickly group common aras togthr. Th ntrtaining aras such as th dining room, kitchn, living room, parlor, foyr, gallry, and family room can b turnd on to th sam sourc with th touch of on button without affcting any othr ara. Hous scns allow a systm-wid configuration to b savd and rcalld without any work from you. Party scns, all off xcpt a coupl aras, wknd and wkday, whatvr your clint dos that ncompasss thir music systm can b st up in advanc and savd for asy rcall. And bst of all, it rquirs no custom programming on your part. Larg stat with up to 16 sourcs and dozns of zons HC12 WHM GROUP UP TO 8 PAIR OF CHASSIS CAN BE USED SQUEEZEBOX Zon GROUP 1 Zon GROUP 2 Lft Spakrs SQUEEZEBOX SQUEEZEBOX Lft Inputs SQUEEZEBOX Lft Chassis Loop Out to additional units IPORT WHM and Zon Groups can ncompass multipl chassis IPORT Right Inputs WHM GROUP Right Chassis IPORT Zon GROUP 1 Zon GROUP 2 Right Spakrs Loop Out to additional units WHM and Zon Groups can ncompass multipl chassis C2 ELAN HOME SYSTEMS 2012 ELAN Hom Systms and g!ar rgistrd tradmarks of Th AVC Group, LLC Carlsbad, CA USA 8

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