- 22 -
The Genesis System and Home Theaters
Option 1 - The Home Theater is one of the Genesis System's Six Rooms
The Genesis System permits the inclusion of a home theater system on any room. You can
include either a home theater receiver or high-end component home theater system. As with
any high-end home theater decoder it is best to pass a fixed line level signal to the processor
for both music, TV, and film. ADA's SSD-66 Dolby ProLogic Surround Sound Decoder, SSD-
66THX LucasFilm Home THX Controller, or SSD-66 (5.1) Dolby Surround AC-3 Controller
operate as a room's preamplifier while the Genesis for that room would merely act as a source
selector for the music sources. This allows a user to select a source on the room's keypad.
Volume can then be controlled using the SSD-66's hand held remote control (SSD-66 REM).
The PTM-6150 Home THX Six Channel Surround Sound Amplifier is illustrated in the following
diagrams. Other multi-channel power amplifiers are also available from ADA including the
PTM-650, MPA-5, MPA-6, and MPA-500/BPA-500 High Powered Theater Amplifiers (THX).
The most common application for a home theater system is based around SSD-66 (5.1) Dolby
AC-3 Preamplifier, the RFD-1 AC-3 RF Demodulator, and the PTM-6150 Lucasfilm Home THX
Power Amplifier. The SSD-66 (5.1) has a total of seven audio and four video inputs. To leave
as many inputs as possible open for local home theater video source components, the music
source components, common to the entire home, will be routed through the Genesis. The SSD-
66 (5.1) will select any one of the four video sources or the source component selected on the
Genesis. The diagram to the right details these connections. You can even add an additional
audio-only source component to the home theater system. Please note, that while the house-
wide Genesis System is listening to either FM, CD, or CASS, the theater could be viewing and
listening to one of its local sources, TV, VCR, SATELLITE, or LASER.
Benefits of Home Theater Option 1
1
Since the Genesis System is routing all of the music sources common to the entire home,
the built-in source AC switching on the Genesis would not need to be bypassed. This
will result in a simplified selection format for both the home and the home theater. Please
note, that while no volume control is needed in the home theater (the SSD-66 (5.1) will
control volume), a Genesis keypad (MC-1111) should be located in the home theater so
that this room could select a music source. You could avoid placing a keypad in this room
if the Genesis were to be located in this room and the user instructed to select music
sources from the Genesis's front panel.
2
Since the SSD-66 (5.1) can accept only six inputs when connected to an AC-3 laser disc
player (max), by using the Genesis to select the music sources, you will only be using
one audio input on the SSD-66 (5.1) for music sources, leaving the remainder of the
inputs open for local video or audio sources.
3
In this scenario, you can opt to have the SSD-66 (5.1) and PTM-6150 automatically
engage when either the TV was turned on or this particular Genesis room. Since the
SSD-66 (5.1) and the PTM-6150 are an extension of this room's audio system as seen
from the Genesis, an automatic sequence for turn on from either the room's music
system keypad or the TV will work when using the CCS-4 and ACC-3 ADA Black Box
Switching devices.
