REMOTE ZONE – OPERATION & CONNECTION
Remote-Zone Operation
The 7100 controller can provide different audio and video signals to two areas, or “zones,” in
your home. Your home theater room is considered the “Main” zone and the secondary room is
the remote Zone or “Zone B.” On the 7100 the main zone is the assumed default, and it is not
referred to as “A.”
Audio
•
For a source to be available at the remote
Zone Out jacks
it must connect to one of the six
Source-Audio Input jacks
; these jacks can connect directly to a remote zone stereo power
amplifier or to a suitable master system controller.
•
Digital audio is not fed to the second zone, however, signals from the L and R analog output
jacks of digital sources such as CD and DVD players can be connected to the 7100 in addition
to the digital connection, and thus can be selected and heard in the remote zone. So if you
want to enjoy digital sources in the remote Zone, connect each player’s analog outputs to one
of the six pairs of
Analog Input jacks
.
Video
•
Video sources connected to the
S-Video
and
Component Video Input jacks
are not
available at the second zone
Composite Video Output-Zone jack
because the 7100
does not “down convert” from higher video formats to lower video formats.
•
For a video source to be available at the
Composite Video Output-Zone jack
it must
connect to one of the six
Source-Composite Video Input jacks
. If you connected any
sources to the 7100
Component Video
or
S-Video Input jacks
, connect their
Composite video outputs as well.
Pressing the
Zone button
next to the
Power button
, or the
ZONE DEVICE button
on the
remote, switches control from the primary room to remote zone control. Switching between the
Main and Zone control modes does not affect the signal fed to either one, and changing input,
volume or mute for the remote zone does not affect these functions in the main room.
After you press the front panel
Zone button
, the zone control function will time-out 10 seconds
after your last control input and revert back to main control. However, as long as the remote
handset displays
ZONE
, its buttons will affect the remote zone without timing out. You need to
press
MAIN
to restore control of your main room.
The controls and commands are the same for main or zone, and whatever you do with the
controls will affect only the zone you have currently selected. If you turn the 7100 off while the
remote zone is in use, the front-panel display will show “ZONE B ON”, until you press the front
panel
POWER button
(or press the
OFF button
on the remote).
The remote control supplied with the 7100 Controller is programmed at the factory to operate
the 7100, and it is also pre-programmed at the factory with IR codes controlling various brands of
televisions, VCRs, DVD players, and other components. Most of the buttons on the remote have
predetermined functions whose names are printed on the buttons or above the buttons in blue.
However, it can also be programmed to operate virtually every other component in your home
theater system.
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