Audio Authority Model 117BK User Manual
Installation Instructions
These instructions address the Model 1172BK, which is always used with an AVAtrix™ system. The system must include
either a Model AVM-562 or Model AVX-562 with Model 9878, 9879 or 9880 Cat 5 zone receivers, and can also include
Model 1176BK matrix expander(s). Refer to the AVAtrix instruction manual for complete installation and setup directions.
The 1172BK provides an audio breakout point to connect an independent audio distribution system of any brand that
accepts stereo analog audio or digital audio. It can be used in two different ways; Source Mode, with an advanced audio
system having its own integrated switching, and Tracking Mode, with an audio system employing dedicated amplifiers for
each room or zone.
• In Source Mode, each 1172BK output always provides the audio signal from its corresponding source input on the
AVAtrix (e.g. source 1 audio is always available on 1172BK output 1).
• In Tracking Mode, each 1172BK output switches its content along with the AVAtrix so that the audio distribution
system’s output automatically matches what is playing on the video display in each room.
• Both modes allow for infrared communication from the AVAtrix Cat 5 receivers in each room back to a whole house
audio system.
Source Mode
In this mode the unswitched audio channels of the six AVAtrix system A/V sources are provided as inputs to the audio dis-
tribution system. The Model 1172BK is therefore not associated with any Model 1176BK, so only one 1172BK is necessary
even when there are multiple 1176BKs in the system as shown in the table below.
Model AVM-56
(Address A)
Model 1176
Address B
Model 1176
Address C
Model 1176
Address D
Model 1176
Address E
Model 1176
Address F
Model 117BK
Address M
1. Install the Model 1172BK anywhere in the AVAtrix stack and set its address dial to the “M” position.
2. Connect the desired audio outputs, which represent the six AVAtrix A/V sources, to audio input channels on the whole-
house audio system.
3. Audio system infrared outputs, if present, are intended to control its input sources. Plug a stick-on IR emitter into
each of the audio system’s IR output jacks and apply the emitter to the corresponding AVAtrix A/V source. In this way,
source control commands originating in each room are routed by the audio system via infrared to the relevant source.
In Source Mode installations, AVAtrix IR commands must be routed through the Cat 5 receiver, necessitating two IR
receivers in rooms with both A/V Cat 5 receivers and room audio service. See the Source Mode Hookup Diagram on the
facing page.
Source Mode User Instructions
Depending on the installation, you will use a wall-mounted controller or an infrared or wireless controller to select which
music from various audio-only or audio/video sources you wish to enjoy. Your installer will have connected the AVAtrix
System and your whole-house or room audio system to work together, enabling you to bring the pictures and sound you
desire to each location in your home.