MC2000 Owner’s Manual 2861 Congressman Lane | Dallas, Texas 75220 | 800.877.6631 | www.mssystems.
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Table of Contents MC2000 Owner’s Manual...................................................................................... 1 Introduction.............................................................................................................. 3 System Description and Features ........................................................................ 3 Important Safety Instructions for the MC2000 ................................................ 5 Getting Started: Set up the System .....................
Info Menu ................................................................................................................34 Troubleshooting ....................................................................................................36 Warranty.................................................................................................................37 Definitions...............................................................................................................39 Index..............
Introduction Built around a digital network hub, the MC2000 is a whole-house distributed audio communications system complete with multi-source music, door chimes, intercom, paging, and monitoring. The illustration below shows you the layout of your new MC2000 room station. Volume Controls Display Menu Microphone Control Buttons Figure 1 - Room Station Layout Keep this manual in a safe place for future reference. If you lose the manual, you can download it from the M&S Systems web site (www.mssystems.
have their favorite rock station blaring in another room. You can even select the music playing in another room to play in the room you’re in. You can program the MC2000 to let you go to sleep with music and to wake up with music. The intercom feature lets you communicate with someone at the front door or talk to someone in another room. The paging feature lets you make announcements (for example, “Dinner is ready. Everyone wash hands and come to the table!”).
Important Safety Instructions for the MC2000 The MC2000 must be installed by certified M&S Systems dealers or installers, and must conform to all local building and electrical codes. DO NOT expose the MC2000 to moisture. Doing so can create fire or shock hazards and void the warranty. DO NOT attempt to service this product yourself as opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage or other hazards and will invalidate your warranty.
Unplug the MC2000 from the wall outlet prior to cleaning. Use only a damp cloth to clean the hub cabinet, room stations, and speakers. Do not wipe the LCD with a damp cloth; use only a soft cloth on the LCD screen. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. 2861 Congressman Lane | Dallas, Texas 75220 | 800.877.6631 | www.mssystems.
Getting Started: Set up the System We recommend you customize your MC2000 prior to using the system. Customizing the system will make the system easier to use and will allow you to access all system features. The Greeting Menu is shown in Figure 2. This is the default MC2000 room station menu. This menu provides you with single button access to several key features. Each of these features will be described later in this document.
1. Press the More button shown in Figure 3. More Button Figure 3 - Main Menu 2. Press the Setup button shown in Figure 4. Setup Button Figure 4 - More Screen 2861 Congressman Lane | Dallas, Texas 75220 | 800.877.6631 | www.mssystems.
The Setup Menu is where you establish the time, date, and year settings and customize the system to meet your needs for each room with the room station. Assign names to the roomstations Set the time Set the Date Set the privacy features for the room stations Enable or disable password function Set options for the door stations Adjust intercom settings Return to the Main Menu Figure 5 - Setup Menu Set the Time The Set Time menu allows you to set or change the current system time.
3. After you have the time at the correct setting, press Set to save the settings or Cancel to discard them. After 30 seconds of inactivity, the room station screen will return to the Greeting Menu shown in Figure 2. Set the Date The Set Date menu allows you to set or change the current system date. Follow the steps below to set or change the date. 1. Press the Set Date button shown in Figure 5.
Name a Roomstation The Name Room menu allows you to customize each room station’s system name. To change the room station name, follow the steps shown below. 1. Press the Name Room button shown on Figure 5. Name of the room Select the letters of the name. Up and down arrows. Right and left arrows. Save the settings Cancel the changes Figure 8 - Name Room Menu 2.
Room Features The Room Features menu allows you to customize each room’s intercom, paging and monitoring settings. These settings must be adjusted at each room station on the MC2000 system. To set the options for a room station follow the steps presented below.
To select one of these room station configurations press the button shown in Figure 2, each button press will toggle between the pre-configured room settings. After 30 seconds of inactivity, the room station returns to the Greeting Menu shown in Figure 2. 2861 Congressman Lane | Dallas, Texas 75220 | 800.877.6631 | www.mssystems.
Door Stations The MC2000 system supports two door stations. Once the doorbells are installed, they will ring on all room stations. Whether the doorbells can be heard or monitored from an individual room station depends on how it’s been set up. To set up the door station functionality for a particular room station, follow the steps shown below. Use the same method shown below to establish the defaults for each of the two door stations.
2. To change the name of a door station, press the Name Station button. The default MC2000 settings are “Front Door” and “Rear Door”. The Name Station menu looks like the Name a Room menu shown in Figure 8. 3. To set the microphone volume and acoustic decay press the Intercom button shown in Figure 11. These settings allow you to enhance the sound of your MC2000 system and to set the sensitivity of the microphone.
Setting up a Password The Password menu allows you to establish a four-digit password for your MC2000 system. This password protects your system settings and keeps them from being changed. The MC2000 passwords are numerical (numbers 1 – 8) and are four numbers in length. Once a password is established, it must be entered at the room station before making any changes to the room station. Please record your password and keep it in a safe place.
Figure 14 - Enter Password Screen 7. You are required to confirm the password by re-entering the same four numbers. A confirmation screen tells you the password has been set. DO NOT FORGET THIS NUMBER! Record it in a safe place for safekeeping. If you forget the password number, you will not be able to make changes to the setup menu (for example, changing the time) and will have to contact M&S Systems technical support team at 1-800-366-9422 to get instructions for resetting your password.
Removing or Changing a Password Follow the steps below to change or remove your MC2000 password. You will need to have the current password to complete this step. 1. Press Setup from the Main Menu shown in Figure 3. You will be prompted to enter the password as shown in Figure 16. Figure 16 - Enter Password Screen 2. Enter the password. 3. Press the Password button shown in Figure 5. 4. To change the password, press the Change Password button shown in Figure 17.
5. Enter the new password following the same steps previously described and as shown in Figure 14. 6. Confirm the password by reentering it. You will receive a password confirmation screen. Please record the new password and keep it in a safe place. 7. To disable the password follow steps 1 – 3, but select the Disable Password button as shown in Figure 17. The password is now disabled. After 30 seconds of inactivity, the room station returns to the Greeting Menu as shown in Figure 2.
Note: acoustic decay relates to the fact that acoustic echoes decay exponentially with time. The settings below allow the echo canceller in the room stations to perform better with a known decay rate for a particular room. Setting Name Actual Value Usage None 0 dB/ms For acoustically live room (good echo/sound reflections) Slight .19 dB/ms For acoustically live rooms (good echo/sound reflections) Default .38 dB/ms For typical rooms with carpet (default setting) Rapid .
Using the MC2000 The Greeting Menu is the default menu for the room station display. Any time a menu is inactive for more than 30 seconds, the display returns to this menu. Currently selected audio media Page all button Current time Today’s date Volume setting Room control Access the main menu Room/system - on/off control Figure 19 - Greeting Menu • Currently selected audio media provides access to the current music playing or to the last music played in the room.
• Room Control toggles between Default, Privacy, Nap, and Custom (see Setup, page 12, for detailed information): • • • • • • • • • Default: Someone in another room can monitor this room; send a page to a person in this room, establish an intercom conversation with this room, and the doorbell will ring over the speakers in this room. Nap: The room can be monitored, but the paging, intercom and doorbell functions are inactive.
Main Menu The Main Menu provides easy access to all MC2000 functions: Music menu Page menu Wake menu Intercom menu Sleep menu Monitor menu Additional options – setup and information Greeting (default menu) Figure 20 - Main Menu • • • • Music: Select music sources. Wake: Set the time you want the music to come on. Sleep: Set the time you want the music to go off. More: Shows two additional functions: o Setup: Set up all the system preferences for this room and the door stations.
Music Menu The Music menu contains the options for personalizing and managing your music choices. Play music from a locally connected music source Select FM radio station Select AM radio station Listen to music playing in another room Digital Media (MP3 files) Room/system – on/off control Return to the Main menu Adjust music settings for this room Figure 21 - Music Menu • • • • • • • FM/AM: Select FM or AM radio frequency bands or preset stations.
After 30 seconds of inactivity, the room station returns to the Greeting Menu shown in Figure 19. Select and Set a Radio Station Select a Radio Station NOTE: You must have the AM and FM antennas installed before you can select radio stations (the antennas should have been installed by your dealer when the MC2000 system was installed). 1. Select the frequency (AM or FM) from the music menu show in Figure 21.
3. Use the Tune up and down arrows shown in Figure 23 to move incrementally though the radio band. Use the Seek buttons to find the station you want. Select FM (or AM if you are programming an AM station) to store the station in the system memory. Radio station tuned for FM 1 Toggle between preset locations from 1 to 10 Up arrow keys Down arrow keys Select this to store preset station Takes you back to FM presets menu Figure 23 - Tune/Presets Menu Set a Preset Station 1.
Figure 24 - Tune/Presets Menu - Stored Station If the menu is inactive for more than 30 seconds, it returns to the Greeting Menu shown in Figure 19. Playing from Local and Remote Devices The MC2000 lets you play music from a locally attached device such as a portable CD player. You can even listen to an attached device in another room. Before you can listen to an attached device, you must have a line level input line run from the room station to a jack installed in the room. Listen to a Local Device 1.
4. Select the room name playing the remote device you want to hear as shown in Figure 25. You should hear the media playing from the remote device. You may also select one of the radio stations displayed. These are stations currently tuned to on the MC2000’s two tuners.
Wake Menu The wake feature allows you to program the MC2000 room station to begin playing music at a specific time, much like an alarm clock, or clock radio. You can store up to five events, or wake times. The wake function works only with the AM or FM source. To select the Wake Menu see Figure 20. Toggle between the wake events - up to 5 events Enables or disables the wake event currently showing. Change the Wake Event Source. Sets the time of the event.
• • Store: Changes do not occur unless you press the Store button and then press Yes on the Overwrite Wake Event menu. You get a confirmation message for both saving and canceling an event. If you do not press OK, the menu times out after five seconds and returns to the Wake menu. Main Menu: Return to the Main Menu. After 30 seconds of inactivity, the room station returns to the Greeting Menu shown in Figure 19.
Press the Sleep button to start the audio, either the last audio played, or a currently selected audio. Press the button again to increase the time. The increments are 5, 10, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, and 90 minutes. After 30 seconds of inactivity, the room station returns to the Greeting Menu. 2. Page Menu The Page function allows you to send an announcement to a particular room or to broadcast a message to all room stations on the system.
After 30 seconds of inactivity, the room station returns to the Greeting Menu shown in Figure 19. Intercom Menu The Intercom function allows you to establish a private conversation between two room stations on the MC2000 system. The intercom connection will continue for 15 minutes or until the End button is selected. The intercom connection is “hands free” once it is established. Note: if a room has the intercom function disabled you will not be able to establish an intercom connection with that room.
After 30 seconds of inactivity, the room station returns to the Greeting Menu shown in Figure 19. Monitor Menu The Monitor function allows you to monitor a particular room on the MC2000 system. A room can only be monitored from one room station at a time. A room cannot be monitored if the monitor function is disabled or if it is in Privacy mode.
Answering a Doorbell When either of the doorbells ring, all room stations on the system will show the message shown in Figure 31. The doorbell ring will interrupt any music playing or intercom calls in progress. If a room station has the doorbell function disabled or is in Nap or Privacy mode, the doorbell will not ring over its speakers.
Used by your dealer to obtain troubleshooting and repair information Software version running on your MC2000 system Information on how to contact M&S Systems Technical Support Team Returns you to the Main Menu Figure 32 - Info Menu If you are in need of assistance with your MC2000 system please contact our technical support team at the number shown in Figure 33. Figure 33 - M&S Technical Support Information 2861 Congressman Lane | Dallas, Texas 75220 | 800.877.6631 | www.mssystems.
Troubleshooting If you need assistance with your MC2000 System please contact our technical support team at 1-800-366-9422. You can also obtain system information, software upgrades and technical support on our web site: www.mssystems.com. Prior to contacting your dealer or M&S Systems refer to the table below for systems assistance. If the actions described in the table below do not correct your problem please contact the M&S Systems technical support team or your dealer for assistance.
Warranty M&S Systems Limited 2-Year Warranty M&S Systems warrants its products to be free of defects for 2 years. Except for the AirVac Gold power units (See below). The warranty period begins on either (a) the date of purchase or installation date of this product or (b) the date of closing on a new residence in which this product was originally installed. The warranty extends to the original user of the product and to each subsequent owner of the product during the term of the warranty.
this warranty covers the AirVac Gold power units for 10 years instead of 2. The M&S Systems 10-Year Warranty applies ONLY to the AirVac Gold power units and to no other M&S Systems, M&S or AirVac products. 2861 Congressman Lane | Dallas, Texas 75220 | 800.877.6631 | www.mssystems.
Definitions Category 5 (CAT5): Four twisted pairs of copper wire enclosed in an outer jacket used for telephone, fax, modem and high-speed digital computer transmissions. Digital Jukebox Software: A program that provides the ability to copy CDs onto the computer in MP3 format. This software can also be used to generate playlists. DMM: The Digital Media Manager is an internal storage device that provides the ability to play 4 simultaneous digital music streams.
Index Alarm clock ......................................................... 29 Clock radio.......................................................... 29 Date ...................................................................... 10 Devices Local ................................................................. 27 Remote ............................................................ 27 Doorbell............................................................... 14 Answering ..........................................
Figure Index Figure 1 - Room Station Layout..............................................................................................................................3 Figure 2 - Greeting Menu .........................................................................................................................................7 Figure 3 - Main Menu ................................................................................................................................................
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