- NuVo Technologies Inc. Concerto Six-Source, Eight-Zone Audio Distribution System Installation Guide

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ENGLISH IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Danger Exposure to extremely high noise levels may cause a permanent hearing loss. Individuals vary considerably to noise induced hearing loss but nearly everyone will lose some hearing if exposed to sufficiently intense noise for a sufficient time. The U.S.
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FRENCH IMPORTANTES INSTRUCTIONS DE SECURITE Danger L‘exposition a des niveaux eleves de bruit peut provoquer une perte permanente de l’audition, Chaque organisme humain reagit differemment quant a la perte de l’audition, mais quasiment tout le monde subit une diminution de I’acuite auditive lors d’une exposition suffisamment longue au bruit intense.
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Table of Contents I n t r o d u c t i o n P a g e 3 P a g e 4 B a c k P a n e l F e a t u r e s C o n t r o l P a d F e a t u r e s P a g e 5 G R C 1 R e m o t e C o n t r o l P a g e 6 Installing the Grand Concerto System in Your Home I . P r e w i r e C A T 5 T e r m i n a t i o n P a g e 7 I I . T e r m i n a t i n g t h e S p e a k e r W i r e P a g e 8 I I I . I n s t a l l i n g t h e G r a n d C o n c e r t o A m p l i f i e r P a g e 8 I V .
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Introduction C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s o n t h e p u r c h a s e o f y o u r N u V o S y s t e m . T h e G r a n d C o n c e r t o S y s t e m i s t r u l y N u V o ’ s n e w e s t m a s t e r p i e c e .
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Grand Concerto Back Panel VARIABLE OUTPUT VARIABLE OUTPUT OUTPUT POWER TIP=L RING=R TIP=L RING=R 20W/6OHM X2 FIXED OUTPUT 2 L L R 2 3 2 3 VARIABLE OUTPUT OUTPUT POWER TIP=L RING=R FIXED OUTPUT 3 TIP=L RING=R 20W/6OHM X2 FIXED OUTPUT ZONE 4 2 1 2 3 OUTPUT POWER FIXED OUTPUT ZONE 7&8 ZONE 6 4 1 2 3 RS-232 TIP=L RING=R 20W/6OHM X2 FIXED OUTPUT ZONE 5 1 VARIABLE OUTPUT VARIABLE OUTPUT OUTPUT POWER 20W/6OHM X2 SUM1 USE CNLY WITH 250V FUSE PROGRAM SYS ON CONNECT TO NV-
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Grand Concerto Control Pad 13 1 2 3:09 PM SVR 1 of 9 Follow the Day 12 drift Edge of Tomorr 3 1:28 3:48 11 4 MENU OK 5 10 6 7 8 9 1. Source indicator: T h i s i n d i c a t e s t h e c u r r e n t a u d i o s o u r c e p l a y i n g i n t h a t z o n e . S o u r c e n a m e s c a n b e c u s t o m i z e d i n t h e C o n f i g u r a t o r S o f t w a r e w i t h a 3 c h a r a c t e r d e s i g n a t i o n . 2 .
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NV-GRC1 Remote Control 1. Power: E a c h z o n e c a n b e t u r n e d o n a n d o f f , o r a l l z o n e s c a n b e t u r n e d o f f w i t h t h i s b u t t o n . 2 .Volume: T h i s s e r v e s t w o f u n c t i o n s . I n n o r m a l o p e r a t i o n m o d e , i t i s a v o l u m e c o n t r o l , b u t w h e n y o u a r e u s i n g t h e m e n u f e a t u r e s o f t h e C o n t r o l P a d , i t a l l o w s s c r o l l i n g u p a n d d o w n . 3 .
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Installing the Grand Concerto System in Your Home I. Prewire Gro un IR d Ac Gro tive u Con nd tr Con ol Da ta tr IR ol Da BusDa ta B us + Gro ta u +24 nd VP ow er The Grand Concerto System uses CAT5 cable for Control Pad control and either two or four-conductor 16-gauge speaker wire. All the wire is “homerun” from each zone to the location of the Grand Concerto amplifier and Audio Source equipment.
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II. Terminating the Speaker Wire (Fig. 2) Fig. 2 A l l t h e N u V o s y s t e m s o p e r a t e a c r o s s a h o m e r u n w i r i n g s c h e m e u s i n g C A T 5 f o r t h e z o n e C o n t r o l P a d c o n t r o l c o m m u n i c a t i o n , a n d a s e p a r a t e r u n o f s p e a k e r w i r e f o r e a c h z o n e f r o m t h e s p e a k e r o u t p u t s t o t h e z o n e s p e a k e r s . W e s u g g e s t 1 6 A W G 2 o r 4 c o n d u c t o r s p e a k e r w i r e s .
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V. Connecting the EZ Port to the Grand Concerto Amplifier (Fig. 4) Fig. 4 W h e n t h e E Z P o r t i s i n s t a l l e d i n t h e w a l l , t h e o n l y p a r t v i s i b l e s h o u l d b e t h e f a c e p l a t e a n d f o u r R J 4 5 j a c k s .
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M3 Server A t i n i t i a l s t a r t u p , t h e f r o n t p a n e l d i s p l a y w i l l p r o m p t w i t h OUTPUTA: PRESS OK TO SELECT NUVONET SOURCE. W h e n OK i s s e l e c t e d , t h e t o p l i n e o f t h e d i s p l a y w i l l r e a d OPERATING Fig. 6 MODE OUT A. B e l o w t h i s , t h e t h r e e a v a i l a b l e l i n e s w i l l d i s p l a y STANDALONE, SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2 . . .
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Fig. 8 VIII. Expanding Grand Concerto to 16 Zones (Fig. 8) E i g h t a d d i t i o n a l l i s t e n i n g z o n e s c a n b e a d d e d t o t h e G r a n d C o n c e r t o S y s t e m u s i n g t h e G r a n d C o n c e r t o E x p a n d e r p a c k a g e . T h e e x p a n s i o n i s e a s i l y d o n e u s i n g t h e S o u r c e L i n k a n d D i g i t a l L i n k m u l t i p i n o u t p u t s o n t h e G r a n d C o n c e r t o m a i n a m p l i f i e r ( N V I 8 D M S ) .
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1.1 Open or Create Grand Concerto Configurator File (fig. 10) Fig. 11 W h e n y o u c l i c k o n t h i s b u t t o n , t h e p r o g r a m g o e s t o a C o n f i g . F i l e . T h e r e y o u c a n e i t h e r o p e n o n e o f t h e e x i s t i n g c o n f i g u r a t i o n s o r s p e c i f y t h e n a m e o f a n e w f i l e . C o n f i g u r a t i o n s a r e s a v e d w i t h a . c f g e x t e n s i o n . 1.
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Using the IR Learning Station Interface (Fig. 13) Fig. 13 T o r e c o r d n e w I R c o d e s , y o u w i l l n e e d t h e I R L e a r n i n g S t a t i o n I n t e r f a c e . T h e I R L e a r n i n g S t a t i o n I n t e r f a c e i s a p o w e r f u l t o o l f o r s e t t i n g u p n e w I R L i b r a r i e s f o r u s e w i t h t h e C o n f i g u r a t o r S o f t w a r e , a n d i s p a r t o f t h e I R L e a r n i n g S t a t i o n P a c k a g e .
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2.4 IR Library Default Key Assignment (Fig. 15) 2.5 IR Library Test (Fig. 16) O n c e t h e d e s i r e d c o d e s a r e a d d e d , a s s i g n t h e m t o t h e a p p r o p r i a t e k e y o n t h e C o n t r o l P a d . N o t e t h a t b y d e s i g n , t h e C o n t r o l P a d h a s o n l y 3 I R p r o g r a m m a b l e f u n c t i o n k e y s a n d P o w e r O N / P o w e r O f f .
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2.6 Adding a Function Code (Fig. 17) 3.1 Select or Edit Source (Fig. 18) I f a r e q u i r e d I R f u n c t i o n i s n o t i n t h e l i s t o f t h o s e p r o v i d e d i n t h e l i b r a r y t e m p l a t e , i t i s p o s s i b l e t o a d d a c o d e t o t h e l i s t b y c l i c k i n g t h e C r e a t e N e w b u t t o n . T h e p u l l d o w n m e n u c o n t a i n s a l i s t o f a l l s t a n d a r d I R c o d e s .
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Fig. 20 Adding a NuVoNet Source (Fig. 19) N u V o N e t s o u r c e s c a n b e p l a c e d i n t h e C o n f i g u r a t i o n w i t h t h e s a m e p r o c e d u r e a s t h i r d p a r t y I R c o n t r o l l a b l e e q u i p m e n t . T h e C o n f i g u r a t o r p r o g r a m c o n t a i n s I R l i b r a r i e s f o r e a c h o f t h e N u V o N e t c o m p o n e n t s w h i c h h a v e t h e a p p r o p r i a t e b u t t o n f u n c t i o n s p r e a s s i g n e d .
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I f t h e c o m p o n e n t h a d d e f a u l t k e y s d e f i n e d i n t h e I R L i b r a r y , Fig. 22 s i n g l e I R c o d e m a c r o s w i l l b e a u t o m a t i c a l l y c r e a t e d f o r e a c h k e y . H o v e r i n g t h e m o u s e o v e r e a c h k e y i n t h e C o n t r o l P a d p i c t u r e o n t h e l e f t s i d e o f t h e s c r e e n w i l l b r i n g u p a t o o l t i p d i s p l a y i n g t h e n a m e o f t h e m a c r o a s s i g n e d t o t h a t k e y .
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Fig. 24 Re-Ordering Macro Codes A f t e r a c o d e i s a d d e d t o a m a c r o , h i g h l i g h t i n g a c o d e a n d c l i c k i n g o n t h e Ý o r ß b u t t o n w i l l r e o r d e r t h e c o d e s . Macros (updated) A f t e r e d i t i n g a m a c r o , t h e m a c r o l i s t i s u p d a t e d t o s h o w t h e n u m b e r o f I R c o d e s a n d t h e d i s p l a y n a m e .
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Bass and Treble: B o t h b a s s a n d t r e b l e c a n b e a d j u s t e d i n d i v i d u a l l y o n a z o n e b y z o n e b a s i s . T h e E Q s w e e p i s 1 8 d B t o + 1 8 d B . K e e p i n m i n d t h a t t h e s e l e v e l s c a n a l s o b e s e t a t t h e z o n e C o n t r o l P a d s w i t h m u s i c p l a y i n g . T h i s w i l l b e c o v e r e d l a t e r i n t h e C o n t r o l P a d m e n u s .
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Enabled Zone Sources: T h e s e a l l o w i n d i v i d u a l s o u r c e s t o b e t u r n e d o f f f o r s p e c i f i c z o n e s . A s o u r c e t h a t i s t u r n e d o f f w i l l n o t d i s p l a y i n t h a t z o n e . T h i s i s p a r t i c u l a r l y u s e f u l i n p r e v e n t i n g c h i l d a c c e s s t o a s o u r c e d e d i c a t e d t o a d u l t l i s t e n i n g . 5.2 Zones (updated) (Fig.
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Fig. 27 6.3 24 Hour Time Display and Power Off Mode 24 Hour Time Display: B y c h e c k i n g t h e 2 4 H o u r T i m e D i s p l a y b o x t h e s y s t e m w i l l a u t o m a t i c a l l y g o t o a 2 4 h o u r c l o c k o n e a c h o f t h e z o n e C o n t r o l P a d s . 6.2 External Mute: Paging Trigger (Fig. 28) T h e G r a n d C o n c e r t o S y s t e m h a s a b u i l t i n s o l u t i o n f o r w h o l e h o u s e p a g i n g t y p i c a l l y t h r o u g h a p h o n e s y s t e m .
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6.5 Security Code (Fig. 30) Fig. 31 A f e a t u r e w i t h t h e z o n e s e t u p o f t h e G r a n d C o n c e r t o S y s t e m i s t h e a b i l i t y t o l o c k t h e z o n e .
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X. Control Pad Setup XI. Using the Control Pad's MENU Button Factory-new Installation M e n u g i v e s a c c e s s t o s p e c i f i c m u s i c s e l e c t i o n a n d c o n t r o l f o r e a c h s o u r c e , a s w e l l a s z o n e a n d s y s t e m s e t t i n g c a p a b i l i t y . W h e n t h e M E N U b u t t o n i s p u s h e d , t h e d i s p l a y g o e s t o a n e i g h t l i n e s c r e e n l a b e l e d M a i n M e n u .
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Fig. 34 Options Shuffle Repeat Edit Favorites Advanced Zone Control: A d v a n c e d Z o n e C o n t r o l i s d e s i g n e d f o r u s e r a c c e s s t o t e m p o r a r y z o n e s e t t i n g s . E a c h o f t h e z o n e p a r a m e t e r s s e t i n a d v a n c e d z o n e c o n t r o l a u t o m a t i c a l l y r e s e t w h e n a n A l l O f f c o m m a n d i s i s s u e d f r o m a C o n t r o l P a d , F i g . 3 7 . Fig. 37 Adv.
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Lock Zone: T h i s t e m p o r a r i l y l o c k s t h e z o n e o n t h e c u r r e n t s o u r c e s e l e c t i o n . I t r e q u i r e s a f o u r d i g i t s e c u r i t y c o d e t h a t m u s t b e s e t i n t h e S e t t i n g s T a b o f t h e C o n f i g u r a t o r S o f t w a r e . T h e s e c u r i t y c o d e i s e n t e r e d o n t h e C o n t r o l P a d b y u s i n g t h e u p a n d d o w n a r r o w s t o s c r o l l t o t h e f i r s t n u m b e r a n d p r e s s i n g O K .
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Fig. 44 Balance: T h i s c o n t r o l s t h e l e v e l o f a u d i o g o i n g t o t h e l e f t a n d r i g h t s p e a k e r s . I n s o m e c a s e s , w h e n t h e l i s t e n i n g Adv. Zone Settings a r e a i s n o t a b s o l u t e l y c e n t e r e d b e t w e e n t h e s p e a k e r s , i t Source Lockout i s u s e f u l t o a d j u s t t h e c e n t e r l i s t e n i n g p o i n t l e f t o r Exclusive Src. Ctl. r i g h t .
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Remote Controls: T h e s e s e t t i n g s a f f e c t t h e w a y t h e Source Settings: T w o c h o i c e s r e s i d e i n t h i s m e n u , F i g . 4 7 . C o n t r o l P a d r e c e i v e s c o m m a n d s f r o m a h a n d h e l d Gain: T h i s l e t s y o u i n c r e a s e t h e a u d i o i n p u t l e v e l s f r o m w i r e l e s s r e m o t e . T h e N V G R C 1 i s t h e s y s t e m r e m o t e t h a t t h e s o u r c e s c o m i n g i n t o t h e G r a n d C o n c e r t o .
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Fig. 50 Date/Time: T h e G r a n d C o n c e r t o h a s a n i n t e r n a l c l o c k t h a t a l l o w s e a c h C o n t r o l P a d t o d i s p l a y t h e c u r r e n t t i m e . Advanced W i t h i n t h i s m e n u y o u c a n e a s i l y s e t Year, Month, Day, Ext. Mute/Page Hour, a n d Minute. Serial Delay 24 Hour Time Display: T h i s i s a s i m p l e o n / o f f .
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XII. Grand Concerto Accessories The NV-I8DLS IR Learning Station Interface Concerto Learning Station Model NV-I8DLS PASSTHRU READY 2 1 IR SENSOR POWER TEST ACTIVE 3 4 5 1. PASSTHRU: T h i s L E D ( l i g h t e m i t t i n g d i o d e ) r e m a i n s l i t w h e n t h e I n t e r f a c e b o x i s a c t i v e l y p a s s i n g I R i n f o r m a t i o n t h r o u g h t h e s y s t e m . 2.
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Capturing IR codes using the IR Learning Station Interface T h e G r a n d C o n c e r t o C o n f i g u r a t o r S o f t w a r e i s d e s i g n e d t o s t o r e I R c o d e s f o r a u d i o e q u i p m e n t i n a n I R L i b r a r y . W h e n t h e c o d e s a r e l e a r n e d f o r a g i v e n p i e c e o f e q u i p m e n t , t h e y a r e h e l d i n t h e l i b r a r y u n d e r t h a t e q u i p m e n t ’ s m a n u f a c t u r e r n a m e a n d m o d e l n u m b e r .
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NV-MI1 Mute Interrupt Adaptor (Fig. 51) T h e M u t e I n t e r f a c e i s u s e d i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h S y s t e m M u t e i n p u t o n t h e b a c k o f t h e G r a n d C o n c e r t o a m p l i f i e r . I t a c t s a s r e l a y f o r a v o l t a g e f r o m u p t o t w o p h o n e l i n e s a n d t w o d o o r b e l l t r a n s f o r m e r s .
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NV-LSI24 Local Source Interrupt (Fig. 52) T h e L o c a l S o u r c e I n t e r r u p t e n a b l e s a n a m p l i f i e d l o c a l a u d i o s o u r c e t o o v e r r i d e t h e G r a n d C o n c e r t o S y s t e m a n d p l a y t h r o u g h t h e l o c a l z o n e i n w a l l s p e a k e r s . T h e m o s t c o m m o n s c e n a r i o f o r t h i s i s a t e l e v i s i o n t h a t w o u l d b e n e f i t f r o m h i g h e r q u a l i t y s p e a k e r s .
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NV-LSA40 Local Source Amplifier (Fig. 53) T h e L S A 4 0 i s a 4 0 w a t t s t e r e o a m p l i f i e r d e s i g n e d t o f i t n e a t l y i n a s i n g l e g a n g b o x o r r i n g . I t s a c t i v e s t a t e p r o v i d e s a r e a d y i n p u t f o r a n y l i n e l e v e l a u d i o s i g n a l .
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NV-LSA40PD Local Source Power Distribution Hub (Fig. 54) T h e L S A 4 0 P D P o w e r D i s t r i b u t i o n H u b p r o v i d e s a c o m p a c t m e t h o d f o r d i s t r i b u t i n g t h e n e c e s s a r y p o w e r t o u p t o f o u r L S A 4 0 L o c a l S o u r c e A m p l i f i e r s f r o m o n e c e n t r a l l o c a t i o n .
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Fig. 55 NV-P2100 200-Watt Auxiliary Amplifier (Fig. 55) NV-P2100 Amplifier T h e P 2 1 0 0 i s s p e c i f i c a l l y d e s i g n e d f o r u s e w i t h t h e N u V o S y s t e m s ’ l i n e o u t s . I t c a n b e u s e d w i t h e i t h e r t h e f i x e d o r v a r i a b l e l i n e o u t s o n t h e G r a n d C o n c e r t o a m p l i f i e r .
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Grand Concerto Specifications Zones 1-6 Power Amplifier Outputs C o n t i n u o u s A v e r a g e O u t p u t P o w e r T w o c h a n n e l s d r i v e n 3 0 2 0 k H z @ 1 % T H D R a t e d D i s t o r t i o n ( 1 / 2 p o w e r ) R a t e d I m p e d a n c e D a m p i n g F a c t o r F r e q u e n c y R e s p o n s e Zones 1-8 Preamplifier Outputs V a r i a b l e o u t p u t F i x e d o u t p u t I m p e d a n c e Source Inputs 1-6 i n p u t I m p e d a n c e I n p u t S e n s i t i v i t y f o r r a t e d p
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Troubleshooting Symptom Remedy Probable Cause W h e n t h e C o n t r o l P a d i s p l u g g e d i n t h e r e i sI m p r o p e r l y w i r e d C A T 5 c a b l e . a l o u d p o p t h r o u g h t h e s p e a k e r s a n d t h e C o n t r o l P a d d o e s n o t w o r k . C h e c k t h a t y o u a r e u s i n g t h e 5 6 8 A o r B w i r i n g s t a n d a r d ( s e e s e c t i o n I : C r i m p i n g C A T 5 w i r e ) . T h e b e s t w a y t o k n o w i s t o u s e a C A T 5 t e s t e r .
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Troubleshooting Symptom Probable Cause T h e I R r e p e a t e r d o e s n o t p r o p e r l y c o n t r o l T h e N u V o I R o u t p u t i s n o t s e t a t t h e b e s t t h e a u d i o s o u r c e e q u i p m e n t . c a r r i e r f r e q u e n c y . Remedy W i t h i n I R L i b r a r y t a b o f t h e C o n f i g u r a t o r S o f t w a r e , e a c h l i b r a r y h a s a P r o p e r t i e s b u t t o n .
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