Essentia ® Six-Source, Six-Zone Audio Distribution System NV-E6GMS, NV-E6GXS Installation Guide
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Table of Contents I n t r o d u c t i o n 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 R C 1 R e m o t e C o n t r o l Installing the Essentia 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 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 I I I . I n s t a l l i n g t h e E s s e n t i a A m p l i f i e r I V . I n s t a l l i n g t h e N V E 6 G M A P A l l P o r t V .
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 N u V o ’ s n e w E s s e n t i a S y s t e m . E s s e n t i a p r o v i d e s 4 0 s t a r t l i n g l y c l e a r w a t t s o f s o u n d t o u p t o 1 2 l i s t e n i n g z o n e s ( 1 2 z o n e s w i t h t h e a d d i t i o n o f t h e e x p a n d e r ) .
Essentia Back Panel 1807 5 6 FIXED VAR IR OUTPUTS TRIG STATUS MODEL NV-E6GM MUTE ZONE 1 SIX SOURCE SIX ZONE AUDIO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM NuVo Technologies LLC • Hebron, Kentucky USA 1 2 3 4 5 6 SUM www.nuvotechnologies.com NuVoNet LINK RS232 ZONE 2 RoHS ALLPORT CONNECTION 1 2 3 4 5 30 33 118 6 7 8 9 10 CO NF OR MS TO UL ST D. 60 06 5 CE RT IF IE D TO CAN /C SA STD . N1839 C2 2. 2 No .6 00 65 :0 3 11 100 ~24 0V 50~60 Hz 130W MADE IN CHINA 12 1 .
Essentia Control Pad 1 2 M3A 2 OF 2-Follow th... drift-Edge of Tom 3 3:48 1:19 12 4 11 5 10 6 9 7 8 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 t h r e e c h a r a c t e r d e s i g n a t i o n . 2 .
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 .
Installing the Essentia System in Your Home I. Prewire IR Ac Gro tive u Con nd tr Con ol Da ta tr IR ol Da BusDa ta B us + Gro ta u +20 nd VP ow er The Essentia 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 Essentia amplifier and Audio Source equipment.
II. Terminating the Speaker Wire (Fig. 2) h e o r d e r i n w h i c h t h e C A T 5 c a b l e s a r e p l u g g e d i n t o t h e IT j a c k s i s i r r e l e v a n t t o t h e s y s t e m ’ s o p e r a t i o n .
V. Connecting the Allport to the Essentia Amplifier (Fig. 4) O n c e i n s t a l l e d , t h e f r o n t o f t h e A l l p o r t h a s t h r e e D e v i c e R J 4 5 j a c k s f o r C A T 5 c o n n e c t i o n s f r o m t h e N u V o N e t S u i t e c o m p o n e n t s , a n d a n R J 4 5 j a c k l a b e l e d N u V o N e t w h i c h m u s t b e c o n n e c t e d t o t h e N u V o N e t i n p u t o n t h e b a c k o f t h e E s s e n t i a a m p l i f i e r .
M3 Audio Server and T2SIR Dual Sirius Ready Tuners 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 d i s p l a y a p r o m p t s c r e e n Status, all outputs. B e l o w t h i s h e a d e r a r e t h r e e l i n e s o f t e x t r e p r e s e n t i n g e a c h o f t h e t h r e e a u d i o o u t p u t s l a b e l e d A , B , a n d C . O u t p u t A w i l l b e h i g h l i g h t e d a n d i t w i l l d i s p l a y OUTPUT A: PRESS OK TO SELECT NUVONET SOURCE.
O n c e t h e s e c o n n e c t i o n s a r e c o m p l e t e , t h e C o n t r o l P a d s c a n b e a d d r e s s e d f o r a t w e l v e z o n e s y s t e m . VII. Expanding Essentia to 12 Zones (Fig. 8) S i x 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 E s s e n t i a S y s t e m u s i n g t h e E s s e n t i a E x p a n d e r S y s t e m , N V E 6 G X S .
IX. Using the Essentia Configurator Software 1.1 Open or Create Essentia Configurator File (fig. 10) T h e f o l l o w i n g s e c t i o n i n c l u d e s t h e o p t i o n a l N V I 8 D L S I R L e a r n i n g S t a t i o n . T h i s i s a v a i l a b l e a s a p a c k a g e f r o m N u V o T e c h n o l o g i e s o r a n y A u t h o r i z e d N u V o D i s t r i b u t o r .
Fig. 11 Using the IR Learning Station Interface (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 .
Fig. 13 2.3 IR Library Default Key Assignment (Fig. 15) + 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 . A c c e s s t o m u l t i p l e p r e s e t c h o i c e s w i l l b e c o v e r e d l a t e r i n t h e M a c r o s s e c t i o n .
2.4 IR Library Test (Fig. 16) 2.5 Adding a Function Code (Fig. 17) A n i m p o r t a n t f e a t u r e o f t h e E s s e n t i a C o n f i g u r a t o r i s t h e a b i l i t y t o t e s t e a c h I R c o d e a s i t i s a d d e d t o t h e I R L i b r a r y . T h i s i n s u r e s t h a t e v e r y c o d e w i l l w o r k r e l i a b l y .
3.1 Select or Edit Source (Fig. 18) 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 . D o u b l e c l i c k i n g o n a b l a n k s o u r c e w i l l o p e n t h e S e l e c 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 S o u r c e w i n d o w .
Fig. 20 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 , 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 .
Fig. 22 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 .
Fig. 24 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 S e t u p m e n u a t t h 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 .
Source Grouping: T h i s a l l o w s f o r o n e z o n e t o a u t o m a t i c a l l y l i s t e n t o t h e s a m e s o u r c e a s a l l o t h e r z o n e s i n t h e g r o u p . T h i s i s a v e r y u s e f u l f e a t u r e f o r a l a r g e o p e n a r e a w h e r e i t i s n o t p r a c t i c a l f o r m o r e t h a n o n e s o u r c e t o b e p l a y i n g a t o n e t i m e .
Fig. 27 5.2 Zones (updated) (Fig. 26) W h e n t h e d e s i r e d p r o p e r t i e s f o r e a c h z o n e a r e s e t , c l i c k o n O K . T h i s w i l l r e t u r n y o u t o t h e Z o n e s t a b . T h e r e y o u w i l l s e e a n u p d a t e d l i s t o f t h e z o n e s b y t h e n u m b e r t h e y a r e a s s i g n e d , a s w e l l a s t h e s p e c i f i c p a r a m e t e r s d e f i n e d i n t h e Z o n e E d i t w i n d o w .
6.3 24 Hour Time Display and Power Off Mode 6.5 Security Code (Fig. 30) 24 Hour Time Display: T i m e d i s p l a y i s n o t f u n c t i o n a l o n t h e E s s e n t i a m o d e l . T h i s w i l l a p p e a r g r a y e d o u t w h e n t h e C o n f i g u r a t o r s o f t w a r e i s i n N V E 6 G M o d e 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 E s s e n t i a 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 .
Fig. 31a Please note that if multiple Control Pads are plugged in during the update process they will update themselves one at a time in succession beginning with zone one. Wait for the entire process to complete until the last zone turns off. Firmware Upgrade.. Please Wait DO NOT unplug the Control Pads or cycle power during this process. Fig.
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 f o u r 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 .
Fig. 34 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 . Options Shuffle Repeat Juke Box Mode Fig. 37 Adv. Zone Control Party Mode Do-Not-Distrub Sleep Fig.
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 .
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 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 Adv. Zone Settings 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 Source Lockout r i g h t .
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 r e g a r d i n g 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 t h e s o u r c e c u r r e n t l y p l a y i n g , F i g . 4 7 . w i r e l e s s r e m o t e .
Power Off Mode: T h i s r e f e r s t o t h r e e c h o i c e s f o r t h e w a y i n w h i c h e a c h z o n e t u r n s o n a n d o f f . T h e y i n v o l v e a s i n g l e t a p o f t h e p o w e r b u t t o n a n d a h o l d f u n c t i o n , F i g . 4 9 . Mute/Off/ w/ Menu i s t h e f i r s t c h o i c e . T h i s s e l e c t i o n m e a n s t h a t a t a p o f t h e p o w e r b u t t o n m u t e s t h e z o n e , b u t d o e s n o t t u r n i t o f f .
XII. Essentia 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.
Capturing IR codes using the IR Learning Station Interface T h e E s s e n t i a 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 .
NV-MI1 Mute Interface 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 E s s e n t i a 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 .
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 E s s e n t i a 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 s 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 .
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 .
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 f o r 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 .
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 a v a i l a b l e f o r z o n e s 1 a n d 2 o n t h e E s s e n t i a a m p l i f i e r . T h e c o n n e c t i o n i s m a d e u s i n g e i t h e r a 1 / 8 ( 3 .
Essentia 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 4 0 W ( 2 0 W x 2 ) 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 ) 0 .
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 . O n e o f t h e z o n e C o n t r o l P a d d i s p l a y s a N u V o N e t N o t D e t e c t e d m e s s a g e .
Troubleshooting Symptom Remedy 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 . 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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