Instruction manual

Multi Room Audio Amplifier
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3.0 Description
A Multi Room Audio (MRA) Amplifier is used as part of a C-Bus enabled
audio distribution system. It provides audio which is controllable via C-Bus
wall switches and other C-Bus devices such as the C-Touch Colour Touch
Screen.
MRA Amplifiers are typically used in conjunction with the MRA Matrix
Switcher. A Matrix Switcher distributes audio from multiple sources (such
as a radio, TV and CD player) to up to eight zones. (A zone consists of one
or more MRA Amplifiers). An example of this configuration is shown in
Figure 2.
Bedroom 1
(Zone 1)
Bedroom 2
(Zone 2)
Family
(Zone 4)
Bedroom 3
(Zone 3)
Kitchen
(Zone 5)
Garage
(Zone 6)
Local Input
DVD Player
Local Input
Computer
Local Input
Computer
Distributed Audio Sources
Radio, TV, CD Player
Figure 2 – An example audio distribution configuration using a Matrix Swticher
MRA Amplifiers can also be used without a Matrix Switcher. In this case a
Distribution Unit is used to distribute audio from a single source (such as a
radio) to one or more MRA Amplifiers. An example of this configuration is
shown in
Figure 3.
In addition t
o the distributed audio, each MRA Amplifier accepts a local
audio source (local input). This allows you to connect audio from a source
such as a PC or portable audio player, which will be available to the
specific Amplifier only.