Niles Audio A4.6Ci - Manual (Page 35)

Important Note: Operation of identical source components is not possible using the source components’ actual
IR commands in a zone installed with an IR sensor. (i.e., using the source component’s original remote control or
a learning remote control programmed with these IR commands). Identical source components can be operated
from a zone with an IR sensor using Niles IR commands from the preamplifier or from the hand-held R-4 Remote
commands (see Programming Overview for more information).
SHARED SOURCE COMPONENTS
Source components (i.e. DVD player, CD changer, DSS receiver) used with an A4.6Ci, can be “shared” with
multiple A4.6Ci’s and/or a Home Theater system (refer to System Configurations 2, 3, and 4 for more details).
The A4.6Ci has been designed to provide coordinated control of these shared source components from all
zones of all A4.6Ci’s and the Home Theater.
A source component in an A4.6Ci multi-zone system is considered “shared” when its audio signal is connect-
ed to more than one A4.6Ci or if it is connected to an A4.6Ci and a Home Theater system (refer to System
Configuration 2 and System Configuration 3 for more details).
OPERATING A SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE A4.6Ci’s
Operating a system with multiple A4.6Ci’s is the same as operating a system with only one A4.6Ci Solo
™ or Select ™
Master Keypad. Modules in each zone independently operate the zone to which they are dedicated (i.e., Zone
ON/OFF, Volume Up/Down, Mute). When a user in a zone from any A4.6Ci, presses a key/button, the IR commands
required for the shared source components (i.e., Power ON/OFF, Play, Stop and Channel Up), are issued by the
A4.6Ci that has been programmed. (See the Programming Section of this manual for specific details on programming.)
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OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW
Assigned Source Flasher 1 Flasher 2 Flasher 3 Flasher 4
Source 1 X
Source 2 X
Source 3 X
IDENTICAL SOURCE COMPONENTS
The A4.6Ci routes the individual source-component IR commands that with which it has been programmed to
specific flasher outputs. This provides individual control of identical source components (i.e., two DSS receivers
of the same brand and model). These programmed IR commands are routed to the individual flasher outputs
based on the assigned source for which they were programmed. The table below designates where IR com-
mands are routed when a zone is selected to one of the three source components.
FLASHER OUTPUTS
Source 4 X