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Getting started, Making connections – a preview – Parasound Halo C1 Controller User Manual

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The Parasound C 1 Controller is a complete home theater control center. With it, you can feed signals
from any of four analog and digital audio and six audio/video components to your surround sound and
video system, simultaneously feeding video and stereo audio (even from a different source) to rooms
in a second entertainment zone, and integrate the C 1 into multi-room home-control systems. You can
adjust volume, bass, and treble separately for each zone. In the main zone, you can use any of 15 sound
patterns, commonly referred to as modes, from 7.1-channel surround (Dolby Digital EX or dts ES) to
mono; in the remote zone, only modes that work with two-channel signals are available.

The 7.1-channel analog input allows full surround operation with surround-sound sources having no digital
surround output, such as multichannel DVD-Audio or SACD players, which have only analog multichannel
outputs, and any future formats with up to eight channels. The output section already has 7.5 channels,
including two additional dedicated bass channels and two channels which can be programmed for even
more bass functions or a variety of other uses.

A full-color, 5" video screen can display the current video program and operating status for either the local or
remote zone. It also speeds and simplifies setting up the C 1 by showing you complete control-menu pages.
The front panel screen on the C 1 is particularly convenient for setup if your primary video screen is connect-
ed via component video jacks, since component video doesn’t carry on-screen display information. Like the
TFT screen on a notebook computer, the C 1 screen should be viewed from directly in front. Its picture qual-
ity is degraded when viewed from more than 15° to either side or more than 30° above or 10° below.

An RS-232 serial interface allows the C 1 Controller’s settings to be stored on and modified by a PC; it also
allows the software built into the C 1 to be updated as need be. The digital surround processor engine can
also be upgraded. And an expansion port allows for technologies that haven’t even been invented yet.

Any product this versatile is complex (which is why this manual is so thick), but we’ve made operation
as simple as we can. As you learn more about the C 1, you’ll be able to optimize its performance for
your system and your tastes.

You’ll find complete directions further on, but here’s all you need to get started:

Making Connections – A Preview

If you’re installing the C 1 yourself, the following should be helpful; if it’s already been installed for you,
you may prefer to skip straight to the chapters on “Using the Main Controls” and “Using the Master
and SideKick Remotes,” later in this manual.

When you connect the C 1’s audio and audio-video inputs and outputs to the rest of your system
(including your second entertainment zone, if you have one), you’ll find it easier if you start with the
unbalanced analog audio jacks, which are on the bottom row, then work your way up the panel from
there. It’s a good idea to write down which component each jack is connected to, so you can program
the C 1 to display each source’s name (see “Adjustments, Menus, and Setup” on page 32) rather than
just “Audio 1,” “Video 3,” and so on.

Left

Right

Center

Subwoofer

Left Surround

Right Surround

Left Back

Right Back

Pro 1

Balanced Analog Audio Outputs

Balanced Analog Audio Inputs

Left

Right

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Input 1

Input 2

Input 3

Output

Component Video Inputs and Outputs

Sync

Red

Green

Blue

H

V

Pr

Y

Pb

Composite Video Inputs

Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

Video 4

Video 5

Video 6

Video Outputs

Record

OSD

Zone

NoOSD

Main

S-Video Inputs

Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

Video 4

Video 5

Video 6

S-Video Outputs

Record

OSD

No OSD

Main

Digital Out

Coax

Digital Audio Inputs

Optical

Optical 2

Optical 1

Optical 4

Optical 3

Coax 1

Coax 2

Coax 3

Coax 4

Made In

Finland

Expansion Port For

Future Technologies

Main

Zone

IR Inputs

– 12V Triggers –

P1

P2

On-Off

RS-232 Control

RS-232 Control

External Control

L

R

L

R

Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

Video 4

Video 5

Video 6

Audio 1

Audio 2

Audio 3

Audio 4

Audio 5

Analog Audio Inputs

Tape Monitor

Record 1 Record 2

Zone

Analog Audio Outputs

Play/In

Rec/Out

Programmable Out

Pro 3

Pro 1

Pro 4

Pro 2

Main Analog Audio Outputs

Sub

Front

Surround

Center

Back

7.1 Analog Audio Inputs

Front

Surround

Center

Sub

Back

1

0

AC Power

CAUTION

TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK,

DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER

SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE,

REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED

SERVICE PERSONNEL.

Balanced Analog Audio

Inputs & Outputs

Unbalanced Analog

Audio Inputs

Composite

Video Outputs

& Inputs

Tape

Monitor

Input &

Outputs

Component Video

Inputs & Outputs

Zone &

Record

Outputs

7.1 Channel

Analog Inputs

Main Analog

Outputs

Programmable

Outputs

S-Video

Inputs & Outputs

Digital Audio

Outputs & Inputs

Control

Jacks

AC Cord

Inlet

AC Power

Switch

GETTING STARTED

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