Mark Levinson N40 - Manual (Page 135)

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RZones are the secondary zones that give you the flexibility and
power to extend the value of your source components beyond one
main room. The standard configuration of the Nº40 is as a three-
zone system, one Main zone and two RZones. This means that you
can have the signals from any connected source component sent to
any of the three different “zones” in any combination. You might
have: the main Theater zone; a “Record” zone used for VCRs,
cassette decks, and CD-R decks; and a “Remote” zone used to enjoy
music and/or films in another part of the house. The Nº40 Media
Console supports up to five completely independent zones. Addi-
tional “RZone” card pairs (audio/video) can be ordered at
additional cost from your dealer.
Each RZone is a fully independent Audio/Video Preamp with its
own audio and video paths from the inputs. Each RZone provides
full standard definition video decoding and full audio processing
including: analog-to-digital conversion, DSP, and digital-to-analog
conversion. There are two SHARC DSP chips on each audio card
enabling the user to decode any input signal that the main zone
can. It becomes possible (for example) to select a DTS 96/24 5.1
channel signal for enjoyment in the master bedroom, and have the
signal both decoded and then downmixed to two channels for
reproduction.
RZone Card
Capabilities
The video RZone card has a composite and an S-video output which
will both present the video from any standard definition input.
Progressive or high-definition video cannot be shown on RZones.
The audio RZone card has two single-ended stereo analog outputs
and one SPDIF digital output. The two stereo analog outputs are
identical and can be set to a fixed line level output as would be
appropriate for recording devices or variable for volume controlled
remote zones. They will always provide a two-channel downmixed
version of the currently selected inputs. The digital output can be
set to downmix to follow the analog outputs (fixed or variable
setting also follows analog) or it can be set to native digital. Native
digital will not decode the incoming signal but will simply pass it
through. Two channel analog inputs are converted at 88.2 kHz but
will always output digitally at 44.1 kHz.
Setup The output zones section of the setup menu is used to set up your
RZones. You can give the zone an appropriate name (Bedroom,
VCR-Record, etc.) and control aspects of audio, video, and on-
screen display processing. See “The Output Zones Menu” section of
this manual for a complete description of zone setup options.
RZones are numbered from the outside in, thus RZone 1 is closest to
the side of your audio or video box.
Using the RZones
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