Niles Audio RVL-6 - Manual (Page 6)

Getting To Know Your RVL-6
Because the RVL-6 presents an extensive amount of configuration possibilities it is important to become familiar with all the
features and options that are available. A good understanding of the anatomy of the unit will enable you to optimally create,
configure and install your system (see
Figure 2 ).
ALL OFF button turns off
your entire system
ON/OFF and VOLUME con-
trols affect rooms which are
“selected” (LEDs are blinking)
CONFIRM LED flashes green
whenever an IR signal or
interference is received from any
IR sensor
TEACHING LED teaches Niles
IR commands to any learning
remote control
ALL ON button enables
you to turn on all or some
of your speakers depend-
ing upon the rear panel
DIP switch settings
INFRARED
SENSOR
controls Room 1
module
ROOM STATUS LEDs.
LED BLINKING - The room is selected; you may adjust
volume, room on/off, etc. using the front panel controls
LED on - The room is on
LED off - The room is off
Screw-locked
removable connector
for AMPLIFIER or
receiver
EYE DIP switch enables
the front panel IR sensor
X-10 DIP switches select starting
house and unit codes when
integrating the RVL-6 with a
powerline carrier control system
SPEAKER IMPEDANCE
DIP switches enable you to
select proper impedance for
each speaker pair
AMP IMPEDANCE DIP
switches enable you to
match the RVL-6 to your
amplifier’s ideal load
CONTROL OUT
provides 12V DC @
200mA when one or
more speakers are
turned on
POWER jack
for 12V DC
wall adapter
(included)
COMMON FLASHER outputs control
components which are common to all
RVL-6s in a system
IR DATA IN connects
to other IR systems
(RVL-6, IRP2+,
IRP6+, IRZ6+, etc.)
IR DATA OUT connects
to other IR systems
(RVL-6, IRP2+, IRP6+,
IRZ6+, etc.)
SENSOR/KEYPAD
connections corre-
sponding to each of
the Room Control
Modules
VOLUME DIP
chooses whether
all rooms will turn
on at 25% or at
the last volume
setting used
MODE switches
control the
configuration of
multiple RVL-6
and the routing
of IR Data
X-10 jack
for TW-523
interface module
FLASHER level
adjusts the power
of all flashers
DEDICATED FLASHER
output controls compo-
nents which are dedicat-
ed to this RVL-6
UART jack for ALL ON and
ALL OFF commands when
multiple RVL-6 are used
within one system
ALL-ON DIP switches enable you to select
which rooms are activated when the ALL-ON
command is issued
Screw-locked
removable connector
for SPEAKERS
Figure 2 RVL-6 features
ROOM SELECT buttons allow you to “select”
rooms singly or in combinations. Once a room(s) is
selected, you may control it with the ON/OFF and
VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons
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