Connections - Emotiva UMC-200 User Manual

UMC-200

Connections

Connecting the UMC-200 to Amplifiers and a Subwoofer
A typical surround-sound (home theater) system consists of five or seven speakers plus
a powered subwoofer. A "5.1 system" consists of Front Left, Front Right, Center, Left
Surround, and Right Surround speakers plus a Subwoofer. A typical "7.1 system" adds Left
Rear Surround and Right Rear Surround speakers to those.
The UMC-200 has unbalanced line-level outputs for connecting to the inputs on the power
amplifiers that run your main speakers, and both balanced and unbalanced outputs for
connecting to the input of your powered subwoofer. Both subwoofer outputs have the same
signal, and you can use either (or both) depending on what type of input your subwoofer
has.
We suggest that you use the shortest length interconnects that do the job (don't stretch
them, but don't buy extra long ones and coil up the excess), use good quality cables, and
try to keep cables for symmetrical pairs of speakers (for example, both surrounds) of similar
type and length. Assuming you are using one multi-channel power amplifier for all your
channels, it is optimum (but not necessary) for all interconnects to be the same type and
length.
If you only have one pair of surrounds, then they should be considered to be your Left
Surround and Right Surround speakers (you cannot have "back surrounds" but no "side
surrounds").
Connecting the UMC-200 to a Monitor or Television
The UMC-200 has one HDMI 1.4 compliant output, which should be connected to the main
HDMI input on your TV or monitor. If your TV has multiple HDMI inputs, you probably want
to use the first one (or the one with ARC.) The HDMI output on the UMC-200 supports
ARC, which allows your TV to send audio back to the UMC-200, and CEC, which allows the
UMC-200 to send commands to your TV. You will have to consult the manual for your TV to
see if it supports those features, what options they provide on your particular TV, and how
to enable and configure them. Feel free to call Emotiva support if you need help with that.
Note: Your UMC-200 is designed to connect to a TV or monitor with an HDMI input.
You may connect the UMC-200 to devices with DVI inputs, but doing so will require
an adapter, and both the adapter and the DVI device must be fully compatible with
the current HDCP protection standard. Devices (or adapters) that are not HDCP
compliant will result in either reduced quality video or no video at all. The UMC-200
outputs a standard HDMI signal, and should work with any fully compatible device,
but we won't be able to provide full support for such devices. Please consult the
manufacturer's documentation for details and limitations.
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