Getting Started - Parasound Halo C1 Controller Owner's Manual

GETTING STARTED

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.
Component Video
Inputs & Outputs
Component Video Inputs and Outputs
Pr Y Pb
Composite
Video Outputs
& Inputs
Red Green Blue
Composite Video Inputs Video Outputs
Video 1 Video 3 Video 5 Record
Video 2 Video 4 Video 6 OSD
Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4
L
R
Unbalanced Analog
Audio Inputs
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.
S-Video
Inputs & Outputs
CAUTION
TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK,
DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER
Input 1 SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE,
REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED
SERVICE PERSONNEL.
Balanced Analog Audio Inputs
Input 2
Left Right Left
Input 3
Output
H Sync V
S-Video Inputs S-Video Outputs
Zone
Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4 Video 5 Video 6 Record Main
Main NoOSD OSD No OSD
Video 5 Video 6 Audio 1 Audio 2 Audio 3 Audio 4 Audio 5 Record 1 Record 2
L
R
Play/In Rec/Out
Analog Audio Inputs Tape Monitor Analog Audio Outputs
Tape Zone &
Monitor Record
Input & Outputs
Outputs
Digital Audio Balanced Analog Audio
Outputs & Inputs Inputs & Outputs
Balanced Analog Audio Outputs
Right Center Subwoofer Left Surround Right Surround Left Back
Digital Audio Inputs
Coax
Made In
Finland
Coax 1 Coax 3
Optical 1 Optical 3
Digital Out
External Control
RS-232 Control
RS-232 Control
Optical Coax 2 Coax 4 Optical 2 Optical 4
Zone Front Surround Center Back Front Surround Center Back Pro 1
Sub Sub Pro 3
7.1 Analog Audio Inputs Main Analog Audio Outputs Programmable Out
7.1 Channel Main Analog Programmable
Analog Inputs Outputs Outputs
C2 Controller
Parasound Products, Inc.
San Francisco, California, USA
Right Back Pro 1
Expansion Port For
Future Technologies
IR Inputs – 12V Triggers –
Control
Jacks
Main Zone P1 P2 On-Off
Pro 2
AC Power
1
AC Cord
0
Inlet
Pro 4
AC Power
Switch
5