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AudioControl Director D3200 Owner's Manual

High efficiency,digital signal processor, ethernet interface & control
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The Director
Model D3200
16 Channel
High Efficiency • Digital Signal Processor •
Ethernet Interface & Control

Power Amplifier

Professional Installer's
Gratification Guide
®
For Those Who Consider Perfection Possible
22410 70th Avenue West
Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043
USA
425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166
www.audiocontrol.com
©2009. All rights reserved.
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  • Page 1: Power Amplifier

    High Efficiency • Digital Signal Processor • Ethernet Interface & Control Power Amplifier Professional Installer’s Gratification Guide ® For Those Who Consider Perfection Possible ® 22410 70th Avenue West Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166 www.audiocontrol.com ©2009. All rights reserved.

  • Page 2: Important Information

    Important Information Dealer Name _____________________________________ Date Installed __________________________________ Serial Number ___________________________________ Ethernet MAC Address _________________________ IP Address Dynamic / Static ___________________ ®...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Table of Contents The Director Model D3200 New and Different Features ......2 A Guided Tour Front Panel .
  • Page 4 Table of Contents Advanced Topics Speaker and wiring impedance ....27 Amplifier bridging ......28 In wall volume controls .
  • Page 5 AudioControl factories in the Northwest Rainforest out- side of Seattle, USA, we can continually improve it and our other products. Similarly, the AudioControl web site is regularly updated. We encourage you to check our web site, www.audiocontrol.com, if something is not answered in this manual.
  • Page 6 ; Pristine sonics happens first UPErior oUnd Uality in all AudioControl designs and is not compromised by any other feature. You get the feeling that sound quality is an after thought with products from other companies. • r ; From the beefy rack mounts to...
  • Page 7 Cool & Different Features • P ; Hard to believe, but we aCifiC orthwESt EritagE make this product in the USA. We are very proud of that fact. What is more important to you is the care we craft in at every step and the extensive knowledge we have in all aspects of the product.

  • Page 8: A Guided Tour

    A Guided Tour Of The Director Model D3200 Ê Ë Ì Í Î Front Panel Í Zone Status LEDs - At the bottom of the Ê Power LED - Starting with the easy one... columns are the channel status LEDs which when you have the AC Power switch on the are dual color and serve two purposes.

  • Page 9: Rear Connections

    A Guided Tour Of The Director Model D3200 Ê Ë Î » ¼ ½ Ì Í Rear Panel on each amplifier zone, or the ethernet con- trol, selects which input is playing in that specific zone. For Bus 1, the second pair of Ê...
  • Page 10 A Guided Tour Of The Director Model D3200 ¾ ¿ Mono - Pressing in this button sums the left and ¾ Master Power Switch - This switch controls right signals (and lights the indicator LED) of the main AC power. Since The Director draws only this zone.

  • Page 11: Making Sense Of The Trigger Ins And Outs

    Guided Tour - Trigger Ins & Outs Making Sense of the 12 Volt Triggers The Director has five ways you can bring the unit from standby to on and ready to serve. In addition, you can use the triggers from The Director to turn on more units of The Di- rector or other components as well.

  • Page 12: Internet Connectivity And Control

    Internet Connectivity and Internet Connectivity and Control Control You can control The Director Model D3200 via a browser (Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari) or via Telnet com- mands. Either way you need a network or direct PC Ethernet connection by way of the RJ-45 receptacle on the left rear of The Director.
  • Page 13 Internet Connectivity and Operation Tab Control From the Operation tab you can mute and unmute zones, change bus and local sources, trim the levels (in addition to the main gain controls on the rear of The Director unit), and see the status of the zones. If you have renamed the amplifier and/or zones in the Configuration page, those new names will show here.
  • Page 14 Internet Connectivity and Configuration Tab Control In the Configuration tab, you can rename the amplifier unit, change the name for each individual zone and set server and port information. If you wish to have email notification in the unlikely event there is a fault, this is where you enter that information.
  • Page 15 Internet Connectivity and Signal Processing Tab Control Graphic equalization is by individual zone and with both channels within that zone paired unless you choose to unlock those pairs. You can drag the slider to the desired position with a mouse or, at the base of the graphic sliders, click the adjusters by the numbers.

  • Page 16: Control And Queries Via Telnet

    Internet Connectivity and To prevent overstress of speakers by sending frequencies Control lower than they are physically able to handle, use the subson- ic filter. For most in-wall speakers, we recommend a setting of 40 Hz or higher. Contrary to popular thought, higher often sounds better for this low frequency filter.
  • Page 17 Internet Connectivity and Telnet Control and Inquiry Commands Control Notes on Control Commands 1. The basic structure is the operator, space and then the zone number or numbers also separated by a space. One com- mand may affect multiple zones. Examples: bus2 3 5 7 (change source to bus #2 for zones 3, 5, and 7) mute 1 4 (mute zones 1 and 4)
  • Page 18 Internet Connectivity and Notes on Inquiry Commands Control 1. The basic reply to a query is a list of all zones where “1” is a positive response to the query. Each zone is separated by a comma and the string is terminated by a colon, cr, and lf. Zone 1 is on the left and first in the reply string.
  • Page 19 Internet Connectivity and Inquiry Commands Control power? On is 1 and off is 0 (zero) acvoltage? Responses are; 1 is low, 2 is normal and 3 is high protection? For each zone, the responses are: 1 is normal, 2 is muted, 3 is protect and 4 is short circuit signalsense?

  • Page 20: Operation Without An Ethernet Connection

    Internet Connectivity and Operation Without An Ethernet Connection Control To operate The Director without an Ethernet connection, in an emergency, or while troubleshooting, press in the “Eth- ernet Bypass” button on the rear of the unit. The indicator LED will glow red. Now you can trigger the unit on and off via the 12 volt trigger in a conventional fashion.

  • Page 21: Hook-Up Guide With System Diagrams

    Hook Up Guide - System Diagrams Using Bus Inputs to Create Larger Zones TheDirector ® Model D3200 Installer’s Guide...
  • Page 22 Hook Up Guide - System Diagrams Whole House System with Tuner Only Background Music ®...
  • Page 23 Hook Up Guide - System Diagrams Multiple Unit System with • Tuner Only Background Music • Tuner Triggered on • Daisy Chained Bus 1 TheDirector ® Model D3200 Installer’s Guide...
  • Page 24 Hook Up Guide - System Diagrams Using the Crossover Option ®...

  • Page 25: Room Acoustics

    Room Acoustics A Short Introduction To Room Acoustics Magazine reviewers and audio system owners spend much time critically appraising speakers and other audio compo- nents. Unfortunately, a phenomenon that has a very large effect upon sound is not easily judged or changed. That effect is the ACOUSTICS of the environment in which you are listening.

  • Page 26: Benefits Of Equalization

    As you can see, room acoustics is an important but compli- cated subject. To learn more about room acoustics, get a copy of AudioControl’s Technical Paper 107, “Small Room Acoustics De-Mythologized”. You can download this paper from www. audiocontrol.com (search “De-mythologized”) or if you’re still into the printed page, call us and we’ll mail you a copy.

  • Page 27: Adjusting The Signal Processing

    If needed, there is a pink noise audio file at controls on The Director D3200 www.audiocontrol.com. Search for “pink noise”. The sig- should be adjusted with a real time nal is playing through The Director when the LED’s level analyzer such as the AudioControl meter on front panel responds to the volume.

  • Page 28: Parametric And Graphic Equalization

    Adjusting the Signal Processing Parametric and Graphic Equalization The graphic equalization controls in The Director are se- lected to correspond with the characteristics of wall and ceil- ing speakers and as such are very effective. Graphic controls are the easiest to tune and provide a “graphic” representation of what the adjustments are.

  • Page 29: Subsonic And Tweeter Protection Filters

    Adjusting the Signal Processing are found in this range. If accentuated too much (by boosting this control) sounds in the 2500Hz range can seem harsh and fatiguing to the ear due to excessive output by the speaker or because of live, reflective room acoustics. 12kHz —...

  • Page 30: A Brazen Plug

    If receivers rather than separates are to your taste, check out the AudioControl Concert AVR-1. Its power and features surpass most other companies separates and again, some re- viewers say there are none better, and that this receiver is the BLR-10 and BLD-10 Balanced standard.

  • Page 31: Speaker And Wiring Impedance

    Advanced Topics Advanced Discussions Speaker & Wiring Impedance Speaker impedance often is and should be straight for- Calculating Impedance ward. Speakers, like other resistors, wired in parallel “show” For three 8 ohm speakers wired in lower values than the individual components. In case you parallel (pluses connected to pluses) have forgotten, there is an example here for calculating speak- the impedance is...

  • Page 32: Amplifier Bridging

    Advanced Topics Bridging The Director To increase the output power of The Director, you can join (bridge) two channels into a single channel of 250 watts. Caution - Do not use a Accomplishing this is a simple matter. Just press the Mono speaker rated at less than button to send the same audio signal to both channels of the 8 ohms when bridging.

  • Page 33: Installation Of Multiple Units Of The Director

    Advanced Topics Installation of multiple units of The Director May you stack units of The Director on top of each other without an air space in between? The Director is a very energy efficient amplifier and emits little heat so air spaces between units, while always helpful, are not mandatory for a background music system.

  • Page 34: Level Matching And Gain Controls

    Advanced Topics channels are operating at maximum, an unlikely situation even during a really fun party. Even more unlikely is all chan- nels on multiple units operating at full output. You know the system better than we do, so it is your decision.
  • Page 35 Advanced Topics than the background noise level in the other parts of the house. So if the client wants to rock out in the bathroom, and particularly the shower, you need to have speakers very near to them. Modern day larger bathrooms need more than two speakers for these reasons.

  • Page 36: Troubleshooting

    The Director amplifier. A variety of other subjects are discussed in Advanced Topics starting on page 27. If a problem cannot be solved using this informa- tion, please call the AudioControl factory or check at www. Install Tip - There are audiocontrol.com.
  • Page 37 Unplug the unit from AC power, wait two minutes, then plug back in. This should reset the unit. b. Something rather serious has happened inside The Director. Call the AudioControl factory. 6. Speaker Buzzing or Cracking at high volume: a. Reduce the equalizer boost in the 40-80 Hz range.

  • Page 38: Warranty And Service Information

    Well, fear no more. This warranty is designed given by AudioControl. This to make you rave about AudioControl. It’s a warranty that looks warranty gives you specific out for you and your client, plus helps you resist the temptation legal rights, and you may also to have your friend, who’s “good with electronics”, try to repair...
  • Page 39 What to do if you need service First, contact AudioControl, either by e-mail, phone or FAX. We’ll determine if there is anything wrong that you can fix yourself, or if it needs to be sent back to our factory for repair.

  • Page 40: Block Diagram

    Block Diagram ®...

  • Page 41: Specifications

    Country of Origin........USA on a really grey and rainy day considering where we live. © AudioControl 2009, All Rights Reserved. The Director is a registered trademark. TheDirector ®...
  • Page 42 ® For Those Who Consider Perfection Possible ® 22410 70th Avenue West Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043 USA 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166 e-mail: sound.better@audiocontrol.com Visit us on the web at www.audiocontrol.com P/N 913 099 Rev. B...

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