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- Page 1 The Director ™ Model D2800 8 CHANNEL MULTI-ZONE NETWORK DSP AMPLIFIER Installation Manual...
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Page 2: Important Safety Instructions
The lightning flash with arrowhead CAUTION: Changes or modifications to this symbol within an equilateral triangle device not expressly approved by AudioControl Inc. could void the user’s authority to operate is intended to alert the user to the the equipment under FCC rules. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
The Dance ......48 Network Settings Default IP Address 192.168.0.249 THE DIRECTOR ™ ©2018 AudioControl Inc., all rights reserved. Model D2800 Based on a true story, an audio dream for a better life. Installation Manual... -
Page 4: Introduction
Flowery Marketing Introduction Introduction The Director D2800 is designed and When a whole-house audio system de- manufactured by AudioControl, the only mands high levels of audio performance, electronics company in the world that but the physical installation space is specializes in amplifiers, equalizers, signal limited, the AudioControl Director D2800 processors and audio analyzers. - Page 5 Features Features Here are some of the features that make • Signal Processing The Director D2800 very unique, unlike You have at your command: graphic any other amplifier: equalization, parametric equal- ization, tweeter protection filters • Digital and Analog Input Bussing and low frequency cutoff filters.
- Page 6 DHCP by default. If a DHCP amplification server is not found on the network, • Any zone can play a local or bus source The Director D2800 will default to • Efficient power amplifiers and power 192 .168 .0 .249 . supplies •...
- Page 7 Quick View Quick View Front Panel Power LED Zone Status LED Zone Level LED Ladder Protection LED Ethernet Status LEDs 6 . Rack Mount Ears 10 11 Model D2800 8 Channel DSP Amplifier Rear Panel 10 . Analog Bus Inputs AC Input 11 .
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Page 8: Getting Started
Ask Queen Mab for the IP address. 2. When making connections, des- 8. Connect The Director D2800 to the ignate red RCA plugs as right, and network with an Ethernet cord, pref- designate white, black, or grey plugs erably one in good condition without as left. -
Page 9: Installation Examples
Installation Examples Installation with 2 Bijou 600 Amplifiers Receiver Sonos 1 Sonos 2 Sonos 3 Sonos 4 Digital Zone 2 Analog Analog Analog Analog Analog Out Model D2800 8 Channel DSP Amplifier Analog Loop Living Dining Kitchen Family Room Room Room Bijou 600 in Bijou 600 in... - Page 10 Installation Examples Installation with an Architect 2660 Front Service Sonos 1 Sonos 2 Door Entrance Digital Zone 2 Analog Analog Analog Analog Analog Out Model D2800 8 Channel DSP Amplifier Analog Loop Mids/Highs Bedroom Master Bedroom Architect 2660 (Lower FLoor) Bus B Analog Input All inputs set to Bus B Living Room...
- Page 11 Installation Examples Installation with one Bijou 600 Amplifier Sonos HD Tuner Cable Box Digital Analog Analog Analog Analog Model D2800 8 Channel DSP Amplifier Analog Loop Living Dining Kitchen Family Room Room Room Analog Input Bijou 600 in Stereo Top Secret Underground Super-Hero Lair and Snooker...
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Page 12: Front Panel Features
Front Panel Front Panel Features 1 . Power LED – This dual color LED indi- 4 . Zone Status LED – This dual-color cates when the unit is in standby, on, LED indicates when the zone is in fault or off mode, active, or in standby. - Page 13 Front Panel LED Function Table Color Description The unit is in standby mode Blue The unit is on The unit is powered off, or all the lights are off in your town The unit has detected a fault and is in protect mode* The unit is operating normally, or it is powered off ZONE LEDs Color...
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Page 14: Rear Panel Features
Rear Panel Rear Panel Features 10 11 12 15 Model D2800 8 Channel DSP Amplifier AC section The use of any other type of fuse may When rack-mounting the unit, lead to an unsafe condition. If the fuse make sure that the power cord blows again immediately, then unplug and the AC power switch remain the power cord and contact our fine... - Page 15 The digital inputs are an external device such as one of our selected for any or all zones using The glorious AudioControl home theater Director’s web page interface. receivers, turn on The Director when it is turned on.
- Page 16 Almost Done With The Rear Panel 10 11 Zone Section (All details are the same for each zone) 13 . Zone Active LED – These will light whenever the zone is active. 14 . 12V Trigger Input – Indivdual zones can be turned on by apply a +12Vdc trigger voltage to these inputs.
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Page 17: Speaker Connections
Almost Done With The Rear Panel Speaker Connections Speaker Wiring 17 . Speaker Outputs – This 4-pin connector allows easy connection of Establish a standard connection color two speakers for stereo operation, code and stick with it. One conductor of or one speaker for bridged mono the speaker wire is normally marked by operation. - Page 18 Speaker and Wiring Impedance Speaker and Wiring Impedance Speakers, like other resistors, when wired ues in portions of their frequency range, in parallel “show” lower values than the and speakers that are rated at unusual individual components. Here are two impedances, for example 3.5 Ohms.
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Page 19: 12 Volt Trigger Ins And Outs
12 Volt Trigger Ins and Outs 12 Volt Trigger Ins and Outs The Director D2800 has five ways you can bring the unit from standby to turn on and be ready to serve. In addition, you can use the triggers from The Director to turn on more Directors or other components as well. - Page 20 Power Down Process: As soon as a 0V Connect the external +12V output signal is sensed at the master trigger in- voltage to the Director D2800 Trigger puts, all zones will be muted and placed in Input standby, and the rear panel master trigger LED will change from blue to off.
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Page 21: Ventilation
Ventilation Ventilation This may be as good a time as any to have If the amplifier should overheat, a thermal “the talk” about ventilation. The Direc- sensor will put it into standby mode, tor D2800 feature cool-running efficient allowing the heatsink to cool down. switch mode power supplies and Class D Once the amplifier has cooled to a safe amplifiers, and they are equipped with... -
Page 22: Internet Connectivity And Control
Internet Connectivity and Control Internet Connectivity and Control Setting up The Director D2800 is a breeze. In your Windows based computer, change Just plug it in to an existing network and your computer’s IP address to a static let the DHCP server assign The Director address of 192.168.0.x –... - Page 23 192.168.0.249 so in order to connect to own delight or at your peril. If you know The Director D2800, you will need to give what you are doing, then you will feel your computer a static IP address.
- Page 24 Control via Telnet Commands Control Via Telnet Commands To turn on main power: To control The Director D2800 in an auto- mation network, you will need nerves of Command: power1<CR> steel, and a controller that can send and Response: power1<CR>...
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Page 25: Operation Tab
Operation Tab This is the first page you see when con- Global Settings: This section shows the necting to The Director D2800 via a web AC line voltage status, the overall tem- browser. perature of the unit, and allows you to... - Page 26 Operation Tab (continued) Groups: Grouping allows for channels Input Source: Allows you to choose where to be grouped (there are 4 groups to each channel pair is getting its input choose from in the tiny box) for con- source. The small drop-down menu trol via telnet for simple and efficient shows the available input sources.
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Page 27: Device Configuration Tab
Device Configuration Tab Device Configuration Tab In this menu, you can rename the Be sure to select “Save Settings” after amplifier, rename each channel pair or you have completed your changes on this zone, rename the input sources, set the page, otherwise your changes will disap- global networking parameters, save your pear and you will be (getting all technical... -
Page 28: Zone Configuration Tab
Director D2800 am- regarding saving your settings. Equal- plifier. The speaker profile is applied ization can be very powerful, however it... - Page 29 Zone Configuration Tab - Signal Processing We will be expanding our Speaker Shelving EQ: Just when you would be Partners in the future, please watch forgiven for thinking “wow, that’s a lot our website for the latest information. of EQ flexibility,” wait.. there’s more. There is a special Origin model that At no extra charge, two sliders offer comes pre-loaded with the Origin...
- Page 30 Zone Configuration Tab - Signal Processing (continued) or see the video on our website of our High and Low Pass Filters: These 4 dif- technical support engineers perform- ferent filter types allow you to quickly ing an interpretive dance. choose a design for your system, either to set up protection from low Loudness: Select this for the zone for a and high frequencies, set up a 2-way...
- Page 31 Zone Configuration Tab - Saving EQ memories and Import/Export Saving EQ memories and Import/Export: It is important to save your zone con- figuration settings to a memory, using these controls at the bottom of the Zone Configuration page. If you do not need to have multiple EQ memories for recall, it is still necessary for the zone configurations to be saved should the power go out.
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Page 32: Home Owner Tab
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Page 33: Acoustics
As you can see, room acoustics is an important but complicated subject. To learn more about room acoustics, get a copy of AudioControl’s Technical Paper 107, “Small Room Acoustics De-Mytholo- gized”. You can download this paper from www.audiocontrol.com (search “De-my- thologized”) or if you’re still into the... -
Page 34: Equalization
Remember there are memo- red and then turn to blue. ries in The Director D2800, and you could use different settings via the memories for 4. If any are not blue, check the Opera- different sources. - Page 35 Parametric and Graphic EQ AudioControl has factory training, 150 Hz — High bass . There’s a lot of bass called Train in the Rain where we information at this frequency. In fact, explore this subject in depth. most modern music is mixed to en-...
- Page 36 For sure the speaker will be less stressed and last longer. Presets On The Director D2800, there are six memories if you wish to have different configurations. Those memories are saved on the zone configuration tab. When sav-...
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Page 37: Advanced Discussions
It depends. Since you are limited to Installation of multiple units 1500 watts per device by most codes, Can you stack units of The Director D2800 there should be a separate 15 amp on top of each other without an air space circuit for each unit. - Page 38 Advanced Discussions (continued) What should I use the “Trim” controls in What about large rooms as well as the browser for? rooms where the listener is far from the speakers? The Trim controls are an easy-to-ac- cess level setting control which you Typical in-wall speakers are designed can use while in the zone.
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Page 39: Troubleshooting
Operation tab. All of the Suspect a short if the problem hap- zone status LEDs should turn on. pens only at the highest volumes. If they do not, call AudioControl’s 5 . Protection LED is Red: customer service. a. Disconnect power from the unit b. - Page 40 • Just barely is the simple answer. Go for one with a higher rating if you want a reliable long-lasting system. Though the Director D2800 is rated at 100 Watts, it is a conservative number, and it can put out more power if only a few channels are driven.
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Page 41: Block Diagram
Block Diagrams Block Diagram Gain Local INPUT Analog LOCAL SELECT Inputs BUS A Parametric Graphic EQ BUS B Gain High Pass / BUS A Low Pass Analog Filters Inputs Time Align BUS A Delay Digital Inputs Volume Gain BUS B Inputs Limiter BUS A... -
Page 42: Specifications
Specifications D2800 Specifications Output Power Per Channel ..........100 Watts @ 8 Ohm, 200 Watts @ 4 Ohm Bridged Mono ................400 Watts @ 8 Ohm Signal to Noise Ratio ............. > 97 (A wtd, ref full output) Crosstalk ....................> 80 dB @ 1 kHz Damping Factor ......................>... -
Page 43: Service
Use great care and plenty If the Director D2800 needs service, then of good packing materials to protect please contact AudioControl, either by the unit and prevent it from moving e-mail or phone. -
Page 44: The Warranty
Please Remain Calm The Warranty In just the same way as being covered in 3. If an authorized AudioControl dealer honey and thrown into a dark pit full of installs your AudioControl product, hungry woodchucks, people are scared of the warranty is five years, otherwise warranties. - Page 45 Control. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have rights that vary from state to state. Promises of how well your AudioControl product will work are not implied by this warranty. Other than what we’ve said we’ll do in this warranty, we have no obligation, express or implied.
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Page 46: Installation Notes
Installation Notes Installation Notes Installation: Installer: Zone Room Source Notes/Poems/Sagas/Odes... - Page 47 THE DIRECTOR ™ Model D2800 Installation Manual...
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Page 48: The Dance
Hurrah, you are done! Dance like nobody is watching Manual PN 913-150-0 Rev A...
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