Safety First READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING OR USING THE dmc3-4 SYSTEM THE dmc3-4 MUST BE INSTALLED BY AN M&S SYSTEMS DEALER OR INSTALLER, AND MUST CONFORM TO ALL LOCAL BUILDING AND ELECTRICAL CODES. Warning: Always follow these safety instructions. Retain these instructions for future system reference.
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Room Station/Patio Operation 3-Wire (NuTone Retrofits)...14 Turn Music Source On and Off...14 Adjust System Music Volume ...14 Select Music Source ...14 Door Station Functions ...15 CD Player Operation (Optional)...16 RF Remote Control (Optional) ...17 M&S Systems 2-Year Warranty ...18 www.mssystems.com | 800.421.1587 | dmc3-4...
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Table of Figures Figure 1—System Settings...2 Figure 2—Clock Settings: Set Time...3 Figure 3—Preset Radio Stations...5 Figure 4—Scan Progressions...6 Figure 5—Scan Mode...7 Figure 6—Audio Settings: Music Volume ...8 Figure 7—Tone Settings: Loudness ...9 Figure 8—Intercom Settings...10 Figure 9—Room/Patio Station 4-wire System...13 Figure 11—Door Station ...15 Figure 12—CD Functions ...16 Figure 13—RF Remote...17...
It gives you peace of mind as it allows you to communicate with family members and monitor specified rooms. The dmc3-4 offers high quality sound throughout your home from several sources, including the radio, CD player or other connected audio sources in your home.
Room/Patio Station The Room/Patio Stations provide intercom functions and system music control capabilities. Depending on the room configuration at the Master Station, a Room/Patio Station can communicate with or monitor other stations and communicate with the Door Stations. The system’s music can be turned on and off, music volume adjusted, and music sources changed from the dmc3RS and dmc4RS room stations.
Clock Settings You can set two clock functions: Normal—Displays the normal time of day. • Music Auto On/Off—Sets the times to automatically turn the last music source on • and then off. AUTO AUTO Set normal time and music Auto TIME On/Off times TIME...
Auto Function is on. See Music Settings/Auto On/Off. Music Settings Music Source You can select from four music sources: AUX—Any source you connect, such as an external CD player or a stereo system • AM radio band •...
Tune the Radio To tune a radio station: 1. Press POWER to turn on the music. 2. Select FM or AM. See Music Settings/Music Source for instructions. 3. Use TUNE UP or TUNE DOWN to find a station. If you press and release, within second, TUNE UP or TUNE DOWN, the tuner goes into Seek Mode and finds the next station with a strong signal.
5. If you don’t want to assign a preset number, wait 5 seconds and your selected radio station will automatically be assigned to the preset number that is displayed. If you want to select the preset number, press the PRESET button repeatedly to cycle through numbers -8 until you reach the preset number you want.
To set the Scan Mode: 1. To change the scan mode, simultaneously press and release PRESET and SOURCE again. The display shows either Scan1 or Scan2. Note: Exit out of scan mode by pressing PRESET and SOURCE or waiting for the display to show the clock time again.
To change volume and tone settings: 1. Press POWER to turn on music. The system defaults to music volume. Use VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN to adjust the music volume from 0-29. All other audio settings return to music volume after 5 seconds. 2.
AUTO TIME PRESET ∧ ∧ TUNE TUNE ∨ Figure 7—Tone Settings: Loudness Display Brightness 1. Simultaneously press TUNE UP and POWER. The display cycles through brightness levels: low, medium, and high, then repeats the cycle. 2. Press the buttons repeatedly until you reach the brightness you prefer. Intercom Selector Switch Settings You can set all major Intercom functions using the Intercom selector switches on the Master Station.
Selector switch for Master Station Selector switches for Room Stations Selector switch for Patio Station Figure 8—Intercom Settings Intercom When a station is set to Intercom (Intercom only): You can talk and listen from this station. • The room does not receive music. •...
The station itself cannot be monitored. • Note: When a station is set to Radio/INT, the sound and activity in that room can • be heard by another room station by pressing the LISTEN button. The station hears the door chime and communicate with and listen to a door •...
Door Talk/Listen Press TALK and LISTEN simultaneously to enter Door Talk mode. This allows you • to talk to the Door Stations. All other stations set to Intercom or Radio/INT can hear the conversation. Release the TALK and LISTEN buttons to listen to the Door Station. The Listen •...
Room/Patio Station Operation 4-Wire (M&S Systems Retrofit) TALK + LISTEN Talk and listen to Door Station Listen to all stations set to Intercom or Radio/INT. Talk to all stations set to Intercom or Radio/INT. Figure 9—Room/Patio Station 4-wire System Turn Music Source On and Off You can turn the Music Source on and off from any remote scan (dmc4RS model) Room/Patio Station.
Select Music Source The system music source can be selected from any Room/Patio Station. The music sources that are available vary depending on the Scan setting on the Master Station. (See Master Station Settings/Music Settings/Scan Mode for details.) Note: You cannot select specific tracks on the CD from a Room/Patio Station. To scan for a music source: 1.
Note: If you press and hold these buttons for 4 seconds or more, you initiate the Security/Home Automation function. (See Intercom Operation/Security/Home Automation for details.) This function is not available on the Patio Station. Talk/Listen to the door TALK DOOR ROOM Talk to all room stations Figure 10 –...
The track that is playing, indicated by the number on the display • Note: Initially, the display shows six CD positions. If the CD player reaches a CD position and finds no CD loaded there, that number disappears from the display.
RF Remote Control (Optional) Up to 4 different remotes can be programmed to control the Master Station. The system obtains a unique code from the remote, virtually insuring that no one else can interfere with your system and you will not interfere with anyone else. To program the RF remote: 1.
M&S Systems 2-Year Warranty M&S Systems warrants its products to be free of defects for 2 years. Except for the AirVac Gold power units. The warranty period begins on either (a) the date of purchase or installation date of this product or (b) the date of closing on a new residence in which this product was originally installed.
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