AudioControl Architect 1160 Professional Installer's Consciousness Manual

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Model 1160/1161

16 channel

Power Amplifier

Speaker Optimizer

ethernet interface

Professional installer's

consciousness 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

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Page 1 Model 1160/1161 16 channel Power Amplifier Speaker Optimizer ethernet interface Professional installer’s consciousness 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 ©2007. All rights reserved.
Page 2 important information Dealer Name ________________________________________ Date installed _______________________________________ Serial Number _______________________________________ ethernet MAc Address _______________________________ iP Address Dynamic / Static ___________________________ ®...
Page 3 Troubleshooting ........22 A Brazen Plug For Other AudioControl Products ... 24...
Page 4 The Architect Model 1160 ®...
Page 5 The Architect power amplifier. Anything as capable as this amp deserves all the explanation it can get. AudioControl SA-3052 Architect ™ Model 1160/1161...
Page 6 Even when they’re running properly, most ampli- fiers put out enough heat to make any air conditioning system sweat. AudioControl takes care of these problems with our patented (US Pat- ent #5,708,577) power supply regulation and Class-H amplifier design.
Page 7 Quick Hook-Up Guide Experienced Installer’s Quick Hook-Up Guide Quick What follows are “Express” hook-up diagrams for profession- installers checklist als and experienced audio buffs.  Do any zones have Final adjustment of The Architect™ speaker optimizer con- more than 2 speaker trols is best done with a one-third octave real time analyzer and pairs? –...
Page 8 A Guided tour Of the Architect 1160 Series Model 1160, Model 1161 Ê Ë Ì Í Front Panel Ê Ì Stereo Speaker Equalization controls - This Protection LED - This LED also has two array of knobs provide up to 12dB boost or cut faces.
Page 9 A Guided tour Of the Architect 1160 Series Ê Ë Ï Î Ì Í Ð Ñ rear Panel Ê speaker wires to them without balancing the Ethernet LAN Connection (Model 1161) Architect on your lap. This also makes it very – This enables control of the Architect via simple to pre-wire a system.
Page 10 A Guided Tour Of 1160 Series The Architect Ò Ó Ò Bus Select Switches – The switches below each Master Power Switch - This switch shuts off the main AC power. Normally the only time you need zone’s local input jacks select the input source for that amplifier zone.
Page 11 2. RCA audio hook-up cables. 3. Small blade screwdriver for terminal blocks 4. (Optional) A balanced line driver (of course we recom- mend the AudioControl BLD-10 and BLR-10) if you are going to mount the Architect more than 20 feet from the preamp.
Page 12 Installation: The Long Version Installation: The Long Version What follows is a step-by-step guide to integrating the Ar- chitect into your multi-zone system. If it seems overly detailed, please forgive us. We would rather tell you too much than too little.
Page 13 Installation: safety feature. If you need to plug it into a two prong outlet, use The Long Version a ground adapter (and connect the ground on it). If you have a ground noise problem, try the ground lift switch on the rear panel. remoTe Power conTroL The Architect has several means of power control: • Main AC Power switch- This is the master control and...
Page 14 This will provide better noise rejection against nasty things like hum, spikes, local talk radio, etc. The AudioControl balanced line driver compo- nents (BLD-10, BLR-10 and BLX-10) are an excellent way to send audio over long distances with standard Cat- 5 wiring.
Page 15 Installation: The Long Version wHoLe HoUSe SYSTem wITH TUner onLY BackgroUnD mUSIc ArchiTecT ™ Model 1160/1161 installer’s Guide...
Page 16 Installation: The Long Version USIng THe 12V TrIgger for LocaL SoUrce SeLecTIon ®...
Page 17 Installation: The Long Version SPeaker Hook-UP The same rule applies to the speaker wires as the RCA con- nections. Establish a standard connection color code and stick with it. One conductor of the speaker wire is normally marked by a different color (silver versus copper) or there is a ribbing on one side.
Page 18 Blue, the Protection LED should be Blue (after a be adjusted with a real time analyzer few seconds of Red on startup) and (unless you have defeated such as the AudioControl Industrial the Signal-Sense) the Channel Status LEDs should be off. SA-3052.
Page 19 Equalization Controls Equalization Controls Here is a brief introduction to each of the Speaker Optimiza- tion control frequencies and what their affect on your music is. 75 Hz – Bass. This is at the bottom end of the frequencies which typical in-wall and small bookshelf speakers can achieve. Even though the Architect’s subsonic filter cuts frequencies under 40 Hz, boosting this band more than 6 dB can cause distortion.
Page 20 Introduction To Equalizers And A Short Introduction To Equalizers And Acoustics Acoustics Magazine reviewers and audio system owners spend much time critically appraising speakers and other stereo components. Unfortunately, a phenomenon that has a very large effect upon sound is not easily judged or changed. That effect is the ACOUS- TICS of the environment in which you are listening.
Page 21 To learn more about room acoustics, get a copy of AudioCon- trol’s Technical Paper 107, “Small Room Acoustics De-Mythologized”. You can download this paper from www.audiocontrol.com or if you’re still into the printed page, call us and we’ll mail you a copy. The overall point that we’re trying to make is that the various rooms in your home...
Page 22 When the volume is turned up too high and an amplifier is pushed into clipping; the resulting distortion will probably damage the tweeters in your speakers. AudioControl’s exclusive LightDrive protection system eliminates the possibility of signal clipping in the Architect, even under the most demanding of conditions.
Page 23 Using the Ethernet Port Using the ethernet Port (Model 1161 only) To further enhance the flexibility of the Architect amplifier, the 661 and 861 add a built-in web server. The server connects to the outside world using a 10 BaseT Ethernet LAN port and the TCP/ IP network protocol.
Page 24 Using the Ethernet Port screen is useful for general system di- agnostics when you want to check out the amplifier operation. To remotely access the web server of the Architect from an area outside of the local network you will need a full time connection to the Internet (DSL, Cable, T1), a router/firewall, and a more than basic knowledge of TCP/IP net- work setup.
Page 25 Using the Ethernet Port Dynamic versus Static IP Address – This is pretty basic; a Dynamic IP address changes every time you log onto the network, a Static IP address always stays the same. A good example of a dynamic IP address is your dial-up Internet access. Your computer gets a different IP address assigned to it every time you dial up.
Page 26 Troubleshooting the Architect Almost all problems can be eliminated by re-checking the wiring and settings of the Architect amplifier. If a problem cannot be solved using the guide below, please call the AudioControl fac- tory for further assistance. 1. No Sound: a.
Page 27 5. Protection LED is Red: a. Check main AC fuses. b. Something rather serious has happened inside the Architect. Call the AudioControl factory. 6. Speaker Buzzing or Cracking at high volume: • Reduce the equalizer boost at 75Hz. 7. There is no audio input signal, but the Channel Status LED is still Blue: a.
Page 28 In fact, AudioControl was the BLR-10 and BLD-10 Balanced Audio world’s first manufacturer of a SEVEN CHANNEL equalizer for Drivers.
Page 29 Appendices Appendix A Bridging The ArChiTeCT To increase the output power of the Architect, you can join (bridge) two channels of the Architect into a single channel of 230 watts. Accomplishing this is a simple matter. Just press the Mono button to send the same audio signal to both channels of the zone and then connect the speaker terminals as shown in the diagram below.
Page 30 Appendices Appendix B Using wiTh eTherneT-BAsed AUTOmATiOn sysTems The Ethernet LAN connection on the Model 1161 enables remote control of the amplifiers power and channel muting. While the internal web server of the Model 1161 provides an HTML web page based interface, this is not the best means of control- ling the unit from another computer system.
Page 31 Appendices The commands are broken into two groups: Controls and Inquiries. The Controls issue instructions to the Model 1161 for Note: If during a telnet session there is no communication between the power control and channel muting; the Inquires return the status host and the client for 30 seconds, of amplifier channels, AC line voltage, the amplifier temperature, the Architect will terminate its...
Page 32 Appendices inquiry commands Model ID Binary string showing all zones mute three digit number status Signal sense 0 = Mute 0=Defeated, 1=Active 1 = Active (unmuted) Header/Footer Status (i.e. ‘001000’ – 0=None, 1=Include zone 3 is unmuted) See next page for Protection status header formats (zone 1-8 and Amp)
Page 33 IFBXXXXXXXXAC where I = the inquiry command, FB stands for feedback, X is the zone status, and AC is the footer identifying the response as from an AudioControl product. For example, the response MFB00100000AC is the response to a zone mute inquiry (M?) and shows all zones muted (“0”) except zone 3 (“1”...
Page 34 People are scared of warranties. Lots of fine print. Months Legalese section of waiting around. Well, fear no more. This warranty is designed to make you rave about AudioControl. It’s a warranty that looks This is the only warranty given by AudioControl. This warranty...
Page 35 First, contact AudioControl, either by e-mail, phone or FAX. We’ll verify if there is anything wrong that you can fix yourself, or that it needs to be sent back to our factory for repair. Please include the following items with the returning unit: 1) A copy of your proof of purchase (that sales receipt we’ve...
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Page 38 ® ® For Those Who Consider Perfection Possible 22410 70th Avenue West Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043 USA 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166 e-mail: info@audiocontrol.com Visit us on the web at www.audiocontrol.com P/N 913 095...

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