Emotiva UMC-200 User Manual page 27

UMC-200
So when would you use this? Well, let's say you were listening to a concert, and using your
home theater system to listen in high-def as well. Now you want to watch a news-cast,
which you don't really want to hear in full surround sound; or you want to go to bed, but let
the kids stay up and watch cartoons. With Video On Standby, you can switch Off the main
system, and the TV will keep working - so you (or they) can see and hear the show without
running your main home theater system.
If the input you were watching remains active, then the UMC-200 will pass that input
through to your TV. If the input you were watching is switched Off along with (or before)
the UMC-200, the Video On Standby feature will sequentially check the other HDMI inputs,
looking for another one that is active; if it finds one, it will switch to that input and pass it
through to the TV. In order for this to work, the alternative source MUST be active
when the UMC-200 is switched into Standby. The UMC-200 will remain in Video On
Standby Mode for 72 hours, at which point it will drop into full Standby Mode and the pass-
through will be terminated.
Note: In order for Video On Standby Mode to continue to pass the program you are
watching, that program must be active when you press the Standby Button on the
UMC-200. In order for the UMC-200 to select a different source, and pass it through
to the output, after the original source is turned Off, the alternate source MUST be
active when the UMC-200 is switched into Standby. The process of checking the
other inputs for an alternative source only occurs once when the Standby Button is
pressed. If no source is active when the Standby Button is pressed, then the
UMC-200 will go into Standby Mode. If the UMC-200 is already passing a source to
your TV in Video On Standby Mode, and that source becomes inactive, the UMC-200
will go into Standby Mode, and will NOT search for another active source.
In many home theater systems, a source such as a cable box or satellite dish box is left
on continuously. If your system is configured that way, then Video On Standby would
automatically start passing your cable or satellite TV signal through to the TV when you
switched the Blu-Ray player Off.
Zone Control
The UMC-200 has stereo analog outputs that can be used to provide audio to two additional
zones. These are line level outputs, so each zone requires its own amplifier (or powered
speakers). Zone 2 and Zone 3 each have separate pairs of stereo unbalanced outputs on
the rear panel of the UMC-200, and can be controlled by the Zone Buttons on the
UMC-200 remote control. Each zone can be configured to play either the same program, or
a choice of other analog audio inputs, including a down-mix of the main zone. Each zone
can also be associated with a specific trigger output, which could then be used to turn on
the amplifier for that zone. See the UMC-200 Remote Control section for more detailed
information.
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