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Configuring Triggers
The XMC-1 has four fully independent triggers, each one of which may be configured to activate
an associated piece of trigger-enabled equipment when specific conditions are met. For example,
you could use the triggers to activate the amplifiers that power your main front speakers
whenever you play music, and the amplifier that powers your surrounds, and your powered
subwoofer, only when you're listening to a surround sound source.
The triggers on the XMC-1 are configured by checking various boxes in the Setup Triggers Menu.
First, each trigger must be configured to be active when the Main Zone, Zone 2, or both zones are
On. The trigger will only be active when one or more of the zones it is associated with are active.
Next, each trigger must be configured be associated with one or more Inputs. The trigger will only
be active when one or more of the Inputs it is associated with are active.
For triggers associated with Zone 2, the trigger will be active whenever Zone 2 is On AND one of
the Inputs associated with that trigger is selected.
For triggers associated with the Main Zone, there is an additional condition that must be met. For
the Main Zone, each trigger must also be associated with one or more Speaker groups. The trigger
will be active whenever the Main Zone is On, AND one or more of the Inputs associated with that
trigger is active, AND one or more of the Speaker groups associated with that trigger is active.
Note: The triggers respond based on how the XMC-1 is configured; the XMC-1 does not detect
the presence or absence of an active audio signal on specific channels.
Note: The option to configure associated speaker groups only pertains to the Main Zone.
Therefore, if you only have Zone 2 checked for a particular trigger, the speakers column will not
be displayed. however, if you have both Zone 2 and the Main Zone checked for that trigger, the
speakers column will be displayed; but please remember that the settings in that column oNly
pertain to the Main Zone and don't affect the status of Zone 2 triggering.
Note: All of the XMC-1's trigger logic is based on how the XMC-1 is currently configured.
Whether your XMC-1 will send audio to the surrounds will depend on which Input you have
selected, the Mode you have configured that Input to use, the configuration of the preset you
have associated with that Input - including whether surrounds are set to None in that preset,
and the source signal itself. If all these conditions are met, such that the XMC-1 is delivering
audio content to the surrounds, then any triggers associated with surrounds will be active if
their other requirements have also been met.
By default, the four triggers on the XMC-1 are configured as follows:
• Trigger 1: Main Zone (only), ALL Inputs, ALL Speakers
• Trigger 2: Zone 2 (only), ALL Inputs
• Trigger 3: Main Zone AND Zone 2, ALL Inputs, ALL Speakers
• Trigger 4: Main Zone AND Zone 2, ALL Inputs, ALL Speakers
Operating the XMC-1
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