Emotiva XMC-1 User Manual page 31

Operating the XMC-1
Note: In many situations, there are multiple ways of configuring the triggers on the XMC-1 to
produce a certain result. Also, once a sufficient combination of conditions is met to cause a
given trigger to be active, additional redundant conditions will be ignored. for example, if you
configure a trigger to be active when a certain input and surrounds are active, it will be active
when that input and a surround sound mode are selected. Configuring that same trigger to
also be active when that same input and fronts are active would be redundant - because the
fronts are always active when the surrounds are active - but the extra condition won't affect
the end result.
Headphone
Since triggers are most often used to switch amplifiers On and Off, the triggers on the XMC-1 are
normally configured to be disabled when a pair of headphones is plugged into the front panel
headphone jack. If you uncheck the Headphone Override box for a particular trigger, this override
will be disabled.
Note: The headphone override option is useful if you are using one of the XMC-1's triggers
to activate your monitor, and you sometimes watch TV wearing headphones; if you uncheck
the headphone override for that trigger, that trigger will remain active (assuming the other
configured conditions are met), even when headphones are plugged in.
Note: The XMC-1 detects when headphones are connected by sensing a plug physically inserted
into the front panel headphone jack. If you leave a headphone extension cable plugged
into the jack - but with no headphones connected, the XMC-1 will act as if headphones are
connected. Also note that, if you use a separate headphone amplifier connected to one of the
XMC-1's line level outputs, the XMC-1 will be unaware that you're using headphones.
As an example of how the Triggers work on the XMC-1, let's assume you have a stereo amplifier
which you use to power your Front Left and Front Right speakers, and a five-channel amplifier
that you use to power your Surrounds, Backs, and Center speakers. You want both amplifiers to be
On when you listen to surround sound movies, but only the Fronts and your stereo amp to be on
when you listen to stereo CDs. For this example, we'll assume that you only use the Main Zone.
One way to achieve this result would be to connect your two channel amplifier to Trigger 1, and
your five-channel amp to Trigger 3.
You would configure Trigger 1 to be activated ONLY by the Main Zone, but leave all the Input
boxes checked, and leave all the Speaker boxes checked. This would configure your two-channel
amp to be On whenever the Main Zone was on.
You would then configure Trigger 3 to be activated ONLY by the Main Zone, leave all the Input
boxes checked, but uncheck all Speaker association boxes EXCEPT the box for Surrounds. This
would configure your five-channel amp to be On whenever the Main Zone is On and any Input is
selected, but ONLY if you have a mode that uses surround sound selected. Your Surrounds will be
Off if you're using Reference Stereo or Direct Mode, but On if you use Dolby TrueHD or PLIIx.
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