Revox Re: Source M51 User manual

1
Multiroom
Module 03
E 2.04


Multiroom-Module 03
Re:source
1
Multiroom Module
Installation
Changing the battery
Connections
Multiroom principle
Multiroom plan
Multiroom golden rules
Timer menu
Timer programming
Room selection
Timer selection
Programming timer
Test function
Activating the timer
Special events
Sleep function
Setting the time
Setting the time in the side room
Multiroom setup
Edit room name
Restore standard name
Scan function
Version control
Hotel mode
Clear all timers
IR-Link
Technical data
Multiroom cabling
Cabling options
Environmental protection
Guarantee
2
3
4
5
6
7
8-9
9
10
10-11
11
12-17
17
17
18
18
19
20
21
22-24
24
25
25
26
27
28-30
31
32
32
33
33

Multiroom Module 03
Re:source
2
Multiroom Module
Revox has been developing and
manufacturing Multiroom components
for some 20 years now. The concept of
centrally located audio equipment that
can also be used independently of the
additional rooms, has reached its
furthest state of development to date,
with the Multiroom module MK3.
Features
Using the Multiroom module, you can
access the current M51/ M10 source
from up to 32 additional rooms such as
the kitchen, bathroom or family room.
These 32 rooms can be zoned together
in groups of 8 rooms and each zone can
select a joint source, which can then be
controlled through a local room
amplifier. As well as the manual
operation of the system, the Timer
function is of particular interest. Wake
up to the strains of your choice of CD
and be tuned automatically to your
favourite radio station, to accompany
your cereals and fruit juice.
The timer is very simple and effective to
operate, which ensures that the Timer
function is not just "nice to have" but will
very soon become an indispensable
part of your audio world.
A further special feature of the Revox
Multiroom system that deserves a
mention here is the
balanced
audio
cabling. This complex method of signal
processing which comes from
professional studio technology
guarantees a perfect music signal, even
over long distances. The M51/ M10 also
uses this luxury for the internal cabling.

Multiroom Module 03
Re:source
3
Installation
The Multiroom plug-in card is
equipped with the latest in electronics
and should be handled with care.
Before you install the card, the M51/
M10 must be switched off and
separated from the power supply, by
plugging the unit out.
M51 Installation
Slot 5 is reserved for the Multiroom
module, the fifth slot from the right
viewed from the back of the unit.
M10 Installation
Slot 5 is reserved for the Multiroom
module, the fifth slot from the right
viewed from the back of the unit.
Slots A1 and A2 may only be populated
with second generation modules
whose hardware has been developed
since 2008. These can be identified by
the following symbol on the back wall
of the module:
Loosen the two screws with a TORX
screwdriver (T10) and remove the
blanking plate. A suitable TORX
screwdriver is supplied with the
Re:system M51 and M10.
Before removing the Multiroom module
from its packaging, you should make
sure that you do not have any static
electricity. This could cause a damaging
discharge of voltage when you touch the
module. You should get rid of any static
charge by touching an earthed metal
object like a radiator, for example.
Remove the Multiroom module from its
packaging and feed it into its plug-in
position. The two bars inside the M51/
M10 are the mechanical guides for you
to use.
The lettering on the Multiroom plug-in
card must be on top. Shortly before the
plug-in card is fully locked into
position in its slot, you will feel a
mechanical resistance, caused by the
contact strip. Push the Multiroom
module in by applying pressure in the
area of the two screw holes and fix the
card in place with both screws.
All further steps for the internal
registering of the new module are
carried out automatically the next time
it is switched on.

Multiroom Module 03
Re:source
4
Changing the battery
The Multiroom module contains a
lithium battery (see graphic: MP5),
which ensures that the time isn’t lost
during a power-failure or while the
unit is being transported. The lithium
battery is not used in standby or
normal operation. The battery only
provides power for the Timer IC when
the M51 is separated from the power
or when it is switched off at the power
switch. All batteries discharge
somewhat on their own, without any
load being connected to the battery.
If after some years of operation, you
notice that the correct time is not
displayed after a power outage, this
indicates that is time to change the
lithium battery.
You need a CR2032 3 V lithium battery
as the replacement.
You can purchase one of these
batteries direct from Revox, with the
part number 98.01.2203 or from a
specialist electrical shop.
The Multiroom module is removed
from the M51 to change the battery.
The steps you have to carry out and
the precautions you have to take are
explained in the previous Chapter
Installation
, on Page 3.

Multiroom Module 03
Re:source
5
Connections
ZONE
There are 4 connections with RJ45
connectors for the four zones, on the
rear of the Multiroom module.
Depending on the scope of the
Multiroom installation, up to 8 Revox
Additional room amplifiers can be
connected to a zone.
Connection is made using an
uncrossed, double-screened CAT7
patch cable, with am RJ45 plug.
Further information’s regarding the
cabling of the multiroom-system can
be found on last pages of this manual.
IR SEND
Using the IR Send socket, you can
control the basic functions of third-party
devices, such as video recorders, from
all the Additional rooms.
However, you can only control devices
that Revox has listed in IR Link Menu /
Code.
You will find further information from
Page 29.

Multiroom Module 03
Re:source
6
The Multiroom principle
The basis of the Multiroom principle
was the idea of having a central audio
system which could be accessed from
all other rooms in the house.
Since the Multiroom module can
handle up to 32 different rooms, it's
clear that there isn't room for all 32
amplifiers in the M51/M10.
So for this reason, each connected
room has its own amplifier with its
own speakers attached. You can
select from the whole range of Revox
speakers to fit your requirements.
There are two ways of playing music
in another room.
The first way is that you control what
you want to hear from the room in
question. For this, you need either a
remote control or a wall-mounted
controller. Here, you control the
source and volume, you can select the
radio program you want or your
favourite track.
The second option is to use the
automatic on/off switching offered by
the M51 timer.
As soon as you switch an additional
room on or it is activated by a timer,
the following graphic appears in the
M51 display, assuming the M51 is in
standby mode at the time.
To give you a better overview of the
Revox Multiroom system, the next
section, Multiroom plan shows how
the individual rooms belong to the
zones.
The following section, Multiroom
golden rules tells you more about the
way the individual zones and rooms
work together.

Multiroom Module 03
Re:source
7
Multiroom-Plan
Main room
Room 1.1
Room 1.3
Room 1.2
Room 1.4
Zone
Room 1.5
Room 1.7
Room 1.6
Room 1.8
Room 2.1
Room 2.3
Room 2.2
Room 2.4
Zone
Room 2.5
Room 2.7
Room 2.6
Room 2.8
Room 3.1
Room 3.3
Room 3.2
Room 3.4
Zone
Room 3.5
Room 3.7
Room 3.6
Room 3.8
Room 4.1
Room 4.3
Room 4.2
Room 4.4
Zone
Room 4.5
Room 4.7
Room 4.6
Room 4.8

Multiroom Module 03
Re:source
8
Multiroom golden rules
To give you a better idea of what a
Multiroom system can offer, here is a
list of the 7 golden rules of Multiroom.
Different zones can, but don’t
have to, select different sources
Example:
While a CD is playing in Z
one
the radio or perhaps the CD can
be heard in Zone
.
You can only select one joint
source per zone
Example:
In the rooms in Zone
you can
only hear either the radio or the
CD.
Zone and the M51 are using
the same source
Example:
At the M51 the radio is set as the
source, the same source is
defined for the rooms in
Zone
or vice-versa.
All rooms within a zone have the
same rights when it comes to
choosing a source
Example:
Room 2.2 selects the tuner (as the
joint source for Zone
). After
that, however, Room 2.4 selects
the CD. The CD will now also be
played in Room 2.2.
Any change within a source has
an effect on the whole zone
(Without using a Slave-Tuner)
Example:
Room 2.2 selects radio station A.
After that however, Room 2.4
selects radio station B. Station B
will now be heard in Room 2
There are no rules as to which
rooms have to go in which zone.
Each zone however, can have a
maximum of 8 rooms.
Example of a room assignment:
Zone :Rooms 3,4
Zone :Rooms 5,6,7,8
Zone :No rooms assigned
Zone :Rooms 13,16

Multiroom Module 03
Re:source
9
All
the amplifiers in the additional
rooms are switched off if you
press and hold the Power button
on the M51 for long enough.
The whole system can be
switched off from any additional
room if the amplifier off switch is
pressed and held for a while.
As Zone and the M51 are sharing a
common audio source, it makes sense
to assign rooms near to the main room
where the M51 is to .
In this way, you can walk from the
main room to one of its neighbouring
rooms without having to reset the
audio source.
With the remaining rooms, it is
recommended that they are spread
evenly over the Zones + + .
This gives you the maximum flexibility
when making your choice of audio
source in the individual rooms.
Timer menu
The Timer is the central controller of
the Multiroom system. You can use it
to wake you on certain days while on
others, you can use it to send you off
to dreamland, with its sleep function.
The Multiroom menu Timer is
activated using the Setup button on
the front of the M51.
The first time you activate it, the
following display appears:
The five large buttons on the front of
the M51 are shown as
Setup Source Amplifier Power Disc
in the following chapters.

Multiroom Module 03
Re:source
10
Timer programming
The concept behind timer
programming is as follows:
Firstly you select the room that should
be controlled by the timer. Then you
assign the corresponding properties to
one of the four possible timers.
With the maximum number of 32
additional rooms plus the main room,
up to 132 timers are available.
The following graphic shows the inner
Timer display field with the
corresponding assignments.
Room selection
As the first step, you select the room
that is to be controlled by the four
possible timers.
You select the required room with the -
Room + softkeys.
Only those rooms that are actually
connected to the M51 are shown.
The selectable rooms are shown in an
endless loop, as shown below:
Weekday
Timer
Switching time
Room
Source
Volume
Main Room
Room 1.1
Room 1.2
:
:
Room 4.7
Room 4.8

Multiroom Module 03
Re:source
11
Room selection
If rooms have been given own names,
like in the example the name
Dinner
,
this of course also appears in the
Timer selection menu.
To give each additional room a unique
and a descriptive name makes the
setup and the daily operation of the
timers much easier.
Timer selection
Once you have selected the room, you
then assign a timer to the room.
In the above display, Timer 1 has been
selected. You can select the individual
timers with the Timer softkey and
there are in total, 4 independent timers
for each room available. When you
reach timer 4, pressing the softkey
again brings you back to Timer 1.
Timer 1
Timer 2
Timer 3
Timer 4

Multiroom Module 03
Re:source
12
Select
Using the two softkeys
Select, you can define the
properties of the individual timers.
The selection of Switching times,
Weekday, Volume and Source is
achieved using the two softkeys
Select
You can move in any direction, moving
backwards or forwards as you want.
This type of selection option appears
in the display between two square
brackets [...].
The manual highlights this additionally
in the individual sections, with the
following symbol:
[ ]
Switching time setting
When an Timer is selected, the
Select softkeys are used to set the
switching times.
The first time you press the Select
key, the first number pair appears in
square brackets.
[ ]
As soon as the Switch on or Switch off
time is changed, the Timer activates
itself automatically. This is shown in
the display by a change from (Off) to
(On).
You can use the Selectsoftkeys
to change between the various input
fields in any direction.
Switch on time [Hours]
Switch on time [Minutes]
Switch off time [Hours]
Switch off time [Minutes]
Weekday [ ... ]
Volume [ ... ]
(Tuner station) [ ... ]

Multiroom Module 03
Re:source
13
Switching time setting
First you define the Switch on time and
then the Switch off time. As shown
below, in each case you enter the
hours value followed by the minutes
value.
Switch-on Switch-off
| |
Hours Minutes |
| | |
[6]:[30] – [7]:[15]
Tips !
If you choose a timepoint for the
Switch off time which is smaller than
the Switch on time, e.g.
20:15 – 08:30 the Timer will switch on
at 8:15 pm in the evening and off at
8:30 am the following morning.
Weekday selection
Once you have defined the on and off
times, you get to the next input field,
the Weekday when the Timer should
be activated by pressing the Select
softkey again.
[ ]
Using the rotary control knob, you can
set to the required weekday.
As well as the individual days from
Monday to Sunday, there are certain
day groups you can choose from.
The individual week days are
represented by the following letters:
M Monday
TTuesday
W Wednesday
T Thursday
F Friday
S Saturday
S Sunday

Multiroom Module 03
Re:source
14
Weekday selection
The selection is made from a
continuous loop which you can mode
through with the rotary control knob.
The individual selections which you
can make are shown here:
You can use the day groups SS,
MTWTF, MTWTFS and MTWTFSS to
set the timer on several days of the
week, without having to set it
individual each day.
This is particularly useful if you want
to use the Timer as a wake-up call.
The groupings are:
SS
only Saturday & Sunday
MTWTF
from Monday to Friday
MTWTFS
from Monday to Saturday
MTWTFSS
daily, Monday to Sunday
Example:
You can use the group MTWTF to
wake you on weekdays, but at the
weekend, it will leave you to sleep.
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
SS
MTWTF
MTWTFS
MTWTFSS

Multiroom Module 03
Re:source
15
Volume setting
Once the weekday has been selected,
the next time you carry out Select,
you can select the volume to be used. [
]
Using the rotary control knob, you set
the volume level from 1, very low, to 9,
very loud, in an endless loop.
Volume control can be carried out
through the Test function. Please refer
to the Chapter: Test function
Select Timer source
Using the Multiroom module timer, you
can select one of three sources to be
activated, namely Tuner,DVD/CD and
Aux/Server.
Please note
When you are selecting the source,
you must remember that the actual
source that will be selected is that
which is assigned to the Tuner,
DVD/CD and Aux/Server through the
Remote menu.
If instead of DVD (Fig. ), Aux-1 (Fig.
) is assigned to the DVD button, the
Timer will switch Aux-1 on.
In this way, this function can be used
to call-up particular external sources
through the Timer function.
You must ensure that the external
source (e.g. AUX1) is also active when
the Timer calls it.
[ ]
Volume 1
Volume 2
:
:
:
Volume 8
Volume 9

Multiroom Module 03
Re:source
16
The third option in the Remote menu is
the deactivation of a source (Fig. ).
In this case, the Timer
wouldn’t call
any source
at the requested timepoint,
even though a source is defined in the
Timer menu.
You can find further information on this
topic in the Introduction chapter in the
M51 manual under the heading
REMOTE.
Select tuner station
If you have selected Tuner as your
source, you will now be able to select
the station you want if you press
Selectonce more.
If on the other hand you have selected
DVD/CD or Aux/Server as your source,
you will return to the Switching times
menu. [ ]
Through this field, you can select
which radio station should be
broadcast by the timer when
activated. In this case, you can choose
from a maximum of 50 favourite
stations.
If a station is selected, which has a
number that is actually higher than the
current number of stations available,
station 1will automatically be
broadcast.
Example:
25 tuner stations have been
programmed but the number 30 is
chosen through the Select menu.
Station number 1will actually be
broadcast.
1
2
3

Multiroom Module 03
Re:source
17
Test function
The Test function allows you to carry
out an effective check of the Timer
settings. In particular with room
selection and volume, you can check
whether the right room is activated
and that the right volume level has
been set.
Once you have entered all the Timer
settings, press the Test softkey.
Immediately, the selected
room/additional room is activated.
Now you can go to the room in
question and check, for example,
whether the volume for your morning
radio wake-up call is set to an
acceptable level. If necessary, you
can adjust it and then carry out the
test again.
Using the Off command on your
remote control of the wall-mounted
controller, you can switch the
additional room off again. All
additional rooms can also be switched
off together by pressing and holding
the Power button for a few seconds
Activating the timer
As standard, the individual timers are
deactivated.
Each Timer can be activated or
deactivated separately.
To activate or deactivate an Timer,
select the required timer and then
using the On/Off softkey, activate it or
deactivate it accordingly. The state of
the Timer is shown as below:
Additionally, when you leave the
activated timer a bell symbol right
down in the display of the M51 is
shown. This
indicates that at
least one of the four
main room timers is
activated.
Important
Active timers that affect the additional
rooms are not displayed with the bell
symbol

Multiroom Module 03
Re:source
18
Special Events
Using the Timer programming, you can
also generate nested Events. By a
nested timer, we mean the situation
where two different timer address the
same source and the same room at the
same time.
In our example, Timer 1 and Timer 2
overlap. Since they both address the
same source and the same room,
Timer 1 defines the Switch on
timepoint (first On trigger) while Timer
2defines the switch off timepoint (first
Off trigger).
.
With a nested timer, the timer which
starts and respectively ends earlier
defines the on and off timepoints.
Sleep function
Using the Sleep function, you can set a
particular length of time, after which
the M51 will automatically switch off.
By pressing the Sleep key repeatedly,
you can set the required time interval
in 15 minute steps. The continuous
loop starts with 90 minutes and ends
with the switching off of the Sleep
function.
The currently Sleep time is shown in
the bottom line of the display, on the
right-hand side.
Timer 2
Timer 1
ON
ON
OFF
Switched time
OFF
90‘
75‘
60‘
45‘
30‘
15‘
OFF s
Other manuals for Re: Source M51
1
This manual suits for next models
1
Table of contents
Other Revox Recording Equipment manuals