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Method #1–Controlling Shared Source Components
with IR Repeating and 12V Home Theater Status
IR Repeating allows you to program the source com-
ponents by programming the actual IR commands
from a source component’s included remote control
into the Home Theater learning remote control.
Connect an IR output of the IR repeating or control
system for the Home Theater to the IR Input of the
Master ZR-8630AV. All the IR commands sent from the
Home Theater then pass through to all IR Flashers con-
nected to the ZR-8630AV to control source compo-
nents.
Important Note: If you have source components that
require an IR command to turn on and their included
remote controls don’t issue separate ON and OFF IR
commands, or if you have two or more shared source
components identical in brand and model, refer to
Method #2.
Program all of the IR commands of the Home Theater
learning remote control in the standard way, using the
actual remote controls for the shared source compo-
nents, with
one exception. Don’t teach the OFF IR com-
mand for the shared source components to the learning
remote operating the home theater. Teach only the ON
IR commands. Program the OFF IR commands for the
shared source components into the ZR-8630AV, which
is responsible for turning these components OFF when
all ZR-8630AV zones and the home theater are OFF.
Method #1 requires a 12V DC system status signal
from the Home Theater system to the Home Theater
Sync Input of the Master ZR-8630AV. This allows the
ZR-8630AV to “know” whether the Home Theater is
actually ON or OFF and provide the source compo-
nents’ OFF commands at the appropriate time.
Sharing source components in this way does not
affect the IR programming for the Home Theater
receiver/processor.
Method #2–Controlling Shared Source Components
with Niles R-8 Commands and 12V Home Theater Status
A second method of programming a Home Theater
remote control is available when the shared source
components are identical and/or they have a single
power ON/OFF IR command. With this method,
teach the Niles R-8 Remote Control IR commands to
the Home Theater learning remote, rather than the IR
commands from the shared source components’
remote controls.
Teach the Home Theater learning remote control the
R-8 IR commands from Source Buttons 3 through 8,
and all other commands except Tuner1, Tuner 2,
Volume +, Volume –, Mute, and OFF. Sending a Niles
Source Button IR command from the Home Theater
tells the ZR-8630AV that the Home Theater is turning
on and which source it is selecting. Synchronized
source components corresponding to a pressed source
button then turn ON, if they aren’t ON already.
Finally, the ZR-8630AV issues the programmed
sequence for that source component.
After the Master ZR-8630AV receives a Source Button
IR command and it knows which source is selected, it
will respond to Function Key/Button IR commands
from the Home Theater by issuing the programmed IR
commands for that source component.
Using this method, identical shared source compo-
nents operate individually by means of the IR routing
feature of the ZR-8630AV. (See Identical Source
Components in the Operational Overview Section.)
Method #2 requires a 12V DC system status signal
from the Home Theater system to the Home Theater
Sync Input of the Master ZR-8630AV. This allows the
ZR-8630AV to “know” whether the home theater is
actually ON or OFF and provide the source compo-
nents’ OFF commands at the appropriate time.
Sharing source components in this way does not
affect the IR programming for the Home Theater
receiver/processor.
Important Note: Teaching the Niles OFF command to
the Home Theater learning remote control isn’t neces-
sary with Method #2. As in Method #1, when the
Home Theater turns off, its 12V signal ceases, telling the
ZR-8630AV that the Home Theater turned off. Then the
ZR-8630AV checks to see if any of its other zones are
active before it turns off the shared source components.
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PROGRAMMING OVERVIEW