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Fig. 24
5.1 Edit Zone Properties (Fig. 25)
Double-clicking on a zone number opens the
“
Edit Zone
Properties
”
window. Specific properties defining that zone
are set here. The following section describes each of the
function choices.
5. Zones (Fig. 24)
Up to 14 zones can be defined with the Essentia. Each zone
can be defined with unique properties.
You will notice that the zone tab contains 14 entries for zone
Control Pads. A full twelve zone system can accommodate a
total of 14 Control Pads by using the slave function in the
“
Edit Zone Properties
”
window. A slave Control Pad is
homerun to the Allport, but automatically shares the same
functions and works in tandem with the main zone Control
Pad. Any number of Control Pads can operate on a single
zone.
Fig. 25
Max Volume:
Party Volume:
Page Volume:
Balance:
Bass and Treble:
This allows the volume in a zone to be limited.
This can be done either to avoid damage to low-power
speakers or simply to prevent a certain room from being
turned up too high (e.g., a teenager's bedroom).
This controls the reset volume level for each
zone when the All On/Party Mode is initiated from any of the
Control Pads. The range is
–
78dB to
–
30dB.
If you are using the paging feature of the
Essentia System, you can also set the specific volume level
of the page zone by zone, by using this volume control. The
range is
–
78dB to
–
30dB, with a default at
–
40dB.
The level of output to the left and right speakers is
adjusted here. The default is center, but depending on the
location of the speakers and the optimal listening area of
the room, it may be advantageous to adjust the balance to
either the left or the right. Keep in mind that this setting
can be made and adjusted from within the Zone Setup menu
at the Control Pads.
Both bass and treble can be adjusted
individually on a zone by zone basis. The EQ sweep is -18dB
to +18dB. Keep in mind that these levels can also be set at
the zone Setup menu at the Control Pads with music playing.
This will be covered later in
Section XI, Using the Control
Pad’s MENU Button, pg. 28.
