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Overview

Play your living room stereo through kitchen speakers
Fast-forward through a home theater VCR tape from your bedroom
Aim IR remote at your patio keypad to change the CD track remotely

Essential Info

You don't need to buy multiple DVD players and stereos to install them in each room of your home. The Rack-Mounted 8-Source 8-Zone Controller/Amplifier system allows you to connect up to eight A/V components to a single controller that lets you access any component through wall-mounted keypads in eight different zones of your house. Simply connect your DVD, CD, satellite, VCR and/or any other source of audio or video, and then control any of them with a touch of a button. Get creative: control music sources, lighting, paging and video from within any zone. The included eight master keypads have built-in IR receivers to control your system using your existing remotes, and they come with a number of different-colored faceplates to suit your décor.

Due to excessive weight, Smarthome will add a heavy-item shipping charge to this item. This charge will be reflected in the shipping amount on the check-out page.

Manuals/Software

Owner's Manual

What's Included

MZC-88 controller

8 keypads with white, almond, and ivory faceplates, mounting screws and extra keypad button

options

Power cable

IRE-3T tester

Coax cable

Room labels

Keypad connection module

AM/FM head amp adapter

SCSI cable

300-ohm twin lead to 75-ohm coax matching transformer

FM dipole antenna

AM loop antenna

8 4-pin removable screw terminal connectors

4 RCA terminators

2 screws

Manual

More Info

Control A/V Components Remotely Using Wall-Mounted Keypads

The 8-Source 8-Zone Controller/Amp comes with eight pre-configured MKP-8.1 master keypads, which connect to the controller and source components via cat. 5 cable. The controller transmits your zone commands to control system functions and source components. Connect up to eight A/V components for individual control from any keypad in your home. The MZC-88 also has two built-in AM/FM tuners; program 10 AM or FM stations in each zone for personalized radio. Add a Dual AM-FM Tuner (sold separately), and you'll be able to listen to an additional two radio stations in an additional two zones of your home simultaneously. Mount the controller on shelves in a wall unit, entertainment center or closet; it will also mount in a standard 19-inch rack mount system. Carefully attach an IR Emitter (sold separately) over the IR eye on the front panel of each external source component to be controlled, and the system will send your keypad commands over cat. 5 wiring to the component you wish to control.

Expand Keypad Control for Varied Commands

Install the keypads in standard J-boxes using the provided screws. Wall plates are sold separately. Expand component control by adding numeric and function keypads, which allow you to access specific CD tracks or fast-forward through a videotape: You won't even need to leave the room to control A/V components located remotely.

Free Programming Software Available

This whole-house audio/video system is configured and programmed using EZ-Tools, a free, downloadable software program that lets you assign commands to buttons, create macros, and schedule events, among many other options.

Access Components From Any Zone

Each zone consists of an EZ-Pad, zone speaker pair, and zone TV/video display. Once set up, you'll be able to access any of the connected components to play through your zone's speakers and TV, so with the press of a button, you'll be able to play a movie in surround sound on your TV, even though the DVD player is set up in another room. You can still use the DVD player's remote control, so you can watch a movie in your comfortable bed just before falling asleep.

Connect Surveillance Cameras, Intercoms, Phone

If you have surveillance cameras set up around your home, you can access their video feeds using a keypad button, even setting up the system to interrupt video viewing when someone rings the doorbell. In this way, you won't even need to leave the room to see who's at the door. Connect the system to your intercom and phone line to interrupt audio with an internal page, and you'll be sure your teenagers hear your call over the stereo! Two single-pole dry-relay contacts can activate any device that can be controlled or triggered by a switch closure.

Installers' Tool Available for Expanded Installation

The LTM-1.0 Learn/Test Module (sold separately) is primarily an installer's tool and serves as an IR learning, IR teaching and IR command test module. It includes blaster emitters so that learning remotes, used in conjunction with EZPads, can be programmed with system IR commands. A serial-mini plug transfer cable is available for easy uploading. You can also add a MODE Jukebox to store your entire audio collection for one-button access through a wall-mounted keypad. Want to connect your iPod to access your favorite tunes from any keypad in the house? The SpeakerCraft MODE Base makes it happen.

SpeakerCraft products are to be sold to U.S. addresses only.

Specifications

Specifications
Manufacturer:	SpeakerCraft
Manufacturer Product No.:	MZC-88 CTL13088-R
UPC:	664254208355
Dimensions:	17" (432mm) W x 5-1/4" (133mm) H (5 3/4" including feet) x 14 3/4" (375mm) D
Weight:	31.5 lbs (14.3kg)
Power Consumption:	No signal (idle): 75 Watts; at 1/8 Rated Power (6.25 Watts/Channel): 275 Watts; Line Ratings: 120 VAC, 3A
Sources:	8
Zones:	8, expandable up to 32
Warranty:	2 years, limited

Audio Sections
Power Output/Channel (RMS, 2 channels driven into 8 Ohms):	50 Watts, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
THD (at rated power):	< 0 5 %
Power/Channel (RMS, 2 channels driven into 4 Ohms):	70 Watts @ 1 kHz
Input Sensitivity (For rated power @ max VC):	300 uV, VC
Input Impedance (Source Inputs):	> 22 K Ohms
Input Overload (Source Inputs):	2.5 V
Output Voltage @ Pre-Outs (w/300 uV @ Source Inputs):	1 7 V, VC setting, VC max. 810 uV, NVC setting
Output Impedance (Pre-Outs):	< 300 Ohms
Frequency Response (@ 1 Watt @ 8 ohms):	20 Hz to 20 kHz +/- 1.5 dB
Channel Separation:	> 50 dB @ 10 kHz
Crosstalk between Sources:	> 65 dB @ 10 kHz
S/N Ratio (Re: Rated Output, IEC A, Source Inputs 1k ohm):	> 95 dB (VC 20 dB below FCW)
Bass Control Range:	+/- 10 dB @ 100 Hz
Treble Control Range:	+/- 10 dB @ 10 kHz

Video Sections
Bandwidth (Outputs 75 Ohms Terminated):	10 Hz to 6 MHz +/- 1dB
Input/Output Levels (Outputs 75 Ohms Terminated):	1 V p-p +/- 5%

FM Tuner Sections
Tuning Range:	87.5 to 108 MHz
Usable Sensitivity (IHF, 98 1 MHz):	12 dBf Mono
Sensitivity (50 dB quieting, 98.1 MHz):	18 dBf Mono, 45 dBf Stereo
S/N Ratio (65 dBf, 98.1 MHz):	75 dB Mono, 65 dB Stereo
Frequency Response (Mono or Stereo):	30 Hz to 15 kHz +/- 3 dB
Separation (@ 1 kHz, 65 dBf):	>40 dB
THD (1 kHz, 65 dBf, 98 1 MHz):	0 15% Mono, 0 2% Stereo
Capture Ratio (45 dBf):	2 dB
Alternate Channel Selectivity:	65 dB

AM Tuner
Tuning Range:	520 to 1710 kHz
Sensitivity (20 dB Quieting, 1000kHz loop antenna):	750 uV/m
Selectivity (@S/N 20dB, +/- 10 kHz):	30 dB
S/N Ratio (400 kHz, 10 uV/m Input @ 1000 kHz, 30% Mod.):	46 dB
THD (400 kHz, 10 uV/m Input @ 1000 kHz, 30% Mod.):	0.7%
Image Rejection (1400 kHz):	38 dB

Control Sections
Contact Closures (dry):	2A, 30 VAC/DC max
Phone Page In Voltage/Impedance:	Audio Line Level, > 22k Ohm
Video Page In:	1 Vp-p, 75 Ohm
Common IR Out:	HI (High Power): 9 V Active High, 82 Ohms; LO (Emitter Power): 9 V Active High, 670 Ohms
Zone IR Outs - Voltage/Impedance:	9.2 V Active High, 620 Ohms
Source IR Outs (and Loop) - Voltage/Impedance:	11.5 V Active High, 390 Ohms
Common Status Out (0 to 12 VDC):	9.5 V @ 100 mA
Status In (3-8) 4.5 to 30V DC:	2 mA@12V

Images/Video


What's Included	One of the Included Keypads	Rear Panel	EZ-Connect Keypad Module

Input & Output Ports	Input & Output Ports

Reviews

"I have this product installed in a new house. It works great. The only real limitation is the programming interface is via an OLD RS-232 interface instead of an RJ-45 Ethernet interface. This requires a dedicated computer system next to the MZC-88 Controller within the distance limits of RS-232. I am therefore unable to integrate my whole-house audio system with my home automation system." - Gary Didio - Forestport, NY

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