Opalum Actiline Owner's Manual

Owner’s guide

How to use your new Opalum sound system

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Table of contents

1.

The Control Hub 3

2.

The status indicator 4

2.1 Modes of the status indicators 4

3.

Short circuit protection 5

4.

Connecting the system 6

5.

Using the speaker terminals 7

5.1 Installing speaker cable in push type terminals 7

5.2 Installing speaker cable in screw type terminals 7

6.

Mounting the speakers 8

6.1 Wall mounting the speakers 8

6.2 Speakers standing tabletop (STREAM series only) 8

7.

Using the Opalum sound system 9

7.1 Automatic standby 9

7.2 Volume offset adjustment 9

7.3 Bluetooth 9

7.4 IR learning 9

7.3 Source select (learned IR remote only) 10

7.5 Power on/off (learned IR remote only) 10

7.6 Volume control (learned IR remote only) 11

7.7 Factory reset 11

8.

The Opalum sound system for integrators 12

8.1 RS232 control 12

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The Control Hub

1. Status indicator

Indicates the current status using different colors and flash modes. For
details see section 2.

2. Power socket

Connection for included 24V DC power supply. Make sure connector is
firmly attached.

3. Speaker output, Actiline® Digital Link

Do ONLY connect Actiline® enabled speakers to this output. (E.g.
Opalum FLOW, BREEZE or STREAM series).

4. Master volume adjustment
The master volume can be adjusted using this rocker switch. When in
standby, this switch can also be used to turn on the system.

5. IR/RS232
Connection for controlling the system through either external IR or
RS232.

6. Analog subwoofer output
Optionally connect this line level output to the analog input of an active
subwoofer. At normal listening levels adding a subwoofer is not needed
thanks to the Actisonic® technology. This output will sense if a
subwoofer is attached and automatically match the sub-woofer and
Opalum speakers using a high precision digital crossover at 80 Hz and 24
dB/octave. If the subwoofer has its own adjustable low-pass filter it
should be set to the highest possible frequency in order not to interfere
with the digital crossover of the Opalum Control Hub.

7. Analog stereo line input
Connection for analog line level equipment (e.g. MP3-player, notebook,
phones, etc.). This can also be used to connect the output of your
surround receiver.

8. Digital input, coaxial*
Connection for digital S/PDIF equipment (e.g. computer, CD, DVDTM,
Blu-rayTM, flat screen TV, etc) using coaxial cabling. (These are
trademarks of their respective owners).

9. Digital inputs, optical*

10. Digital inputs, optical*

Connection for digital S/PDIF equipment (e.g. computer, CD, DVDTM,
Blu-rayTM, flat screen TV, etc) using optical fibre (TOSLINKTM). (These are
trademarks of their respective owners).

11. IR Learning/Factory reset button
Button to tell the control hub to go into IR learning mode. This is also the
button to reset the unit to factory settings.

12. Electrical IR/RS232 mode switch
Selects if the IR/RS232 connector is used for electrical IR or RS232..

* NOTE:

Use uncompressed stereo PCM audio data only. Data rates of 44.1, 48, 88.2 and 96 kHz are supported in 16 and 24
bits. Both 176.4 and 192 kHz in 16 and 24 bit are also supported using digital coax input. If connecting a multi-channel
source (such as a TV, DVD player, computer, etc.) setup this source to output uncompressed two channel (stereo)
PCM data.

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The status indicator

The LED on the front of the control hub indicates the current system status. Its color indicates the
current input source and its intensity the system status. The indicator color matches the color
marking of the corresponding input on the back of the Control Hub. Since all inputs are normally
mixed, the most common color will be white indicating that the product is in Mixer mode.

2.1 Modes of the status indicators

To indicate special events the indicators uses different light modes.

• Dark

- stand by or OFF

• Steady

- normal operation

• Fade up from steady

- increasing volume

• Fade down from steady

- decreasing volume

• Yellow light flashing

- IR learning mode

• Red light flashing

- Short circuit on speaker output terminal, see section “Short
circuit protection”.