Precor CONSOLE User Manual

Installing the P80 Console Media Adapter

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INSTALLING THE P80 CONSOLE MEDIA ADAPTER

P/N 303072-101 rev A

This document applies to Preva version 3.3 and P80 console software version 3.3.

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Table of Contents

Installing External Receivers ...................................................... 5

About Channel Types .......................................................................... 6

Configuring Receivers .......................................................................... 8

Creating the Channel List ................................................................... 9

Attaching HDMI and Remote Control Cables to Consoles ..... 10

Installing Receivers in Junction Boxes ............................................ 12

Connecting Receivers ......................................................................... 13

Configuring P80 Consoles .........................................................15

Editing the Channel Guide ................................................................. 15

Activating the Media Adapter .......................................................... 16

Exporting the Channel Guide to other P80 Consoles ................ 18

Servicing the Media Adapter .....................................................21

Troubleshooting .................................................................................. 22

Removing and Replacing the IR Transmitter ............................... 23

Obtaining Service ................................................................................ 24

4 Installing the P80 Console Media Adapter

Chapter 1

Installing External Receivers

The P80 Media Adapter option allows a P80 console to display content provided by external receivers instead of the console's internal tuner. For those facilities that use such receivers to process incoming TV signals, the Media Adapter provides the exercisers with exactly the same user experience. They select television channels from the same channel guide and switch between television and other information (such as Preva Net or the Goal Compass) in the same way.

The Media Adapter accepts 720p x 60 fps video signals through an HDMI connection from one of several different external receivers. (Refer to the receiver list accompanying this manual for the receiver brands and models we support.) The only control mechanism that these receivers have in common is an infrared (IR) remote control. Because of this, the P80 Media Adapter acts as the remote control for each receiver that is certified to work with it.

Caution: Be sure to install, configure, and test the external receiver and channel guide for the first P80 console before you perform the procedures in this chapter for the other consoles. Once an IR transmitter is attached to each receiver, it cannot be removed easily.

6 Installing the P80 Console Media Adapter

About Channel Types

With the addition of the Media Adapter, the P80 console supports an extremely wide variety of television (TV) and video formats. In addition, working with an external receiver, the console can support some formats in more than one way. For example, some receivers can accept a combination of satellite, cable, and Internet channels, passing all of them to the console through an HDMI cable.

The following figure and table show the possible paths that TV and video signals can take to reach the P80 consoles in a typical facility.

Note: Some of these signal paths may not be installed at your facility.

Figure 1: Channel paths to the P80 console

Installing External Receivers 7

Table 1. Signal path comments

Element Comments

Various incoming types of TV and video signals reach your facility from a combination of cable, satellite, broadcast, and Internet sources.

The local head end equipment at the facility receives cable, terrestrial broadcast, and satellite TV channels and reassigns them to other channel numbers if necessary.

External receivers installed next to each P80 console receive cable TV, satellite TV, and Internet Protocol (IP)-based video signals and reassigns them to other channel numbers if necessary.

Note: The specific types of signals available through the external receiver may vary depending on its brand and model. Refer to the documentation accompanying your receivers for more information.

TV signals from the head end reach the console through a coaxial cable. The cable is connected to the console's internal tuner through an F-type connector.

Internet-based (IP) video segments and playlists reach the console through its Ethernet connection.

Video signals from the external adapter reach the console through its HDMI connector.

To avoid confusion, this manual describes incoming channels in terms of how they reach the consoles.

If a channel arrives at the console through ...

A coaxial cable A cable channel

An HDMI cable An HDMI channel

An Ethernet cable An IP channel

This manual refers to it as ...

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