Revox RESOURCE M51 User Manual

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Multiroom-Module

MKII

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Contents

Multiroom Module
Installation
Connections

Connection plan
Multiroom principle
Multiroom plan
Multiroom golden rules

Timer menu

Timer programming
Room selection
Timer selection
Select
Switching time setting
Weekday selection
Volume setting
Selecting timer source
Tuner station selection

Test function
Activating the timer
Special events
Sleep function
Setting the time

Multiroom setup

Edit room name
Restore standard name
Scan function
Version control
Hotel mode
Clear all timers
Active additional rooms

Technical data
Multiroom cabling
Guarantee
My notes

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Multiroom Module

Revox has been developing and
manufacturing Multiroom
components for some 20 years
now. The concept of centrally
located audio equipment that can
also be used independently of
the additional rooms, has
reached its furthest state of
development to date, with the
Multiroom module MKII.

Features

Using the Multiroom module, you
can access the current M51
source from up to 32 additional
rooms such as the kitchen,
bathroom or family room. These
32 rooms can be zoned together
in groups of 8 rooms and each
zone can select a joint source,
which can then be controlled
through a local room amplifier.

Furthermore the Multiroom
module MKII supports the access
to a display to the local room
amplifier M219.

As well as the manual operation
of the system, the Timer
function is of particular interest.
Wake up to the strains of your
choice of CD and be tuned
automatically to your favourite
radio station, to accompany your
cereals and fruit juice. The timer
is very simple and effective to
operate, which ensures that the
Timer function is not just "nice to
have" but will very soon become
an indispensable part of your
audio world.

A further special feature of the
Revox Multiroom system that
deserves a mention here is the
balanced audio cabling. This
complex method of signal
processing which comes from
professional studio technology
guarantees a perfect music
signal, even over long distances.
The M51 also uses this luxury for
the internal cabling.

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Installation

The Multiroom plug-in card has
the most modern technology on
it and should be handled with
care.

Before you start to install the
card, the M51 must be switched
off and the power plug must be
removed from the power socket.

Slot 5 is reserved for the
Multiroom module, the fifth
slot from the right viewed
from the back of the unit.

Loosen the two screws with the
TORX screwdriver supplied and
remove the slot blanking plate.

Before removing the Multiroom
module from its packaging,
make sure that you are not
charged with any static
electricity. This could cause a
damaging power discharge
when you touch the module.

To be on the safe side, you
should discharge any static
from yourself by touching an
earthed metal object such as a
radiator.

Remove the Multiroom module
from its packaging and insert it
into the slot position, using the
two tracks within the M51 to
guide it into position. The
lettering on the card must be at
the top. Just before the card is
fully inserted, you will feel a
certain mechanical resistance
as the card meets the M51
contact strip. Push the card fully
home by pushing in the area
where the 2 screw holes are
located and fix it in place with
the two screws.

In order to ensure problem­free operation and unit
functions, there must be a
strong contact between the
Multiroom module and the
M51 chassis, using the
serrated lock washers.

All further steps needed to
integrate the new module into
the M51 will be carried out
automatically next time the unit
is switched on.

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Connections

IR

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2

1

2

3

4

ZONE

There are 4 connections with
RJ45 connectors for the four
zones, on the rear of the
Multiroom module. Depending
on the scope of the Multiroom
installation, up to 8 Revox
Additional room amplifiers can
be connected to a zone.
Connection is made using an

uncrossed, double-screened
CAT7 patch cable, with am
RJ45 plug.

Further information’s regarding
the cabling of the multiroom­system can be found on last
pages of this manual.

IR SEND
It is planned to use the IR
SEND connection field for future

applications and therefore it has
no function at the moment.

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Connection plan

1. M219 2. M219 8. M219

Room-AmplifierM219

Room-AmplifierM219

Room-AmplifierM219

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Daisy Chain

Parallel

...

...

...

Room-AmplifierM219

Room-AmplifierM219

Room-AmplifierM219

1

2

3

4

IR

1

2

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The Multiroom principle

The basis of the Multiroom
principle was the idea of having
a central audio system which
could be accessed from all
other rooms in the house.

Since the Multiroom module can
handle up to 32 different rooms,
it's clear that there isn't room for
all 32 amplifiers in the M51.

So for this reason, each
connected room has its own
amplifier with its own speakers
attached. You can select from
the whole range of Revox
speakers to fit your
requirements.

There are two ways of playing
music in another room.

The first way is that you control
what you want to hear from the
room in question. For this, you
need either a remote control or
a wall-mounted controller. Here,
you control the source and
volume, you can select the
radio program you want or your
favourite track.

The second option is to use the
automatic on/off switching
offered by the M51 timer.

As soon as you switch an
additional room on or it is
activated by a timer, the
following graphic appears in the
M51 display, assuming the M51
is in standby mode at the time.

To give you a better overview of
the Revox Multiroom system,
the next section, Multiroom
plan shows how the individual
rooms belong to the zones.

The following section,
Multiroom golden rules tells
you more about the way the
individual zones and rooms
work together.

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Multiroom-Plan

Zone 

Room 1.1 Room 1.3 Room 1.2 Room 1.4

Room 1.5 Room 1.7 Room 1.6 Room 1.8

Zone 

Room 2.1 Room 2.3 Room 2.2 Room 2.4

Room 2.5 Room 2.7 Room 2.6 Room 2.8

Zone 

M51-Main room

Room 3.1 Room 3.3 Room 3.2 Room 3.4

Room 3.5 Room 3.7 Room 3.6 Room 3.8

Zone 

Room 4.1 Room 4.3 Room 4.2 Room 4.4

Room 4.5 Room 4.7 Room 4.6 Room 4.8

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Multiroom golden rules

To give you a better idea of
what a Multiroom system can
offer, here is a list of the 7
golden rules of Multiroom.

 Different zones can, but

don’t have to, select
different sources

Example:
While a CD is playing in
Zone  the radio or

perhaps the CD can be
heard in Zone .

 You can only select one

joint source per zone

Example:
In the rooms in Zone  you
can only hear either the
radio or the CD.

 Zone

 and the M51 are

using the same source

Example:
At the M51 the radio is set
as the source, the same
source is defined for the
rooms in Zone  or vice-
versa.

 All rooms within a zone

have the same rights
when it comes to
choosing a source

Example:
Room 2.2 selects the tuner
(as the joint source for Zone
). After that, however,
Room 2.4 selects the CD.
The CD will now also be
played in Room 2.2.

 Any change within a

source has an effect on
the whole zone

(Without using a Slave-Tuner)

Example:
Room 2.2 selects radio
station A. After that
however, Room 2.4 selects
radio station B. Station B
will now be heard in Room
2

 There are no rules as to

which rooms have to go
in which zone. Each zone
however, can have a
maximum of 8 rooms.

Example of a room
assignment:
Zone



:Rooms 3,4

Zone



:Rooms 5,6,7,8

Zone



:No rooms assigned

Zone



:Rooms 13,16

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