Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product SI-1650 Niles Audio
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AMPLIFIERS INST ALLA TION GUIDE SI -.
WWW .NILESAUDIO.COM Thank you for purchasing the Niles SI-1650, one of the most versatile and powerful multi-channel ampliers ever offer ed. Like all Niles products, the SI-1650 is built to the highest standards of quality and r eliability . With proper installation and operation, you’ll enjoy years of trouble-fr ee use.
NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 1-760-710-0992 3 16 CHANNEL, FULL Y CONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIERS IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1 . Read t hese instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. He ed a ll war nin gs. 4. Fol low al l ins tru ctio ns.
4 WWW .NILESAUDIO.COM INTRODUCTION SI - 1 650 W e call the SI-1650 a Systems Integration Amplier because it is a power amplier specically designed to solve the problems of interfacing with di.
5 NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 1-760-710-0992 16 CHANNEL, FULL Y CONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIERS FEA TURES AND BENEFITS REAL WORLD POWER The SI-1650 is 16-channel amplier congurable to deliver a solid 50 watts per channel RMS into 8 ohms or 100 watts per channel RMS into 8 ohms using a special high power mode.
6 WWW .NILESAUDIO.COM FEA TURES AND BENEFITS CONTINUED... IP CONFIGURABLE EQ ADJUSTMENT , VOLUME LEVEL AND HIGH/LOW P ASS SELECTION A web based IP Conguration utility provides independent EQ adjustment and volume level for each amplier channel enabling you to EQ and set volume levels for 16 differ ent speakers individually .
7 NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 1-760-710-0992 16 CHANNEL, FULL Y CONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIERS SYSTEM DESIGN BASICS As shown in Figure 1, a distributed audio/video system is dened by the number of listening zones it has. Within a listening zone you can listen to only one source (e.
8 WWW .NILESAUDIO.COM SYSTEM DESIGN BASICS CONTINUED... A MultiZone system as shown in Figure 2, of fers the household more exibility . For instance, a family might have their family room wir ed for surround sound and their living room wir ed for background music.
9 NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 1-760-710-0992 16 CHANNEL, FULL Y CONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIERS SYSTEM DESIGN CONSIDERA TIONS CABLE AND WIRE Because the SI-1650 has many connections on the rear panel (see page 32 & 33), it is important that you correctly label all of the input cables and speaker wires.
10 WWW .NILESAUDIO.COM SYSTEM DESIGN CONSIDERA TIONS CONTINUED... CREA TING HIGH POWER AMPLIFIER CHANNELS FOR AREAS THA T REQUIRE MORE VOLUME AND POWER All of the odd numbered amplier channels of t.
11 NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 1-760-710-0992 16 CHANNEL, FULL Y CONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIERS SYSTEM DESIGN CONSIDERA TIONS CONTINUED... SPEAKER COMP A TIBILITY Any SI-1650 amplier channel congured to the 50 watt mode is capable of driving a 4 ohm impedance speaker load.
12 WWW .NILESAUDIO.COM APPLICA TIONS ADV ANT AGES OF USING THE SI-1650 IN A SINGLE ZONE SYSTEM When you connect the preamplier outputs of your ster eo receiver or ster eo preamplier to the SI-1650 BusMatrix™ you dedicate a r obust 50 watts to each speaker in your multi-room system.
13 NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 1-760-710-0992 16 CHANNEL, FULL Y CONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIERS APPLICA TIONS USING A DUAL-ZONE RECEIVER FOR TWO LISTENING ZONES Most of today’ s Audio Video Receivers include a second zone preamplier output to create a second listening zone.
14 WWW .NILESAUDIO.COM APPLICA TIONS EXP ANDING A MUL TIZONE SYSTEM TO INCLUDE MORE ROOMS Many MultiZone systems incorporate multiple rooms within a single zone. The SI-1650 BusMatrix™ Input simplies the connections requir ed for this system design.
15 NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 1-760-710-0992 16 CHANNEL, FULL Y CONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIERS APPLICA TIONS ADDING PREAMPS TO CREA TE MORE LISTENING ZONES In the ultimate MultiZo.
16 WWW .NILESAUDIO.COM CONFIGURING YOUR SYSTEM Because the SI-1650 offers so many conguration possibilities it is important to plan carefully befor e you install it. Draw a block diagram of your system and use the Conguration W orksheet on page 41 to r ecord how you plan to connect your SI-1650.
17 NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 1-760-710-0992 16 CHANNEL, FULL Y CONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIERS CONFIGURING YOUR SYSTEM The SI-1650 includes a Conguration and Setup T ool that provides easy access to the all essential features of the amplier using the web br owser on a laptop, PC, iPad , tablet or smartphone (e.
18 WWW .NILESAUDIO.COM CONFIGURING YOUR SYSTEM LOCAL AREA NETWORK CONNECTION The network IP address of the SI-1650 (both the factory default addr ess and any address set manually using the Conguration and Setup T ool) is static and must be a unique IP address compatible with the local ar ea network it is connecting to.
19 NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 1-760-710-0992 16 CHANNEL, FULL Y CONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIERS CONFIGURA TION AND SETUP TOOL Open the Conguration and Setup T ool Using a W eb Br owser .
20 WWW .NILESAUDIO.COM CONFIGURA TION AND SETUP TOOL AMPLIFIER CONFIGURA TION MAIN SELECTION Choose the Amplier Conguration main selection and the Input/Channel Names sub selection page is displayed. The Channel Power , T ur n On Mode and Signal Routing sub selections are also displayed for selection and conguration.
21 NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 1-760-710-0992 16 CHANNEL, FULL Y CONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIERS CONFIGURA TION AND SETUP TOOL AMPLIFIER CONFIGURA TION MAIN SELECTION – CHANNEL POWER SUB SELECTION Choose the Channel Power sub selection and the Channel Power page is displayed.
22 WWW .NILESAUDIO.COM CONFIGURA TION AND SETUP TOOL AMPLIFIER CONFIGURA TION MAIN SELECTION – TURN ON MODE SUB SELECTION Choose the T urn On Mode sub selection and the T ur n On Mode page is displayed. Refer to page 28 for more details on the thr ee available turn on modes.
23 NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 1-760-710-0992 16 CHANNEL, FULL Y CONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIERS CONFIGURA TION AND SETUP TOOL AMPLIFIER CONFIGURA TION MAIN SELECTION – SIGNAL ROUTING SUB SELECTION Choose the Signal Routing sub selection and the Signal Routing page is displayed.
24 WWW .NILESAUDIO.COM CONFIGURA TION AND SETUP TOOL EQUALIZA TION MAIN SELECTION Choose the Equalization main selection and the Manual EQ Presets page is displayed.
25 NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 1-760-710-0992 16 CHANNEL, FULL Y CONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIERS CONFIGURA TION AND SETUP TOOL EQUALIZA TION MAIN SELECTION – MANUAL EQ SELECTION Choose the Manual EQ sub-selection and the Manual EQ page is displayed.
26 WWW .NILESAUDIO.COM CONFIGURA TION AND SETUP TOOL UTILITIES MAIN SELECTION Choose the Utilities Main Selection and the Project Information page is displayed. The Generate Report, Create Backup File and Restor e From File sub selections are also displayed for selection and use.
27 NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 1-760-710-0992 16 CHANNEL, FULL Y CONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIERS CONFIGURA TION AND SETUP TOOL UTILITIES MAIN SELECTION – GENERA TE REPORT SUB SELECTION Choose the Generate Report sub selection and the Generate Report page is displayed.
28 WWW .NILESAUDIO.COM INST ALLA TION CONSIDERA TIONS TURN-ON MODES Automating the turn-on of your SI-1650 is one of the easiest steps when installing it in a distributed system. However , do not plug the main power cord into the switched AC outlet of your pr eamplier or receiver .
29 NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 1-760-710-0992 16 CHANNEL, FULL Y CONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIERS INST ALLA TION CONSIDERA TIONS 3-24 VOL T AC/DC OPTO-ISOLA TED VOL T AGE TRIGGER - The Power switch on the front panel must be in the “On” position for the voltage trigger to function.
30 WWW .NILESAUDIO.COM INST ALLA TION CONSIDERA TIONS PLACEMENT Place the SI-1650 on a at, level surface like a table or shelf. It should be placed upright so that its weight rests on the unit’ s four feet.
31 NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 1-760-710-0992 16 CHANNEL, FULL Y CONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIERS INST ALLA TION BUS MA TRIX™ LINE LEVEL AUDIO INPUTS CAUTION! THE AMPLIFIER MUST BE OFF WHENEVER YOU MAKE CHANGES TO THE INPUT CONNECTIONS.
32 WWW .NILESAUDIO.COM INPUT SPEAKER OUT SPEAKER OUT LINE OUT INPUT LINE OUT 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 12345678 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Niles Audio, Carlsbad, California, USA Designed and Engineered in the USA.
33 NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 1-760-710-0992 16 CHANNEL, FULL Y CONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIERS INPUT SPEAKER OUT SPEAKER OUT LINE OUT INPUT LINE OUT 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 .
34 WWW .NILESAUDIO.COM INST ALLA TION SPEAKER WIRE CONNECTIONS CAUTION! ALL SPEAKER WIRE CONNECTIONS MUST BE MADE WITH THE AMPLIFIER OFF . Bare Wir e Unscrew the r ed or black plastic knob, insert the.
35 NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 1-760-710-0992 16 CHANNEL, FULL Y CONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIERS INST ALLA TION THE CONTROL OUTPUT This terminal provides a 12V DC signal suitable for triggering Niles automated switchers, some motorized screens, some electric curtain controls, etc.
36 WWW .NILESAUDIO.COM OPERA TION POWER SWITCH The front panel switch is a master or “vacation” power switch. No matter which turn-on mode you have selected, the master power switch will tur n off all cir - cuitry including the sensing circuitry .
37 NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 1-760-710-0992 16 CHANNEL, FULL Y CONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIERS OPERA TION LISTENING A T HIGHER VOLUMES Fifty watts is enough power to play a conventional speaker in a normal sized room loudly enough to completely dr own out conversation.
38 WWW .NILESAUDIO.COM TROUBLE-SHOOTING GUIDE When there is a pr oblem consult this guide rst. If the problem persists, or you have additional questions, call your local Niles dealer or call Niles T echnical Support at 1-800-289-4434. The most common problems r elate to hook up.
39 NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 1-760-710-0992 16 CHANNEL, FULL Y CONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIERS TROUBLE-SHOOTING GUIDE Symptom P ossible Causes and T est Procedure Sound is distorted on one or all of the channels at normal volumes Check your configuration worksheet and verify all settings.
40 WWW .NILESAUDIO.COM Detail SI-1650 Design Principle Digital, high current bridgeable multi-channel amplifier Continuous Average P ower Output 50 watts RMS per channel into 8 Ohms , 100 watts RMS pe.
41 NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI – 1-760-710-0992 16 CHANNEL, FULL Y CONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIERS CONFIGURA TION WORKSHEET For ease of use, the Conguration W orksheet can be enlar ged on a photocopier .
42 WWW .NILESAUDIO.COM LIMITED W ARRANTY Niles Audio Corporation (“NILES”) warrants to the original retail purchaser only that this pr oduct will be free of manufacturing defects in material and w.
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