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INST ALLA TION GUIDE SAS - 1 SIGNAL ACTIV A TED A/B SWITCH AUTOMA TED SWITCHING SYSTEM DS00055BCN-0 SAS1.indd 1 4/27/06 4:53:18 PM.
CONGRA TULA TIONS! Thank you for choosing the SAS-1 Signal Activated A/B Switch from Niles. With proper installation and operation, you should enjoy years of trouble-free use. Niles manufactures the industry’ s most complete line of custom installation components and accessories for audio/video systems.
NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI 1 INTRODUCTION The SAS-1 is an automatic A-B s witching system designed to replace manually operated A-B switches.
2 OPERA TION There are two ways to trigger the SAS-1 switch: a signal sensing mode (1) and a volta ge control mode (2). 1. In the signal sensing mode , the SAS-1 automatically switches from A to B when a signal is present at input B .
NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI 3 The 12Volts DC is present at the other two terminals whenever the switching section of the SAS-1 is activated. Depending on the setting of the Delay Control, the voltage turns off anywhere between ¼ of a second to 30 seconds after the signal that triggered the SAS-1 is removed.
4 INST ALLA TION EXAMPLES USING THE SAS-1 USING AN SAS-1 VIDEO SIGNAL ACTIVA TED SWITCH. FIGURE 1 .
NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI 5 SPEAKERS SPEAKER “A” RECEIVER AC TRANSFORMER SUPPLIED WITH SAS-1 TV COMMON SAS-1 CONTROL OUTS A B COMMON A B L R L R L R TRIGGER LEVEL POWER DELAY V .
6 AC TRANSFORMER SUPPLIED WITH SAS-1 SAS-1 COMMON AVS-2 CONTROL OUT CONTROL IN A B COMMON A B LEFT RIGHT VIDEO A VS-2 COMMON CONTROL OUTS A B COMMON A B L R L R L R TRIGGER LEVEL POW ER DELAY V A S CO.
NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI 7 ADJUSTING THE SAS-1 The Sensitivity Control adjusts the amount of input level needed to trigger the switch. The threshold may be set anywhere between 15mv and 300mv for line-level audio signals and .1 watt to 4 watts for speaker-level signals.
8 USING THE CONTROL OUT The CONTROL OUT connector has 4 screw terminals and provides two different outputs. The two terminals on the left provide a set of normally open, dr y relay contacts, and the two terminals on the right provide a 12Volt DC output.
NILES AUDIO CORPORA TION – 1-800-BUY -HIFI 9 SPECIFICA TIONS Speaker Level Power Handling: 600 Watts channel continuous (RMS) Control Voltage Output: 12Volts DC at 400 milliamperes (.4 Amp) Dry Relay Contact Ra ting: Maximum of 28Volts DC at 1 Amp Minimum T rigger Levels: 15 MV line-level, .
NOTES DS00055BCN-0 SAS1.indd 10 4/27/06 4:53:30 PM.
NOTES DS00055BCN-0 SAS1.indd 11 4/27/06 4:53:31 PM.
12 LIMITED W ARRANTY Nil es Audi o C orpo rati on (“NI LES ”) w arr ants it s a ctiv e p rodu cts (t hose re quir ing AC or batt ery powe r) to t he ori gina l p urch aser to be free of man ufac turi ng d efe cts in m ater ial and wor kman ship fo r a peri od o f t wo y ears fr om d ate o f p urch ase.
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