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Nº40 Media Console Front Panel Operation
• To “cue up” the next video source prior to sending the signal to
the main display;
• To monitor what is happening on any Remote or Record zones
(“RZones”).
The behavior of the LCD display is affected by the preference
setting found in the User options menu. See “Menu System” on
page 5-1 for more details.
Zone knob
The Nº40 Media Console is a “multi-zone” system – it can manage
several signals at once, as if it were several separate systems. This
multiplies the value of all the source components connected to the
Nº40, since they are now more widely available.
For example, you can watch television on your satellite receiver,
while copying a home video from your camcorder to a VCR, while
someone else in the study listens to music – all from the same
system. In fact, you can have as many as four remote or record
“zones” of independent operation in addition to the main zone, by
adding a few extra cards to your Nº40. Any source connected to the
system can be sent to any zone, whether for recording purposes or
enjoyment in a remote part of the house. Since any of these zones
can be used for either Recording or for Remote access to the system,
we call them “RZones.”
The zone knob controls the zone (main zone or RZone) you are
either monitoring or controlling at any point in time. By turning
the zone knob, you will call up an on-screen list of the available
zones, from which you can choose the one you wish to use. Once
selected, the audio and video signals chosen for that zone are
presented in the main room for your review and control. You can
select a different source (using the input select knob), cue up some-
thing to be recorded, or check to see what is going on in a different
zone.
If you want to see what is happening in another zone without
affecting what happens in the main room, press the preview button
before you select anything with the zone knob. This allows you to
see (though not to hear) the signal being sent to a different zone
without interrupting the music or movies playing in the main
room.
The Mark Levinson Nº40 normally includes two RZones (both
audio and video) as standard equipment, in addition to the main
room's outputs. If you would like to have additional RZones
installed, please contact your authorized Mark Levinson dealer.
Lastly, thanks to its proximity to the menu select and enter buttons
on the front panel, when in a menu the zone knob can also be used
to select from among items in a menu. Turning it moves the cursor
up or down in the list, highlighting different items in turn. You can
press menu select to cancel out of a menu item (moving back up
one level in the hierarchy), or enter to save a change or advance to