FAR AV10.D User Manual

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Page 24However, for practical reasons and future system maintenance easiness, we do stronglyrecommend using the FAR Link TM network, even if no remote control is required.4.2.3 Multi-channel 5.1 SystemA 5.1 digital setup does require 3 AES/EBU cables, each of them carrying 2 audiochannels. The channels are usually grouped in Left & Right, Center & LFE and SurroundLeft & Right. We will assume in the following setups that this is the default channelassignment.There are multiple ways to connect a 5.1 system. The cabling topology depends a bit onthe requirements.If a minimal number of cables shall be used, the solution is to use the FAR Link TMnetwork to carry audio and control messages. The audio streams will be sent to thespeakers by the mean of 3 XLR cables, connected to the DIGITAL IN connector of theLEFT, CENTER and SURROUND LEFT speakers. As we use the FAR Link TM to carry thedigital audio, the cabling sequence does matter but is not unique. What is important isthat the speakers sharing the same IEC60958 stream (AES/EBU) are contiguous,network wise.The following Figure shows one possible way to easily connect the 6 speakers together.Note that the cabling order of a speaker pair (LEFT & RIGHT, CENTER & LFE orSURROUND LEFT & RIGHT) does not matter, as long as the speaker of the pair that getsthe AES/EBU cable is first in the network chain.The signal routing is achieved by the mean of the Input and Output speaker parameters.LEFT RIGHT CENTER LFE SUR L SUR RInput Auto SelorAES/EBUAuto SelorNETworkAES/EBU Auto SelorNETworkAES/EBU Auto SelorNETworkOutput Auto SelorAES/EBUAuto SelorNETworkAuto SelorAES/EBUAuto SelorNETworkAuto SelorAES/EBUAuto SelorNETwork