AUDIOTEC FISCHER H424489 ACO Remote Control User Manual

AUDIOTEC FISCHER H424489 ACO Remote Control

Congratulations

Dear Customer, Congratulations on purchasing this high-quality control unit with RGB-LED feedback. We developed the CONDUCTOR based on state-of-the-art engineering and this is reflected in its exceptional quality and the impressive use of sophisticated technologies. We hope you enjoy using this product The AUDIOTEC FISCHER Team

General information

To make optimal use of all the possibilities afforded by the product, please carefully read through the following installa-tion instructions. We guarantee that the flawless condition of every device has been checked before delivery. We recommend appointing a specialist to install the product, as the verification of professional installation and connection of the device is a prerequisite for the warranty services. Install your CONDUCTOR in a dry place in the car. Do not fit the device near parts that radiate heat or near the vehicle’s electronic control units. To protect against accidents, the CONDUCTOR must be professionally mounted so that the control unit does not pose a danger to passengers and/or the vehicle during a critical driving situation, such as emergency brak-ing. Information on professional installation is provided in the “Installation instructions” chapter on the following pages. Important: During assembly, make sure that none of your vehicle’s safety systems (e.g. airbag) are negatively affected in their function.

• Do not mount the CONDUCTOR on an airbag cover (e.g. steering wheel, A-pillar or dashboard on the passenger side)
• Do not fasten the control unit in the driver’s field of vision
• Do not place the CONDUCTOR loose on the dashboard

Before cutting the slot to mount the device, make sure that no electrical cables and components, etc., are concealed in the area behind it. Otherwise, these could be damaged. Please be aware that these kinds of parts may also be concealed in double-skin panelling. The cable connections must be routed so that no risk of clamping, crushing or breakage exists. In case of sharp edges (sheet metal cutouts), all cables must be cushioned against chafing. In addition, the connecting cable must never be routed together with lines/cabless for vehicle appliances (fan motors, fire detection modules, fuel lines, etc.).

Installation instructions

Assembling the CONDUCTOR

Cutting out the mounting slot
To ensure a safe and professional assembly, the cutout must not be more than 40 mm in size. Please make sure that the space between the CONDUCTOR and other parts, such as switches, control elements, etc., is adequate with a sufficient installation depth. This is particularly important if installation slots need to be cut out. All the data on the installation depth and the diameter of the CONDUCTOR is provided in the technical data in these instructions. Please make sure that the contact surface is as level and stable as possible.

Routing and connecting the CONDUCTOR connection cable
Route the 4.8 m connecting cable and guide it through the installation opening from the rear. Then connect the cable to the 20 cm CONDUCTOR cable.

Inserting the CONDUCTOR
Press the housing evenly into the hole.

IMPORTANT: To avoid damage, never push the aluminium button in the centre of the CONDUCTOR during assembly, only on the surrounding plastic housing. Use the noon marking on the housing (see the fourth figure on the left) as a guide to align the CONDUCTOR. If the installation situation prevents the CONDUCTOR from being installed in the noon position, it can also be rotated in 30° steps for installation. The LED display can then be adapted to the installation position in the DSP PC-Tool software (see page 29, “Installation orientation”). The plastic housing should lie flush once you have moved the CONDUCTOR to its final installation position.

Installation instructions

Connecting the CONDUCTOR to a DSP / DSP amplifier

1. Insert the round plug on the CONDUCTOR connecting cable into the multi-function socket (Control Input) of the DSP / DSP amplifier.
   If your DSP / DSP amplifier is already fitted with the new Smart Control Port (SCP), please use the NanoFit adaptor, which is enclosed with the DSP / DSP amplifier with SCP connection.

2. Turn your sound system on and then start the DSP PC-Tool software. You can find the software at www.audiotec-fischer.de/dsppctool (compatible with DSP PC-Tool software version 4.75a). Power is supplied to the CONDUCTOR via the DSP and it is switched on automatically.

3. Open the “DCM – Device Configuration Menu” (1) in the DSP PC-Tool. In the “Extended Features” tab (2), you can now select the CONDUCTOR (3) and the configuration menu opens.

4. You can now change other CONDUCTOR settings. More information on the configuration is provided on page 28 et seq., “Configuration in the DSP PC-Tool software”.

5. To complete the process, save the settings and the activation of the CONDUCTOR in the DSP / DSP amplifier by clicking on the “Save” button in the DSP PC Tool.

Operating the CONDUCTOR

The CONDUCTOR is operated by turning and pushing the knob. The LED lighting provides feedback on the selected menu and the action performed.

You can switch between the various menus by briefly pressing the button. The volume and the available menu options are selected by turning the knob. Pushing and holding the button confirms the selection or mutes the selected volume. In addition, if a Bluetooth module (BT Extension Card) is installed, the “Next track” function can be enabled by double- press and the “Previous track” function is enabled by triple-press in every volume menu. Further information on the functions and the LED feedback in a menu is provided on the following pages.

Note: If a menu or a volume is not enabled in the DSP PC-Tool, the next active menu or active volume is selected.

Operating the CONDUCTOR

Volume Control Configuration (Volume menu 1 – 4)
The four-volume menus let you separately control up to 4 different volumes (master, digital, HEC/AUX, subwoofer volume, Rear Attenuation, etc.). These can be set as described under point 4.2 “Volume Control Configuration” on page 30. The volume menus are restored to the most recently set values after restarting the system. If the “Startup volume” option (see page 30, point 4.2.5) has been configured, the volume is switched back on at the maximum set limit level, if this was exceeded when the device was switched off. If a volume is turned down completely, the volume is muted independent of the set range.

Actions:

• Turn: Set volume level
• Long press: Mute / unmute
• Double-press : Next track*
• Triple-press : Previous track*
• Extra-long press (5 sec.): Start Bluetooth pairing*

LED feedback:
The set volume level is displayed by the bottom left LEDs in a clockwise direction in the color assigned for the volume. Muting (long press) is signalled by a single rotating LED. Changing the volume when muted cancels the muting.

Signal Input selection menu
The “Signal Input selection” menu lets you switch between the signal sources connected to the DSP / DSP amplifier. The menu starts with the currently selected or most recently active input.

Actions:

• Turn: Select signal input
• Long press: Activate signal input

LED feedback

• Green: Main input
• Yellow: Digital input (Optical & Coax Input)
• Blue: Extension Card 1 (HEC1)
• Turquoise: Extension Card 2 (HEC2 – only BRAX DSP)

Note: The CONDUCTOR automatically detects the signal inputs of the connected DSP / DSP amplifier. Only the available signal inputs can be selected. All other inputs are not displayed by LED feedback and can also not be selected.

Sound Setup selection menu
The “Sound Setup selection” menu lets you switch between the DSP’s up to 10 Sound Setups. The menu starts with the currently selected or most recently active Sound Setup.

Actions:

• Turn: Select Sound Setup
• Long press : Activate Sound Setup

LED feedback:

• Green: Sound Setup active
• Yellow: Sound Setup memory space occupied, setup inactive
• Red: Sound Setup memory space empty, cannot be selected

You can use the CONDUCTOR to select and enable the DSP’s 10 Sound Setup memory spaces. The memory spaces are displayed as follows:

Examples of the LED feedback in the “Sound Setup selection” menu:

**Bluetooth Playback Control menu***
The “Bluetooth Playback Control” menu lets you control an optionally installed Bluetooth module (play/pause, next/previous track, enable pairing mode). The menu always starts with the play/pause function (four top LEDs lit).

Actions:

• Turn: Act automatically
• Left turn: Counter-clockwise: Previous track
• Right turn : Clockwise: Next track
• Long press : Play/pause
• Extra-long press (5 sec.): Start Bluetooth pairing

Operating the CONDUCTOR

LED feedback:

Configuration in the DSP PC-Tool software

Overview of the configuration menu
The configuration menu is located in the “Device Configuration Menu” (DCM) of the DSP PC-Tool software in the “Extended Features” tab. But the menu is only visible if you have selected the CONDUCTOR as described on page 23.

All CONDUCTOR settings are changed in the configuration menu. The menu is divided into the “General Configuration”, “Volume Control Configuration” and “Status” areas.

General Configuration
The “General Configuration” area is used for all the basic Menu Configuration and LED display (LED Configuration) settings.

Main menu
This is where the CONDUCTOR’s start menu, which is accessed immediately after the DSP is switched on, is defined. Volume Control, Signal Input selection, Sound Setup selection and Bluetooth Playback Control menu are available for selection.

Automatic switch back to the main menu
If the function is enabled, the CONDUCTOR switches back to the set “Main menu” after around 5 seconds, if another menu was previously selected. If the function is disabled, the currently selected menu remains selected until it is manually changed by briefly pressing the button.

Menu activation
This lets you enable and disable the volume controls as well as other menus. If a menu is disabled, it cannot be selected by the CONDUCTOR.

• Note: The “Volume Menu” is always enabled and can only be switched off by disabling all four volumes in the “Volume Control Configuration” (see point 4.2). An enabled menu can be recognized by a red cross in front of the menu name.
• Note: The start menu set in the “Main menu” is automatically enabled.

LED brightness
This lets you set the brightness of the LED lighting. This is set to 70 % by default.

LED Dimming
This menu lets you configure the optional dimming of the LEDs. When this function is enabled, the LEDs are automatically dimmed by the configured value or switched off completely after 8 seconds of inactivity. 5 % – 75 % of LED

• brightness: The LEDs are dimmed by the set percentage based on the set LED brightness. A dimming level of 50 % is set by default. The selection range may be restricted depending on the set brightness of the LED lighting (LED brightness).
• Example: LED brightness 50 %, LED dimming 50 % The set LED brightness of 50 % is now dimmed by an additional 50 %.
• Disabled: Switches the “LED dimming” off.
• LEDs off : Switches the LED lighting off completely.

Installation oOrientation If the installation situation prevents the CONDUCTOR from being installed in the noon position, it can also be rotated in 30° steps for installation. The LED display can then be adapted to the installation position in the DSP PC-Tool software (see page 22, “Assembling the CONDUCTOR”).

Configuration in the DSP PC Tool software

Volume Control Configuration
This lets you individually configure up to four selectable volumes. Any volume that is not required can also be disabled.

Note: If all four volumes are disabled, the entire “Volume Control” menu is disabled.

Volume selection
This is where the volume to be configured can be selected. The red cross indicates which of the four volumes is being configured.

Assigned Volume control
This is where a volume control can be assigned to the previously selected volume. The selection may vary depending on the DSP product.

• Disabled: Switches the selected volume off
• Master Volume: Volume control for the global master volume
• Subwoofer Volume : Volume control for the subwoofer
• Digital Input Volume : Volume for the digital input (optical and electric)
• HEC/AUX 1 Volume : Volume for an optionally installed Extension Card or an AUX input
• HEC/AUX 2 Volume : Volume for an optionally installed Extension Card or an AUX input (only BRAX DSP)
• Rear Attenuation Volume : For DSP products with VCP, the volume of the virtual channels “Rear L Full” and “Rear R Full” can be controlled separately when Virtual Channel Processing is enabled.

Assigned color
This is where an individual colour can be assigned to every volume to quickly and easily distinguish between different volumes. All other menus have fixed colour concepts.

Volume control range
For each of the four volumes, the gradation of the volume control can be set separately for the relevant application.

• 60 dB in 1.0 dB steps: This is the optimal setting for most applications. The large control range and good gradation make it particularly suitable for the master and source volumes (HEC / AUX / Digital Input).
• 60 dB in 0.5 dB steps : The fine individual steps enable a very precise volume setting.
• 24 dB in 0.5 dB steps: This setting provides a smaller control range, making it particularly suitable for the Rear Attenuation volume, as this volume often only requires a minor adjustment to the rendition.
• 12 dB in 0.5 dB steps : This setting provides a smaller control range, making it particularly suitable for the subwoofer volume, as this volume often only requires a minor adjustment to the rendition.

Startup Volume
This lets you limit the startup volume. If this option is “Disabled”, the most recently set volume is always restored when the system is switched on. To prevent the system from being switched on at an excessive volume, this area lets you limit the maximum “Startup Volume”. This limitation only applies to the startup process and has no influence on the maximum adjustable volume during operation.

• Example: If the sound system is switched off while the master volume is turned all the way up, the system will also use this volume when it is next switched on if “Startup Volume” is not activated. Using “Startup Volume” lowers the volume to the set value when switching the system back on, if the volume previously set was higher. If the system is switched off at a lower level, the lower volume is used when the system is switched back on regardless of which option is selected here.
• Disabled: The volume is always set to the most recently used value when the system is switched back on.
• Limited to -15 dB : The volume is set to a maximum of -15 dB (max. 3/4 of the total volume range) when the system is switched back on if the volume exceeds the value when it was switched off.
• Limited to -30 dB: The volume is set to a maximum of -30 dB (max. half of the total volume range) when the system is switched back on if the volume exceeds the value when it was switched off.
• Limited to -45 dB: The volume is set to a maximum of -45 dB (max. 1/4 of the total volume range) when the system is switched back on if the volume exceeds the value when it was switched off.

Application example at 100 % volume level:

CONDUCTOR status
This is where all important information on the CONDUCTOR’s status can be found .

• CONDUCTOR communication protocol version: Shows the current version of the communication protocol.
• CONDUCTOR firmware version: Shows the currently installed CONDUCTOR firmware. The firmware is automatically updated when opening the DSP PC-Tool software.
• CONDUCTOR operation status: Shows the CONDUCTOR’s operation status.

Saving and loading CONDUCTOR settings
This is where the entire configuration of the CONDUCTOR can be saved as a file on the hard disk because the settings are not stored in the .afpx file of the DSP PC-Tool. These settings are saved as a so-called “.afcc”-file (Audiotec Fischer CONDUCTOR configuration) and can be loaded into any CONDUCTOR- compatible DSP device afterwards.

Default configuration

The following options are configured in the as-delivered condition:

• Main menu: Volume Control → The CONDUCTOR always starts with the selected Master Volume.
• Automatic switch back to the main menu: Enabled → The CONDUCTOR automatically switches back to the Master Volume menu after 5 seconds of inactivity.
• Only the “Sound Setup selection” menu is enabled by default, which lets you switch between the different DSP memory spaces. The “Signal Input selection” menu as well as the “Bluetooth Playback Control” menu are disabled by default. This means that two “Volume Control” menus (master and subwoofer volume), as well as the “Sound Setup selection” menu, are active in the as-delivered condition
• LED brightness: 70 % → The default brightness is 70% of the maximum brightness.
• LED dimming: 50 % of LED brightness → The brightness is reduced by 50 % after 8 seconds of inactivity.
• Installation orientation: 0 ° rotation → The rotation is set to off by default, so the conductor’s locking notch is in the noon position.
• Volume 1 → This volume is configured as the “Master Volume” by default. The volume is white and has a control range of 60 dB, which can be controlled in 1 dB steps. The “Startup Volume” is disabled by default, meaning that the previously set volume is used whenever the system is restarted.
• Volume 2 → This volume is configured as the “Subwoofer Volume” by default. The volume is red and has a control range of 24 dB, which can be controlled in 0.5 dB steps. The “Startup Volume” is disabled by default, since this function is not needed for the “Subwoofer Volume”.

Troubleshooting

Problem: CONDUCTOR is displaying an error code If a problem occurs when establishing a connection, the CONDUCTOR displays various error codes.

Error code 1:

• Cause: The connected device is not supported. The CONDUCTOR is only compatible with devices that are equipped with the ACO platform. There may also be an interruption in the supply line, which prevents a connection between the DSP and CONDUCTOR.
• Solution: Please check the cable and the plug connection to ensure that everything is connected correctly

Error code 2:

• Cause: The CONDUCTOR software is not current and requires an update.
• Solution: Connect your DSP / DSP amplifier to a PC and start the latest DSP PC-Tool software. The CONDUCTOR is then updated automatically.

Error code 3:
Cause: The ACO platform of the DSP / DSP amplifier is not current and requires an update.
Solution: Connect your DSP / DSP amplifier to a PC and start the latest DSP PC-Tool software. The ACO update then starts automatically.

Error code 4:

• Cause: The CONDUCTOR is not enabled in the DSP / DSP amplifier.
• Solution: Enable the CONDUCTOR as described on page 23 in Chapter 2.2 “Connecting the CONDUCTOR to a DSP / DSP amplifier”.

Error code 5:

• Cause: Repeated transmission errors have occurred between the CONDUCTOR and the DSP / DSP amplifier’s ACO platform.
• Solution: Check the cable for damage and tight fit of the plug connector.

Error code 6:

• Cause: DSP in the signal processor / DSP amplifier is not started.
• Solution: Connect your DSP / DSP amplifier to a PC and start the latest DSP PC-Tool software. Update the software of the DSP with the latest DSP PC Tool.

Fehlercode 7:

• Cause: The connected device is in Protection Mode.
• Solution: Fix the cause of the Protection Mode. Further information can be found in the respective manual of the DSP / DSP amplifier under the point “Satuts LED”.

Error code 8:

• Cause: An unknown error has occurred.
• Solution: Check all plug connections and use the latest version of the DSP PC Tool.

Problem: CONDUCTOR does not turn on

• Possible cause: Faulty plug connection.
• Solution: Check the tight fit of the plug connector.

Problem: LED lighting off

• Possible cause : The “LED Dimming” setting is configured to “LEDs off”, which will turn off the illumination after 8 seconds of inactivity. If this is not the case, check the wiring.
• Solution: Enable the LED feedback rendition as described on page 29 in point 4.1.5 “LED Dimming”.

Problem: No sound

• Possible cause : Volume set too low; mute activated; incorrect input source.
• Solution : Check volume level of Volumes 1 – 4 and whether they have been activated in the DSP PC-Tool; disable mute (muting is signalled by a single rotating LED / demuting: The knob must be pressed for a long time or turned when the volume menu is selected); change input source.

Problem: No connection with compatible device possible

• Possible cause : Transmission problem to the DSP; incompatible software versions.
• Solution : Check the tight fit of the CONDUCTOR plug connector; update the CONDUCTOR and ACO software with the current DSP PC-Tool.

Technical data

+ 0.2 m CONDUCTOR cable

Dimensions (Ø x H)| Ø 46 x 28.7 mm
Installation depth| 17 mm / 0.67”
Compatibility| The CONDUCTOR is exclusively intended for BRAX, HELIX and MATCH DSPs / DSP amplifiers with ACO (Advanced CoProcessor). A current compatibility over- view is available at www.audiotec- fischer.de/conductor
DSP PC Tool compatibility| Version 4.75a and higher

Warranty information

The warranty service is based on the statutory regulations. Defects and damage caused by overload or improper handling are excluded from the warranty service. Any return can only take place following prior consultation, in the original packaging together with a detailed description of the error and a valid proof of purchase. Technical modifications and errors excepted! We accept no liability for damage to the vehicle or device defects caused by the incorrect operation of the device. This product has been issued a CE marking. This means that the device is certified for use in vehicles within the European Union (EU).

Note
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References

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