rus_teee Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Hi All, duplicate post from Questions and Answers forum, wasnt sure which one to post this in. I just upgraded from an EA-1 to an EA-3 however i'm having a little trouble playing different streams in different zones from the EA-3. I have HDMI into the AV Receiver for the Online Navigator - and I have disabled HDMI Audio. - Coax Running into a Blustream DAC and then into a Stereo Input on the Receiver - 3.5mm Stereo into a second Stereo Input on the Receiver. When I select to play a stream - eg. Pandora I can then group this to all 3 areas of mine fine, however if I want to have Pandora inside and then Deezer out in the alfresco, it doesnt seem to activate the second output stream on the EA3, rather it just changes Pandora to Deezer or vice versa. Can someone shed some light on what I might be doing wrong? I hope what I have written above makes sense. Ta, Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowitall Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 How are the zones hooked to the integra and how are they bound in the project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejn1 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Just curious, why do you have a coax digital output going into a DAC then into the stereo input of the receiver vs just going straight into a digital input on the receiver? The DAC likely is doing nothing as most receivers are just converting back to the digital domain again for processing, bass mgmt, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejn1 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 How is the Integra's audio outputs hooked up to the different zones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy.trochez Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 I agree, the DAC is not doing anything in this setup. Components are not high-end to justify a DAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEORY Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 He likely has the DAC to get the stream to analog stereo as most receivers only do extra zones in stereo only and won't send coax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEORY Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Zones 2/3 allow only analog. His DAC is needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEORY Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 My guess is going to be even though you have a physical DAC you don't have a driver to convert the digital coax signal to analog and bound in that manner to the receiver in your Control4 project. I would unbind the stereo output from the EA3 and see if you still have digital audio paths from C4 showing in zones 2/3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d1amund Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Repost from your duplicate thread: Makes complete sense. You need a driver that coverts the signal so that c4 knows that you have the DAC in place. Use the AV Path Setter driver (follow documentation within the driver) and make sure the driver is installed in the room where the AVR driver is or simply make a DAC driver in the wizard in about 2 minutes. C4 will then know the two analogue paths exist into your AVR. Then, make sure the Digital Media driver is not hidden in any of the rooms, power off all zones, refresh navs and test. If you're not a dealer, you will need to have one perform this for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rus_teee Posted April 30, 2017 Author Share Posted April 30, 2017 Hi Guys, thanks for all the help! Managed to get it going last night in the end. Something was going wrong with the connections so i deleted a few things and readded. Now all working! Can confirm the DAC is needed for my AV Receiver for Zone 2 and 3, nothing more than that. Cheers again, Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejn1 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 11 hours ago, THEORY said: He likely has the DAC to get the stream to analog stereo as most receivers only do extra zones in stereo only and won't send coax. Yep, makes sense. That's why I was asking him how is audio outputs were configured to the different zones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funnyfarm299 Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 If you're using the zone2/3 on an AVR, you should be using the local source driver. See KB 1663. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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