Triad Matrix & Amp - 12v Trigger connecting cable, how to command the Matrix or the Amp or both to come ON/OFF from Controller?

[hank31980]

I previously had the C4-16Zone Matrix & C4-8 Zone Amp108, but recently I switched to a Triad 8 Zone Matrix & Triad 8 Zone Amp.

The previous Amplifier was controlled from a Relay output on my EA5 and had the Amps Status reported back via a Contact Input of the EA5 controller.

I am not sure what cables or connections are required with this newer Triad Matrix/Amp? It looks like I need maybe a Mono or Stereo Jack cable to either link Matrix to Amp or do I just connect such a cable from Amp to Controller Relay Outputs/Input Contacts?

Any info would be most welcome.

I did look today on the PDF Install documentation, it looks like a 3.5mm Male Stereo Jack is required to link the Matrix 12v Trigger Output to the Amps 12v Trigger Input, but I am not exactly  sure & so more info from someone to confirm what is required here would be great.

 

 

 

[Cyknight]

The new setup you can simply put a MONO 3.5mm to 3.5mm between the matrix and the amp. Note the mono - stereo isn't needed (though you could use one without issue due to how 3.5mm pins are). I'm pretty sure the matrix should have come with a cable?

In your scenario you would use the 1-8 output to the amp.

The ASG is a 'controlled' output that can be specifically assigned to trigger only on certain outputs being in use (ie if you had only a 4-zone amp and were outputting 2 outs from the matrix to surround receivers, you'd want to use the ASG output so that the Triad Amp wouldn't be turned on when only a surround zone was in use)