AS2 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Does anyone know a good AM/FM tuner (yes, tuner only) other than the C4 version? I just need it to tune to a few 'preset' stations.thanks...as2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 I've used the tuners included with receivers and the set presets seem to work alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AS2 Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 totally, but this is a system where the amp is the C4 amp, so I need an outboard tuner. Maybe the C4 is the only way to go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 What's wrong with the C4 tuner? 2 outputs... Why would you need something else? Maybe more affordable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AS2 Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 Exactly, for the $$! But you know what, I really want to try it, so I'm gonna put it in this project.Does it work well? Is it 2U's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Yeah, we have installed about 6 or 7 and they work great. Two outputs, so 2 sources of FM/AM throughout the house. No extra work or anything. Also, you can scan your stations based on Zip Code and it's all there. Very easy and little work to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AS2 Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 I like it. I'll try it. I have one input left on the multi amp. BUT one of those inputs is from the Media Controller, so I could plug the second tuner out into an MC in, then patch it through to the amp. Viola, two tuner ins.Does it come with an antenna?As2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 No antenna is included. Just a female F-connector. We use the Terk FM Antenna power pro's or something. Crazy powerful and powered. Any antenna will do though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takitezsdc Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 No antenna is included. Just a female F-connector. We use the Terk FM Antenna power pro's or something. Crazy powerful and powered. Any antenna will do though.HELP PLEASE?I just bought the TERK FM PRO and when I hook it up to my C4 reciever I get just " ok " reception. When I turn the switch on, for the powered antenna.....I lose ALL reception. I have returned the TERK FM Pro 3x, thinking it might be a blown amp or something and still same results.Anyone know why this might be happening?Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 takitezsdc,Contact your dealer, ask him to get a FM Tuner Kit from Control4. The front-end of the Control4 tuner is too sensitive in some environments, and can be swamped with too much signal. The FM Tuner Kit is a set of attenuator pads which you connect in-line with the antenna input, which improves reception in many cases.I believe it's available at no cost to those who have purchased the Control4 tuner.Alternatively, there is a 2-way driver for the Parasound zTuner now available at http://c4d.tleish.com/, which will also be included in the 1.3.2 release.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takitezsdc Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 takitezsdc,Alternatively, there is a 2-way driver for the Parasound zTuner now available at http://c4d.tleish.com/, which will also be included in the 1.3.2 release.RyanEAnd that will do ? Once it is installed do I need to have my dealer come out and charge me $500 lol to press a button for it to work? /smileThanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbutter Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Alternatively, there is a 2-way driver for the Parasound zTuner now available at http://c4d.tleish.com/, which will also be included in the 1.3.2 release.RyanEWhat features do you gain from the 2-way serial vs 1-way serial driver for the Parasound zTuner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 There is feedback on if it were to get 'touched', i.e. if someone turns it on / off or changes station, since the tuner returns feedback on those situations, the UI can respond.Another example of the feedback is if you were to use the 'Search' functionality. It should find the next tuneable station. If one is found, the receiver sends back what the frequency is that it's found. With a one-way driver, the search functionality would work, but you would not know what frequency you were tuned to.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbutter Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 There is feedback on if it were to get 'touched', i.e. if someone turns it on / off or changes station, since the tuner returns feedback on those situations, the UI can respond.Another example of the feedback is if you were to use the 'Search' functionality. It should find the next tuneable station. If one is found, the receiver sends back what the frequency is that it's found. With a one-way driver, the search functionality would work, but you would not know what frequency you were tuned to.RyanEDoes the radio frequency channel display on the remote and/or navigator screen?Also, is the driver for the old Ztuner or the new Ztuner V2? The rs232 codes are a little different in the new model.Old Ztuner RS232http://www.parasound.com/pdfs/vintage/ztunerRS232.pdfNew Ztuner V2 RS232http://www.parasound.com/pdfs/Ztunerv2RS-232.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I believe it's the v.2 version.Yes, frequency display does get updated on Navigator (and I presume the remote, although I haven't checked). That would be the other advantage to the two-way driver.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneoneill Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 RyanEDoes the Ztuner also work with XM? If so, how did you get it to work? I did buy one. It's pretty cool. I also noticed it does not update to the remote. Is that your experience?Shane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 No, there's no XM on the zTuner.I would think that if the Control4 tuner updates the remote, the zTuner also would, since they both communicate through the tuner proxy.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneoneill Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 No, there's no XM on the zTuner.I would think that if the Control4 tuner updates the remote, the zTuner also would, since they both communicate through the tuner proxy.RyanEWell, i'm still early in the process, but the remote does not update with the ztuner feedback, which is a bummer. I setup the presets though, and the fm antennae is very good and it works just fine. I'm still tweaking the thing. Do you have a rough button map for the remote? I guess i might have to look at the programming. Is there a remote button that controls MODE or BAND?For now, the remote buttons are this:SCAN FORWARD and SCAN REVERSE buttons go UP and BACK on presets, respectivelyFORWARD and BACK buttons auto tune radio freqs FORWARD and BACK, respectively.RegardsShane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Well, there *is* feedback as to the current frequency on the mini-touch screensaver, so I assume the driver is sending it to director properly, it's possible the remote just isn't programmed to display the frequency change. Typically, the remote only displays the current source, not what that source is playing.i.e., on the main remote screen, it'll say 'Digital Audio' instead of 'Album - Song'. It'll also just say 'Tuner', not 'KBEE 98.7'. Apparently, it also isn't indicating the channel that is selected in the list, which I'd expect it to do, but I'm not sure why.I do know that it does display the selected frequency on the 10-button LCD Keypads on the 'current media' page.Looks like the DVR button is the AM/FM band toggle.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 I believe that Page up / down also does tune up / down.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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