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Box Contents

The following items are included in your Home

Controller box:

• Home Controller HC-800

• AC to DC power adapter with power cord

• Six (6) IR emitters

• Three (3) antennae: One (1) for ZigBee and two

(2) for WiFi

• Warranty card

Accessories for Purchase

• Rack Ear Kit (C4-1UREK-B)

• Antenna Kit (C4-AK-WIFI)

Warnings

WARNING! To reduce the risk of electrical

shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or

moisture.

AVERTISSEMENT! Pour réduire le risque de

choc électrique, n’exposez pas cet appareil à la

pluie ou à l’humidité.

WARNUNG! Um das Risiko des elektrischen

Schlages zu verringern, setzen Sie diesen

Apparat nicht Regen oder Feuchtigkeit aus.

WARNING! This CLASS I apparatus must

be connected to an AC mains socket outlet

that has a protective earthing connection

(i.e., third-prong ground conductor). DO

NOT DEFEAT THE PROTECTIVE EARTHING

CONNECTION!

For a more information, refer to the Product pages at

http://www.control4.com.

Requirements and Speciﬁcations

Prior to installing this product, ensure that Ethernet

network wiring is in place. If you’re using WiFi, see

“Antenna Considerations.”

Supported Model

• C4-HC800-BL – Home Controller HC-800, Black

Introduction

The Control4® Home Controller HC-800 provides

many ways to control lights, home theaters,

distributed audio and video systems, and other

devices controlled using various protocols, for

example, IP, infrared (IR) Serial, Contact, and Relay.

This version comes with a faster processor, built-in

WiFi, HDMI for audio and video, improved ZigBee

radio, and more.

The HC-800 also provides extensive media

management services for audio and video sources,

for example, CDs, DVDs, or BluRays stored in

connected devices. It allows you to use an external

storage device with USB or eSATA support for media

storage, and it supports multi-zone audio capabilities,

sending music to rooms throughout the home. The

device installs on a rack or shelf, can be stacked, and

uses 1 RU rack space.

When you install and conﬁgure the Controller and

other system components (using Control4 Composer

software), your users can control the system using

one of two user interfaces included in this Controller:

On-Screen Navigator or a System Remote Control, or

any other Control4-supported user interface device

Home Controller

HC-800

Installation Guide

Draft

Summary of content (8 pages)

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1 ™ WiFi LED. This LED blinks first Red, then Orange, and finally Blue during the boot process. When the operating system starts running, the WiFi driver changes the LED color depending on the signal strength of its connection to its associated access point. Colors and signal strength are as Home Controller HC-800 Installation Guide follows: Orange=Fair to Good, Blue=Excellent, and No Light=No connection. 2 Data LED. The Blue LED indicates that streaming audio is received. 3 Link LED.
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navigation menus on a monitor or TV. 8 9 Video Out (Component). Component jack used databases and Control4 system updates. 2 Mount options: The HC-800 is designed to be for displaying high-definition video. stackable with other AV equipment or mount in a WiFi 1. WiFi port to attach a WiFi antenna. rack or on a shelf using the options Rack Ear Kit (C4-1UREK-B). Note: WiFi cannot be used for Primary 3 Controllers; use for Secondary Controllers only.
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1 Insert one of the wires required for your device into the appropriate opening in the Pluggable Terminal Block you reserved for that device (refer to Figure 1 below). For example, if you add a motion sensor, you would connect its wires to the following Contact openings: power input to +12V output signal to SIG, and ground connector to GND. See the following sections for instructions about connecting the various protocols. 2 Repeat Step 1 for all wires required for your device.
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Controller to control a device that only recognizes IR Figure 1, “Back View”). commands, complete one of the following setups: Stacked, with an Ethernet Connection • IR Emitters • IR Blaster In this case, if you have an HC-800 stacked with other devices the standard CAT5 Ethernet cable IR Emitters works well. No other antenna is needed. 1 Stacked, with a Wireless Connection Plug the 3.5mm connector end of one of the six (6) IR stick-on emitters provided into an IR Out 2 port on the HC-800.
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blinks Orange. This action starts the recovery process. Identification Button 1 To reset the HC-800 to the network defaults, power cycle the device and hold the Identification button until the Data, Link, and Power LEDs are solid Blue. Immediately release the button. 2 If during the boot sequence, the Status LED stays Orange, press and hold the Identification button until the LED blinks Blue, and then release it.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION INTERFERENCE STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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This device has also been evaluated and shown compliant with the IC RF Exposure limits under mobile exposure conditions. (antennas are greater than 20cm from a person's body). This device has been certified for use in Canada. Status of the listing in the Industry Canada’s REL (Radio Equipment List) can be found at the following web address: http://www.ic.gc.ca/app/sitt/reltel/srch/nwRdSrch.do?lang=eng Additional Canadian information on RF exposure also can be found at the following web address: http://www.