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Contents

Installers details

3

Overview 

System Components

4 

Wall Control Unit WCU500

4

Wall Control Unit WCU300

4

Learning Remote Control LRC

4

System Remote Control SRC

4

Master Control Unit MCU500

4

WCU500 

General button functions

5

Key Index and display

6

Menu functions

7

WCU300

Keypad functions

8

MCU500

Detailed buttons 

9

Setting the Tuner Presets

9

MCU Display

9

AV1/AV2 Naming

10

Adding additional source equipment

10

LRC500

Programming

12

Specifications

13

Notes

14-15

IMPORTANT

The Opus system offers several variations depending on the the type of
installation. Your installer will fill out the applicable tick boxes, which will
determine which variation is appropriate to your 
installation.

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Contents 

Installation Details

Opus MCU500 Serial Number:

TO BE COMPLETED BY THE INSTALLER

Installers Details:

(Use separate sheet if required)

Installers contact name:

Installers contact tel no:

Zone/Room Details:

A
B
C
D

Sub zones

3

Source Equipment Details:

CD:
DVD:
SAT:
AV1:
AV2:

(Insert name of equipment connected to this input)

4

Overview

System Components

Wall Control Unit
(WCU500)

Main zone keypad with LCD dis-

play, used to select and control

sources connected to the MCU

Wall Control Unit
(WCU300)

Sub zone keypad used to select and

control sources connected to the MCU

Note: A WCU300 can only listen to same source

as the main zone to which it is connected.

Master Control Unit (MCU500)

Central control unit, which connects to your

audio/visual sources and distributes them to

the desired zone.

Learning Remote
Control (LRC500)

Learning remote control for con-

trolling source equipment and

teaching Infra-red source com-

mands to the MCU

System Remote Control
(SRC500)

System remote control for everyday

use in conjunction with the keypad

Opus 500 system component overview

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WCU500

General Button Functions 

Source Selection Keys

Press one of these keys to activate

the desired source

Operation Keys

Use these keys to control the

source currently activated

Volume

Use these keys adjust zone volume

Source

TUNER

CD

HARD DISK SERVER

SAT

DVD

Stand-by key

Use this key to set the system to

stand-by mode

Skip to previous pre-

set radio station

FAV-1

Selects pre-set radio

station 

STOP

Stops CD

Skip to previous radio

wave band

Play/Pause CD 

Set-up keys

Access and select menu options

Skip to next radio

wave band

Skip to previous CD 

Skip to next CD

Skip to next pre-set

radio station

Skip to previous CD

track

Skip to next CD track 

* 

Press twice in succession to go to preset 11 in pre-set bank

*

Selects album1

track1 

Play

Stops Hard drive

server

Skip to previous

Album 

Skip to next Album

Skip to previous track

Skip to next track 

Selects disc1 track1

_

_

_ 

_ 

Channel down 

Channel up 

Selects channel1 on

receiver

Stops DVD

Play/Pause DVD 

Skip to previous DVD 

Skip to next DVD

Skip to previous DVD

track

Skip to next DVD

track 

Selects disc1 track1

External source controls may vary. Please contact your installer for further information.

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General Button and specific source functions of the WCU500

6

WCU500

Key Index and Display

TUNER

STBY

Selects Opus tuner

Skip CD track or pre-set radio station

CD

CD selector

DVD/AV1

DVD selector. Press and hold for AV1*

SAT/AV2

Satellite TV selector. Press and hold for AV2*

FAV-1

Selects pre-set radio station, CD etc.
Press twice to go to second pre-set bank

STOP

Stops current source

SELECT

Used to select options in set-up mode

MENU

Used to select options in set-up mode
Zone shutdown. Press and hold for three sec-
onds to shutdown all Opus zones

LOCAL

Selects local source (typically a TV or video
located in the same room as the keypad)

Skip CD or radio wave band

Play/Pause. 

* When Opus is installed AV1 and AV2 can be renamed to
show the name of the source equipment.

Volume up and down

Shared source indicator.
‘Shared’ indicates that the selected source is also in use
by another zone.

Time
{24 hr clock).

Volume scale.

Selected
Source.

Loud function
active.

Wide function
active.

Sleep
active. 

Alarm
Beeper
active.

Alarm
active. 

Key Index

WCU500 Display Breakdown and Key Index

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WCU500

Menu Functions 

STBY

To activate special Opus functions or adjust the sound in your zone press the         key

Bass

Treb

Balance

Loud

Wide

Set-up

To adjust the Bass use the 

and keys.

To adjust the Treble use
the and keys.

To adjust the Balance use
the and keys.

Use 

to toggle the

Loud control on or off. 
The 

icon will be shown

when Loud is activated.

Use 

to toggle the

Wide control on or off. 
The 

icon will be shown

when Wide is activated.

To access the set-up menu
press the 

key.

Clock

Alarm

Sleep

Party

All On

All off

B-Light

MENU

MENU

MENU

MENU

MENU

MENU

MENU

MENU

MENU

MENU

MENU

MENU

MENU

Press the MENU key to skip to the next option

Press the MENU key to skip to the next option

Press the SELECT button to
modify a function

Pressing the menu button
returns to the Tuner etc.

SELECT

SELECT

SELECT

MENU

SELECT

SELECT

SELECT

SELECT

SELECT

SELECT

SELECT

MENU

MENU

MENU

MENU

MENU

MENU

SELECT

SELECT

SELECT

SELECT

SELECT

SELECT

SELECT

SELECT

MENU

SELECT

SELECT

Setting the time

To set the correct time
use the 

and

keys to adjust the

flashing digits. Use the

key to move to

the next set of digits.
When you’re done press

to exit.

Setting the Alarm

Setting the alarm wake
up time

Set the alarm time using
the and 
keys. Use the 

key

to move to the next set
of digits. Press to
confirm the wake up time.

Select a source

Press to 

toggle

between Beeper and
Tuner. When Beeper is
selected the 

icon is

shown on the display.
Press to 

continue.

Set the wake up volume

Use the 

and

keys to set the

volume. The volume scale
is shown on the keypad 

display. Press to
continue.

Activating the alarm

Use the 

to toggle

the alarm on or off. When
the alarm is active the 
icon is shown. Press

to exit.

Setting sleep time

Setting the sleep timer

To set the sleep timer
use the 

and

keys to adjust the

flashing digits. Use the

key to move to

the next set of digits.
Press to 

confirm

the sleep time.

Activating the sleep
function

Press to 

toggle

between on and off. The

icon is shown on the

display when sleep is set
to on. Press 

to

confirm and exit.

When sleep mode is
active Opus will shutdown
the zone at a pre-set time.

Using Party Mode

Activating Party mode 

Press to 

toggle

the Party mode on and
off. When Party mode is
active all zones and sub
zone keypads will display
Party. During Party mode
each keypad will only
have access to the vol-
ume, on and off controls
for that zone. When you
activate party mode the
keypad you use will
become the Party
Master Keypad. The
Party Master is the only
keypad that can control
the source for the other
zones. When Party Off is
selected each zone has
its volume set to zero.

To exit Party mode

Press and hold the

key for three sec-

onds to exit Party mode.

Using All On

Activating All On mode 

To activate the All On
mode press the 
key to toggle between on
and off.

The All On mode allows
all the zones to play a
source selected from a
single keypad. Unlike
Party mode each keypad
retains full control over
its volume and source
controls.

Using All Off

Activating All Off mode 

To activate the All Off
mode press the 

to

toggle between on and off.

Activating All Off shuts
down all active zones.

Setting Backlight

Activating Backlight 

To activate the keypad
display backlight use the

key to toggle

between the two options.

Note:

If the clock has

problems check the dip
switch on the rear of
your MCU. Even where
RDS station naming data
is available it is often rec-
ommended that the
‘RDS CLK’ is switched to
‘off’ due to the unreliabili-
ty of these transmis-
sions. See page 11 for
instructions.

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WCU300

Keypad Functions

Stand-by key

Use this key to set the system to

stand-by mode

Select key

Use this key to access

Bass/Treble/Balance. LEDs will illu-

minate which mode you are in:-

Volume Down

Use this key to decrease the volume in

your sub zone (also used to control

Bass/Treble/Balance when ‘select’ key

has changed function)

Volume Up

Use this key to increase the volume in

your sub zone (also used to control

Bass/Treble/Balance when ‘select’ key

has changed function)

IR Sensor window

Interface breakdown for the WCU300

= Volume Mode 

(Volume level displayed)

= Bass Setting Mode

= Treble Setting Mode

= Balance Setting Mode

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MCU500

Detailed Buttons and Setting the Tuner Presets 

Tuner Keys 

Tunes tuner/preset keys 

(depending on mode selected)

Store

To store tuner presets

Mode

Selects preset or search mode

Zone Active

LED lit to indicate 

current active zone

Power

Power Switch for MCU

Note: In normal operation you do not

need to power off the Opus system

with this switch. Simply use the

standby buttons on each keypad. If

you do switch off the MCU then all

bass, treble and other settings will

need to be set again at each WCU

keypad.

Clone Port

Transferring IR commands 

from LRC500 (explained later)

Setting the Tuner Presets

This is done via the buttons on the MCU's front panel. 29 FM, seven AM/MW and seven LW 
presets are available.

Step One

– 

Put the tuner into scan mode by pressing the Mode button. 

Step Two

–

Use the Up and Down buttons to find the station you wish to store.  

Step Three 

– 

Press the Store button and the tuner will automatically display the next available

preset number. 

Step Four

–

To store the station in this location press store. You can store the station in a differ-

ent location by using the up and down keys to select a new location and then press store.

Step Five –

If you wish to store presets in another waveband (FM, MW/AM or LW) press the

Band button to select a new waveband and repeat step 4.

Step Six –

Once you have stored your presets press Mode. This puts the tuner back into preset

mode. In the preset mode the 

and  

keys on the keypad skip up and down through the

presets.                                                                                                                               

Erasing Tuner Presets

Erasing Tuner Presets

–

Only works with MCU500 Software version v2.3 or higher. (Update

your MCU software to the latest version, contact your dealer who will arrange this for a charge).

Step One –

Power down the MCU

Step Two -- 

Hold down the ‘Store’ and ‘Mode’ buttons on the front of the MCU.

Step Three -- 

Power up the MCU whilst still pressing buttons.

Step Four -- 

The tuner LCD display will stay blank.

Step Five -- 

Release the buttons and the tuner LCD will return to normal.

Step Six -- 

The presets will now be erased, start storing new presets from preset 1.

Note –

The tuner only skips through presets that have been set. If only four presets are set the

tuner will skip 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4 and so on. If no presets are set or only one is set the tuner will not
skip at all. 

IR Indicator

LED flashes to indicate IR transmission

Operational buttons on the MCU500

10

LRC500

Current
pre-set
from bank 

FM Stereo 

Digital tuner
wave band
display

Current Source
Display

Signal Level
Note: Full 10 bars are required for optimal quality

reception

Stereo
Sound

AV1

Switch setting

Displayed 

Name

AV2

Switch setting

Displayed 

Name

ABC

000

001

010

011

100

101

110

111

000

001

010

100

101

111

AV1

DVD2

CD2

H-DISK

TUNER2

TV

MP3

WEB

AV2

SAT2

CD2

H-DISK

H-DISC2

TUNER2

CABLE

VCR

ABC

AV1 and AV2 naming

On the rear of the MCU small DIP
switches (shown left) allow you to
choose the name that appears when
AV1 and AV2 sources are selected.
Use the table on this page to set up
your custom names. 

Note: To re-name these sources the DIP switches must be
changed with the MCU turned off.

1= On 

0= Off 

000= Default 

Adding additional source equipment

Connect new source equip-
ment to the source inputs on
the rear of the MCU500 using
good quality phono/RCA inter-
connect cables.

Installing IR codes for your new source

First teach the LRC500 learning
remote control the IR commands for
your new source. See the LRC500
manual for further details

. 

Next use the cloning operation to down-
load the new codes to the MCU500. To
perform this connect the LRC500 to
the MCU via the mini-jack to mini-DIN
cloning cable. The IR indicator on the
MCU will illuminate showing cloning is
active.

Press the TRANSMIT button on the
LRC500 for three seconds. You will
hear a beep and the transmit mode
screen will appear. 

Press each flashing number in order
until they have disappeared. The device
screen displays the ‘Tx’ icon.

Press the LRC500’s
button to start the
transmitting operation.

The LRC500 ‘Tx’ icon and the MCU’s IR
indicator will flash.

When the data is transfered the ‘Tx’
icon will stop flashing. 

Exit the transmit mode by pressing the
LEARN button. Three beeps will be
heard. 

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LRC500/AV1/AV2 Naming/Adding additional source equipment

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Notes

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