After having recently upgraded everything in my HT setup from speakers, display (sammy 5265F), and soon-to-be upgraded receiver (Onkyo TX-NR905 pre-ordered), game consoles (PS3, XB360 elite, Wii), HD-DVD player (Toshiba XA2), I figured it was time to throw away the old, crappy, walmart-bought, and likely inadequate surge protectors and get something that can better protect and clean-up the power for all the expensive new gear. I recently picked up the newly-released Panamax M5100-PM. To be honest, I didn't really know what I was buying but after a trip to Magnolia, a friend convinced me it was a smart buy considering specs like 3 bank power management with 2 switched high current outlets with delayed/sequenced power-on (whatever all that means). Anyhow, on to the questions...
1) I noticed that the Panamax M5100-PM (pictured below) has a 12V trigger input for the sequential power switching of the bank 2 outlets and the two high-current bank 3 outlets (labeled sub/amp and receiver). According to the documentation, the trigger is typically activated by a 12V DC from a receiver via a miniplug. Excuse the sheer newbieness in the following comment but how can the receiver be able to trigger the unit's bank 3 outlets to switch on when the receiver itself is intended to be plugged into the same such high-current bank 3 outlets? Basically. I'm understanding it as: "how can a component that is intented to be connected to an outlet that is currently switched off, be able to act as the source of the 12V trigger to switch on that outlet to begin with when the compenent is not powered?" Or is it? This confuses me.
2) Another potential issue I noticed is that the new breed of Onkyo receivers like the NR905 seems to only have a "12V trigger out Zone 2" available (see image of similar SR805 model below) and not necessarily a default Zone 1 12V trigger output. Will this suffice as a 12V trigger output to plug into the Panamax unit's 12V trigger input? In other words, even if Zone 2 is not selected, is it safe to assume that there is a current coming out of the zone 2 trigger as long as the receiver itself is powered-on? If not, is there a work-around possible to still be able to trigger the Panamax to switch on bank 2 and 3 when powering on the receiver via remote? I did a search and I found things like "AC adapter for 12V trigger" but I can't seem to make any sense to how that would work.
Thanks for reading my late night newbie ramblings
1) I noticed that the Panamax M5100-PM (pictured below) has a 12V trigger input for the sequential power switching of the bank 2 outlets and the two high-current bank 3 outlets (labeled sub/amp and receiver). According to the documentation, the trigger is typically activated by a 12V DC from a receiver via a miniplug. Excuse the sheer newbieness in the following comment but how can the receiver be able to trigger the unit's bank 3 outlets to switch on when the receiver itself is intended to be plugged into the same such high-current bank 3 outlets? Basically. I'm understanding it as: "how can a component that is intented to be connected to an outlet that is currently switched off, be able to act as the source of the 12V trigger to switch on that outlet to begin with when the compenent is not powered?" Or is it? This confuses me.
2) Another potential issue I noticed is that the new breed of Onkyo receivers like the NR905 seems to only have a "12V trigger out Zone 2" available (see image of similar SR805 model below) and not necessarily a default Zone 1 12V trigger output. Will this suffice as a 12V trigger output to plug into the Panamax unit's 12V trigger input? In other words, even if Zone 2 is not selected, is it safe to assume that there is a current coming out of the zone 2 trigger as long as the receiver itself is powered-on? If not, is there a work-around possible to still be able to trigger the Panamax to switch on bank 2 and 3 when powering on the receiver via remote? I did a search and I found things like "AC adapter for 12V trigger" but I can't seem to make any sense to how that would work.
Thanks for reading my late night newbie ramblings
