Introduction Welcome to Kramer Electronics! Since 1981, Kramer Electronics has been providing a world of unique, creative, and affordable solutions to the vast range of problems that confront video, audio, presentation, and broadcasting professionals on a daily basis. In recent years, we have redesigned and upgraded most of our...
Avoid interference from neighboring electrical appliances that may adversely influence signal quality Position your Kramer VP-441 away from moisture, excessive sunlight and dust This equipment is to be used only inside a building. It may only be connected to other equipment that is installed inside a building.
Kramer Electronics has made arrangements with the European Advanced Recycling Network (EARN) and will cover any costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of waste Kramer Electronics branded equipment on arrival at the EARN facility. For details of Kramer’s recycling arrangements in your particular country go to our recycling pages at http://www.kramerelectronics.com/support/recycling/.
Component video is also known as Y, Pb, Pr, or Y, Cb, Cr or YUV; compatible with both SD and HD component The VP-441 is HDTV compatible and the resolution can be up- or down-scaled as follows: Native, VGA, SVGA, XGA, SXGA, UXGA, 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p,...
Remotely, from the infrared remote control transmitter Via the Ethernet The VP-441 is housed in a 19” 1U rack mountable enclosure, with rack “ears” included, and is fed from a 100-240 VAC universal switching power supply. Defining the VP-441 Presentation Switcher/Scaler This section defines the VP-441.
Figure 1: VP-441 Presentation Switcher/Scaler Front Panel Feature Function POWER Switch Illuminated switch for turning the unit ON or OFF IR Receiver Receives signals from the remote control transmitter INPUT Press to select the composite video input SELECTOR Press to select the s-Video input...
Figure 2: VP-441 Presentation Switcher/Scaler Rear Panel Feature Function VIDEO INPUT HDMI Connect to the HDMI source (from 1 to 2) Connectors VGA 15-pin HD Connect to the computer graphics source CV RCA Connect to the composite video source YC 4-pin...
INPUT connector. Alternatively, you can connect the DVI connector on the DVD player to the HDMI connector on the VP-441 via a DVI-HDMI adapter. When using this adapter, you can connect the audio signal via the terminal block connector 2. Connect a computer graphics source to the VGA 15-pin HD VIDEO INPUT connector.
11. Connect the power cord (not shown in Figure 12. If required, connect: A PC via RS-232, see Section 6.3 The ETHERNET port, see Section 6.4 Figure 3: Connecting the VP-441 Presentation Switcher / Scaler VP-441 - Connecting the VP-441...
The infrared remote control transmitter (see Section 6.5) Controlling via the Front Panel Buttons The VP-441 includes the following front panel buttons: Input selector buttons for selecting the required input: CV, YC, COMPONENT (1 and 2), VGA or HDMI (1 and 2) ...
Using the OSD Menu The control buttons let you control the VP-441 via the OSD menu. Press the: MENU button to enter the menu The default timeout is set to 10 seconds ENTER button to accept changes and to change the menu settings ...
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Turn the auto sync ON/OFF. When ON, a short period after not detecting a valid video signal on the selected input, the unit will disable the H and V syncs on the analog outputs until a valid input is again detected EXIT Select to exit the menu VP-441 - Controlling the VP-441...
INDEPENDENT: the audio muting is independent of the FREEZE and BLANK functions FREEZE BLANK FREEZE/BLANK: when freezing or blanking the video, the audio will be muted (the MUTE function follows the FREEZE and the BLANK functions) VP-441 - Controlling the VP-441...
INFO - the information is shown for a few seconds Connecting to the VP-441 via RS-232 You can connect to the VP-441 via an RS-232 connection using, for example, a PC. Note that a null-modem adapter/connection is not required. To connect to the VP-441 via RS-232: ...
Controlling via the Infrared Remote Control Transmitter You can control the VP-441 from the infrared remote control transmitter: Keys Function SIZE Set the size of the image displayed POWER Turn the VP-441 ON or OFF (the outputs and the front-panel...
100-240V AC, 20VA max. DIMENSIONS: 19" x 7" x 1U (W, D, H) rack mountable WEIGHT: 2.7kg (6lbs) approx. Power cord, rack “ears”, IR remote control ACCESSORIES: Specifications are subject to change without notice at http://www.kramerelectronics.com VP-441 - Technical Specifications...
When sending a command, a blank character may precede [CR] if desired Example: Example 1: set brightness value as 32 Send: Y11632[CR] Reply: Z11632[CR][LF] Example 2: get current output resolution. (2 = SVGA) Send: Y421[CR] Reply: Z4212[CR][LF] VP-441 - RS-232 Communication Protocol...
BLANK button on remote control MUTE button on remote control Auto adjust FW V6.12 1: Set 0~100 Color: Red 2: Get 1: Set 0~100 Color: Green 2: Get 1: Set 0~100 Color: Blue 2: Get 0~100 Brightness 1: Set VP-441 - RS-232 Communication Protocol...
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1: Set (FW :1.07 ) HDCP ON OUTPUT 2: Get 1 : FOLLOW OUTPUT 1: AV 2: YC 3: COMP1 3: Set Select Input Source 4: COMP2 4: Get 5: VGA 6: HDMI1 7: HDMI2 VP-441 - RS-232 Communication Protocol...
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0: Off 6: Set Mute 7: Get 1: On 0: Off 6: Set Key lock 7: Get 1: On 0: clear Auto Tune 6: Set Auto Tune (under fine tune) 7: Get 1: set auto Tune VP-441 - RS-232 Communication Protocol...
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For the latest information on our products and a list of Kramer distributors, visit our Web site where updates to this user manual may be found. We welcome your questions, comments, and feedback. Web site: www.kramerelectronics.com E-mail: info@kramerel.com SAFETY WARNING...
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