IOGear GCS1808H Quick Start Manual page 8

Hardware Installation
Single Stage Installation
To setup single stage GCS1808H/GCS1816H installation, please follow
below steps:
1. Connect the USB keyboard and USB mouse into the USB console ports
located on the switch's rear panel.
2. Connect the HDMI monitor into the HDMI console port and power ON.
3. Connect the main speakers into the audio port located on the switch's
front panel. The speakers connected into this port will have priority over
those connected to the rear panel.
4. Connect the secondary speakers into the audio port located on the
switch's rear panel.
5. Using the custom USB HDMI KVM cable set provided with this package,
connect the HDMI connector into any available HDMI socket in the KVM
CPU section on the rear side of the switch. Then, connect the
accompanying USB and audio connector into their corresponding USB
and speaker sockets.
a. Verify that cables are connected to the same KVM CPU Port
sockets (all in Port 1, all in Port 2, etc.).
b. GCS1808H/GCS1816H only supports speaker ports. Do not
connect a KVM cable's microphone to the speaker ports.
6. At the other end of the cable set, connect the USB, video, and speaker
cables into their respective ports on the computer. Please make sure that
computers are in OFF mode.
7. Connect the USB peripherals into the USB Type-A port in the USB hub
section of the switch.
8. Connect the included power adapter into an AC power source, then
connect the power adapter cable to the switch's Power Jack.
9. Power ON all sources.