SAFETY WARNINGS AND GUIDELINES Please read this entire manual before using the Blackbird Pro 4K60 4 × 1 Multiviewer Switcher, paying extra ™ attention to these safety warnings and guidelines. Please keep this manual in a safe place for future reference. This device is intended for indoor use only.
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YKQ-145 Remote Control (Model): Remove and immediately recycle or dispose of used batteries according to local regulations and keep • them away from children. Do NOT dispose of batteries in household trash or incinerate them. Even used batteries may cause severe injury or death. •...
NOTICE FOR ISED CANADA ..............................23 DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING INFORMATION ..........................23 INTRODUCTION The Blackbird 4K60 4 × 1 Multiviewer: Seamless UHD Video Switcher by Monoprice was developed to ™ ™ support higher output resolution (4K @ 60 Hz) for multiple sources on a single screen. It can combine up to four video signals onto a single UHD or HD displayer.
PACKAGE CONTENTS Take an inventory of the package contents to make sure you have all the items listed below. Please contact Monoprice Customer Service for a replacement if anything is missing or damaged. 1x 4K60 4 × 1 Multiviewer Video Switcher •...
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Multiview display mode switching button. • Short press this button to circularly select: SINGLE - PIP - PBP (1) - PBP (2) - MULTIVIEW Triple (1) - Triple (2) - Quad (1) - Quad (2). BUTTON Long press this button for 3 seconds to select the aspect ratio for PBP (1) / PBP •...
D. IR REMOTE POWER ON OR Press this button to power on the switcher or set it to standby mode. STANDBY Press these buttons to select the input source in single-screen display mode, and the corresponding input LED on the front panel will light green. : Press these buttons to circularly select the last or next input source in single- screen display mode.
VIDEO & AUDIO The switcher supports multiple resolution video input up to 3840 × 2160 @ 60 Hz, and supports multiple audio formats such as LPCM, AC3, DD+, DTS, DTS- HD, up to 7.1 channel pass-through function via HDMI cable. Users can control the volume of audio in LPCM format. The switcher supports following video output resolutions via a powerful scaling engine.
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3. Select the installation path and click “Install”. After the installation is completed, click “Finish” to start using the Controller software. Follow the steps below to connect the Controller software and the device: Connect the RS-232 port of the switcher to a PC with an RS-232 serial cable and an USB to RS-232 serial cable, as shown in the figure below.
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B. MAIN CONTROLLER INTERFACE You can do the following operations on the General page: Control Mode Select: Select the “COM Control Mode”. (TCP/IP control is not supported temporarily, so the TCP/IP Control Mode is disabled.) 2. COM Control Mode: Select the Port number and Baud Rate of the device. 3.
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2. PIP Adjustment: In the PIP mode, you can switch the location and size of the PIP and set the user-defined PIP, as shown in the following table. Size Relative Position (Starting Position) Height and Width of the Inner Frame Small Start Point X: 71 Start Point Y: 71 Width: 30, Height: 30...
RS-232 COMMAND The product also supports RS-232 command control. Connect the RS-232 port of the product to a PC with an RS-232 to USB serial cable. Then open a Serial Command tool on PC to send ASCII commands to control the product. The ASCII command list about the product is shown as below.
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8. 1920x1080p60, 9. 1920x1080p50, 10.1360x768p60, 11.1280x800p60, 12.1280x720p60, 13.1280x720p50, 14. 1024x768p60, r output res! Get output resolution r output res! out resolution: 3840x2160p60 set output hdcp (x=1~3) HDCP 1.4 s output hdcp x! s output hdcp 2! output HDCP: HDCP 1.4 HDCP 1.4 HDCP 2.2 HDCP OFF...
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input EDID:4K2K60 r input EDID! Get input EDID mode r input EDID! _444, Stereo Audio 2.0 s edid user1 00 s edid user1 00 FF s edid user1 00 FF FF …! Set user1 EDID data FF FF FF FF …! FF FF FF …! r edid user1! Get user1 EDID data...
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HDMI 3 HDMI 4 r in source! Get output selected input source r in source! HDMI 1 MULTIVIEWER MODE SETTING Set multi-viewer display mode (x=1~5) single screen s multiview x! s multiview 1! single screen single screen triple screen quad screen r multiview! Get multi-viewer display mode r multiview!
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window 2 window 3 window 4 Set the border color of the specified window. (x=1~4) window 1 window 2 window 3 window 4 (y=1~9) s window x border color BLACK s window 1 window 1 border YELLOW border color 1! color: BLACK GREEN BLUE...
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Set PBP windows display mode (x=1~2) s PBP mode x! PBP mode 1 PBP mode 2 r PBP mode! Get PBP windows display mode Set PBP windows display aspect s PBP aspect x! ratio (x=1~2) Full screen 2. 16:9 Get PBP windows display aspect r PBP aspect! ratio Set triple windows display mode...
CONNECTION DIAGRAM TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 44554 HDMI Compliance HDMI 2.0b HDCP Compliance HDCP 2.2 / 1. × Video Bandwidth 18 Gbps Video Resolution Up to 4K @ 60 Hz IR Level 5Vp-p IR Frequency 38KHz Color Space RGB, YCbCr 4:4:4, YCbCr 4:2:2, YCbCr 4:2:0 Color Depth 8-bit HDMI: PCM2.0/5.1/7.1CH, Dolby Digital/Plus, DTS, DTS High Res...
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CONNECTION Input Ports 4 × HDMI IN (Type A, 19-pin female) Output Ports 1 × HDMI OUT (Type A, 19-pin female), 1 × L/R OUTPUT (RCA), 1 × OPTICAL OUTPUT (S/PDIF) Control Ports 1 × RS-232 (3pin-3.81mm phoeni × connector), 1 × IR E × T (3.5mm Stereo Mini-jack) MECHANICAL Housing...
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