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Congratulations on your purchase of the 1:2 Component Audio Over CAT5. Your complete satisfaction is very important to us. Gefen Gefen delivers innovative, progressive computer and electronics add-on solutions that harness integration, extension, distribution and conversion technologies. Gefen’s reliable, plug-and-play products supplement cross-platform computer systems, professional audio/video environments and HDTV systems of all sizes with hard-working solutions that are easy to implement and simple to operate.
READ THESE NOTES BEFORE INSTALLING OR OPERATING THE 1:2 COMPONENT AUDIO OVER CAT5 • Use only industry standard Category-5 Enhanced (CAT-5e) cable to operate the 1:2 Component Audio Over CAT5. Cat-6 cables can also be used. • Unit will convert digital audio to analog audio and analog audio to digital audio. It will not however down-mix multichannel digital audio tracks to analog 2 channel.
Features • Supports up to 1080p component video • Supports analog L+R audio and multichannel digital audio via optical Toslink or S/PDIF jacks • Simple plug-and-play installation • Equalizations for different CAT-5 skews • No loss of quality over long distances Package Includes (1) Component Audio Over CAT5 Sender (1) 1:2 Component Audio Over CAT5 Receiver...
SENDER PANEL DESCRIPTIONS 5V DC Power Input Connect the included 5V DC power supply input this port. Once this has been properly connected the power LED will become active. 3 RCA Component Input Connect the component source device to this input. 2 RCA Analog Stereo Input Connect the source’s analog audio to this input.
RECEIVER PANEL DESCRIPTIONS Brightness Trim Pot Use this adjustment Trim Pot to brighten/darken the output video signal. See page 9. Focus Trim Pot Use this adjustment Trim Pot to focus/blur the output video signal. See page 9. Power LED Indicator This LED will become active once the included 5V DC power supply is properly connected.
CONNECTING AND OPERATING THE 1:2 COMPONENT AUDIO OVER CAT5 How to Connect the 1:2 Component Audio Over CAT5 Connect the component video source to the Component Audio Over CAT5 sending unit using the supplied 3 RCA component cable. Connect audio to the Component audio Over CAT5 sender unit using either user supplied audio cables or the included audio cables.
ADJUSTING THE VIDEO QUALITY The 1:2 Component Audio Over CAT5 receiving unit can adjust both the brightness and focus of the reproduced video signal. Differences in cable skew and distance are factors that can affect these settings. To adjust these settings and tune the video signal please use the steps below.
Gefen has specifi cally engineered their products to work with the TIA/EIA-568-B specifi cation. Please adhere to the table below when fi eld terminating cable for use with Gefen products. Failure to do so may produce unexpected results and reduced performance.
SPECIFICATIONS Video Amplifi er Bandwidth ... 350 MHz Input Video Signal ... 1.2 Volts p-p Input Sync Signal ... 5 Volts p-p (TTL) Horizontal Frequency Range ... 15-70 KHz Vertical Frequency Range ... 30-170 Hz Video In/Out ... 6 RCA component Audio In/Out ...
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