Power outlet: To prevent electric shock, be sure the electrical plug used on the product power cord matches the electrical outlet used to supply power to the Aurora product. Use only the power adapter and power connection cables designed for this unit.
User Guide PACKAGE CONTENTS Please make sure the following items are included within your package. Contact your dealer if any items are missing or damaged. • ASP-44 Matrix Remote • • IEC Power Cord x 1 • 2 Rack Mount Angle Brackets •...
INTRODUCTION About ™ The ASP-44 4x4 HDMI Matrix provides the most flexible and cost effective solution in the market to route high definition video sources plus multi-channel (up to 7.1 channel) digital audio from any of the four HDMI sources to the any four displays at the same time. This solution is well suited for use in home theater, conference room presentation systems, or other similar setting or application.
User Guide Features State-of-the-art Silicon Image (Founder of HDMI) chipset embedded for utmost compatibility and reliability HDMI 3D and Deep Color compliant HDCP compliant Allows any source to be displayed on multiple displays at the same time ...
User Guide DESCRIPTION Front Panel 1. Power: power on/off switch 2. PREVIEW Button: press PREVIEW to watch input/output mapping. This function is active when the button is lit. 3. INPUT Buttons: press respective button to select input port 1 to 4 4.
User Guide Rear Panel 1. RS-232: For channel control via RS-232 serial control port 2. SW1 – SW4: Two-pin DIP switch for manual EDID and audio/video settings (for more detail please see DIP Switch section) 3. +5V DC: Plug in the 5V 6A power supply unit with C5-type power cord to a power outlet 4.
IR Sockets EXT IR Receiver: plug in the IR receiver to the IR socket on the front panel of the ASP-44 to receive all IR command signals from the IR remote control You can buy any IR receiving cable in the open market that is compatible to the definition of the IR sockets for the matrix if necessary for replacement use.
User Guide EDID SETUP Dip Switch SW1-SW4 for EDID & audio/video settings DIP Switch Position Video Audio Description Pin 1 Pin 2 Default Mode – Up to 1080p & surround sound OFF [] OFF [] Up to 1080p Surround audio output up to 7.1ch (DTS-HD Master & Dolby TrueHD) Safe Mode –...
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WARNING! to PC set at COM1) 1. Power off the ASP-44. Execute the firmware update program on your PC via COM1 port connection to the RS-232 port of the ASP-44 using a straight through (pin-pin) cable. 2. Set the DIP switch of [SW Main] at right position for Firmware Update Mode.
User Guide OPERATION Front Panel Manual Switching 1. Press the INPUT button on the front panel to select input source port, which will be lit once selected. 2. Press the OUTPUT buttons on the front panel to select output display ports, which will be lit once selected, to display HDMI signal from selected input port.
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User Guide 1. Press the SAVE button in the PRESETS menu on the front panel and the LED will turn 2. Select the preset profile number and save the current mapping profile to the memory. 3. Press the SAVE button to execute the setting. After loading procedure, the LED will turn off.
User Guide Remote Control POWER Power on/off Function key INPUT 1 HDMI input port 1 INPUT 2 HDMI input port 2 INPUT 3 HDMI input port 3 INPUT 4 HDMI input port 4 OUTPUT 1 HDMI output port 1 OUTPUT 2 HDMI output port 2 OUTPUT 3 HDMI output port 3...
User Guide Software HDMI output port selection HDMI input source selection mapping area mapping area Software Control Menu Status bar 1. Setting button Click Get button to read back device ID. Click Set button to write device ID. Click Rename to open the String Table. In the String Table, assign the captions for each input and output port for easy recognition.
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User Guide Click Save String Table to save the caption setting. Click Set Default will pop up the confirmation message below for erasing the captions and reset the string table to default setting. 2. Scan button Serial Port Scan Click Scan, the machine will scan the all com port and show them.
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User Guide 5. Mapping button Select All Output Select “set all output,” then select the source on main menu. You can quickly set all output to the same source. Unselect All Output Release output selection. Select Input1~4-Output Select Input Source. Then select the output port icon. Example Select input source 1.
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User Guide 6. Fast Select button: Click Fast Select for quick setting Input one Output Port one Input two Output Port two ….. Click Fast Select pull down menu Select Input Num-Output Num Input source #1 Output port #1 Input source #2 ...
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User Guide 7. Output Port: Pull down menu and select which source to be sent to this output port. One by one setting On main menu screen First select input source. Then select the output ports which you want to send the video and audio from this source. When you select the input source, the source will change to gray.
User Guide EDID Learning The EDID learning function is only necessary whenever you encounter any display connected to the HDMI output port that cannot play audio and video properly. Because the HDMI source devices and displays may have various level of capability in playing audio and video, the general principle is that the source device will output the lowest standards in audio format and video resolutions to be commonly acceptable among all HDMI displays.
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User Guide Method 2: Manually connect HDMI displays to HDMI input ports 1. Power up the matrix. Connect the HDMI display that its EDID needs to be learned to any of the HDMI INPUT1-INPUT4 port where your source device has trouble to show the picture normally.
User Guide SERIAL COMMANDS RS-232 Commands ! is the start character to active a command ? is the start character to query status ~ is the start character of the response /x0D (<cr> aka carriage return) is the end character Command String Format Information...
Make certain wall outlet has power. 3. RS-232 not working a. Verify baud rate of 9600 8N1and pin out. a. Verify using proper emitter or receiver to specifications outlined. Use 4. IR not working Aurora branded accessories for best results.
User Guide APPENDIX 2 IR CODES Default Custom Code — IR2 Code: 00 FF Function — POWER 0x17 0x02 0x0A 0x0C SOURCE SOURCE SOURCE SEL SOURCE SEL. 1 SEL. 2 SEL. 4 0x54 0x55 0x56 0x01 0x57 0x58 0x59 0x06 Output Port 1 INPUT 1...
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User Guide Note: Using terminal to set Custom Code Example: Set custom code from 0x01 0xEE to 0x13 0x31 Command Custom Code >>IR4 ---- command (using RS-232 terminal command mode) 0x00 0xFF >>IR4 ---- echo 0x12 0x21 For further information, please check the installation CD. 0x13 0x31...
Limited 3 Year Warranty Aurora Multimedia Corp. (“Manufacturer”) warrants that this product is free of defects in both materials and workmanship for a period of 3 years as defined herein for parts and labor from date of purchase. This Limited Warranty covers products purchased in the year of 2009 and after.
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User Guide This product warranty extends to the original purchaser only and will be null and void upon any assignment or Aurora Multimedia Corp. 205 Commercial Court Morganville, NJ 07751 Phone: 732-591-5800 Fax: 732-591-6801...
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