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-436N 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.
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Overview The Kramer VP-436N is a high quality presentation switcher and scaler. It accepts one of seven inputs: a component video on RCA connectors, computer graphics on a 15-pin HD connector, composite video on an RCA connector, s-Video on a 4-pin connector and two HDMI signals.
Remotely, from the infrared remote control transmitter The VP-436N 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-436N Presentation Switcher/Scaler This section defines the VP-436N.
Figure 1: VP-436N Presentation Switcher/Scaler Front Panel Feature Function POWER Switch Illuminated switch for turning the unit ON or OFF IR Receiver Accepts IR remote commands INPUT Press to select the composite video input Selector Press to select the s-Video input...
Figure 2: VP-436N Presentation Switcher/Scaler Rear Panel Feature Function HDMI Connector Connect to the HDMI source (from 1 to 2) VGA 15-pin HD Connector Connect to the computer graphics source YC 4-pin Connector Connect to the s-Video source CV RCA Connector...
INPUT connector. Alternatively, you can connect the DVI connector on the DVD player to the HDMI connector on the VP-436N 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.
(not shown in Figure 11. Connect the power cord (not shown in Figure 12. If required, connect a PC via RS-232, see Section 6.3 Figure 3: Connecting the VP-436N Presentation Switcher / Scaler VP-436N - Connecting the VP-436N...
FINE TUNE menu (see Section 6.2.2). Using the OSD Menu The control buttons let you control the VP-436N via the OSD menu. Press the: MENU button to enter the menu (the default timeout is set to 10 seconds) ...
BACKGROUND and DISPLAY (see Section 6.2.4) HDCP ON INPUT Select the HDCP option for the HDMI input: either ON (the default) or OFF. Setting HDCP support to enabled (ON) on the HDMI input allows the VP-436N - Controlling the VP-436N...
By factory default this option is set to OFF. The COLOR FILTER feature may improve the output image for certain graphic cards where color fringing is seen. VP-436N - Controlling the VP-436N...
INFO - the information is shown for a few seconds Connecting to the VP-436N via RS-232 You can connect to the VP-436N 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-436N via RS-232: ...
Controlling via the Infrared Remote Control Transmitter You can control the VP-436N from the infrared remote control transmitter: Keys Function SIZE Set the size of the image displayed POWER Toggle the power save mode ON or OFF FREEZE Freeze/unfreeze the output...
100-240V AC, 20VA max. DIMENSIONS: 19" x 7" x 1U (W, D, H) rack mountable WEIGHT: 2.7kg (6lbs) approx. ACCESSORIES: Power cord, null-modem adapter, rack ears, IR remote control Specifications are subject to change without notice at http://www.kramerelectronics.com VP-436N - 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-436N - 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 VP-436N - RS-232 Communication Protocol...
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2: Get 1: ON (FW: 6.27) 1: Set OUTPUT HDCP Option 0 : Follow input (FW : 6.29 ) 2: Get 1 : Follow output 3: Set 1: AV Select Input Source 4: Get 2: YC VP-436N - RS-232 Communication Protocol...
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7: Get 1: On 0: Off 6: Set Key lock 7: Get 1: On 6 : set 0 : Clear Auto Tune Auto Tune (under fine tune) 7 : get 1 : Set Auto Tune VP-436N - 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...