Every care has been taken to assure you of a successful installation and the subsequent operation of your new Clarity Elite 8x8 video switch, however should something go wrong, and warranty repair work is needed, we request that you hold on to the original packaging materials.
Zone selection buttons 1-8. Power indicator / IR received. Select composite inputs by pressing and holding buttons 1 - 3 for one second. Audio / video breakaway LEDs. Current input mappings for each zone. Clarity Elite 8x8 User Guide, Version 1.5a, 10/2/09...
Component video outputs. Optical digital audio inputs. TCP/IP connection. RS-232 / RS-422 connection. Analog audio inputs. Analog audio outputs Coax digital audio inputs. Coax digital audio outputs. Composite to component transcoders’ inputs. Clarity Elite 8x8 User Guide, Version 1.5a, 10/2/09...
Turning the Clarity Elite 8x8 on or off To power on the Clarity Elite 8x8 press the toggle button. POWER To power off the Clarity Elite 8x8, press and hold the button, for about 2 seconds, until the POWER Clarity Elite 8x8 powers off.
AUDIO VIDEO MATRIX SWITCH The Clarity Elite 8x8 has an audio / video breakaway feature that allows the audio and video signals to be switched independent of each other. To switch only the audio channels of a zone (audio breakaway):...
The Volume, Balance, Bass, Treble, 5 Band Graphic Equalizers, Master Volume, and Zone Gain can all be adjusted through the front panel, using the extended setup modes of the Clarity Elite 8x8. To make the adjustments:...
. To decrease the gain, use the input select button ‘8’ . Pressing the ‘ ’ button , will reset the input gain to 0dB. You can jump back to the volume mode by pressing the ‘1’ button Clarity Elite 8x8 User Guide, Version 1.5a, 10/2/09...
The default input or input type, contrast, brightness, color saturation, and color hue can all be adjusted through the front panel, using the extended setup modes of the Clarity Elite 8x8. To make the adjust- ments:...
AUDIO VIDEO MATRIX SWITCH The Clarity Elite 8x8 is capable of memorizing 100 presets. A preset is a configuration of inputs to zone mappings. Each preset can affect a single zone, or multiple zones, and supports full audio/video breakaway.
. The ENT LED will light, this indicates you are in the Client Mode. Repeating step 1 will toggle you out of the Client Mode and return you to normal functionality. Clarity Elite 8x8 User Guide, Version 1.5a, 10/2/09...
. The display will now show the upper two octets of the IP address. The IP address is made up of four “octets”, the default IP address of the Clarity Elite 8x8 is: 192.168.001.200. Each octet is a number between 0 and 255.
I/R INPUT TCP/IP INPUT RS232 / RS422 The Clarity Elite 8x8 can switch 8 component inputs , 3 composite to component converters 8 component outputs , effectively making it an 11x8 video matrix switch. Each component path is rated at 450MHz, and is DC coupled on the inputs and outputs.
, and coax digital audio Audio Conversions By default, the Clarity Elite 8x8 converts all analog audio to digital audio, and all digital audio to ana- log audio. It also converts all optical audio to coax audio. The order of priority, starting from the lowest priority, are:...
If you choose to use the tone and equalizer settings of the Clarity Elite 8x8, it is highly recommend that you lower the Master Volume at least -12dB, and possibly lower if you plan on using the full +20dB range of the tone and equalizer settings.
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