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Installation and
Operation Manual
BVD-20
Component Video/Digital Audio Driver
BVH-20
Component Video/Digital Audio Hub Driver
BVR-20
Component Video/Digital Audio Receiver
T
hank you for choosing an AudioControl Active-
Balanced product for your video and audio distribution
needs. You are installing one of the most innovative custom
installation products available. These units will allow you to
transmit video and audio signals over standard Category 5
wiring by using the highest quality active circuitry. Please
note that these products are primarily designed for installa-
tion by professional audio video companies so if any part of
this manual is not clear . . . STOP WHAT YOU ARE DO-
ING! Contact your nearest audio video installation company
or call us and we will refer you to one. Plasma monitors and
DVD players are too expensive to damage so don't attempt
anything you are unfamiliar with.
Now sit back, grab a cold beverage and take a moment to
read through this manual before you charge off into the
installation.
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For Those Who Think Perfection Possible
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- Page 1 BVD-20 Component Video/Digital Audio Driver BVH-20 Component Video/Digital Audio Hub Driver BVR-20 Component Video/Digital Audio Receiver hank you for choosing an AudioControl Active- Balanced product for your video and audio distribution needs. You are installing one of the most innovative custom installation products available.
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Page 2: Before You Begin
CTIVE Balanced Video Series Here are some of the cool features for your new balanced video and audio products: • Allows Simple Distribution of High-Quality Component Video and Audio signals up to 1000 feet (305 meters) • Uses Standard, Inexpensive, Twisted-Pair Cat-5 type Cabling •... - Page 3 CTIVE A Quick Tour Of The BVD-20, BVH-20 and BVR-20 Power Light Power Connector Cable Compensation Control Component Video Inputs Component Video Outputs ALANCED Digital Audio/Composite Video Input Digital Audio/Composite Video Output Audio/Video Output RJ-45 Input RJ-45 Output ® ERIES...
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Page 4: Installation Information
Pick mounting locations close to the audio or video components that will be connected to the BVD-20, BVH-20 or BVR-20. This keeps the unbalanced audio and video signal cables as short as possible since they are much more susceptible to noise pickup than the balanced Cat-5 cables. - Page 5 24 VAC transformer. Handy Tip: For remote applications the BVD-20, BVH- 20 and BVR-20 will work from a 12 volt battery supply. There is a small decrease in the maximum audio signal level headroom, but the video performance is unaffected by the reduced supply voltage.
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Page 6: Video Wiring
Use the BVH-20 to drive multiple BVR-20s. Video Wiring: The BVD-20, BVH-20 and BVR-20 have 4 high band- width inputs and outputs that are capable of extending component video signals (3 connectors, Y, P composite video signal on the remaining RCA connector. -
Page 7: System Examples
ERIES CTIVE ALANCED System Examples System 1: Theater processor sending component video to video projector/plasma display via BVD-20 to BVR-20 to projector. ®... - Page 8 ERIES CTIVE ALANCED System 2: Sat Receiver sending component video and digital audio via BVH-20 to multiple BVR-20s ®...
- Page 9 ERIES CTIVE ALANCED System 3: DVD server sending component video and digital audio to processor via BVD-20 and BVR-20 ®...
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Page 10: Adjusting The Controls
Note that this control is labeled in distance. Esti- mate approximately how long the cable run is from the BVD-20 / BVH-20 to the BVR-20 (no need to be precise here) and adjust the Cable Compensation control for that distance. -
Page 11: Troubleshooting
Cat-5 is correct. We all know this is easy to get wrong. 3.Verify that the Signal Present LEDs are lit on the BVR-20. This test requires a full color spectrum signal. 4.Make certain the Cat-5 cable run does NOT go through an Ethernet Router or hub. - Page 12 CTIVE “There is hum in the audio signal.” 1.Verify that the Cat-5 cable is properly terminated on both ends. 2.Make certain that the system is wired with twisted-pair cabling. 3.Make certain there is not a cut in the wiring allowing a conductor to short to ground (i.e.
- Page 13 Here are the conditional conditions: 1. A completed warranty card must be returned to us within 15 days after signing off on the BVD-20 / BVH-20 / BVR-20 installation. 2. A sales receipt is required for proof of purchase showing when and from whom the unit was bought.
- Page 14 BVH-20 / BVR-20, that voids your warranty. 5. The warranty is also void if the serial number is altered or removed, or if the BVD-20 / BVH-20 / BVR-20 has been used improperly. Now that sounds like a big loophole, but here is all we mean by it: Unwarranted abuse is: (A) physical damage (don’t use the...
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Page 15: Repair Information
CTIVE Repair Information In the unlikely instance that you ever need to have your AudioControl component repaired. Please contact our factory for return instructions. Repairs are handled quickly at our factory. You are responsible for paying the freight charges to our factory. If your unit is under warranty, we’ll pay to ship it back to you the same method that you sent it into us. - Page 16 ERIES CTIVE ALANCED Block Diagrams BVD-20 / BVH-20 BVR-20 ®...
- Page 17 CTIVE EIA-568 RJ-45 Pin Connection Diagram Pair 1 White-Blue (W-BL) Blue (BL) Pair 2 White-Orange (W-O) Video 1 + : Component Y Orange (O) Pair 3 White-Green (W-G) Green (G) Pair 4 White-Brown (W-BR) Video 3 + : Component P Brown (BR) ALANCED Video 4 –...
- Page 18 CTIVE BVD-20 / BVH-20 / BVR-20 Specifications All specifications are measured with supplied 110 to 24 VAC wall lug transformer. As technology advances, AudioControl reserves the right to continuously change our specifications, like our weather. Video Channels Video Bandwidth Component Video Connections...
- Page 19 Manufacturing, Inc. All rights reserved. AudioControl, For Those Who Consider Perfection Possible, BVD-10, BVR-10, BVD-20, BVH-20 and BVR-20 are all trademarks of Electronic Engineering and Manufacturing, Inc. This literature was conceived, de- signed, and written under the protective canopy of the lush, green, misty rain forest on a drizzly, gray overcast day at our home in the Pacific Northwest.
- Page 20 ERIES CTIVE ALANCED ® ® For Those Who Think Perfection Possible 22410 70th Avenue West Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043 Phone 425-775-8461 • Fax 425-778-3166 www.audiocontrol.com ©2004 All Rights Reserved P/N 9130770 ®...
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