S2 S WITCHER ERIES PERATION ANUAL Table of Contents DISCLAIMER....................1 Regulatory Agency Acceptance................1 FCC Statement....................1 Manual Version Information................. 2 Manual Copyright Notice ..................2 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTION............3 DEVICE SUMMARY ................... 13 Device Capabilities.................... 13 Device Features ....................13 PRODUCT IMAGES ...................
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‘Windows Control Panel’ control ..............32 OPTION cable control ..................32 Remote control....................32 Locking out the IR remote control ..............32 S2-101AA extra features ................... 32 10 S2-106AD ....................33 10.1 Audio inputs and outputs ................... 33 10.2 Front panel buttons.................... 34 10.2.1 Multi-directional switch ..................
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There is no picture on the Output of your video switcher........50 15.3 There is no audio on the output of your S2-106AD audio switcher..... 50 15.4 There is no audio on the output of your S2-101AA Audio Amplifier....51 15.5 The controls are not responding................ 51 15.6 The C2 unit menu does not expand..............
1 DISCLAIMER This product is intended for professional and/or home use. This product is not intended for use in a medical environment and does not have the required certifications for such use. Similarly, use aboard any aircraft or spacecraft while in flight or as an adjunct to any surface, airborne or marine navigation system or any offshore marine activity, including control of any watercraft, or any use similar to those specifically herein mentioned is prohibited.
2 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTION To insure the best from this product, please read this manual carefully. Keep it in a safe place for future reference. To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove the cover from the unit. No user serviceable parts inside.
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2.5 Ventilation Slots and openings in the sides of the unit are provided for ventilation. To ensure reliable operation, avoid obstruction of these openings and ensure the unit is installed in a well-ventilated area. 2.6 Intellectual property Some IC chips in this product include confidential and/or trade secret property. Therefore you may not copy, modify, adapt, translate, distribute, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or decompile the contents thereof.
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IMPORTANT: CONSIGNES DE SECURITE Afin de tirer le meilleur de ce produit, merci de lire attentivement ce manuel. Gardez- le dans un endroit sûr pour pouvoir le consulter à nouveau. Afin de réduire le risque de choc électrique, ne retirez pas l’unité de sa protection. Aucune pièce réparable par l’utilisateur à...
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2.5 Aération Les rainures et les ouvertures sur les cotés de l’unité servent à l’aérer. Pour permettre une utilisation sûre, évitez d’obstruer ces ouvertures et assurez-vous que l’unité est installée dans un endroit bien aéré. 2.6 Propriété intellectuelle Certaines puces IC dans ce produit contiennent des éléments propriétaires confidentiels et/ou des secrets commerciaux.
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INSTRUCCIONES IMPORTANTES DE SEGURIDAD Para sacar el mejor provecho de este producto, léase este manual con detenimiento. Guárdelo en un lugar seguro para poder hacerle referencia en el futuro. Para reducir el riesgo de calambre, no quite la cubierta del aparato. No hay piezas utilizables dentro.
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2.4 Ubicación Este aparato se debe instalar en un lugar seco y fresco, lejos de fuentes de calor excesivas, la vibración, el polvo, la humedad y el frío. 2.5 Ventilación El aparato viene provisto de ranuras y agujeros en los lados para la ventilación. Para asegurar una operación eficaz, se debe evitar la obstrucción de estos agujeros y también asegurar que el aparato se instale en una zona con adecuada ventilación.
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WICHTIGE SICHERHEITSVORSCHRIFTEN Lesen Sie diese Bedienungsanleitung bitte sorgfältig, um Ihr Produkt optimal nützen zu können, und bewahren Sie sie zum späteren Nachschlagen an einem sicheren Ort auf. Entfernen Sie bitte keinesfalls die Abdeckung, um der Gefahr eines Stromschlags vorzubeugen. Im Inneren des Geräts befinden sich keine Teile, die vom Benutzer gewartet werden können.
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2.3 Aufstellung Das Gerät sollte an einem kühlen, trockenen Ort aufgestellt werden, fern von übermäßiger Wärme, Vibrationen, Staub, Feuchtigkeit und Kälte. 2.5 Belüftung Seitliche Schlitze und Öffnungen sorgen für die Belüftung des Geräts. Um die ordnungsgemäße Belüftung zu gewährleisten, dürfen diese Öffnungen nicht verdeckt werden.
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BELANGRIJKE VEILIGHEIDSINSTRUCTIES Lees deze handleiding zorgvuldig door om het beste uit uw product te halen. Bewaar het op een veilige plek voor raadpleging in de toekomst. Haal nooit het omhulsel van de eenheid af, dit om de kans op een elektrische schok te verminderen.
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2.4 Plaatsing Deze eenheid moet geïnstalleerd worden op een koele droge plaats, uit de buurt van bronnen van extreme hitte, vibraties, stof, vocht en kou. 2.5 Ventilatie De sleuven en openingen aan de zijkant van de eenheid zijn voor ventilatie. Zorg er voor dat de eenheid op een goed geventileerde plek geïnstalleerd wordt zodat deze betrouwbaar werkt.
Complementary to the range is the S2-101AA stereo audio power amplifier, providing at least 10 Watts per channel into 4 ohm speakers, from audio signal levels provided by the rest of the range.
A suffix additionally support stereo audio. The S2-106AD supports five fully balanced stereo inputs, one un-balanced PC audio input and a balanced output with an LCD display, whilst the S2-101AA stereo audio power amplifier supports balanced and un-balanced stereo inputs and 4 ohm...
5 S2-105PC, S2-105PCA, S2-109PC The S2-105PC switcher is an RGBHV video switching unit with 5 inputs going to one output. The S2-105PCA is similar to the S2-105PC but with additional audio switching support. The S2-109PC has 9 inputs without audio. 5.1 Video/Audio inputs and outputs Visible in the images, the units have: ...
5.2 Front panel buttons The following buttons are available on the front of the unit: Button Button Function INPUT (n) Selects an input as the current source. The active source will have its LED lit. Press and hold for 3 seconds to put the unit into Standby (power- STANDBY save) mode –...
This way, in the case of an S2-105PC, selecting S2-PC1 to S2-PC5 on the scaler will route inputs 1 to 5 on the switcher through to the C2 unit Please also refer to the ‘OPTION cable control for multiple units’ section for more information.
6 S2-105CV, S2-105CVA & S2-110CV The S2-105CV switcher is a composite video switching unit with 5 inputs going to one output. The S2-105CVA is similar to the S2-105CV but with additional audio switching support. The S2-110CV has 10 inputs without audio. 6.1 Video/Audio inputs and outputs Visible in the images, the units have: ...
6.2 Front panel buttons The following buttons are available on the front of the unit: Button Button Function INPUT (n) Selects an input as the current source. The active source will have its LED lit. If this button is held in for longer than 3 seconds the video termination will alter state.
Please refer to the ‘RS232 control’ section for more information. 6.5 OPTION cable control The S2 series of switchers have been designed to support networked control in conjunction with C2-1000 or C2-2000 series units when connected via an OPTION cable provided with the switcher. When you connect your unit to a C2 unit via an OPTION cable, the video source menu on the C2 unit will expand to reflect the extra inputs available on the switcher.
6.7 Locking out the IR remote control When powered up, your S2 unit will be responsive to a remote control handset by default. The responsiveness of the S2 unit can be disabled simply by pressing source selection button 1 simultaneously with the standby button. When both buttons are released, the panel buttons will flash twice and the unit will no longer respond to an infra-red handset.
7 S2-105YC, S2-105YCA & S2-110YC The S2-105YC switcher is a YC video switching unit with 5 inputs going to one output. The S2-105YCA is similar to the S2-105YC but with additional audio switching support. The S2-110YC has 10 inputs without audio. 7.1 Video/Audio inputs and outputs Visible in the images, the units have: ...
7.2 Front panel buttons The following buttons are available on the front of the unit: Button Button Function INPUT (n) Selects an input as the current source. The active source will have its LED lit. If this button is held in for longer than 3 seconds the video termination will alter state.
Please refer to the ‘RS232 control’ section for more information. 7.5 OPTION cable control The S2 series of switchers have been designed to support networked control in conjunction with C2-1000 or C2-2000 series units when connected via an OPTION cable provided with the switcher. When you connect your unit to a C2 unit via an OPTION cable, the video source menu on the C2 unit will expand to reflect the extra inputs available on the switcher.
source selection button 1 simultaneously with the standby button. When both buttons are released, the panel buttons will flash twice and the unit will no longer respond to an infra-red handset. To re-enable responsiveness, press both buttons again, the buttons will then flash once and the unit will again respond to handset commands.
8 S2-105DVIA The S2-105DVIA switcher is a DVI-D video switching unit with 5 DVI-D inputs going to one output as well as additional audio switching support. 8.1 Video/Audio inputs and outputs Visible in the images, the units have: 5 DVI-D video inputs ...
8.3 Default settings When your unit powers up for the first time, source 1 will be routed by default (unless you are connected to a C2 unit that defaults to a different source). On subsequent power-ups the unit will default to the last source selected by the user. ®...
Please refer to the ‘Infra-red remote control’ section for more information. 8.7 Locking out the IR remote control When powered up, your S2 unit will be responsive to a remote control handset by default. The responsiveness of the S2 unit can be disabled simply by pressing source selection button 1 simultaneously with the standby button.
9 S2-101AA The S2-101AA is an audio power amplifier giving at least 10 Watts per channel into 4 ohm speakers from pre-amplified signal levels. 9.1 Audio inputs and outputs Visible in the images, the units have: Left and Right channel RCA (phono) differential inputs ...
‘Audio amp. volume’ menu for adjusting the volume from the C2 unit. Note that unlike the other S2 units, the S2-101AA can not be powered directly from a C2 unit via an option cable, and that a separate 12V power supply must be used instead.
10 S2-106AD The S2-106AD is a stereo audio switching unit with a dual output selected from six separate inputs. The S2-106AD supports separate control for Volume, Balance, Sampling frequency and Audio delay for each input, plus headphone volume. 10.1 Audio inputs and outputs Visible in the photograph, the S2-106AD has: ...
10.2 Front panel buttons The following buttons are available on the front of the unit: Button Button Function INPUT 1-6 Selects an audio input as the current source (if connected to a C2 unit, these buttons have no effect and the audio source selection is under control of the C2 unit in the ‘Adjust sources’...
A single OPTION cable connecting the unit to a C2 unit will provide power to the unit without the use of a separate power supply. The input can then be selected via the C2 unit only in the ‘Adjust sources’ menu, by assigning each audio source to a video source in the C2 unit.
10.9 The Menu Structure The figure below shows the structure of the menu system at a glance, and that the menu has only one sub-menu for adjusting the source parameters. MAIN MENU SUB-MENU WELCOME DISPLAY FIRMWARE INFO ADJUST SOURCES SOURCE TO ADJUST SOURCE TO ROUTE VOLUME HEADPHONE VOLUME...
The audio delay setting of the audio source assigned to the currently selected video input in the C2 unit 10.11 Menu description There are two screens that appear before the sub-menu is accessed: TV One TV One S2-106AD S2-106AD The first is the ‘welcome’ display shown above indicating the model of the unit.
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Use this item to select which audio input source to route through to the output. The S2-106AD has six inputs. When a source is selected, the menu automatically jumps to show the volume screen for that source. Headphone Volume Volume [ 5] This menu item adjusts the audio headphone volume for the headphone output.
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This menu item adjusts the audio balance for the selected audio channel. The reading is in decibels from -15 (fully left) to +15 (fully right). Source: 1 Sample frequency This menu item adjusts the sampling frequency for the selected audio channel. The reading is in kHz (kilohertz) and five settings are available, ‘bypass’...
11 S2-108HD The S2-108HD switcher is an HD-SDI and SD-SDI switching unit with 8 inputs going to two identical outputs. The unit automatically detects the input signal rate and re- clocks the signal to the appropriate frequency, in addition to restoring the signal to the correct level.
be connected to the selected port the signal will not be re-clocked but will be switched through to the outputs. This will be indicated by Loss of Lock indication. The unit will display the lock status of the currently selected input on the corresponding button LED.
11.6 Remote control Your unit comes fitted with infra-red control capability, however infra-red controllers are not shipped with the S2 switcher range as standard. Please refer to the ‘Infra-red remote control’ section for more information. 11.7 Locking out the IR remote control When powered up, your S2 unit will be responsive to a remote control handset by default.
RESET will reset the unit. 12.4 Purchasing an infra-red controller It is recommended that a remote control handset is purchased from TV One as these will readily control any unit in the S2 range. Please contact TV One using the http://www.tvone.com/support website for more information.
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TV One cannot guarantee that all universal remote controllers that support an NEC code set will support the correct particular NEC code set, however the units were designed to accept a commonly used code. The units have been tested with a “One ®...
In the case of an S2-101AA audio amplifier, the ‘Adjust Outputs’ menu will expand to show the ‘Audio amp. volume’ menu for adjusting the volume from the C2 unit.
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the audio leads are connected, as some audio connectors are balanced and some are not. If you have a C2 series unit with audio inputs, you may choose to connect your S2 switcher audio outputs to the audio inputs on your C2 unit and use the C2 unit output as a single system output as in the example diagram.
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On C2 units with audio inputs, the inputs are not balanced, and at the time of writing TV One do not supply audio leads to convert between balanced and unbalanced connectors, however the following wiring diagram shows how this can be done.
C2 unit. When the user then selects each video input, the correct audio input will be routed automatically. The system output in the diagrams above could be routed to an S2-101AA audio amplifier to drive a pair of speakers for studio monitoring.
14 RS232 CONTROL 14.1 Connection Your unit is fitted with a standard ‘D9’ socket allowing it to be controlled from a computer or other type of terminal or console with a similar interface. Most computers fitted with an RS232 port, known as a ‘COM’ port, will have a ‘D9’ plug on them.
15 TROUBLESHOOTING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT If problems are experienced, please read through the symptom topics below in order to resolve the problem. After doing so, if you still need to, contact Technical Support at http://www.tvone.com/support. Please have the following details of the problem handy: Whether the problem happens only at specific times or has only just started occurring (and what other things have changed at the same time).
Ensure that the AC power adaptor is connected properly and the power switch is on at the AC outlet. Note that the S2-101AA cannot be powered from a C2 unit. The volume control buttons should illuminate when the unit is powered.
16.2 To return a unit for repair First contact TV One using the http://www.tvone.com/support website. Support personnel will determine whether a return to the factory is the appropriate solution. If that’s the case, a Return Authorization Number will be issued. You should provide...
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Please clearly state the return number on the outside packaging and on any accompanying documentation. This will greatly speed up processing. IMPORTANT: DO NOT return a unit for warranty repair without first obtaining a Return Authorization Number. No action will be taken on a unit returned in warranty for repair without a Return Authorization Number.
Should this product, in TV One’s opinion, prove defective within this warranty period, TV One, at its option, will repair or replace this product without charge. Any defective parts replaced become the property of TV One. This...
18.6 Multi-way audio connector on S2 unit (balanced) 1. Left positive signal (hot) 2. Left negative signal (cold) 3. Signal ground (shared with left and right) 4. Right positive signal (hot) 5. Right negative signal (cold)
Output power 10W rms into 4 ohms with 12.0V supply Amplifier type Optimized Class D with on-off-mute pop noise suppression, short circuit and over temperature protection Frequency response 20Hz to 24kHz (-3dB) THD+N 0.07% @ 1kHz 1W into 4 ohms 0.23% (output at maximum before clipping) Signal/Noise better than 71dB @ 1kHz unweighted...
Internal over-voltage & over-current protection. External power supply specification: 12v DC regulated 1Amp PSU (12V DC @ 4A STD-104 for S2-101AA), with a 2.5mm locking center-pin positive DC power connector. A non-locking 2.5mm DC power connector will also fit. 19.12 Control Methods The unit can be controlled locally via the front panel buttons, or in the case of an S2- 106AD, a multi-directional switch and Liquid Crystal Display.
CONTACT INFORMATION Should you have and questions or require assistance with this product in areas not covered by this manual, please contact TV One at the appropriate location shown below: TV One USA TV One Europe 1350 Jamike Drive Continental Approach...
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