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HD View—HDMI Quick Start Guide 3. HDMI Units 3.1 Transmitter 3.1.1 Side 1 of Transmitter Figure 3-1 illustrates the transmitter‘s side 1. Table 3-1 describes its components. Figure 3-1. Transmitter, side 1. Table 3-1. Components on transmitter side 1. Component Description Get button Press and hold to restore the default data.
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HD View—HDMI Quick Start Guide 3.1.2 Side 2 of Transmitter Figure 3-2 shows the components on the transmitter’s side 2. Table 2-2 describes these components. Figure 3-2. Transmitter, side 2. Table 3-2. Components on transmitter side 2. Component Description RJ-45 connector Video out port RJ-45 connector DDC port...
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HD View—HDMI Quick Start Guide Table 3-2 (continued). Components on transmitter side 2. Component Description 4-pin Molex connector Power: Connects to 5-VDC power supply Video out port LED 2 Lights when the transmitter is connected to a powered player. DDC port LED 2 Lights when power is on.
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HD View—HDMI Quick Start Guide Table 3-3. Components on receiver‘s side 1. Component Description Equalization (EQ) In general, the longer the cable, the selector switch higher the number that has to be set. Adjust the EQ selector one step at a time, up to position “7.”...
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HD View—HDMI Quick Start Guide Table 3-4. Components on receiver‘s side 2. Component Description RJ-45 connector Video in RJ-45 connector DDC in Dual LED Lights when the Receiver detects a video sig- nal from the Transmitter. DDC LED 2 Lights when power is on. 3.3 Repeater (AC3011A) 3.3.1 Repeater’s Side 1 Figure 3-5 illustrates the repeater’s side 1.
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HD View—HDMI Quick Start Guide Table 3-5. Components on repeater’s side 1. Component Description RJ-45 connector Video in RJ-45 connector 4-pin Molex connector 5-VDC power 3.3.2 Repeater’s Side 2 Figure 3-6 shows the repeater’s side 2. Table 3-6 describes its components. Figure 3-6.
4. Compatible Cabling HD View—HDMI works with CAT5/5e/6/7 data cabling. Some skew-free CAT5 cabling is specific to a particular vendor and is not compatible with Black Box prod- ucts. Because of the manufacturing methods, CAT6 cable can exhibit greater skew than standard CAT5/5e and may require skew compensation beyond what the HD View—HDMI offers.
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HD View—HDMI Quick Start Guide 6. Connecting the HD View—HDMI system Connect the CAT5 video cable as follows: Connect a CAT5 cable up to 192 feet (60 m) to the VIDEO OUT port of the Transmitter and the VIDEO IN port of the Receiver. See Figures 6-1 and 6-2. HDMI connector Video...
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HD View—HDMI Quick Start Guide HDMI connector Video screen Figure 6-2. Receiver connections. 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 10...
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HD View—HDMI Quick Start Guide 7. Connecting the Player and Screen The HD View—HDMI can be used to connect players and screens of HDMI to DVI ports, by using standard HDMI to DVI cables/adapters. HDMI players can be connected to DVI screens and vice versa. For HDMI extension: 1.
HD View—HDMI Quick Start Guide For DVI extension: 1. Connect the player to the Transmitter HDMI port using an HDMI to DVI cable/ adapter. See Figure 6-4. 2. Connect the screen to the Receiver HDMI port using an HDMI to DVI cable/ adapter.
HD View—HDMI Quick Start Guide 9. Repeater Application Add up to eight HD View—HDMI Repeater units (AC3011A) to add more screens. You can have a mixture of HDMI and DVI screens. Each unit can be up to 96 feet (30 m) away from the previous unit. See Figure 6-5. NOTE: When cascading eight levels, use CAT6 UTP cable.