ATEN CS1842, User Manual

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CS1842 / CS1844 User Manual
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4. Plug your microphone and speakers into the audio jacks located on the
unit’s front panel. Audio cables are required to be connected on the CPU
side for this connection to work.
5. Plug your secondary microphone and speakers into the audio jacks located
on the unit’s rear panel.
Note: The microphone and speakers plugged into the front panel have
priority over those plugged into these jacks.
6. Use the provided cable sets (HDMI cables, USB 3.0 cable, microphone
cable, and speaker cable) with this package. Plug the HDMI connector into
any available HDMI “A” socket on the KVM ports section of the switch
(CPU1, CPU2, etc.), then plug the USB 3.0 cable, microphone cable, and
speaker cable into their corresponding sockets. Use another HDMI cable
from the cable sets, plug the HDMI connector into the HDMI “B” socket
in the same KVM Ports Section of the switch.
Note:
Verify that all the connectors are in the same KVM Ports Section (all
in CPU1, all in CPU2, etc.).
7. At the other end of the cables from step 6, plug the HDMI cables, USB 3.0
cable, microphone cable, and speaker cable into their respective ports on
the computer. Repeat steps 6, and 7 for each dual-screen PC system you
are installing.
8. (Optional) Plug your USB peripherals into the front or rear USB 3.1 Gen 1
peripheral ports.
9. (Optional) If you choose to use the remote port selector, plug its cable into
the remote port selector jack, located on the unit’s rear panel.
10. Plug the power adapter that came with your switch into an AC power
source, then plug the power adapter cable into the switch’s power jack.
Now the CS1842 / CS1844 is turned on.
11. Power on the computers.
Note:
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By default, the switch links to the first computer that is powered on.
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The total cable length from the PC to monitor (including KVM) cannot
exceed 6 meters.