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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.

A

CTIVE

-B

ALANCED

 S

ERIES

Installation and

Operation Manual

®

For Those Who Think Perfection Possible

®

Summary of Contents for ACTIVE-BALANCED BVD-20

Page 1: ...e 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 ar...

Page 2: ... Cable Compensation Circuit Five Year Warranty The First Step In Your Installation Procedure FILL OUT AND SEND IN THE WARRANTY CARD Also save the invoice or sales slip as proof of purchase These actions will protect this investment and help prove that such a handy piece of audio equipment was really in the system Insurance companies can have such little imagination when you are trying to make a cl...

Page 3: ...0 1 Power Light 2 Power Connector 3 Cable Compensation Control 4 Component Video Inputs 5 Component Video Outputs 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 Digital Audio Composite Video Input 7 Digital Audio Composite Video Output 8 Audio Video Output 9 RJ 45 Input RJ 45 Output 7 8 9 ...

Page 4: ...st remember you need to at least be able to reach the units Important Note When routing the 24 volt AC power wiring from the wall plug transformer make certain that you do not run the power wiring near or parallel to the signal cables You may pick up AC hum Tests have shown however that you will not pick up songs from the group AC DC Signal Wiring The BVD 20 BVH 20 BVR 20 system operates using sta...

Page 5: ...s very low on these units each unit draws approxi mately 150 milliamps so if necessary you can run as many as two AudioControl BVD 20 BVH 20 BVR 20s from one 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 redu...

Page 6: ...nd BVR 20 have 4 high band width inputs and outputs that are capable of extending component video signals 3 connectors Y PB PR plus a composite video signal on the remaining RCA connector As an option you can use the fourth RCA connector on your BVD 20 BVH 20 and BVR 20 to transmit a digital audio signal such as Dolby Digital or DTS The following system drawings reflect just a few of the potential...

Page 7: ...ACTIVE BALANCED SERIES 7 System Examples System 1 Theater processor sending component video to video projector plasma display via BVD 20 to BVR 20 to projector ...

Page 8: ...ACTIVE BALANCED SERIES 8 System 2 Sat Receiver sending component video and digital audio via BVH 20 to multiple BVR 20s ...

Page 9: ...ACTIVE BALANCED SERIES 9 System 3 DVD server sending component video and digital audio to processor via BVD 20 and BVR 20 ...

Page 10: ...cable capacitance causes a loss of picture quality The Active Balanced circuitry in the BVD 20 BVH 20 provides the means for correcting this with the Cable Compensation control 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 It ...

Page 11: ...ertain display or monitor is compatible with format of choice i e 480P 1080i etc Video picture scrambled or colors incorrect 1 Confirm that the Y PB and PR connections are correct 2 Check the Cat 5 wire configurations No Power Light 1 Confirm that the power supply is plugged in and that the outlet has power The picture on my TV is fuzzy 1 Adjust the Cable Compensation control on the BVD 20 BVH 20 ...

Page 12: ...rminated 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 shield conduit cold water pipe plenum 4 If it is being used make sure the shield wire is con nected only at the receiving end ...

Page 13: ...o be repaired Conditional doesn t mean anything ominous The Federal Trade Commission tells all manufacturers to use the term to indicate that certain conditions have to be met before they ll honor the warranty If you meet all of these conditions we will warrant all materials and workmanship on the BVD 20 BVH 20 BVR 20 for FIVE YEARS from the date you bought it and we will fix or replace it at our ...

Page 14: ...connections 120 volts into the power jack can fry the poor thing C sadistic things This is the best product we know how to build but if you mount it to the filter pump of a hot tub something will probably go wrong Assuming you conform to 1 through 5 and it really isn t all that hard to do we get the option of fixing your old unit or replacing it with a new one Legalese Section This is the only war...

Page 15: ... 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 Please make certain that you include a note stating the problem with the unit you d be surprised how many people forget that along with your name return shipping address and a daytime telephone number Our Repair Address is AudioControl Attn Service Department 22410 70th Avenue W...

Page 16: ...ACTIVE BALANCED SERIES 16 Block Diagrams BVD 20 BVH 20 BVR 20 ...

Page 17: ...Blue W BL Video 4 Audio Video Blue BL Video 4 Audio Video Pair 2 White Orange W O Video 1 Component Y Orange O Video 1 Component Y Pair 3 White Green W G Video 2 Component PB Green G Video 2 Component PB Pair 4 White Brown W BR Video 3 Component PR Brown BR Video 3 Component PR ...

Page 18: ... Connections RCA Video Slew Rate 1600 V uS Video Input Impedance 75 ohms BVD 20 BVH 20 Video Output Impedance 75 ohms BVR 20 Digital Audio Input Impedance 75 ohms Digital Audio Output Impedance 75 ohms Digital Audio Connector RCA Cat 5 Cable Connection RJ 45 EIA 568 Standard Optimum Cat 5 Cable Run Component video 1000 HD 1080i 29 300 Power supply 24 VAC Power draw BVD 20 BVR 20 150 mA BVH 20 250m...

Page 19: ...ol 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: ...VE BALANCED SERIES 20 2004 All Rights Reserved P N 9130770 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 ...

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