7
General InfOrMaTIOn
Controlling Your Video sources
There are two options for controlling the AV source
products connected to the ScreenCast AV system: HDMI-
CEC and IR.These approaches can be used in conjunction
with one another, or you can use IR alone.
Ir (Infrared, or “Most normal aV and TV remotes”)
The ScreenCast AV system allows you to use your
device-specific remotes, such as one from a Blu-
ray disc player, just as you normally would.
• The ScreenCast AV receiver takes the signal that your
remote emits (IR) and sends it back to the ScreenCast
AV transmitter. The transmitter then sends those
commands to your devices via the IR emitters.
• For instance, you can point your Blu-ray disc player’s remote
at the ScreenCast receiver, press “play,” and that command
will be sent back to the ScreenCast transmitter, then through
the IR emitter, and your Blu-ray disc player will play.
• Some products, most notably PlayStation 3
®
, use
Bluetooth
®
wireless technology instead of IR.
Bluetooth
is not supported
by the ScreenCast AV system but since
Bluetooth
is a wireless
technology, it is compatible with the ScreenCast AV system.
screenCast aV Transmitter
The role of the transmitter is to wirelessly send the
content from your AV source devices like Blu-ray disc
players or satellite/cable boxes to your TV.
The transmitter can be placed within the range guidelines
described on page 6. You may have to experiment a bit with
positioning so you get the best possible experience. The
transmitter can be moved, but the receiver can be adjusted, too.
Remote control commands from your source devices’ remotes
can be relayed from the receiver to the transmitter, and then
to each device via an IR emitter. To do this, you’ll connect the
included IR emitter into the transmitter’s “IR” port, and aim
the emitter ends at your source devices. It does not matter
which of the four emitter ends is in front of each device.
ScreenCast AV is a WHDI
™
certified product and can support up to
eight WHDI
™
transmitters. So in addition to the 4-port AV transmitter
that came with this product, in the future you might add other wireless
transmitters in the ScreenCast family. For example, you might
have a transmitter for your laptop, and another one for a tablet.
