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CONNECTING AND OPERATING THE 8X1 DVI SWITCHER
How to Connect the 8x1 DVI Switcher to your devices:
1. Connect the supplied DVI cables from the DVI sources into the 8x1 DVI
Switcher’s Inputs.
2. Connect the cable from your display (monitor or projector) into the DVI Out
of the 8x1 DVI Switcher.
3. Connect the included 5V power supply, then plug it into the wall. Turn on the
DVI display or projector fi rst, then the video sources. Turn on the 8x1 DVI
Switcher by screwing its 5V DC power supply tip into the receptacle in the
rear of the chassis.
Note:
Computers must be turned on one at a time and the switcher must
be selected to the computer that is currently booting up. This is so that
monitor information (EDID) is correctly transmitted from the display to each
computer.
After one computer completes the startup process, you can boot up the
second computer and repeat the process with the remaining computers.
This can be avoided with the use of the LOCAL EDID mode (page 11)
that will constantly supply each computer with an EDID. In this scenario, a
stored EDID, or user uploaded EDID, is supplied to each input for use by
the connected source device. Then, each computer can boot up in any order
and at anytime, regardless of which computer the switch is selected to.
How to Operate the 8x1 DVI Switcher:
4. Use the RMT-8IR remote control to remotely switch between DVI video
sources.
5. Alternatively, use a RS-232 control system such as a PC with
communications software (for example, Microsoft’s Hyperterminal
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automated control system such as Crestron.
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