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HDC-TH401/201/101 User Guide

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Summary of Contents for HDC-TH401

Page 1: ...User Guide Ver 2 0 0 Thank you for choosing our product To ensure the best performance of this product please read this user guide fully and carefully before using it and keep this manual together wit...

Page 2: ...trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing Administrator Inc in the United States and other countries The terms Anti snow and Connection Reset are registered trademarks of IDK Corporation...

Page 3: ...its are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency...

Page 4: ...ury if the warning is ignored or the product is handled incorrectly Indicates the presence of a hazard that may cause minor personal injury or property damage if the caution is ignored or the product...

Page 5: ...ng may cause the connection to overheat increasing the risk of electrical shock or fire Do not use a damaged plug or connect to a damaged outlet Unplug the product from the AC power source during inst...

Page 6: ...f the product is damaged by falling or having been dropped If you continue to use the product under these conditions it may increase the risk of electrical shock or fire For maintenance and repair con...

Page 7: ...ed outside the specified range for temperature and humidity continuously it may increase the risk of fire or electric shock Do not place the product at elevations of 1 24 mi 2 000 m or higher above se...

Page 8: ...tes on use 19 6 2 Menu operation 20 6 3 Initialization 21 7 Menus 22 7 1 Menu operation 22 7 2 Menu list 23 7 3 Copying EDID 25 7 4 Setting EDID resolution 27 7 5 Setting external EDID 31 7 6 Setting...

Page 9: ...22 Setting maintenance menu display 49 7 23 Setting forced output HDMI mode 50 7 24 Setting HDCP input 51 7 25 Setting how long video output requests of sink device are ignored 52 7 26 Setting output...

Page 10: ...6 ft 5 m Up to 7 ft 2 m for HDC RH100 C Rx RS 232C LAN Cat6 Rx for HDMI POWER LINK HDCP STATUS POWER LINK HDCP POWER LINK HDCP STATUS FG DC 5V 2A HDC RH100 C INPUT DON T CONNECT LAN HDBaseT CAUTION MA...

Page 11: ...ture does not work when snow noise has already occurred during startup or when it occurs due to a bad condition of the transmission line 2 For digital systems some problems such as an HDCP authenticat...

Page 12: ...TH401 201 101 Name Description POWER switch and LED Powers on off the HDC The POWER LED lights when the HDC is powered on Segment display and menu operation buttons Sets menu using SET and buttons The...

Page 13: ...HDC TH401 201 101 User Guide 13 3 2 Rear panel Fig 3 2 Rear panel drawing HDC TH401 Fig 3 3 Rear panel drawing HDC TH201 Fig 3 4 Rear panel drawing HDC TH101...

Page 14: ...s and projectors HDC output connector OUTPUT1 to OUTPUT4 Output connectors for extending digital signals The HDC LINK LED illuminates when connected to an HDC series receiver HDC TH401 OUTPUT1 to OUTP...

Page 15: ...to 16 ft 5 m Up to 16 ft 5 m Cat6 cable Up to 16 ft 5 m Cat6 cable Up to 16 ft 5 m Up to 16 ft 5 m For HDC RH100 C up to 7 ft 2 m Rx RS 232C LAN Cat6 Rx for HDMI POWER LINK HDCP STATUS POWER LINK HDCP...

Page 16: ...y be affected 5 2 Connection When connecting the HDC to external devices please observe the following precautions Read manuals for the external devices Before you connecting cables to the HDC or an ex...

Page 17: ...uide 17 Fixing HDMI cable using cable clamp Removing HDMI cable and cable clamp Pull out while pressing Fig 5 2 Attaching cable clamp 5 2 2 Connecting DVI cable Use a DVI HDMI conversion cable for DVI...

Page 18: ...to move slightly If you use the same cables we recommended keeping a distance between the cables or not to place the cables closely in parallel Keep the twisted pair cable as straight as you can If y...

Page 19: ...audio output first select 2ch liner PCM and then set the audio format of the source device If you use other format select internal EDID and select expected audio format 7 10bit component 30bit pixel a...

Page 20: ...STATUS 7 SEGMENT LED Fig 6 2 Menu operation buttons READY LED Illuminates EDID can be loaded and saved Flashes DVI signal with HDCP is being output ERROR LED Illuminates EDID loading fails 7 SEGMENT...

Page 21: ...utton Keep pressing the SET button until the 7 SEGMENT LED is illuminated Note that after returning to factory default the previous setting values cannot be restored Normal operation display is OFF Po...

Page 22: ...ction During the setting change execution the unit stop its operation As the result the video and audio from output is stop until the process is done If you have other setting to set please repeat fro...

Page 23: ...etting AAC Audio 38 F28 Setting Dolby Digital Audio 39 F30 Setting DTS Audio 40 F32 Setting DTS HD Audio 41 F34 Setting Dolby TrueHD Audio 42 F36 Setting Audio channel 43 F38 Setting EDID physical add...

Page 24: ...put C10 Setting how long video output requests of sink device are ignored 52 C55 Setting output color conversion manually HDC OUTPUT 53 C56 Setting output color conversion manually OUTPUT1 53 C57 Sett...

Page 25: ...HDC OUT 01 to 03 HDC OUT to OUT2 HDC RH201 Default 01 HDC OUT 01 to 05 HDC OUT to OUT4 HDC RH401 Default 01 HDC OUT Notes For cascade connection the source device will read the EDID of the HDC that is...

Page 26: ...OUTPUT HDC OUTPUT 01 OUTPUT1 02 OUTPUT2 03 OUTPUT3 04 OUTPUT4 05 HDC TH201 cannot select 04 and 05 HDC TH101 cannot select 03 04 and 05 SET button During EDID copy is processing READY LED is OFF After...

Page 27: ...X HDC RH401 201 101 Projector RX Laptop HDC S400 200 Splitter Fig 7 4 Reading EDID 1 Resolution setting 1 External EDID Selects external EDID The HDMI output connector can be selected in 7 5 Setting e...

Page 28: ...ault 4 720p 1280 720 HDTV 5 1080i 1920 1080 HDTV 6 1080p 24 25 30 50 1920 1080 HDTV 7 SVGA 800 600 VESA 8 XGA 1024 768 VESA 9 VESA720p 1280 720 CVT For DVI device input 10 WXGA 1280 768 VESA 11 WXGA 1...

Page 29: ...900 1600x1200 1680x1050 1920x1080 1920x1200 2048x1152 3 1080p 59 94p 60p 4 720p 5 1080i 6 1080p 24p 25p 30p 50p 7 800 600 8 1024 768 9 1280 720 10 1280 768 11 1280 800 12 1280 960 13 1280 1024 14 1360...

Page 30: ...EDID number which you want to set Default 3 1080p SET button During EDID copy is processing READY LED is OFF After copying is finished the LED is ON If there is connection error error on reading EDID...

Page 31: ...external EDID Select F12 SET button button Select output connector Default 01 HDC OUTPUT HDMI OUTPUT 01 OUTPUT1 02 OUTPUT2 03 OUTPUT3 04 OUTPUT4 05 HDC TH201 cannot select 04 and 05 HDC TH101 cannot s...

Page 32: ...F14 SET button button Copied EDID data number Default 01 Copied EDID data number Copied by F01 01 Copied EDID data number Copied by F02 02 Copied EDID data number Copied by F03 03 SET button During E...

Page 33: ...me Notes If you are using the monitor power saving or dual monitor features on your PC set this feature to OFF This will avoid potentially unpredictable operation When using this feature ensure that t...

Page 34: ...al condition OFF SET button button setting INPUT no signal input monitoring time select F16 SET button button select no signal input monitoring time Default 10 sec OFF 2 to 15 2 sec to 15 sec SET butt...

Page 35: ...pixel is set by default Note If you select 10bit component 30bit pixel or 12bit component 36bit pixel the transmission clock will be faster resulting in noise on video when a poor quality cable or lon...

Page 36: ...to 22 Built in EDID Note Some LCD monitors do not support some audio formats Select the audio format and sampling frequency supported by your devices Setting by menu Normal condition OFF SET button bu...

Page 37: ...ot support some audio formats Select the audio format and sampling frequency supported by your device Audio is not output from the analog output connector of the HDC Setting by menu Normal condition O...

Page 38: ...support some audio formats Select the audio format and sampling frequency supported by your device Audio is not output from the analog output connector of the HDC Setting by menu Normal condition OFF...

Page 39: ...o not support some audio formats Select the audio format and sampling frequency supported by your device Audio is not output from the analog output connector of the HDC Setting by menu Normal conditio...

Page 40: ...o not support some audio formats Select the audio format and sampling frequency supported by your device Audio is not output from the analog output connector of the HDC Setting by menu Normal conditio...

Page 41: ...ome audio formats Select the audio format and sampling frequency supported by your device Audio is not output from the analog output connector of the HDC Setting by menu Normal condition OFF SET butto...

Page 42: ...audio formats Select the audio format and sampling frequency supported by your device Audio is not output from the analog output connector of the HDC Setting by menu Normal condition OFF SET button b...

Page 43: ...o channels is set the following speakers configuration will be applied Table 7 6 The number of channels and speaker configuration Speakers FR FL LFE FC RL RR RLC RRC 2ch ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 3 2 1 ch ON...

Page 44: ...on set INPUT audio channel select F36 SET button button set the number of speakers Default 2 2ch 2 2ch 3 3 2 1 ch 6 6 5 1 ch 8 8 7 1 ch During Audio channel setting is processing READY LED is OFF Afte...

Page 45: ...sink device and the HDC s address are not the same the CEC functions such as input switching in the sink device at start up may not work correctly The problem can be solved by using the CEC physical a...

Page 46: ...et audio output ON OFF Default ON OFF No audio output ON Audio output SET button After processing 7 SEGMENT LED goes back to menu 7 19 Selecting CEC You can set the OUTPUT connector that is controlled...

Page 47: ...920 1080 HDTV Default 6 1080p 24 25 30 50 1920 1080 HDTV 14 WXGA 1360 768 1366 768 VESA 15 SXGA 1400 1050 VESA 16 WXGA 1440 900 VESA 17 WXGA 1600 900 VESA Reduced Blanking 18 UXGA 1600 1200 VESA 19 WS...

Page 48: ...21 Displaying firmware version Setting by menu Normal condition OFF SET button button displaying firmware version select F90 SET button Displaying firmware version Ex 1 00 SET button After processing...

Page 49: ...olor conversion manually HDC OUTPUT 53 C56 Setting output color conversion manually OUTPUT1 53 C57 Setting output color conversion manually OUTPUT2 53 C58 Setting output color conversion manually OUTP...

Page 50: ...u to ON Do not set 7 4 Setting EDID resolution to External EDID if setting this menu ON This menu can be set for each output separately Setting by menu Normal condition OFF SET button button Select ou...

Page 51: ...o image Both HDCP Non HDCP displays Only no HDCP contents can be displayed HDCP output OFF Cat6 cable HDCP display Video image HDC RH100 C Receiver HDC TH401 201 101 Transmitter HDCP setting ON HDC TH...

Page 52: ...e time to output video Use this menu to set the masking time of hot plug as needed Fig 7 9 Hot plug off mask setting Setting by menu Normal condition OFF SET button button set Hot plug off mask settin...

Page 53: ...do it for any reason you can select the color space manually This menu can be set for each output separately Setting by menu Normal condition OFF SET button button Select output connector HDC OUTPUT...

Page 54: ...button Each status is displayed SET button After processing 7 SEGMENT LED goes back to menu Table 7 11 Menu number Status menu Type Menu Function Input L01 HDMI mode DVI mode and color bit of input s...

Page 55: ...ure use not used L05 Input signal frequency No input 59 9Hz L06 DDC power input status DDC power is on No DDC power input L07 Input timing No input Input resolution L10 First 2 digits Audio input form...

Page 56: ...ut L10 Dolby Digital Audio DTS HD Audi Dolby TrueHD Audio DST Audio WMA Audio HE AAC HE AACv2 MPEG Surround Audio L11 Input audio frequency No audio input 22 05kHz 24kHz 32kHz 44 1kHz 48kHz 88 2kHz 96...

Page 57: ...HDMI OUTPUT L30 OUTPUT1 L31 OUTPUT2 L32 OUTPUT3 L33 OUTPUT4 L34 HDC TH201 does not have L33 and L34 HDC TH101 does not have L32 L33 and L34 No connection or monitor s EDID read error 8 bit 10 bit 12 b...

Page 58: ...r 422 supported monitor L45 to L49 HDCP status between connected monitor HDMI OUTPUT L45 OUTPUT1 L46 OUTPUT2 L47 OUTPUT3 L48 OUTPUT4 L49 HDC TH201 does not have L48 and L49 HDC TH101 does not have L47...

Page 59: ...ported EDID read error L60 to L64 Hot plug detect between monitor HDMI OUTPUT L60 OUTPUT1 L61 OUTPUT2 L62 OUTPUT3 L63 OUTPUT4 L64 HDC TH201 does not have L63 and L64 HDC TH101 does not have L62 L63 an...

Page 60: ...D of connected receiver Cable CAT 5E HDC Cat5e UTP STP Cat6 UTP STP 7 Max extension distance 197 ft 60 m 8 Others AC adapter 100 240 VAC 10 50 Hz 60 Hz 3 Hz Power consumption About 9 Watts About 12 Wa...

Page 61: ...erved NC 15 SCL 16 SDA 17 DDC CEC Ground 18 5V Power 19 Hot Plug Detect 8 3 RJ 45 connector pin assignment Fig 8 1 pin assignment Table 8 2 TIA EIA 568A pin assingmnet Table 8 3 TIA EIA 568B pin assin...

Page 62: ...he input resolution supported by the display device The EDID resolution is set to 1080p by default but some TVs do not support that resolution If the EDID resolution is set to 1080i the video may not...

Page 63: ...a sink device that does not support interlace signals the video blinks Check the supported resolution of the sink device 27 The dual monitor function cannot be set or it is canceled automatically When...

Page 64: ...Connected sink device ot AV amp support output sampling frequency There is a case that LCD monitor cannot output higher sampling frequency such as higher that 88 2kHz If this is the case you can limit...

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