KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY
Using Your Optical All-Fiber DVI Cable
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4 Using Your Optical
All-Fiber DVI Cable
This section describes how to:
Install the Optical All-Fiber DVI Cable (see section 4.1)
Avoid pitfalls when using it (see section 4.2)
4.1 Installing Your Optical All-Fiber DVI Cable
To connect the Optical All-Fiber DVI Cable, do the following:
1. Carefully remove your Optical All-Fiber DVI Cable
from its packaging.
2. Connect an AC/DC power adapter to the receiver module (see Figure 2)
Figure 2: Optical All-Fiber DVI Cable – Receiver Module
3. Plug the Transmitter module of the Optical All-Fiber DVI Cable
directly
into
the DVI receptacle of the computer.
The Optical All-Fiber DVI Cable uses only the power +5V supplied through a
DVI pin (#14) from the graphic card.
Figure 3: Optical All-Fiber DVI Cable – Transmitter Module
4. Plug the Receiver module of the Optical All-Fiber DVI Cable into the DVI
display receptacle.
5. Turn ON the power on both the computer and the display device.
You can replace any DVI cable or an Optical All-Fiber DVI Cable with
another Optical All-Fiber DVI Cable by following the above procedures while
the computer and display device are powered up.