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KRAME R E LE CT RONIC S L TD.

USER MANUAL

MODEL:

VP-725NA

Presentation

Switcher/Scaler

P/N: 2900-000739 Rev 4

Summary of Contents for VP-725NA

Page 1: ...KRAMER ELECTRONICS LTD USER MANUAL MODEL VP 725NA Presentation Switcher Scaler P N 2900 000739 Rev 4...

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Page 4: ...balanced Stereo Audio Input Output 20 6 Operating the VP 725NA Presentation Switcher Scaler 21 6 1 Using the Operating Modes 21 6 2 Switching an Input to an Output 23 6 3 Understanding the Audio Featu...

Page 5: ...re 10 Connecting an Unbalanced Stereo Audio Output 20 Figure 11 Connecting an Unbalanced Stereo Audio Output 22 Figure 12 Adjusting the Audio Input and Audio Output Levels 25 Figure 13 MENU Items 29 F...

Page 6: ...tchers GROUP 3 Control Systems GROUP 4 Format Standards Converters GROUP 5 Range Extenders and Repeaters GROUP 6 Specialty AV Products GROUP 7 Scan Converters and Scalers GROUP 8 Cables and Connectors...

Page 7: ...com to check for up to date user manuals application programs and to check if firmware upgrades are available where appropriate 2 1 Achieving the Best Performance To achieve the best performance Use...

Page 8: ...cing and full up and down scaling of computer graphics video input signals Accommodates the frame rate of a converted movie 24 frames per second to video frequencies 25 frames per second PAL 30 frames...

Page 9: ...ettings Six possible operation modes via the Video Group the Audio Group the Scaler and the Master Audio buttons These modes function simultaneously and independently letting you switch the audio and...

Page 10: ...ntrol the VP 725NA from the front panel and a user friendly menu driven OSD see Section 7 1 or From the front panel high contrast LCD Display see Section 7 2 Via the Ethernet see Section 7 3 Remotely...

Page 11: ...HDMI technology has been designed to use standard copper cable construction at up to 15m Supports standard enhanced high definition video and multi channel digital audio on a single cable MULTI CHANN...

Page 12: ...HDMI connections between two HDCP enabled devices to eliminate the reproduction of copyrighted material To protect copyright holders such as movie studios from having their programs copied and shared...

Page 13: ...Figure 1 VP 725NA Presentation Switcher Scaler Front Panel 8 VP 725NA Overview...

Page 14: ...e OSD Menu screen or returns to the previous level in the OSD screen 12 ENTER Button Moves to the next level in the OSD screen Press for about 3 seconds to lock unlock the front panel buttons 13 Butto...

Page 15: ...es lets you select the group scrolling through CV YC VGA Component and DVI displaying the selection on the LCD and OSD when appropriate using the UP and DOWN buttons 24 Mic 25 Out 26 SELECTButtons Vid...

Page 16: ...ptor for s Video 3 UXGA Connects the balanced audio acceptor for UXGA 4 COMP Connects to the balanced audio acceptor for component 5 AUDIO INPUT Terminal Block Connector CV Connects to the balanced au...

Page 17: ...ideo sources from 1 to 4 18 CV OUT BNC Connector Connects to the composite video acceptor 19 YC IN 4 pin Connectors Connects to the s Video Y C sources from 1 to 4 20 YC OUT 4 pin Connector Connects t...

Page 18: ...VP 725NA Installing in a Rack 13 4 Installing in a Rack This section provides instructions for rack mounting the unit...

Page 19: ...lution 5 1 Connecting the VP 725NA To connect the VP 725NA connect the following to the rear panel as the example in Figure 3 illustrates Always switch off the power to each device before connecting i...

Page 20: ...1 to 4 to the YC AUDIO INPUT terminal block connectors from 1 to 4 Component video RGB sources 1 to 4 to the COMP AUDIO INPUT terminal block connectors from 1 to 4 3 Connect a microphone to the Mic I...

Page 21: ...to the balanced audio input on the audio amplifier and route the audio input corresponding to the converted video input to the MASTER OUT 8 Connect the power cord not illustrated in Figure 3 We recomm...

Page 22: ...to PIN 2 Blue to PIN 3 RGBS Red to PIN 1 Green to PIN 2 Blue to PIN 3 Hs H and V to PIN 13 YUV YPbPr Green sync to Y Blue to Pb Red to Pr 5 3 Connecting to the VP 725NA via RS 232 You can connect to t...

Page 23: ...ns Figure 5 Straight Cable RS 232 Connection with a Null Modem Adapter 5 4 Connecting the VP 725NA via the ETHERNET port You can connect the VP 725NA via the Ethernet using a crossover cable see Secti...

Page 24: ...t Internet Protocol TCP IP and click the Properties Button see Figure 6 Figure 6 Local Area Connection Properties Window 5 Select Use the following IP Address and fill in the details as shown in Figur...

Page 25: ...etwork hub or network router via a straight through cable with RJ 45 connectors 5 5 Connecting the Balanced Unbalanced Stereo Audio Input Output Figure 8 Figure 9 and Figure 10 illustrate how to wire...

Page 26: ...S A PIP button A FREEZE button A set of 7 OSD buttons OSD ON MENU ENTER UP and DOWN This section describes how to Use the different operating modes see Section 6 1 Switch an input to an output see Sec...

Page 27: ...signal of the video input from 1 to 4 to the output in each of the five Video Groups Video and Audio switch the video and audio signals of the input to the output in each of the five Video Groups Sca...

Page 28: ...to the output of that group To operate the VP 725NA as five independent video switchers Alternatively press the AUDIO GROUP button to switch the audio signal only 1 Press the VIDEO GROUP button Only t...

Page 29: ...el see Section 6 3 1 Using the Microphone CONTROL Modes see Section 6 3 2 6 3 1 Adjusting the Audio Level You can set the audio level to determine the volume for each Group input and output as well as...

Page 30: ...level adjusted either via the MASTER AUDIO mode or the AUDIO GROUP mode and the last setting is maintained even when a different operating mode is selected The MASTER AUDIO output level and the GROUP...

Page 31: ...d the selected input is faded out to be faded back in when no input is detected on the microphone 6 4 Understanding the PIP Feature The Picture in Picture inserter PIP see Section 7 1 2 is used to dis...

Page 32: ...the button of the desired PIP input Pressing and holding down the PIP front panel button and then pressing the button of the desired PIP input while the PIP button is still pressed 6 5 Locking and Un...

Page 33: ...and the FREEZE front panel button illuminates The LCD displays Freeze You can define the function of the FREEZE button freeze and mute freeze or mute via the OSD menu 6 7 Displaying a Blank Screen To...

Page 34: ...the remote transmitter To use the OSD menus 1 Select the desired input signal 2 Use the menu buttons as follows To display the main MENU screen with eight interactive icons see Figure 13 press the MEN...

Page 35: ...nnected Supports JPEG format only The JPEG file should not exceed a resolution of 2048x1536 If the image file is not within the definition a blank screen appears and the machine displays the message F...

Page 36: ...t the film mode Auto Video Film Auto Temporal NR You do not have to press ENTER after selecting the desired parameter to change it Set the temporal noise reduction level Off Low Medium High High Mosqu...

Page 37: ...366x768x60Hz 1400x1050x50Hz 1400x1050x60Hz 1600x1200x50Hz 1600x1200x60Hz 1680x1050x60Hz 1920x1080x60Hz 1920x1200x60Hz 480px60Hz 576px60Hz 720px50Hz 720px60Hz 1080ix50Hz 1080ix60Hz 1080px50Hz 1080px60H...

Page 38: ...m aspect ratio 0 V Pan Vertical pan 16 to 16 Available when selecting Custom aspect ratio 0 H Zoom Horizontal zoom 8 to 8 Available when selecting Custom aspect ratio 0 V Zoom Vertical zoom 8 to 8 Ava...

Page 39: ...e top and bottom edges of the input signal but fills the width of the screen FOLLOW OUTPUT The aspect ratio and resolution of the input signal is re sized to precisely match the aspect ratio and resol...

Page 40: ...ratio Picture In Picture PIP Source Select the PIP source See the table in Section 6 2 When changing the PIP source the display fades through black PIP Size Select the PIP size 1 25 1 16 1 9 1 4 or C...

Page 41: ...y is equal to the pipeline video delay Dynamic User Delay Available when selecting the User Defined delay 0 to 120 msec In steps of 1msec 0 USB Audio Source Select the USB audio source to follow the U...

Page 42: ...VP 725NA Configuring and Controlling the VP 725NA 37 Figure 19 Audio Level Screen...

Page 43: ...If the projector is located at an angle above or below the screen 0 Diagonal Projection Move the location of each corner of the display separately horizontally and vertically Top Left Top Right Botto...

Page 44: ...ion can support the vertical refresh rate of the input the output refresh rate changes according to the input refresh rate Off Auto Image Automatically adjust and align the picture each time one of th...

Page 45: ...lideshow Feature The VP 725NA lets you run a slideshow via the USB input and set the slideshow speed via the slideshow feature To prepare a slideshow 1 Load the slideshow JPEG images to a USB memory s...

Page 46: ...olutions and refresh rate values Mode Set Functions Setting Function Selection Range Default Mode 1 Set mode 1 1400x1050x60Hz 1680x1050x60Hz 1400x1050x60Hz Mode 2 Set mode 2 1280x1024x75Hz 1280x1024x7...

Page 47: ...or logo The capture image size may not exceed 1280x1024 Background Set the background screen color Blue Black Custom Selecting Custom will automatically bring up a custom captured screen image that c...

Page 48: ...r matches its HDCP output to the HDCP setting of the HDMI acceptor to which it is connected This ensures smooth switching regardless of the input Follow output Overscan Allows stretching of the output...

Page 49: ...Horizontal active start point 296 HA Horizontal active region 1024 HP Horizontal polarity VT Vertical total 806 VW Vertical sync pulse width 6 VS Vertical active start point 35 VA Vertical active regi...

Page 50: ...Figure 26 Active Video Functions 7 1 8 The Info Screen From the Information screen see Figure 27 you can verify the scaler source the master audio source the PIP source the video group source the out...

Page 51: ...ttons as defined in Figure 28 Figure 28 Example of How to Use the LCD Display 7 3 Operating via ETHERNET Serial Port To control your VP 725NA via the Ethernet Serial Port Connect the ETHERNET port of...

Page 52: ...eration mode Scaler Selects the Scaler operation mode Master Audio Select the Master Audio operation mode PIP Toggles the picture in picture function and illuminates turns off the PIP button PIP Size...

Page 53: ...te http www kramerelectronics com Running this AP with the PC connected to the VP 725NA lets you display text over the screen with features including text color and speed transparency text position an...

Page 54: ...Baud Rate 9600 to connect via the RS 232 connector Scrolling Mode Area Blank Time Sec Dropdown Box Set the blank delay time from 1 to 5 Speed Dropdown Box Set the speed at which the text moves on the...

Page 55: ...1280x720x60Hz 1280x800x60Hz 1280x1024x50Hz 1280x1024x60Hz 1280x1024x75Hz 1366x768x50Hz 1366x768x60Hz 1400x1050x50Hz 1400x1050x60Hz 1600x1200x50Hz 1600x1200x60Hz 1680x1050x60Hz 1920x1080 60Hz 1920x1200...

Page 56: ...600 75 VESA 1280x1024 76 Sun 800x600 85 VESA 1280x1024 85 VESA 832x624 75 Mac16 1366x768 60 VESA 1024x768 60 VESA 1440x900 60 VESA 1024x768 70 VESA 1400x1050 60 VESA 1024x768 75 VESA 1400x1050 75 VESA...

Page 57: ...Resolution Vertical Frequency Hz Notes Resolution Vertical Frequency Hz Notes 640x480 60 VESA 1366x768 60 VESA 640x480 75 VESA 1400x1050 50 800x600 50 1400x1050 60 VESA 800x600 60 VESA 1600x1200 50 8...

Page 58: ...480 75 VESA 1400x1050 50 800x600 50 1400x1050 60 VESA 800x600 60 VESA 1600x1200 50 800x600 75 VESA 1600x1200 60 VESA 1024x768 50 1920x1080 60 VESA 1024x768 60 VESA 1920x1200 60 VESA 1024x768 75 VESA 1...

Page 59: ...m CR Get Command Y Control_Type Function CR Reply Z Control_Type Function Param CR Example 1 select VGA1 as video input channel Y 0 157 0 CR Z 0 157 0 CR Example 2 get selected current input channel Y...

Page 60: ...e is set according to the input mode 0 1 10 0 31 Input Phase 0 11 N A Input Auto Image 0 1 12 50 50 Picture Brightness 0 1 13 50 50 Picture Contrast 0 1 14 50 50 Picture Color 0 1 15 180 180 Picture H...

Page 61: ...50Hz 17 1366x768 60Hz 18 1400x1050 50Hz 19 1400x1050 60Hz 20 1600x1200 50Hz 21 1600x1200 60Hz 22 1680x1050 60Hz 23 1920x1080 60Hz 24 1920x1200 60Hz 25 480p 60Hz 26 576p 60Hz 27 720p 50Hz 28 720p 60Hz...

Page 62: ...oom V Pan 0 1 36 0 Off 1 On PIP On Off 0 1 37 0 Picture In Picture 1 Picture Picture 2 Split PIP Type 0 1 38 0 VGA1 1 VGA2 2 VGA3 3 VGA4 4 HDMI1 5 HDMI2 6 HDMI3 7 HDMI4 8 COMP1 9 COMP2 10 COMP3 11 COM...

Page 63: ...pplication 0 1 57 0 Front 1 Ceiling 2 Rear 3 Rear ceiling Geometry Location 0 1 58 40 40 Geometry Horizontal Keystone 0 1 59 30 30 Geometry Vertical Keystone 0 1 60 2000 2000 Geometry Diagonal Project...

Page 64: ...actory Reset 1 76 N A Firmware Revision 0 1 77 0 1400x1050x60 1 1680x1050x60 Mode Set Mode 1 0 1 78 0 1280x1024x75 1 1280x1024x76 Mode Set Mode 2 0 1 79 0 Center 1 Top Left 2 Top Right 3 Bottom Left 4...

Page 65: ...0 Off 1 On Lock 1 103 0 640x480 60 1 640x480 67 Mac13 2 640x480 72 3 640x480 75 4 640x480 85 5 720x400 70 6 720x400 85 7 800x600 56 8 800x600 60 9 800x600 72 10 800x60075 11 800x600 85 12 832x62475 M...

Page 66: ...60 R 54 1366x768 60 55 1366x768 60 R 94 Custom1 95 Custom2 96 Custom3 97 Custom4 98 No Input detected 99 other 101 NTSC 102 PAL 103 PAL M 104 PAL N 105 NTSC 4 43 106 SECAM 107 PAL 60 1 104 0 640x480 6...

Page 67: ...45 1920x1200 60 46 1920x1080 60 47 1280x720 60 48 1080p 24 49 1280x800 60 50 1440x900 60 51 1440x900 60 R 52 1280x768 60 R 53 1680x1050 60 R 54 1366x768 60 55 1366x768 60 R 94 Custom1 95 Custom2 96 Cu...

Page 68: ...1 124 384 2047 Advance Output Mode VT 0 1 125 2 HS 13 Advance Output Mode VW 0 1 126 15 VT VA 1 Advance Output Mode VS 0 1 127 480 1200 VT 16 Advance Output Mode VA 0 1 128 0 Negative polarity 1 Posit...

Page 69: ...mand when SELECT Video Group use one of these Parameter s 2 1 Parameter 0 3 for getting VGA Group 2 2 Parameter 4 7 for getting HDMI Group 2 3 Parameter 8 11 for getting COMP Group 2 4 Parameter 12 15...

Page 70: ...have no effect 0 180 N A Hot key Override same as remote control Keypad Override 0 181 N A Hot key Talk Over same as remote control Keypad Talk Over 0 182 N A Hot key Mix same as remote control Keypad...

Page 71: ...nitor s EDID 0 1 206 0 Off 1 On HDMI1 Input HDCP setting 0 1 207 0 Off 1 On HDMI2 Input HDCP setting 0 1 208 0 Off 1 On HDMI3 Input HDCP setting 0 1 209 0 Off 1 On HDMI4 Input HDCP setting 0 1 210 0 O...

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Page 73: ...ributors visit our Web site where updates to this user manual may be found We welcome your questions comments and feedback Web site www kramerelectronics com E mail info kramerel com SAFETY WARNING Di...

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