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USER MANUAL

MODEL

VP-731

Presentation Switcher/Scaler

P/N: 2900-000566

Rev 6

Summary of Contents for VP-731

Page 1: ...KRAMER ELECTRONICS LTD USER MANUAL MODEL VP 731 Presentation Switcher Scaler P N 2900 000566 Rev 6...

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Page 4: ...tching an Input 15 6 2 The PIP Button Feature 16 6 3 Locking and Unlocking the Front Panel 19 6 4 The Infrared Remote Control Transmitter 20 7 Configuring the VP 731 via the OSD MENU Screens 21 7 1 Th...

Page 5: ...7 Figure 11 The SWAP Status 18 Figure 12 IR Remote Control Transmitter 20 Figure 13 MENU Items 21 Figure 14 Input Screen 22 Figure 15 Picture Screen 24 Figure 16 Output Screen 25 Figure 17 PIP Screen...

Page 6: ...hers and Routers 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...

Page 7: ...ow quality cables Do not secure the cables in tight bundles or roll the slack into tight coils Avoid interference from neighboring electrical appliances that may adversely influence signal quality Pos...

Page 8: ...and high definition signals Fade Thru Black FTB Switching the video fades to black and then the new input fades from black for glitch free and smooth switching The output signal provides constant sync...

Page 9: ...o use a 5 1 digital audio source connect this HDMI or S PDIF source for example a Blu ray player directly to your receiver or display One stereo speaker output 6W per channel into 8 on a 4 pin termina...

Page 10: ...nd algorithms for eliminating picture artifacts Scales and zooms to up to 400 of the original size Can provide non linear scaling for 4 3 and 16 9 transformation Control your VP 731 directly via the f...

Page 11: ...IR remote control transmitter see Section 6 4 7 PIP Button Toggles the picture in picture function see Section 6 2 8 BLANK Button Press to toggle between a blank screen blue or black and the display T...

Page 12: ...nect to the video acceptor which can be either composite video Y CV s Video Y CV PB C or component video Y CV PB C PR 20 PB C 21 PR 22 PC 2 IN 15 pin HD Connector Connects to the computer graphics sou...

Page 13: ...at displays the scaled output In the default HDTV mode the signal goes out via 3 PINS PIN 1 is PR PIN 2 is Y PIN 3 is PB 36 ETHERNET Port Connects to your LAN Local Area Network that is computers shar...

Page 14: ...VP 731 Installing in a Rack 9 4 Installing in a Rack This section provides instructions for rack mounting the unit...

Page 15: ...connector A computer graphics source to the PC 1 IN 15 pin HD computer graphics video connector An HDMI source for example a DVD player to the HDMI 1 IN connector A graphics data source for example J...

Page 16: ...three PINS PIN 1 is Red or Pr PIN 2 is Green or Y PIN 3 is Blue or Pb 4 Connect the AUDIO OUT 5 pin terminal block and or the S PDIF digital audio output to audio acceptors 5 Connect the SPKR OUT bloc...

Page 17: ...12 VP 731 Connecting the VP 731 Figure 3 Connecting to the VP 731 Rear Panel...

Page 18: ...pin 4 to 6 on the controller side Method B Figure 5 Connect the RS 232 9 pin D sub port on the unit via a straight flat cable to the null modem adapter and connect the null modem adapter to the RS 23...

Page 19: ...Input Figure 8 Connecting an Unbalanced Stereo Audio Acceptor to the Balanced Output 5 4 Connecting the Digital S PDIF Audio Input Figure 9 illustrates how to connect a digital S PDIF audio source to...

Page 20: ...ttons Six OSD navigation buttons A RESET TO XGA 720p button A PANEL LOCK button 6 1 Switching an Input Each INPUT SELECTOR button can be used to select the source When selected the button illuminates...

Page 21: ...l is HDCP protected it cannot appear on a display that is not HDCP compliant and the machine will not output a picture on the VGA output The VP 731 supports three PIP modes Picture in Picture with a s...

Page 22: ...g the IR remote controller press the desired PIP source on the remote controller For example if you want to select HDMI 2 as the PIP source press the HDMI 2 button in the PIP source area on the IR rem...

Page 23: ...illustrates press the Swap key on the infrared remote control transmitter see Figure 12 You can also do this via the OSD menu by selecting a new Input Source through the Input menu and a new PIP sourc...

Page 24: ...event changing the settings accidentally or tampering with the unit via the front panel buttons lock your VP 731 Unlocking releases the protection mechanism When the front panel is locked control is s...

Page 25: ...ting one of the following sources Input 1 Input 2 VGA 1 VGA2 VGA 3 VGA 4 HDMI 1 HDMI 2 and USB Reset Press and hold to reset to the default resolution toggles between RESET TO XGA and 720p Info Press...

Page 26: ...te control transmitter to display the main MENU screen which shows the eight interactive icons Press the or buttons to select the desired sub menu and then press ENTER Press the or buttons to select t...

Page 27: ...t This feature is available when the slideshow feature is set to Off see Section 7 7 1 This feature supports JPEG format only The JPEG file should be smaller than 1MB and should not exceed a resolutio...

Page 28: ...he USB input The JPEG files can be used to display a JPEG image download a new Logo or background see Page 33 or create a slideshow see Section 7 7 1 To read JPEG files 1 Load the JPEG images the JPEG...

Page 29: ...00 50 Output Gamma Adjust the gamma Gamma 1 to Gamma 5 Gamma 1 Film Mode Set the film mode Auto Video Film Auto Temporal NR Set the temporal noise reduction level Off Low Medium High High Mosquito NR...

Page 30: ...appears on the screen The embedded audio feature is not available for the 1920x1200 The embedded audio feature is not available for the RGB resolutions 1920x1200 and 1920x1080 It is available for 108...

Page 31: ...ct ratio will best fit to the top and bottom of a widescreen output image resulting in black pillars on either side LETTERBOX This setting compresses the top and bottom edges of the input signal but f...

Page 32: ...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 Custom The PIP size can be set up to the full height and up to half the width of the scre...

Page 33: ...treble 36 to 36 0 Balance Adjust the balance 10 to 10 0 Loudness Set the loudness On Off Off Delay Define the delay type Dynamic or User Define Select Dynamic for the audio delay to equal the pipelin...

Page 34: ...creen 0 Diagonal Projection Move the location of each corner of the display separately horizontal and vertical Top Left Top Right Bottom Left Bottom Right or Reset to reset diagonal projections settin...

Page 35: ...fade through Black or Fast switching which is faster but may cause glitches on the output applies when switching between analog inputs Seamless Factory Reset Select Yes to reset your VP 731 to its pre...

Page 36: ...should not exceed a resolution of 2048x1536 2 Open the Setup menu and set the desired speed in the slideshow item and then close the menu 3 Connect the Memory stick to the USB connector on the front...

Page 37: ...on Range Default Mode 1 Set mode 1 1400x1050x60Hz 1680x1050x60Hz 1400x1050x60Hz Mode 2 Set mode 2 1280x1024x75Hz 1280x1024x76Hz 1280x1024x75Hz Mode 3 Set mode 3 1280x768x60Hz 1366x768x60Hz 1280x768x60...

Page 38: ...rs on the screen when the blank button is pressed Blue Capture Press to capture the currently displayed image The machine prompts Capture This captured image can be used as a logo or as the background...

Page 39: ...ank Select Blank Mute Blank or Mute to determine the behavior of the BLANK front panel button Set to Blank Mute to blank the output image and mute the audio Set to Blank to blank the output Set to Mut...

Page 40: ...Custom 1 HT Horizontal Total 1344 HW Horizontal sync pulse width 136 HS Horizontal active start point 296 HA Horizontal active region 1024 HP Horizontal polarity VT Vertical Total 806 VW Vertical syn...

Page 41: ...ertical total 806 VW Vertical sync pulse width 6 VS Vertical active start point 35 VA Vertical active region 768 VP Vertical polarity OCLK Output clock 65 Apply Press to apply the settings Save Save s...

Page 42: ...o Functions 7 9 The Info Screen From the Information screen see Figure 26 you can verify the main source PIP source the output resolution the SYNC mode as well as the firmware revision and the audio b...

Page 43: ...cation Program AP Running this AP with the PC connected to the VP 731 lets you display text over the screen with features including text color and speed transparency text position and repetition Curre...

Page 44: ...ed set the COM port and 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 whic...

Page 45: ...net Connecting the PC to the AUDIO PROG terminal block connector Section 9 2 Upgrading Firmware 9 1 Downloading from the Internet You can download the up to date file from the Internet To do so 1 Go t...

Page 46: ...ock Connector To this PIN on the 9 pin D sub Connector Tx PIN 2 Rx PIN 3 GND PIN 5 2 Push the AUDIO PROG button using a small screwdriver 3 Switch the unit ON This sequence is critical first push the...

Page 47: ...lip Window 3 Press the keyboard shortcut key F2 or select the Select command from the Device menu or press the integrated circuit icon in the upper right corner of the window The Device Selection wind...

Page 48: ...VP 731 Audio Flash Memory Upgrade 43 Figure 31 Selecting the Device Window 5 Click OK and select Load Hex from the File menu Figure 32 Loading the Hex AT89C51RD2 T89C51RD2...

Page 49: ...the Settings menu or press the keys Alt SCR The RS232 window appears Change the COM port according to the configuration of your computer and select the 9600 baud rate Figure 33 RS 232 Window 8 Click...

Page 50: ...e Memory Verify Pass appears If an error message Not Finished shows click Run again Figure 35 Atmel Flip Window Operation Completed 10 Close the Atmel Flip window 11 Disconnect the power on the VP 731...

Page 51: ...x768x50Hz 1366x768x60Hz 1400x1050x50Hz 1400x1050x60Hz 1600x1200x50Hz 1600x1200x60Hz 1680x1050x60Hz 1920x1080x60Hz 1920x1200x60Hz 480px60Hz 576px60Hz 720px50Hz 720px60Hz 1080ix50Hz 1080ix60Hz 1080px50H...

Page 52: ...1440x900 60 1024x768 75 Mac19 1600x1200 60 1024x768 85 1680x1050 60 1024x800 84 Sun 1920x1080 60 1152x864 75 1920x1200 60 Technical Specifications of the HDMI Input Signal for RGB Colorspace Resoluti...

Page 53: ...al Frequency Hz Notes 1080i 60 YPbPr 1080i 50 YPbPr 1080p 60 YPbPr 1080p 50 YPbPr 1080P 24fps YPbPr 720p 60 YPbPr 720p 50 YPbPr 480i 60 YPbPr 480p 60 YPbPr 576i 50 YPbPr 576p 50 YPbPr Technical Specif...

Page 54: ...480 75 800x600 50 800x600 60 800x600 75 1024x768 50 1024x768 60 1024x768 75 1280x720 60 1280x768 50 1280x768 60 1280x800 60 1280x1024 50 1280x1024 60 1280x1024 75 1366x768 50 1366x768 60 1400x1050 50...

Page 55: ...0 75 800x600 50 800x600 60 800x600 75 1024x768 50 1024x768 60 1024x768 75 1280x720 60 1280x768 50 1280x768 60 1280x800 60 1280x1024 50 1280x1024 60 1280x1024 75 1366x768 50 1366x768 60 1400x1050 50 14...

Page 56: ...Function Param CR Reply Z Control_Type Function Param CR Get Command Send Y Control_Type Function CR Reply Z Control_Type Function Param CR Example set Input 1 Source Type to Component Send Y 0 0 0 CR...

Page 57: ...N 5 NTSC 4 43 6 SECAM 7 PAL 60 Input Video Standard 0 1 7 0 N Input H Position N changed with different input mode 0 1 8 0 N Input H Position N changed with different input mode 0 1 9 0 N Input H Pos...

Page 58: ...ition Enhance 0 1 25 0 Native HDMI 1 640x480 60Hz 2 640x480 75Hz 3 800x600 50Hz 4 800x600 60Hz 5 800x600 75Hz 6 1024x768 50Hz 7 1024x768 60Hz 8 1024x768 75Hz 9 1280x768 50Hz 10 1280x768 60Hz 11 1280x7...

Page 59: ...Best Fit 1 Letterbox 2 Follow Output 3 Virtual Wide 4 Follow Input 5 Custom Aspect Ratio 0 1 28 16 16 H Pan 0 1 29 16 16 V Pan 0 1 30 8 8 H Zoom 0 1 31 8 8 V Zoom 0 1 32 0 100 1 150 2 200 3 225 4 250...

Page 60: ...User Define Audio Delay 1 54 0 340 2msec steps User Delay 0 1 55 0 No audio 1 Input 1 2 Input 2 3 VGA1 4 VGA2 5 VGA3 6 VGA4 Audio Input For USB 0 1 56 0 Keystone 1 Anyplace 2 Rotation Geometry Applica...

Page 61: ...8 Save Setting 0 73 0 Profile 1 1 Profile 2 2 Profile 3 3 Profile 4 4 Profile 5 5 Profile 6 6 Profile 7 7 Profile 8 Recall Setting 0 1 74 0 Off 1 On Frame Lock 0 75 N A Factory Reset 1 76 N A Firmware...

Page 62: ...0 1 90 0 Off 1 On Blank 0 1 91 0 Off 1 On Power 0 92 N A Info 0 93 N A Menu 0 94 N A Top 0 95 N A Down 0 96 N A Left 0 97 N A Right 0 98 N A Enter 0 99 N A Picture 0 100 N A Swap 0 1 101 0 Off 1 On Mu...

Page 63: ...1 1400x1050 75 32 1600x1200 60 33 1680x1050 60 34 1080i 60 35 1080i 50 36 1080p 60 37 1080p 50 38 720p 60 39 720p 50 40 480i 41 480p 42 576i 43 576p 44 1280x800 60 Reduced blanking 45 1920x1200 60 46...

Page 64: ...3 1024x768 60 14 1024x768 70 15 1024x768 75 16 1024x768 75 Mac19 17 1024x768 85 18 1024x800 84 Sun 19 1152x864 75 20 1152x870 75 Mac21 21 1152x900 66 Sun 22 1152x900 76 Sun 23 1280x960 60 24 1280x960...

Page 65: ...0 HT HA 12 Advance Input Mode HS 0 1 108 640 1920 HT 92 Advance Input Mode HA 0 1 109 0 Negative polarity 1 Positive polarity Advance Input Mode HP 0 1 110 384 2047 Advance Input Mode VT 0 1 111 2 HS...

Page 66: ...ce Output Mode Save 0 132 N A Advance Output Mode Set Current 0 133 N A Volume Up 0 134 N A Volume Down 0 1 135 0 Follow Output 1 Follow Input HDCP Setting 0 1 136 0 Custom1 1 Custom2 2 Custom3 3 Cust...

Page 67: ...Input 1 1 Input 2 2 VGA 1 3 VGA 2 4 VGA 3 5 VGA 4 6 HDMI 2 HDMI2 Audio Input 0 159 Custom Output Read HDMI EDID Prefer Timing 0 1 160 0 Off 1 On HDMI1 Input HDCP On Off 0 1 161 0 Off 1 On HDMI2 Input...

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Page 69: ...sit 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 PN 2900 000566 Rev 6 SAFETY...

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