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KRAME R E LE CT RONIC S L TD.  

USER MANUAL

 

 

MODEL: 

VP-771 

Presentation Switcher/Scaler

 

 

 

 

P/N: 2900-300096 Rev 3 

Summary of Contents for VP-771

Page 1: ...KRAMER ELECTRONICS LTD USER MANUAL MODEL VP 771 Presentation Switcher Scaler P N 2900 300096 Rev 3...

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Page 4: ...The Enhance Menu 34 6 7 The Scale Menu 35 6 8 The Miscellaneous Menu 37 7 The Display Modes 40 7 1 The Single Window Display Mode 40 7 2 The Dual Window Display Mode 40 8 Controlling the VP 771 45 8 1...

Page 5: ...dow 25 Figure 14 Audio Menu 26 Figure 15 Set the Output Volume Level 27 Figure 16 SDI Channeling Example 29 Figure 17 The SDI Channeling Menu 29 Figure 18 SDI Channeling Example 30 Figure 19 SDI bypas...

Page 6: ...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 Connecto...

Page 7: ...e to poor matching and elevated noise levels often associated with low quality cables Do not secure the cables in tight bundles or roll the slack into tight coils Avoid interference from neighboring e...

Page 8: ...lected and recycled To comply with the WEEE Directive Kramer Electronics has made arrangements with the European Advanced Recycling Network EARN and will cover any costs of treatment recycling and rec...

Page 9: ...de interlacing and full up and down scaling of computer graphics video input signals State of the art video processing technology with the highest quality de interlacing noise reduction and scaling p...

Page 10: ...dio inputs and outputs with microphone talkover or microphone mix Built in 2x10W power amplifier with speaker output connectors Automatic detection and selection of the HDMI and DP embedded audio The...

Page 11: ...e infrared remote control transmitter Via contact closure remote control switching Via the Ethernet optionally via the Web pages The VP 771 is housed in a 19 1U rack mountable enclosure with rack ears...

Page 12: ...cable is still suitable for the video audio transmission but not for feeding the power at these distances 3 3 16BUsing Twisted Pair Cable Kramer engineers have developed special twisted pair cables t...

Page 13: ...igation Buttons Button Press to move down the menu list see Section 8 1 1 and to decrease numerical values When not within the OSD menu mode press to reduce the output volume 13 MENU Button Press to a...

Page 14: ...or 26 LINE OUT L R Terminal Block Connector Connect to the L and R unbalanced stereo audio acceptor 27 REMOTE IR 3 5mm Mini Jack opening Covered by a cap The 3 5mm connector at the end of the internal...

Page 15: ...r 42 DGKAT RJ 45 Connect to a DGKat receiver for example Kramer PT 572 43 RS 232 9 pin D sub Port Connect to the PC or other serial controller 44 ETHERNET Connector Connects to the PC or other Control...

Page 16: ...VP 771 Installing in a Rack 11 4 Installing in a Rack This section provides instructions for rack mounting the unit...

Page 17: ...ou can connect the audio signal via the AUDIO IN HDMI 3 5mm mini jack or use the embedded audio 2 Connect a computer graphics source to the PC 1 IN VIDEO INPUT 15 pin HD connector 3 Connect a componen...

Page 18: ...1 Connect the HDMI VIDEO OUTPUT connector to an HDMI acceptor for example a plasma display 12 Connect the DGKAT RJ 45 connector to a receiver for example the Kramer PT 572 13 Connect the SPKR Terminal...

Page 19: ...14 VP 771 Connecting the VP 771 Figure 3 Connecting the VP 771 Presentation Switcher Scaler...

Page 20: ...ines the TP pinout using a straight pin to pin cable with RJ 45 connectors Note that the cable Ground shielding must be connected soldered to the connector shield EIA TIA 568B Figure 4 TP PINOUT PIN W...

Page 21: ...y level below level 2 Function is the selectable parameter or numerical value and can appear either under level 2 or 3 6 1 OSD Menu Operation Example In the example illustrated below the Master Connec...

Page 22: ...election will affect the entire system The subtitle shows the current Level 3 selection and the menu list shows the function DGKat If the display layout includes a PiP window you can set the OSD menu...

Page 23: ...ngs in the OSD screen Changes are immediate The default timeout is set to 30 seconds and can be changed see Section 6 8 ENTER or button to access sub menu items Arrow buttons to move through the OSD m...

Page 24: ...ion 7 2 E When selecting a PiP configuration set the Main window or the PiP window parameters via Misc OSD Window Control see Section 6 8 Customized Indicates that the image size is customized read on...

Page 25: ...20x1200 60RB 720p50 720p60 1080p50 1080p60 2K50 or 2K60 Note that when the EDID is set on the PC 1 PC 2 and DP inputs the changes are per input and immediate Setting the EDID on any one of the HDMI in...

Page 26: ...elect it via the OSD item in the Miscellaneous menu see Section 6 8 Note that if the VP 771 is set to the single window display mode only the Main Window control applies If the VP 771 is set to any of...

Page 27: ...dow Control 2 Select Window Customization see Figure 11 3 Select H width an OSD slide bar appears and press to increase the width or to decrease the width see Figure 8 The following example shows how...

Page 28: ...and V Position items in the OSD to change the position of the window using the and buttons on the front panel or remote control transmitter as illustrated in Figure 10 Figure 10 Positioning the Window...

Page 29: ...Figure 11 Window Customization 3 To move the picture to the right select H Position An OSD slide bar appears Figure 12 H Position Slide Bar 4 Press the buttons to move the PiP window horizontally Use...

Page 30: ...5 Figure 13 Moving the PiP Window Note that the sequence in which you change the size and position of the window is insignificant as long as you make sure that the resized image does not go beyond the...

Page 31: ...udio output level press to lessen the talkover output audio decrease level E Mic Talkover Trigger dB to determine the microphone threshold level that triggers the audio output level decrease E Mic Mix...

Page 32: ...as the 3 5mm cable is connected to the 3 5mm mini jack Delay Set Lip Sync delay value msec E Mic Delay value msec E Power Amplifier Set the power amplifier SPKR level to Off or to levels 1 to 4 E This...

Page 33: ...ee channels are bypassed The acceptor device will input the channels as follows the active channel is input as Group A CH1 the bypassed channel in the same group is input as Group A CH2 the two remain...

Page 34: ...ows the SDI Channeling menu Figure 17 The SDI Channeling Menu In the OSD setup that is illustrated in Figure 18 CH 2 in group B active CH1 in group B as well as CH 1 and CH2 in group A bypassed are ro...

Page 35: ...the connected groups is activated the remaining three channels will be automatically routed to bypass If a channel in a disconnected group is activated the system will automatically rearrange the gro...

Page 36: ...Bypass channels to set the bypassed channels to mute to cutoff the bypassed audio channels or to Unmute to let them pass through Figure 19 SDI bypassed Channels Menu The Bypass Channels menu also lis...

Page 37: ...n image M P Set the deinterlacing per window sync to Current Field for a long delay M P Older Field for a short delay M P When selecting Older Field diagonal correction is disabled Film Mode Set to Of...

Page 38: ...0 8 1 2 1 6 2 0 2 4 or 2 8 E The higher the value the darker the image Dither Set the error diffusion E Mode0 Disable error diffusion Mode1 In frame 8 6 conversion Mode2 Intra frame 8 6 conversion Mod...

Page 39: ...the level the stronger the filtering of the image M P Combing NR set to improve the quality of the subtitles M P Temporal NR the higher the level the stronger the filtering of the image Useful when t...

Page 40: ...80x768 60 1280x800 60 1280x1024 50 1280x1024 60 1280x1024 75 1360x768 60 1366x768 50 1366x768 60 1400x1050 50 1400x1050 60 1600x900 60 1600x1200 50 1600x1200 60 1680x1050 60 1920x1200 60 480i60 480p60...

Page 41: ...Selecting the Correct Aspect Ratio You can configure the aspect ratio of any output image to fit your application The VP 771 offers four different aspect ratio settings Follow Input Follow Output Bes...

Page 42: ...tion results in an output resolution of 720p 60 If SDI is selected as the Master Connection hot plugging the HDMI DGKat output will not change the output resolution If HDMI DGKat is selected as the Ma...

Page 43: ...e level E Useful If the projector is located at an angle above or below the screen In the OSD menu the value range shows 80 to 80 This feature is disabled on interlaced input Auto Sync Off to turn the...

Page 44: ...ure can be used to have the PiP window display a static or dynamic logo for example which will appear on a transparent background To apply the luma keying feature first set the PiP window to the desir...

Page 45: ...ates Access the OSD menu select INPUT Display Mode and then choose Single Window Access the Web pages see Section 8 3 Via the REMOTE CONTROL terminal block connectors see Section 8 4 Press the PIP win...

Page 46: ...eight The window customization feature see Section 6 2 lets you customize the dual window mode layout main window and PiP window to any size and position You can superimpose any input type over any or...

Page 47: ...enu to PiP Window Control When the OSD menu is set to PiP Window Control you can control the PiP window and change its parameters for example select the PiP input size position and so on Section 7 2 3...

Page 48: ...ple PC 1 to be both in the background and as the PiP source see Figure 25 press the PC 1 input button while the PIP button is not selected the button is illuminated and then press the PIP button to en...

Page 49: ...appears continue to step 7 If not continue to the next step 3 Press the button to move to the Misc menu and press ENTER 4 Select the OSD submenu and press ENTER 5 Select Window Control and choose PiP...

Page 50: ...tons illuminate when selected MENU left arrow ENTER right arrow and up down arrow buttons Output volume up and down buttons when not in the OSD mode RESET TO XGA 720p and PANEL LOCK buttons 8 1 1 Usin...

Page 51: ...must use a supported Web browser For Windows 7 Chrome version 25 Firefox version 15 Opera version Internet Explorer version 9 For Microsoft version 6 and higher Chrome or Firefox version 3 0 and high...

Page 52: ...3 and pin 5 to pin 5 need to be connected to the RS 232 9 pin D sub port on your PC 8 3 3 Connecting the VP 771 via the ETHERNET Port You can connect the VP 771 via the Ethernet using a crossover cab...

Page 53: ...operties Button see Figure 27 Figure 27 Local Area Connection Properties Window 6 Select Use the following IP Address and fill in the details as shown in Figure 28 You can use any IP address in the ra...

Page 54: ...al block connectors include A PIP pin and a G pin which are used for toggling between the Single and Dual window modes and for selecting a PiP input Nine input pins defined in the table below and a G...

Page 55: ...g the PIP pin and the G pin for more than 3 seconds Select a PIP source To select a PIP source connect the PIP pin to the G pin and within 3 seconds momentarily connect an input pin to the G pin For e...

Page 56: ...CV1 Select the composite video 1 input CV2 Select the composite video 2 input YPbPr Select the component video input Press ENTER to access menu levels right arrow Use the up and down arrows to adjust...

Page 57: ...iver can be located up to 15 meters away from the machine This distance can be extended to up to 60 meters when used with three extension cables Model C A35M A35F 50 Before using the external IR recei...

Page 58: ...rals and audio graphics The latest firmware version the Flash Memory Upgrade user guide as well as the latest version of K UPLOAD and installation instructions can be downloaded from the Kramer Web si...

Page 59: ...HDCP Supports DisplayPort 1 1a OUTPUT RESOLUTIONS 640x480 60 640x480 75 800x600 50 800x600 60 800x600 75 1024x768 50 1024x768 60 1024x768 75 1280x768 50 1280x768 60 1280x800 60 1280x1024 50 1280x1024...

Page 60: ...Subnet mask 255 255 000 000 Default gateway 000 000 000 000 TCP Port 5000 UDP Port 50000 Maximum UDP Ports 10 Maximum TCP Ports 4 Full Factory Reset Front panel buttons Turn power off Turn power on a...

Page 61: ...1050_75 2K50 800x600_60 1024x768_75 1280x1024_75 1600x900_60 2K60 800x600_72 1024x768_85 1280x1024_85 1600x1200_60 800x600_75 1152x864_75 1360x768_60 1680x1050_60 10 2 4 YUV Input Resolutions YUV Inpu...

Page 62: ...1280x768 50 1600x900 60 720p60 1280x768 60 1600x1200 50 1080p23 976 1280x800 60 1600x1200 60 1080p24 10 3 2 PC Output Resolutions Technical Specifications of the PC Output Signal 640x480 60 1280x1024...

Page 63: ...data bits and 1 stop bit CTS mode and XON XOFF are set to Off Note that if the Protocol is set to Legacy via the Miscellaneous menu see Section 6 8 some PC applications for example K Upload as well a...

Page 64: ...positive or negative digits minus sign precedes negative values increase current value decrease current value Win cust WIN CUST WINDOW HPOS HW VPOS VH WIN CUST WINDOW HPOS HW VPOS VH RESULT Parameters...

Page 65: ...C_ADDRESS FCT MAC MAC_ADDRESS RESULT Read MAC Address NET MAC NTMC NET MAC MAC_ADDRESS Set subnet mask NET MASK SUBNET_MASK NTMSK NET MASK SUBNET_MASK RESULT Read subnet mask NET MASK NTMSK NET MASK S...

Page 66: ...onse 2 LDFWS SIZE RESULT Load new audio graphic memory file Step 1 LDMFS SIZE Response 1 READY or LDMFS SIZE ERR Step 2 If ready was received send FIRMWARE_DATA P Response 2 LDMFS SIZE RESULT 11 2 Aud...

Page 67: ...and Type in Y Control_Type Function Param CR Reply Z Control_Type Function Param CR LF Get Command Type in Y Control_Type Function CR Reply Z Control_Type Function Param CR LF When sending a command a...

Page 68: ...ode valid parameters The following table defines the protocol commands 1st Level 2nd Level 3rd Level 4th Level Range Func Note Input Display Mode Single Window 0 110 Single window also displays the as...

Page 69: ...12 Mic Volume 100 12 dB 213 Balance 10 10 Ratio 220 Treble 18 18 dB 230 Bass 18 18 dB 240 Mic Effects Mic Talkover Depth 0 100 251 Unavailable in audio pass through Line mix disables talkover Mic Talk...

Page 70: ...0 320 Unavailable in progressive scan Follow Input 1 24PsF Mode 2 Diagonal Correction 0 3 330 Unavailable in progressive scan Unavailable when deinterlacing sync is older field MD Sensitivity LEVEL1...

Page 71: ...ut 0 610 1 Single window only 2 Customization lost 3 In Follow Input output must be bigger than input Follow Output 1 Best Fit 2 Letterbox 3 Overscan Off 0 620 5 1 10 2 Output Video Resolution Native...

Page 72: ...GB 0 634 Not applicable to SDI output Screen may flicker YPbPr422 1 Not applicable to PC output Screen may flicker YPbPr444 2 Not applicable to SDI output Screen may flicker Zoom Position H Position 0...

Page 73: ...080p50 26 1080p30 27 1080p23_976 28 1080p24 29 1080p25 30 2K50 31 2K60 32 640X480 60 33 N A 34 N A 35 N A 36 640x480 72 37 640x480 75 38 848x480 60 39 640x480 85 40 N A 41 800x600 56 42 800x600 60 43...

Page 74: ...daries V Position 0 2047 723 Transparency ON 1 724 OFF 0 Transparency Gain 0 1 1 6 725 Transparency Bias 400 400 726 Blink ON 1 727 OFF 0 Blink Period 0 1 1 6 728 Timeout Off 0 729 30 Sec 1 60 Sec 2 A...

Page 75: ...nd third param 0 Syntax example Y 0 10 0 CR MENU keystroke GET command for keystrokes will return ERR The following table defines the keystroke function codes Button Keystroke Code Button Keystroke Co...

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