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USER MANUAL

 

 

MODEL: 

VP-773 

Presentation Switcher/Scaler

 

 

 

 

P/N: 2900-300274 Rev 1 

Summary of Contents for VP-773

Page 1: ...KRAMER ELECTRONICS LTD USER MANUAL MODEL VP 773 Presentation Switcher Scaler P N 2900 300274 Rev 1...

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Page 4: ...nhance Menu 31 6 7 The Scale Menu 32 6 8 The Miscellaneous Menu 35 7 The Display Modes 41 7 1 The Single Window Display Mode 41 7 2 The Dual Window Display Mode 41 8 Controlling the VP 773 46 8 1 Cont...

Page 5: ...Height 24 Figure 13 Positioning the Window 24 Figure 14 Window Customization 25 Figure 15 H Position Slide Bar 25 Figure 16 Moving the PiP Window 26 Figure 17 Audio Menu 27 Figure 18 Set the Output Vo...

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: ...ality due 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 neigh...

Page 8: ...cted 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 recov...

Page 9: ...ion signals K IIT XL Picture in Picture Image Insertion Technology Ultra stable picture in picture picture and picture and split screen capability or fully customizable windows size and position contr...

Page 10: ...elections Follow input follow output best fit letterbox Multi Standard Video support NTSC 3 58 4 43 PAL M N 60 and SECAM Built in Time Base Corrector Stabilizes unstable video sources Built in Proc Am...

Page 11: ...setup and adjustment accessible via the IR remote control and via the front panel buttons Has a non volatile memory that retains the last settings used Supports firmware upgrade via RS 232 and Etherne...

Page 12: ...he consumer home environment as a digital home networking alternative where it enables you to replace numerous cables and connectors by a single LAN cable used to transmit for example uncompressed ful...

Page 13: ...enu list see Section 8 1 1 and to decrease numerical values When not within the OSD menu mode press to reduce the output volume 11 MENU Button Press to access the OSD menu exit the OSD menu and when i...

Page 14: ...dynamic type microphone 23 MIC 2 6mm Jack Connect to a microphone see pinout in Section 5 2 Note that Mic2 on the rear panel is identical to Mic2 on the front panel Mic2 on the front panel overrides M...

Page 15: ...ors HDMI OUT Connect to an HDMI acceptor from 1 to 2 35 HDBT OUT RJ 45 Connect to an HDBT receiver for example Kramer TP 580Rxr to pass audio and video signals as well as serial commands 36 LINK LED L...

Page 16: ...VP 773 Installing in a Rack 11 4 Installing in a Rack This section provides instructions for rack mounting the unit...

Page 17: ...r on the DVD player to the HDMI connector on the VP 773 via a DVI HDMI adapter You can connect the audio signal via the AUDIO IN HDMI 3 5mm mini jack or use the embedded audio 2 Connect a computer gra...

Page 18: ...onnector to a receiver for example the Kramer TP 580Rxr 8 Connect the AUDIO LINE OUT Terminal Block connector to a balanced audio acceptor and the S PDIF OUT RCA connector to a digital audio acceptor...

Page 19: ...14 VP 773 Connecting the VP 773 Figure 4 Connecting the VP 773 Presentation Switcher Scaler...

Page 20: ...e RJ 45 Connectors This section defines the TP pinout using a straight pin to pin cable with RJ 45 connectors EIA TIA 568B Figure 5 TP PINOUT PIN Wire Color 1 Orange White 2 Orange 3 Green White 4 Blu...

Page 21: ...g the VP 773 5 2 Microphone Pinout This section defines the microphone 6mm jack pinout Figure 6 Microphone Pinout 5 3 Audio Input Pinout This section defines the audio input 3 5mm jack pinout Figure 7...

Page 22: ...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 Connecti...

Page 23: ...election will affect the entire system The subtitle shows the current Level 3 selection and the menu list shows the function HDMI2 If the display layout includes a PiP window you can set the OSD menu...

Page 24: ...menu move to the previous level and change menu settings 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 s...

Page 25: ...l window mode operation both images are placed side by side with the same height see Section 7 2 E When selecting the dual window mode set the Main window or the PiP window parameters via Misc OSD Win...

Page 26: ...1050 60 1600x900 60 1600x1200 60 1680x1050 60 1920x1200 60RB 720p50 720p60 1080p50 1080p60 2K50 or 2K60 Note that for the HDMI and DP inputs you can either select the color depth to be 8bpp or 12bpp a...

Page 27: ...zation Main Window Control or PiP Window Control If not select it via the OSD item in the Miscellaneous menu see Section 6 8 In the following examples PiP Window Control is selected but the same proce...

Page 28: ...ow Control 2 Select Window Customization see Figure 14 3 Select H width an OSD slide bar appears and press to increase the width or to decrease the width see Figure 11 The following example shows how...

Page 29: ...ing the Position of the Main and or PiP Window Use the H Position 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 transm...

Page 30: ...ntrol 2 Select Window Customization The following Window appears Figure 14 Window Customization 3 To move the picture to the right select H Position An OSD slide bar appears Figure 15 H Position Slide...

Page 31: ...u Figure 16 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 32: ...alance Set the balance ratio E Treble Set the treble dB E Bass Set the bass level dB E Mic Effects For Mic 1 set the Mic1 Talkover Depth to determine the decrease of the audio level during microphone...

Page 33: ...Talkover Trigger and Mic Mix independently You can also set the Line Mix separately Embedded Set Pass through to On to pass the digital audio input directly to the output without any processing or set...

Page 34: ...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 35: ...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 36: ...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 37: ...Set the Output Resolution to Native 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 60 1280x1024...

Page 38: ...the video on the Main or PiP window is HDCP encrypted Zoom Position Set H Position and V Position the horizontal and vertical zoom positions respectively to zoom into certain areas of the image M P Le...

Page 39: ...HDMI2 or HDBT is usually set to the main output display so that the optimal resolution for that display can be obtained By setting the output resolution to Native the VP 773 is triggered to read the E...

Page 40: ...o control the PiP window letting you select the input and other parameters for the PiP window E While browsing the OSD menu in the dual window mode the window control can be toggled instantly with a l...

Page 41: ...also mute the audio output M P Note that any change in the input source may cancel the freeze and blank settings Mute to ON to mute the audio output E A mute icon appears on screen Disable Outputs to...

Page 42: ...e will show without its background The lower the luminance in the PIP window the more transparent it becomes thus letting the main window image show The higher the luminance the less transparent it be...

Page 43: ...Protocol CAP CAP is an XML based application that allows a warning message to be consistently disseminated simultaneously over many warning systems to many proprietary applications and devices By usi...

Page 44: ...ith lower levels of severity will appear as a text crawler along the bottom of the image When an alert is activated the system via P3K outputs messages according to the activation mode type see Sectio...

Page 45: ...Section 12 4 2 Make sure that the VP 773 is connected to Ethernet 3 Make sure that Alert System in the Miscellaneous menu is set to On see Section 6 8 The VP 773 is now ready to receive any alert and...

Page 46: ...lluminated front panel PIP button until the button no longer illuminates Access the OSD menu select INPUT Display Mode and then choose Single Window Access the Web pages see Section 8 3 Press the PIP...

Page 47: ...e both images are placed side by side with the same height 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 po...

Page 48: ...e 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 3 shows how to select the PiP so...

Page 49: ...he main source press the PIP front panel button while pressing the CV front panel button see Figure 26 In this example the DP button is illuminated and the CV button blinks Figure 26 CV superimposed o...

Page 50: ...p 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 Window Control The OSD menu controls the PIP source 6 Pres...

Page 51: ...buttons when not in the OSD mode RESET TO XGA 720p and PANEL LOCK buttons 8 1 1 Using the INPUT Front Panel buttons When selected an INPUT front panel button behaves as follows Selecting the Causes th...

Page 52: ...ng to the VP 773 via your Browser Note that if the Protocol is set to Legacy via the Miscellaneous menu see Section 6 8 the Web pages may not function properly Make sure that your PC is connected via...

Page 53: ...ect connection to the PC or a straight through cable see Section 8 3 3 2 for connection via a network hub or network router 8 3 3 1 Connecting the ETHERNET Port directly to a PC Crossover Cable You ca...

Page 54: ...w 6 Select Use the following IP Address and fill in the details as shown in Figure 29 You can use any IP address in the range 192 168 1 1 to 192 168 1 255 excluding 192 168 1 39 that is provided by yo...

Page 55: ...rt on a network hub or network router via a straight through cable with RJ 45 connectors 8 3 3 3 Ethernet Port Configuration and Control Use the Kramer K UPLOAD software to configure the VP 773 and th...

Page 56: ...input HDMI2 Select the HDMI 2 input DP Select the DisplayPort input HDMI3 Select the HDMI 3 input HDMI4 Select the HDMI 4 input SDI N A PC1 Select the UXGA 1 input PC2 Select the UXGA 2 input CV Selec...

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: ...is connected to the VP 773 via the Ethernet The HDBT OUT connector on the VP 773 is connected via TP to an HDBT receiver This HDBT receiver connects to a display via HDMI and RS 232 Figure 31 Port Tun...

Page 59: ...passing RS 232 signals By default the dedicated port settings are TCP 5050 To change these settings see the Port Tunneling Configuration in the table in Section 12 4 2 Set the HDBT UART command the t...

Page 60: ...phics fct and peripherals kfw 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...

Page 61: ...4x768 50 1024x768 60 1024x768 75 1280x768 50 1280x768 60 1280x800 60 1280x1024 50 1280x1024 60 1280x1024 75 1360x768 60 1366x768 50 1366x768 60 1400x1050 50 1400x1050 60 1600x900 60 1600x1200 50 1600x...

Page 62: ...lding the RESET TO XGA 720p front panel button The LEDs blink Full factory reset is complete once the LEDs cease to blink and react normally OSD Factory Reset through the Misc menu item Protocol 3000...

Page 63: ...768_60 1280x768_60 1400x1050_60 1080_P60 800x600_56 1024x768_70 1280x1024_60 1400x1050_75 2K50 800x600_60 1024x768_75 1280x1024_75 1600x900_60 2K60 800x600_72 1024x768_85 1280x1024_85 1600x1200_60 800...

Page 64: ...Section 12 3 Protocol 3000 common commands see Section 12 4 All three tables together include all the protocol commands but they are not identical and do not always include the same information Some...

Page 65: ...0 Function Param Reply id 01Y Control_Type 0 Function Param OK Set command example set window control 721 to PiP Send y 0 721 1 Reply 01 Y 0 721 1 OK Get Command Type in Y Control_Type 1 Function Resu...

Page 66: ...he Communication Protocol with Legacy Protocol Set Command 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 Con...

Page 67: ...the Film Mode 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 displ...

Page 68: ...43 V Height 0 2048 144 Audio Volume Input Volume 20 4 dB 211 Unavailable in audio pass through Output Volume 80 20 dB 212 Mic1 Volume 100 12 dB 213 Mic2 Volume 100 12 dB 214 Balance 10 10 Ratio 220 Tr...

Page 69: ...Method Line Doubler 0 311 Volatile parameter unavailable in progressive scan Motion Adaptive 1 Sync Current Field 0 312 Unavailable in progressive scan Older Field 1 Film Mode Off 0 320 Unavailable in...

Page 70: ...0 3 531 unavailable in progressive scan Combing NR 0 3 532 Temporal NR 0 3 533 Block NR 0 3 534 unavailable in progressive scan Scale Aspect Ratio Follow input 0 610 1 Single window only 2 Customizat...

Page 71: ...080p29 97 35 1080p30 36 1080p50 37 1080p59 94 38 1080p60 39 2K50 40 2K60 41 Master Connection HDMI1 0 632 HDMI2 1 HDBT 2 SDI 3 Deep Color Off 0 633 Follow Output 1 Color Space RGB 0 634 YPbPr422 1 Not...

Page 72: ...8 N A 9 N A 10 N A 11 N A 12 N A 13 525p60 14 625p50 15 720p60 16 720p50 17 720p24 18 720p25 19 720p30 20 1080i60 21 1080i50 22 N A 23 1080i100 24 1080p60 25 1080p50 26 1080p30 27 1080p23_976 28 1080...

Page 73: ...n the single window mode only Main Win is valid PiP Win 1 H Position 0 2047 722 The value range is dynamic FW prevents exceeding of boundaries V Position 0 2047 723 Transparency ON 1 724 OFF 0 Transpa...

Page 74: ...Protocol Table Mimicking Remote and Front Panel Buttons The keystroke codes operate in the following way SET command third param 0 Syntax example Y 0 10 0 CR MENU keystroke GET command for keystrokes...

Page 75: ...e will upload to the device via a command such as LDFW A device reset may be needed to complete the process Video core Firmware update execute UPGRADES UPGRADES OK Reset configuration to factory defau...

Page 76: ...commands Command Syntax Response Output volume VOLUME VOLUME PARAMETER VOLUME VOLUME PARAMETER RESULT Get output volume VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME VALUE Parameters Description VOLUME PARAMETER output volume...

Page 77: ...CHINE_NAME Reset machine name to factory default NAME RST NAME RST RESULT Network settings commands Network settings commands require admin authorization Command Syntax Response Set IP Address NET IP...

Page 78: ...PORT PROTOCOL ETHP ETH PORT PROTOCOL PORT PROTOCOL TCP UDP transport layer protocol PORT Ethernet port to enter protocol 3000 commands 1 65535 User defined port 0 reset port to factory default 50000 f...

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Page 80: ...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 P N 2900 300274 Rev 1 SAFETY...

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