Black Box AC156A-8, User Manual

Page 1: ...rt 24 hours a day 7 days a week Call 724 746 5500 or fax 724 746 0746 Mailing address Black Box Corporation 1000 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 Web site www blackbox com E mail info blackbox com OCTOBER 2002 AC156A 8 AC157A 8 AC158A REM CAT5 Audio Video 8 Port Broadcaster CAT5 Audio Video Splitter CAT5 Audio Video Remote ...

Page 2: ... is operated in a commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be necessary to correct the interference Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Th...

Page 3: ... fabricante 7 El aparato eléctrico debe ser montado a la pared o al techo sólo como sea recomendado por el fabricante 8 Servicio El usuario no debe intentar dar servicio al equipo eléctrico más allá a lo descrito en las instrucciones de operación Todo otro servicio deberá ser referido a personal de servicio calificado 9 El aparato eléctrico debe ser situado de tal manera que su posición no interfi...

Page 4: ...r una antena externa deberá ser localizada lejos de las lineas de energia 16 El cable de corriente deberá ser desconectado del cuando el equipo no sea usado por un largo periodo de tiempo 17 Cuidado debe ser tomado de tal manera que objectos liquidos no sean derramados sobre la cubierta u orificios de ventilación 18 Servicio por personal calificado deberá ser provisto cuando A El cable de poder o ...

Page 5: ...4 CAT5 AUDIO VIDEO 8 PORT BROADCASTER SPLITTER AND REMOTE TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL Any trademarks mentioned in this manual are acknowledged to be the property of the trademark owners ...

Page 6: ...o System 12 3 4 Pre Installation Instructions 12 3 5 The CAT5 Audio Video System Cables 13 3 6 Power Supply 13 3 7 The CAT5 Audio Video System Configuration for a Computer Based Training CBT Application 14 3 8 Detailed Connections 15 3 9 System Configuration without Remote Computers 16 4 Operation 17 4 1 The Control Unit 17 4 1 1 Broadcast to All 17 4 1 2 Dark All 17 4 2 Adjusting the Picture Qual...

Page 7: ...male System Out 8 shielded RJ 45 Sound card 2 3 5 mm In Out jacks Microphone Headphone 2 3 5 mm In Out jacks Controller 1 8 pin mini DIN female AC157A 8 System In 1 shielded RJ 45 System Out 1 shielded RJ 45 AC158A REM System In 1 shielded RJ 45 CPU VGA 1 HD15 male Screen 1 HD15 female Audio In Out 2 3 5 mm jacks Cables AC156A 8 Control unit 1 3 ft 0 9 m cable to 8 pin mini DIN connector Broadcast...

Page 8: ...er adapter and power cord AC158A REM From previous unit Size AC156A 8 6 9 H x 3 8 W x 1 7 D 17 5 x 9 7 x 4 3 cm AC157A 8 4 6 H x 3 8 W x 1 7 D 11 7 x 9 7 x 4 3 cm AC158A REM 1 3 H x 3 1 W x 0 9 D 3 3 x 7 9 x 2 3 cm Weight AC156A 8 AC157A 8 2 lb 0 9 kg AC158A REM 0 6 lb 0 3 kg ...

Page 9: ...t have one of these 1 or more CAT5 Audio Video Splitters AC157A 8 to expand and boost the system You may or may not need one of these You can have up to 72 splitters 1 CAT5 Audio Video Remote AC158A REM for each remote screen computer You need at least one of these but could have as many as 512 for 512 users you d also need 72 splitters Category 5 shielded twisted pair STP cables connect the CAT5 ...

Page 10: ...puter classroom application Use the system to send a teacher s screen with audio to all student monitors speakers or darken all screens This application works with or without computers connected to each CAT5 Audio Video Remote AC158A REM 2 4 What the Package Includes If you ordered the CAT5 Audio Video 8 Port Broadcaster AC156A 8 you should have received the following items 1 CAT5 Audio Video Broa...

Page 11: ... If you ordered the CAT5 Audio Video Remote AC158 REM you should have received the following items 1 CAT5 Audio Video Remote 1 VGA cable 1 Audio cable 3 Stickers to label the STP cable If anything is missing or damaged please contact Black Box at 724 746 5500 ...

Page 12: ...low local access when remote computers are connected The screen dark function is useful when carrying out maintenance when changing the broadcast program or for grabbing students attention in a classroom environment With both applications you can broadcast the video at resolutions of up to 1600 x 1200 75 Hz depending on the cable length 3 2 The CAT5 Audio Video System Units The following illustrat...

Page 13: ... Splitters AC157A 8 Each Splitter on level 2 can have 8 Remote units connected to it see Figure 3 5 3 4 Pre Installation Instructions NOTE In the CAT5 Audio Video System the CAT5 cables carry electrical power DO NOT connect them to any other device To avoid this we recommend that you attach the provided stickers to the ends of each CAT5 cable Power connector Video cable System cable Side A Headpho...

Page 14: ... 3 6 Power Supply Connect the Broadcaster and Splitters to the power supply with the power adapters and power cords provided The Remote units do not require an external power supply To computer s video card Broadcaster and Remote VGA cable Broadcaster audio cables To microphone connector To Remote s audio In port Remote audio cable To Broadcaster s or Remote s video In port To Broadcaster s sound ...

Page 15: ... system configuration with the control unit which is included with the 8 Port Broadcaster and the optional Remote units Control unit Broadcaster computer Remote computer Remote computer Audio cables Audio cable Audio cable Video cable Level 1 Level 2 Video cable Video cable CAT5 cables to Remote units or Splitters CAT5 cables to Remote units or Splitters CAT5 cables to Remote units ...

Page 16: ...adcaster computer CAT5 cables to Remote units or Splitters Control unit CAT5 cables to Remote units or Splitters CAT5 cables to Remote units or Splitters CAT5 cables to Remote units CAT5 cables to Remote units CAT5 cables to Remote units or Splitters Pink connector to microphone port Orange connector to speaker port Microphone connector to pink audio cable connector Splitter Splitter Splitter Broa...

Page 17: ...TE 3 9 System Configuration without Remote Computers Control unit Audio cables Video cable Broadcaster computer CAT5 cables to Remote unit or Splitters CAT5 cables to Remote unit or Splitters CAT5 cables to Remote unit or Splitters CAT5 cables to Remote unit ...

Page 18: ...caster s screen with audio to all remote monitors speakers The LED above the button will light Press the button again to release the remote screens 4 1 2 DARK ALL Press the Dark all button to darken all remote screens The LED above the button will light This does not affect audio broadcasting Press the button again to release the remote screens 4 2 Adjusting the Picture Quality To adjust the pictu...

Page 19: ...e if you have a complete description including the nature and duration of the problem when the problem occurs the components involved in the problem any particular application that when used appears to create the problem or make it worse A 2 Shipping and Packaging If you need to transport or ship any component of your CAT5 Audio Video System Package it carefully We recommend that you use the origi...

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