Kramer VP-443, User Manual

Page 1: ...KRAMER ELECTRONICS LTD USER MANUAL MODEL VP 443 Presentation Switcher Scaler P N 2900 300084 Rev 4 ...

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Page 4: ...ttons 11 6 2 Using the OSD Menu 12 6 3 Connecting to the VP 443 via RS 232 15 6 4 Connecting the VP 443 via the ETHERNET Port 15 6 5 Controlling via the Infrared Remote Control Transmitter 16 7 Technical Specifications 17 7 1 Input Resolutions 18 8 RS 232 Communication Protocol 19 8 1 RS 232 Protocol Table 20 Figures Figure 1 VP 443 Presentation Switcher Scaler Front Panel 6 Figure 2 VP 443 Presen...

Page 5: ...oups that are clearly defined by function GROUP 1 Distribution Amplifiers GROUP 2 Switchers 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 Connectors GROUP 9 Room Connectivity GROUP 10 Accessories and Rack Adapters and GROUP 11 Sierra Video Products Co...

Page 6: ...ormance Use only good quality connection cables we recommend Kramer high performance high resolution cables to avoid interference deterioration in signal quality 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 neighboring electrical appliances that may advers...

Page 7: ...e Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE Directive 2002 96 EC aims to reduce the amount of WEEE sent for disposal to landfill or incineration by requiring it to be collected 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 recovery of waste Kramer Electroni...

Page 8: ...480p59 720p59 1080i59 and 1080p59 The VP 443 Presentation Switcher Scaler Features K Storm Scaling Technology Kramer s extremely high performance scaling technology High quality 3 2 and 2 2 pull down de interlacing and full up and down scaling of computer graphics video input signals Has analog audio inputs and digital S PDIF and analog stereo audio outputs as well as 5 1 analog audio bypass The V...

Page 9: ...232 serial commands transmitted by a touch screen system PC or other serial controller Remotely from the infrared remote control transmitter Via the Ethernet The VP 443 is housed in a 19 1U rack mountable enclosure with rack ears included and is fed from a 100 240 VAC universal switching power supply 3 1 Defining the VP 443 Presentation Switcher Scaler This section defines the VP 443 ...

Page 10: ...e OSD menu see Section 6 2 10 ENTER Button Press to accept changes and change the SETUP parameters see Section 6 2 11 Navigation Buttons Button Press to decrease numerical values or select from several definitions When not within the OSD menu mode press to reduce volume for embedded HDMI inputs this does not affect the embedded output 12 Button Press to move up the menu list values see Section 6 2...

Page 11: ...CV Connect to the analog audio composite video source from 1 to 2 COMP Connect to the analog audio component video source from 1 to 2 24 OUT RCA Connectors L Connect to the left stereo analog audio acceptor 25 R Connect to the right stereo analog audio acceptor 26 S PDIF Connect to a digital audio acceptor 27 VIDEO OUTPUT Connectors H BNC 28 V BNC 29 R BNC Connect to the RGBHV video acceptor 30 G ...

Page 12: ...8 VP 443 Installing in a Rack 4 Installing in a Rack This section provides instructions for rack mounting the unit ...

Page 13: ...pter When using this adapter you can connect the audio signal via the terminal block connector 2 Connect a computer graphics source to the PC 1 15 pin HD VIDEO INPUT connector 3 Connect a composite video source for example a composite video player to the CV VIDEO INPUT RCA connector from 1 to 2 4 Connect a component video source for example a component video player to the COMP 1 PR PB and Y VIDEO ...

Page 14: ...analog audio acceptor and or the digital audio acceptor as required not shown in Figure 3 10 Connect the power cord not shown in Figure 3 11 If required connect A PC via RS 232 see Section 6 3 The ETHERNET port see Section 6 4 Figure 3 Connecting the VP 443 Presentation Switcher Scaler ...

Page 15: ...ttons Input selector buttons for selecting the required input CV 1 and 2 COMPONENT 1 and 2 PC 1 and 2 or HDMI 1 to 4 BLANK MUTE and FREEZE buttons MENU ENTER and up down left and right arrow buttons RESET TO XGA 720p and PANEL LOCK buttons 6 1 1 The Auto Adjust Feature The auto adjust feature applies only to the PC input automatically centers the image on the screen when pressing the ENTER front p...

Page 16: ...e VP 443 via the OSD menu Press the MENU button to enter the menu The default timeout is set to 10 seconds ENTER button to accept changes and to change the menu settings Arrow buttons to move through the OSD menu which is displayed on the video output On the OSD menu select EXIT to exit the menu ...

Page 17: ...t resolution Appears as Output resolution Appears as NATIVE 1080p 50Hz 1080P50 640x480 VGA 1366x768 WXGA 800x600 SVGA 1680x1050 WSXGA 1024x768 XGA 1920x1200 WUXGA 1280x1024 SXGA 1280x800 1280x800 1600x1200 UXGA 1440x900 WSXGA 480i 480I 1400x1050 SXGA 480p 480P 1600x900 1600x900 720p 60Hz 720P60 2048x1080 50Hz 2048x1080 50Hz 1080i 60Hz 1080I60 2048x1080 60Hz 2048x1080 60Hz 1080p 60Hz 1080P60 480i 5...

Page 18: ... EXIT Select to exit the menu 6 2 2 The FINETUNE Menu Input Signal Parameter Function CV COMPONENT HUE Set the color hue SATURATION Set the color saturation SHARPNESS Set the sharpness of the picture NOISE REDUCTION Select the noise reduction OFF HI LOW and MID middle COLOR FILTER Set to ON to enable color filtering May improve the output image for certain graphic cards where color fringing is see...

Page 19: ...ed only when one of the HDMI inputs is selected 6 2 4 The OSD Menu Parameter Function H POSITION Set the horizontal position of the OSD from 0 to 100 V POSITION Set the vertical position of the OSD from 0 to 100 TIMER Set the timeout period in seconds from 5 to 100 BACKGROUND Set the OSD background between 0 solid black and 8 transparent DISPLAY Select the information shown on the screen during op...

Page 20: ...I4 Select the HDMI 4 input XGA Reset Reset the resolution to XGA 720p Reset Reset the resolution to 720p INFO Displays the selected input the input and output resolutions and the firmware versions on the OSD NATIVE Select the output resolution via the EDID of the connected HDMI monitor Four navigation keys When not in the OSD the left and right arrows also control the output volume for embedded HD...

Page 21: ...UT LEVEL 0 55Vpp constant OUTPUT RESOLUTIONS NATIVE VGA SVGA XGA SXGA UXGA 480i 480p 720p60 1080i60 1080p60 576i 576p 720p50 1080i50 1080p50 WXGA WSXGA WUXGA 1280x800 WXGA SXGA 1600x900 2048x1080 50Hz 2048x1080 60Hz 480i59 480p59 720p59 1080i59 1080p59 CONTROLS CV 1 CV 2 component 1 component 2 PC 1 PC 2 HDMI 1 HDMI 2 HDMI 3 HDMI 4 input selector buttons blank mute freeze buttons menu enter menu a...

Page 22: ...0 50 RGB No No No Yes 1080P 60 50 RGB No No Yes Yes 1080P 24 25 30 RGB No No Yes Yes VGA 60 67 72 75 85 No No Yes Yes SVGA 56 60 72 75 No No Yes Yes XGA 60 70 75 No No Yes Yes SXGA 60 75 No No Yes Yes 1280X960 No No Yes Yes 1600X900 60 No No Yes Yes UXGA 60 1600X1200 No No Yes Yes WXGA 60 1280x800 No No Yes Yes WXGA 60 1440x900 No No Yes Yes WXGA 60 1366x768 No No Yes Yes SXGA 60 1400x1050 No No Y...

Page 23: ... code 0x0D LF or Line Feed ASCII code 0x0A Set and Get Command 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 Control_Type Function Param CR LF When sending a command a blank character may precede CR if desired Example Example 1 set brightness value as 32 Send Y 1 16 32 CR Reply Z 1 16 32 CR LF E...

Page 24: ... A UP button on remote control 0 16 N A NATIVE button on remote control 0 17 N A LEFT button on remote control Volume down Volume down when not in OSD 0 18 N A OK button on remote control 0 19 N A RIGHT button on remote control Volume up Volume up when not in OSD 0 20 N A MENU button on remote control 0 21 N A DOWN button on remote control 0 22 N A EXIT button on remote control 0 23 N A CV1 button...

Page 25: ...or Input for embedded HDMI inputs this does not affect the embedded output 1 Set 2 Get 41 0 100 OSD Setting H Position 1 Set 2 Get 42 0 100 OSD Setting V Position 1 Set 2 Get 43 0 100 OSD Timeout 1 Set 2 Get 44 0 8 OSD Background 1 Set 2 Get 50 0 3 NR Noise Reduction 0 Off 1 Low 2 Mid 3 High 1 Set 2 Get 51 0 3 Audio delay 0 Off 1 40ms 2 110ms 3 150ms 1 Set 2 Get 52 0 2 HDMI AUDIO IN 0 AUTOMATIC 1 ...

Page 26: ...an2 6 Best Fit 3 Set 4 Get 21 0 29 Output Resolution 0 Native 1 VGA 2 SVGA 3 XGA 4 SXGA 5 UXGA 6 480i 7 480p 8 720p60 9 1080i60 10 1080p60 11 576i 12 576p 13 720p50 14 1080i50 15 1080p50 16 WXGA 17 WSXGA 18 WUXGA 19 1280x800 20 WXGA 1440X900 21 SXGA 1400X1050 22 1600x900 23 2048x1080 50 24 2048x1080 60 25 480i59 26 480p59 27 720p59 28 1808i59 29 1080p59 3 Set 23 1 Factory Reset 4 Get 24 0 24 INPUT...

Page 27: ... 16 WXGA 17 WSXGA 18 WUXGA 19 1280x800 20 WXGA 1440X900 21 SXGA 1400X1050 22 1600x900 23 2048x1080 50 24 2048x1080 60 6 Set 7 Get 0 0 2 Power 0 Power Down 1 Power On 2 Firmware reset 6 Set 7 Get 1 0 1 Freeze 0 Off 1 On 6 Set 7 Get 2 0 1 Blank 0 Off 1 On 6 Set 7 Get 3 0 1 Mute 0 Off 1 On 6 Set 7 Get 4 0 1 Key lock 0 Off 1 On 6 Set 7 Get 140 0 1 Auto Tune under fine tune 0 Clear Auto Tune 1 Set Auto...

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Page 29: ...isit 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 300084 Rev 4 SAFETY WARNING Disconnect the unit from the power supply before opening and servicing ...