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» Extend HDMI video and audio signals over CATx
cable—get more distance than is possible with
HDMI cables.
» Work with both 1080p and 1080i.
» HDMI 1.2 compliant.
» Support DVI video.
» Lightweight, low-profile designs install in tight
spaces, including behind displays.
FEATURES
AC564A-R2
• Connects a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI
®
) display
up to 200 feet (60.9 m) from an HDMI source using two CAT5e or
CAT6 cables.
• Extends 1080p 12-bit Deep Color video up to 90 feet (27 m) over
CAT6 cables.
• Supports 1080i resolution over CAT5e or CAT6 cables at 200 feet
(60.9 m).
• Transmits 1080p 8-bit video up to 150 feet (45 m) over CAT5e
cables and up to 200 feet (60 m) over CAT6 cables.
• Extends HDTV much farther than HDMI cables—without any of
the pixilation and the loss of video and audio quality that often
occurs when using HDMI cable links longer than 15 feet (4.6 m).
• Works with HDMI 1.3a compliant equipment and supports DVI
video.
• Boosts HDMI audio and video signals between a DVD, an
HD-DVD, a Blu-ray player, or a satellite set-top box and a remote
HDMI display device.
• Also great for extending HDMI to classroom and conference room
projectors, as well as for use in collaborative PC environments and
high-resolution medical information systems.
• Easy to mount with the included Velcro® pads.
ACS565A and ACS565A-220
• Enable up to three different HDMI sources to be connected to one
remote HDMI display via two CAT5e or CAT6 UTP cables.
• Switch between PCs, laptops, servers, and HD-DVD or Blu-ray
players with HDMI connectors for remote display of the source
video on a plasma or an LCD screen or a projector system.
• Supports 1080 Deep Color video extension at distances up to
250 feet (76.2 m) over two CAT5e cables and 280 feet (85.3 m)
over CAT6 cables.
OVERVIEW
Diagram Format
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3-to-1 HDMI
Switch/Extender
Transmitter
(AC565A)
CAT5 Cables
HDMI CableHDMI Cable
Media Player
LCD Display
Typical application.
• Also extend 1080p video up to 100 feet (30.4 m) over CAT5e
cabling and 130 feet (39.6 m) over CAT6.
• Work with HDMI 1.2-compliant equipment and DVI-D video
devices.
• Switch between sources, simply by selecting either transmitter or
receiver with the port selector button.
• Extend HDTV farther than HDMI cables without the loss of video
and audio quality that frequently occurs when using HDMI cable
links longer than 15 feet (4.5 m).
• Transmitter cleans and re-aligns the signal before transmitting it to
the display.
• Also great for switching and extending Hi-Def video in classroom,
conference room, trade show, collaborative PC, or medical
environments.
• Choose a kit with either a 110-VAC (AC565A) or 220–240-VAC
(AC565A-220) power supply.
All extender kits
• Include a source-side transmitter, display-end receiver, and power
supply.
• Enable you to use flexible, easy-to-pull twisted-pair cable and, in
some cases, repurpose existing copper infrastructure for video/
audio extensions.
• Lightweight, low-profile design. Install in tight spaces behind
displays, in kiosk enclosures, or in AV electronics cabinets.
• Ideal for digital signage, commercial and residential AV systems,
and home theater applications.
• Durable construction with ABS fire-retardant plastic enclosures.
• RoHS compliant.
• For 1080i and 1080p extensions as far as 492 feet or even
820 feet, see our AC560A–AC561A family of HDMI CATx
Extenders (Transmitter and Receivers).