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Setup Guide — RGB 580xi

This guide provides basic instructions for an experienced

installer to set up and operate the Extron RGB 580xi.

Installation

Refer to the RGB 580xi User’s Manual for details.

Installation and service must be performed by authorized personnel only.

Step 1 — Powering down

Turn off or disconnect all equipment from power sources.

Step 2 — Mounting

Mount the interface as desired.

Step 3 — Video input

Connect an RGBHV, RGBS, RGsB, or RsGsBs analog video input to the

front panel 15-pin HD input connector. The pinout table is shown below.

Pin Description

Wire ID

Pin Description Wire ID

15-pin HD male pinout table

1 red signal red coax

2 green signal green coax

3 blue signal blue coax

4 horizontal shift + green wire

5 horizontal shift — brown wire

6 red coax ground red coax shield

7 green coax ground green coax shield

8 blue coax ground blue coax shield

9 LED red orange wire

10 horizontal sync ground black coax shield

10 vertical sync ground yellow coax shield

10 audio ground black wire

10 LED ground yellow wire

10 shift ground grey wire

11 audio right red wire

12 audio left white wire

13 horizontal sync black coax

14 vertical sync yellow coax

15 LED green pink wire

Step 4 — Audio input

Connect an unbalanced stereo input to the front panel 3.5 mm stereo mini

jack.

Step 5 — Video output

Connect a display device to the rear panel video output BNC connectors, as shown below.

RGBSRGBHV RGsB (Sync on Green)

RsGsBs

(output only if input is RsGsBs)

R G B

H/HV

V R G B

H/HV

V R G B

H/HV

Step 6 — Audio output

Connect an audio device to the 3.5 mm, 5-pole captive screw connector for balanced or

unbalanced audio output. Wire the male connector as shown here.

CAUTION

For unbalanced audio, connect the

sleeve(s) to the ground contact.

DO NOT connect the sleeve(s) to the

negative (-) contacts.

Do not tin the wires!

Tip

NO Ground Here

Sleeve(s)

NO Ground Here

Tip

L R

Balanced Audio Output

Unbalanced Audio Output

Tip

Ring

Tip

Ring

L R

Sleeve(s)

15-pin HD Male Pin Locations

Sleeve ( )

Ring (R)

Tip (L)

Summary of content (4 pages)

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Setup Guide — RGB 580xi This guide provides basic instructions for an experienced installer to set up and operate the Extron RGB 580xi. Installation Refer to the RGB 580xi User’s Manual for details. C Installation and service must be performed by authorized personnel only. Step 1 — Powering down Turn off or disconnect all equipment from power sources. Step 2 — Mounting Mount the interface as desired.
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Setup Guide — RGB 580xi Step 7 — Contact closure For contact closure, connect an optional contact closure device to the front panel 5-pin, captive screw connector. Making contact closure between pins A and B transmits a channel signal through the rear panel RS-232 port. The RGB 580xi SI/CCSI AAP models provide one-button contact closure operation. Wire the male connector as shown below on the left. The Extron VGA and control cable assembly comes with the male control connector prewired, as shown at right.
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— SOG (sync on green) On — The interface outputs sync on green. Off — The interface outputs separate horizontal and vertical sync (on the H and V connectors) for RGBHV. 4 — V-Sync Width (vertical sync pulse width) — For some digital display devices, if no picture appears, the picture cuts in and out, or the picture is scrambled, try adjusting the output vertical sync pulse width or switching from ADSP to DDSP. On — The vertical sync pulse is narrow. Off — The vertical sync pulse is wide.
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Setup Guide — RGB 580xi 2. • At the minimum level setting (the counterclockwise limit of this control), the interface outputs video at 0.5 volts p-p. • Unity level is 0.7 volts p-p, the same as the input signal. Set the control to approximately one-half turn between the minimum and maximum level settings to output unity level video. • At the maximum level setting (the clockwise limit of this control), the interface outputs video at 1.45 volts p-p. Select a level setting of 0.