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Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 3 3.1 Getting Started Achieving the Best Performance Safety Instructions Recycling Kramer Products Overview Defining the VP-441 Presentation Switcher/Scaler 2 2 3 3 4 5 4 Installing in a Rack 8 5 Connecting the VP-441 6 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.
1 Introduction Welcome to Kramer Electronics! Since 1981, Kramer Electronics has been providing a world of unique, creative, and affordable solutions to the vast range of problems that confront video, audio, presentation, and broadcasting professionals on a daily basis.
2 Getting Started We recommend that you: Unpack the equipment carefully and save the original box and packaging materials for possible future shipment i 2.1 Review the contents of this user manual Go to http://www.kramerelectronics.com/support/product_downloads.asp to check for up-to-date user manuals, application programs, and to check if firmware upgrades are available (where appropriate).
2.2 Safety Instructions ! 2.3 Caution: There are no operator serviceable parts inside the unit Warning: Use only the power cord that is supplied with the unit Warning: Do not open the unit.
3 Overview The Kramer VP-441 is a high quality presentation switcher and scaler. It accepts one of seven inputs: a component video on RCA connectors, computer graphics on a 15-pin HD connector, composite video on an RCA connector, s-Video on a 4-pin connector and two HDMI signals. It scales the video, embeds the audio, and outputs the signal as follows: to the HDMI output, to the computer graphics output, and to the RGBHV video output together with a digital audio output and an analog stereo audio output.
Is HDCP Compliant - The HDCP (High Definition Content Protection) license agreement allows copy-protected data on the HDMI input to pass only to the HDMI output Has a non-volatile memory that retains the last settings used Supports firmware upgrade via RS-232 Control your VP-441: Directly, via the front panel push buttons By RS-232 serial commands transmitted by a touch screen system, PC, or other serial controller Remotely, from the infrared remote control transmitter Via the Eth
6 Figure 1: VP-441 Presentation Switcher/Scaler Front Panel VP-441 – Overview # Feature 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 POWER Switch IR Receiver INPUT CV SELECTOR YC Buttons COMPONENT VGA HDMI BLANK Button MUTE Button Function 10 FREEZE Button 11 MENU Button Displays the OSD menu (see Section 6.2) 12 ENTER Button Press to accept changes, change the SETUP parameters (see Section 6.2) and to auto adjust the image (when not within the OSD menu), see Section 6.1.
VP-441 – Overview Figure 2: VP-441 Presentation Switcher/Scaler Rear Panel # 19 Feature Function HDMI Connect to the HDMI source (from 1 to 2) VGA 15-pin HD CV RCA Connect to the computer graphics source Connect to the composite video source 22 23 24 25 26 YC 4-pin Pr/Cr RCA Pb/Cb RCA Y RCA R BNC Connect to the s-Video source 27 28 G BNC B BNC 20 21 29 30 31 32 33 VIDEO INPUT Connectors VIDEO OUTPUT Connectors AUDIO IN Unbalanced Stereo Terminal Block Connectors 7 34 RS-232 9-pin D-sub Po
4 Installing in a Rack This section provides instructions for rack mounting the unit.
5 Connecting the VP-441 ! i Always switch off the power to each device before connecting it to your VP-441. After connecting your VP-441, connect its power and then switch on the power to each device. You do not have to connect all the inputs and outputs, connect only those that are required. To connect the VP-441, as illustrated in the example in Figure 3, do the following: 1. Connect an HDMI source (for example, a DVD player) to the HDMI 1 VIDEO INPUT connector.
9. Connect the VGA VIDEO OUTPUT 15-pin HD connector to a VGA acceptor (for example, a projector). 10. Connect the audio output signals to the OUT stereo analog audio acceptor and/or the digital audio acceptor, as required (not shown in Figure 3). 11. Connect the power cord (not shown in Figure 3). 12. If required, connect: A PC via RS-232, see Section 6.3 The ETHERNET port, see Section 6.
6 Controlling the VP-441 The VP-441 can be controlled via: The front panel buttons (see Section 6.1) The OSD menu (see Section 6.2) RS-232 serial commands transmitted by a touch screen system, PC, or other serial controller (see Section 6.3) 6.1 The ETHERNET (see Section 6.4) The infrared remote control transmitter (see Section 6.
6.2 Using the OSD Menu The control buttons let you control the VP-441 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. 6.2.
Mode Function Output resolution: Appears as: Output resolution: Appears as: 1400x1050 SXGA+ 480p@59.94 Hz 480P59 1366x768 WXGA 720p@59.94Hz 720P59 NATIVE 1080i@59.94Hz 1080I59 VGA 1080p@59.94Hz 1080P59 640x480 NATIVE - Select NATIVE to select the output resolution from the EDID of the connected HDMI monitor AUDIO Adjust audio parameters (see Section 6.2.3) OSD Set the OSD parameters: H POSITION, V POSITION, TIMER, BACKGROUND and DISPLAY (see Section 6.2.
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Parameter HDMI AUDIO IN Function Select: AUTOMATIC: the embedded audio on the HDMI input is selected for an HDMI signal, or the analog audio input is selected if the input is not HDMI (for example, for a DVI input signal) EMBEDDED: the embedded audio in the HDMI signal is selected ANALOG: the analog audio input is selected HDMI AUDIO IN is enabled only when one of the HDMI inputs is selected 6.2.4 6.
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7 Technical Specifications INPUTS: 2 HDMI connectors 1 VGA on a 15-pin HD connector 1 composite video on an RCA connector 1 Y/C on a 4-pin connector 2 component video each on 3 RCA connectors 2 HDMI, 1 VGA, 2 COMP, 1 CV, 1 Y/C unbalanced stereo audio on seven 3-pin terminal block connectors OUTPUTS: 1 RGBHV on 5 BNC connectors 1 HDMI connector 1 VGA (RGBHV) on a 15-pin HD connector 1 S/PDIF on an RCA connector 1 unbalanced stereo audio on RCA connectors OUTPUT COLORSPACE: RGB H FREQUENCY: 15.
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8 RS-232 Communication Protocol The following is the COM port setting: Baud Rate: 9600bps Parity: None Data Bits: 8bits Stop Bits: 1bit Set CTS Mode: Off Set XON/XOFF: Off Symbol Character Symbols Definitions Meaning Space [CR] Carriage Return, ASCII code 0x0D [LF] or > Line Feed, ASCII code 0x0A Set and Get Command Set Command: Type in: YControl_TypeFunctionParam[CR] Reply: ZControl_TypeFunctionParam[CR][LF] Get Command: Type in: YControl_TypeFunction[CR] Reply: ZControl_TypeFunctionPara
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Control Function Type 2: Get Param (for Set) Function Description Comment 1: Set 2: Get 17 0~100 Contrast 1: Set 2: Get 25 0~100 Hue 1: Set 2: Get 26 0~100 Sharpness 1: Set 2: Get 29 0~100 Saturation 1: Set 2: Get 33 0~100 Set an absolute volume for Output this does not affect the 1: Set 2: Get 34 0~100 Set an absolute volume for Input 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: Se
Control Function Type 3: Set 4: Get 0~6 Function Description Size 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 (FW 1.
Control Function Type Param (for Set) Function Description Comment 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 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
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