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www .gefen.com f 1:2 Component Audio Over CA T5 EXT -COMP AUD-CA T5-142 User Manual[...]
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T echnical Support : T elephone (818) 772-9100 (800) 545-6900 Fax (818) 772-9120 T echnical Support Hours: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday thru Friday . Write T o: Gefen Inc. c/o Customer Service 20600 Nordhoff St Chatsworth, CA 9131 1 www .gefen.com support@gefen.com Notice Gefen Inc. reserves the right to make changes in the hard ware, packaging and an[...]
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CONTENTS 1 Introduction 2 Operation Notes 3 Features 4 Sender Panel Layout 5 Sender Panel Descriptions 6 Receiver Panel Layout 7 Receiver Panel Descriptions 8 Connecting And Operating The 1:2 Component Audio Over CA T5 9 Adjusting The Video Quality 10 Network Cable W iring Diagram 1 1 Speci fi cations 12 W arranty[...]
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1 Congratulations on your purchase of the 1:2 Component Audio Over CA T5. Y our complete satisfaction is very important to us. Gefen Gefen delivers innovative, progressive computer and electronics add-on solutions that harness integration, extension, distribution and conversion technologies. Gefen’s reliable, plug-and-play products supplement cro[...]
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READ THESE NOTES BEFORE INST ALLING OR OPERA TING THE 1:2 COMPONENT AUDIO OVER CA T5 Use only industry standard Category-5 Enhanced (CA T -5e) cable to operate • the 1:2 Component Audio Over CA T5. Cat-6 cables can also be used. Unit will convert digital audio to analog audio and analog audio to digital audio. It • will not however down-mix mul[...]
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3 Features Supports up to 1080p component video • Supports analog L+R audio and multichannel digital audio via optical T oslink • or S/PDIF jacks Simple plug-and-play installation • Equalizations for different CA T -5 skews • No loss of quality over long distances • Package Includes (1) Component Audio Over CA T5 Sender (1) 1:2 Component [...]
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4 Front Panel Back Panel 1 7 4 5 6 2 3 SENDER P ANEL LA YOUT[...]
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5 SENDER P ANEL DESCRIPTIONS 5V DC Power Input 1 Connect the included 5V DC power supply input this port. Once this has been properly connected the power LED will become active. 3 RCA Component Input 2 Connect the component source device to this input. 2 RCA Analog Stereo Input 3 Connect the source’s analog audio to this input. SPDIF Digital Audi[...]
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6 Front Panel Back Panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 10 12 13 RECEIVER P ANEL LA YOUT[...]
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7 RECEIVER P ANEL DESCRIPTIONS Brightness Trim Pot 1 Use this adjustment T rim Pot to brighten/darken the output video signal. See page 9. Focus Trim Pot 2 Use this adjustment T rim Pot to focus/blur the output video signal. See page 9. Power LED Indicator 3 This LED will become active once the included 5V DC power supply is properly connected. 5V [...]
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8 How to Connect the 1:2 Component Audio Over CA T5 Connect the component video source to the Component Audio Over CA T5 1. sending unit using the supplied 3 RCA component cable. Connect audio to the Component audio Over CA T5 sender unit using either 2. user supplied audio cables or the included audio cables. Digital Audio: Use either the digital [...]
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9 ADJUSTING THE VIDEO QUALITY The 1:2 Component Audio Over CA T5 receiving unit can adjust both the brightness and focus of the reproduced video signal. Differences in cable skew and distance are factors that can affect these settings. T o adjust these settings and tune the video signal please use the steps below . Brightness If the image appears t[...]
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12345678 Gefen has speci fi cally engineered their products to work with the TIA/EIA-568-B speci fi cation. Please adhere to the table below when fi eld terminating cable for use with Gefen products. Failure to do so may produce unexpected results and reduced performance. CA T -5, CA T -5e, and CA T -6 cabling comes in stranded and solid core ty[...]
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11 Video Ampli fi er Bandwidth ....................................................................... 350 MHz Input Video Signal .............................................................................. 1.2 V olts p-p Input Sync Signal ........................................................................ 5 V olts p-p (TTL) Horizontal Freq[...]