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KRAMER ELECTRONICS LTD. USER MAN UAL MODEL: VP - 425 PC / C omp onen t t o HD MI Sc aler P/N: 2900 - 3 00 111 Rev 2[...]
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VP - 425 – Contents i Conte nt s 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting S tarted 2 2.1 Achieving t he Best Perf ormance 2 3 Overview 3 3.1 About HDMI 4 3.2 About HDCP 5 3.3 Defining the VP - 425 PC / Component to HDMI Scaler 5 4 Connecting the VP - 425 PC / Component to HD MI Scaler 6 5 Controlling t he VP - 425 8 5.1 Controlling via t he Front Panel Buttons[...]
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VP - 425 – Introduc tion 1 1 Introduc tion Welcome to Kramer Electronics! Since 1981, Kramer Electronics has been providing a world of unique, creative, and affordabl e solutions to the vast range of problems that confront video, audio, pres entation, and broadcasting professionals on a daily basis. In recent years, we have redesigned and upgrade[...]
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2 VP - 425 - Ge ttin g Star ted 2 Getting S tarted We recommend that you: • Unpack the equipment careful ly and save the original box and packaging materials f or possible future shipment • Re vi e w the contents of t his user manual • Use Kramer high performance high resolut ion cables Go to http ://w ww .kra merele ctron ic s.co m to check [...]
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VP - 425 – O verview 3 3 Over vi ew The Kramer VP - 425 PC / Component to HDMI Scaler is a high - performance digital scaler for c omputer graphics and HDTV si gnals. It up - or down - scales the PC or component video input and embeds the stereo audio into the HDMI output . The VP - 425 P C / Component to HDM I Scaler also f eatures: • A non - [...]
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4 VP - 425 - O verview 3.1 A bout HDMI High - Definit ion Multim edia I nterface (HD MI) is an unc ompres sed all - digital audio/vide o interfac e, widely s upported in t he entertai nment and home cinem a industry. HDMI ensures an all - dig ital rende ring of vi deo without the loss es assoc iated with analog interfac es and thei r unnecess ary d[...]
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VP - 425 – O verview 5 3.2 8B About HDCP The High - Bandwidth Digit al Content Protection (HDCP) standard developed by Intel, prot ects digital video and audio signals transmitted over DVI or HDMI connections betwee n two HDCP - enabled devic es to eliminate the reproduction of copyrighted material . To protect copyright holders (such as movie st[...]
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6 VP - 425 - Co nnec ting the V P - 42 5 PC / Com po nent to HD MI S caler 4 Connecting t he VP - 425 P C / Component to HDMI S caler Always switch off the power to each device before connecting it to your VP - 425 . After connecting your VP - 425 , connect its power and th en switch on the power to each device. To connect the VP - 425 , as illustr[...]
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VP - 425 – Connecti ng the VP - 425 P C / C omp onent to H DMI Sca ler 7 Fig ure 2 : Connecti ng the VP - 425 PC / Compo nent to HDMI S caler[...]
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8 VP - 425 - Co ntr olling the V P - 425 5 Controll ing the VP - 425 The VP - 425 can be controlled via: • The front panel buttons (see Section 5.1 ) • The OSD menu (see Section 5.2 ) 5.1 Controlling via the Front Panel B uttons The VP - 425 includes the following front panel buttons: • MENU, ENTER, - , and + • FREEZ E • RESET TO XGA/720p[...]
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VP - 425 – Co ntro lli ng the VP - 425 9 As an example of setting parameters, to increase the contrast on the display: 1 . From normal operation, press MENU. The OSD main menu appears on the screen. 2 . Press the + or – button to highlight CONTRAST. CONTRAST changes to green when highlighted. 3 . Press EN TER . The contrast value paramet er cha[...]
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10 VP - 425 - Co ntr olling the V P - 425 5.2.1 The MAIN MENU Mode Funct ion PICTURE See Sect ion 5.2. 2 ASPECT RATIO Full, 16:9 , 4:3 , BEST FIT OVER SCANNING Off, 5%, 1 0%, 15% , 20% NOISE REDUCTION Off, Min, Typ, Max OUTPUT Select the o utput r esoluti on from the m enu (def ault 72 0p ): Output res oluti on: Appears as: Output resoluti on: Appe[...]
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VP - 425 – Co ntro lli ng the VP - 425 11 5.2.2 13B The PICTURE M enu Paramet er Funct ion CONTRAST Set the c ontras t BRIGHTNESS Set the brightn ess SATURATION Set the c olor sa turatio n HUE Set the c olo r hue SHARPNESS Set the im age s harp ness PHASE Adjust the clock phas e PICTURE RESET Reset the P ICTURE param eters to thei r def ault st a[...]
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12 VP - 425 - Tec hnica l Speci ficat ions 6 Technical Specifications INPUT S: 1 15 - pin HD connect or 1 unbal anced stere o audi o on RC A con nectors OUTPUT: 1 HDMI c onnect or PORT: 1 USB p ort OUTPUT RESOLUT IONS: 480p, 57 6p , 720p, 1080i , 108 0p, 64 0x480, 800 x600, 1024x7 68, 1 280x8 00, 1280 x1024, 136 0 x768, 1400 x1050, 1440x9 00, 1600 [...]
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For the latest informat ion on our produc ts and a list of Kramer d istributors, visit our Web sit e where updat es to this user man ual may be foun d. We w el co me y ou r q ues t io n s, co mmen t s , a n d f eed ba ck . Web site: www.kramerel ectronics.c om E- mail: info@ kramerel.com P/N: 2 9 0 0 - 3 0 0 1 1 1 Rev: 2 ! SAF ETY WAR NI NG Discon [...]