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. MultiView NEC 600 Receiver Quick Reference & Setup Guide Magent a Re sea rc h 128 Litc hfield Road, New Milf ord, CT 06776 USA (860) 210-0546 FAX (860) 210-1758 www.magenta-res earch.com Connect with Confidence[...]
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MAGENTA MULTIVIEW™ SERIES © 1998-2009 by Magenta Res earch All rights reserved. Magenta Research 128 Litchfield Road New Milford, CT 06776 USA This document and the Magenta Research products to which it relates, and the copy right in each, is the property of Magenta Research. Neither the document nor the products may be reproduced b y any means,[...]
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. CONTENTs 1 Content s Cha pter Pa ge 1. Speci fica tion s.. ... ... .... .... .... ... ... .... .... .. .... .... ... ... .... .... .... ... ... ..... .... ... ... .... .... .. .... ..2 2. Int rodu ction . .... .. .... .... ... ..... .. .... .... .... ... …... .... .. .... .... ..... .... .. .... .... .... .. .... .... .... ...3 2.1 Overview... [...]
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MAGENTA MULTIVIEW™ SERIES 2 1. S pecifications Cable Requi red: Category 5, 5e, 6 shielded or unsh ielded twisted pair Complia nce: CE; FCC Class A , IC Class A Video Support: all supported VESA modes to WUX GA (1920x1200), RGBHV, HDT V modes including 1 080p, 1080i, 720p (Note: The NEC 600 does not supp ort component, composite o r S- video vide[...]
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. CHAPTER 2: Introduction 3 2. Introduction 2.1 Overview This manual covers the Magenta MultiView™ NEC 600 card sl ot CAT5 Receiver unit. The NEC 600 is inte nded for use only in compatible NEC displays that have the card slot feat ure. All signals are input direct ly into the display so ext ernal cabling or power is not requir ed. The NEC 600 ca[...]
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MAGENTA MULTIVIEW™ SERIES 3. Setup and Inst allation 3.1 Ca bl ing Consi de rat i ons • We recommend mounting and connecti ng al l cabling to the MultiView™ Series components before ap plying power. • Make sure that the CAT5 cable you intend to use has been tested to comply with the T568B wiring specification (See Ap pendi x A ). 3.2 Making[...]
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. CHAPTER 3: SETUP & INSTALLATION 5 3.2.2 CONNECTIONS ON THE NEC600 RECEIVER Below the NEC 600 connections are detaile d: Figure 3-1. Conn ectio n s on the MultiView NEC 600. The NEC 600 c ard slot receiver does not have any internal jumpe r or switch settings for configurat i on. Any configuration param eters are changed vi a the SAP protocol [...]
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MAGENTA MULTIVIEW™ SERIES 6 3.3 Video Adjustment 3.3.1 Cable Distance Co mpen satio n Setting s In order to get the highest quality video signal s from your MultiView CAT5 Video System, plea s e follow the instructions and diag rams belo w: An Image Adjustm ent Ut il ity is avail able for dow nload from: http:// www .magenta-res earch. c om/test [...]
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. CHAPTER 3: Setup and Installation 7 3.3.2 Skew Compensatio n Settings The NEC 600 rec eiver features int egrate d sk ew compensation to adj ust f or signal timing diff erences due to differing pair lengt hs within the CAT5 cable. Us ing the delay signals , skew may be compensa ted from 2 to 65 nanoseconds in 2 nanosecond incremen ts on each indiv[...]
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MAGENTA MULTIVIEW™ SERIES 8 4. T r oubleshooting 4.1. Common Problems In most cases, nearly every issue with the MultiView CAT5 Video System can be resolved by checkin g the CAT5 terminat ion and making sure that it ’s pinned to the TIA/EIA 568B wiring s pec ification. However, there may be other problems t hat cause the system to not pe rform [...]
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. 9 Problem: “ Green shift” or “green washout” on multimedia signals . Solution: T he standard v ideo/serial model is designed t o function with DC coupled signa ls i n w hich the bl ack l evel is refer ence d to 0 volt s. Nearly all VGA car ds fu nct io n thi s w a y. Some medi a ser vers, how ever, pro vide AC co uple d sign als an d can [...]
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MAGENTA MULTIVIEW™ SERIES 10 Appendix A. Cabling Pinouts Table A -1. T56 8B CA T5 pino ut NOTE: The external DB9 connector is intended for console access to the receiver and does not supp ort external SAP RS232 protoco l. This connection should not be used to control the display.[...]
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. 11 APPENDIX B: Setting Sync modes Appendix B. Setting Sync Mode The NEC 600 has the capability for fixed and agile sync. The def ault sync mode setting is for agile sync which replicates the source sync polarity signals. However some displays require a fixed sync polarity that is not possible to change at the video source. 1080P signal s may also[...]
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MAGENTA MULTIVIEW™ SERIES 12 Appendix C. SAP Addressing To set the NEC600 SAP ad dres s , use the tw o rotary address kn obs on the unit. You will need to convert the decimal ad dress desired to a hexa decimal add ress u sing th e table to the right . The left knob designated H is the most signific a nt digit, w hile the right side designat ed L [...]
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. 13 Appendix D. Rotary Knob Menu The foll owing diagram details t he various configuration se ttings avail able through the rotary knob. This is pr ovided to graphica l l y show each menu choic e. Normal Operation Video EQ Adjustemen t Mode Red-ske w Adjustemen t Mode Configure Sync-mode: Agile/fixed Mode LED Flashing Red Green-skew Adjustemen t M[...]
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MAGENTA MULTIVIEW™ SERIES Magenta Research 128 Litc hfield Road, New Milford, CT 06776 USA (860) 210-0546 FA X (860) 210-1758 www.magenta-res earch.com PN 5310229-01, Rev 01, Jul-2009[...]