Black Box AC504A-WP manual

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    Mini-Cat5 Extender Wallplate Transmitter AC 504A-WP Order toll-free in the U.S. 24 hours, 7 A.M. Monday to midnight Friday : 877-877-BBOX FREE technical support, 24 hours a day, 7 day s a week: Call 724-746-5500 or fax 724-746-0746 Mail order: Black Box Corporation , 1000 Park Drive, Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 Web site: www.b la ck bo x.c om • E-mai[...]

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    Mini-Cat5 Extender Wallplate Transmitter 1 Trademarks Used in this Manual BLACK BOX and its logo are registered trademarks of Black Box Corporation. Any other trademarks mentioned in this manual are acknowledged to be the property of the trademark owners. FCC and Canadian Dept of Communications Radio Frequency interference statements This equipment[...]

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    Model AC504A-WP 2 Normas Oficiales Mexicanas (NOM) Electrical Safety Statement INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD 1. Todas las instrucciones de seguridad y ope ración deber án ser leídas antes de que el aparato eléctrico sea operado. 2. Las instrucciones de seguridad y operaci ón deberá n ser guardadas para referencia futura. 3. Todas las advertencia[...]

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    Mini-Cat5 Extender Wallplate Transmitter 3 Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................................................... 4 1.1 General......................................................................................... 4 2. Installation .........................................................................[...]

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    Model AC504A-WP 4 1. Introduction 1.1 General The AC504A-WP is used to send PC Video or analog HDTV (component video) on UTP (Cat 5/5e/6) cables. Power is al so transmitted on the same Cat5 cable between the sender u nit and the receiver. The AC504A-WP can extend the video up to 500 feet. The unit can support the following video si gnals ¾ PC’s [...]

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    Mini-Cat5 Extender Wallplate Transmitter 5 Figure 2 – AC504A-WP Front 1.2 Features • Extends high resolution vi deo with no loss to 500 feet • Differential signal ing elim inates ground loops and noise • Handles resolutions up to 1600x1200 at any refresh rate • Slim singl e gang wall plate design • Reliable and econom ical • Only one [...]

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    Model AC504A-WP 6 4. Plug in the supplied Power suppl y to the Power Input jack on the rear of the sender unit. On the rear of the unit n ext to the RJ45 connector, there is a 2 pin screw terminal for power connection. You need to connect 9 vDC to these terminals. In your package there is either of the 2 power supplies pictured. There is also a 2.5[...]

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    Mini-Cat5 Extender Wallplate Transmitter 7 5. Apply a video source to the system and check for an image at each receiver, then set the compensation Potentiometer (pot) for best possible im age. Note: If the source is Com ponent Video (YPbPr) an HD15 to 3 RCA cable will be required for each HD15 connector. If the source is composit e video with ster[...]

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    Model AC504A-WP 8 2.3 Configuration for Compos ite Video and Stereo Audio The AC504A-WP can be used to transmit C omposite Vi deo and Stereo Audio instead of VGA or YPbPr to the receiver. However since the Video signals are term inated differentl y than audio, you need to cut or remove two jum pers on the rear of the unit. For normal operation (VGA[...]

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    Mini-Cat5 Extender Wallplate Transmitter 9 3. Troubleshooting 1. Fuzzy, blurry, or ghosting image at remote location If you have a stable im age but it looks blurry (object or character edges are smearing), adjust the compensati on on the receiver. If you still have a fuzzy image, try reducing the refresh rate and/o r the resolution setting of the [...]

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    Model AC504A-WP 10 4. Specifications Video Types VGA through UXGA (RGBHV, or YPbPr), or CV and line level stereo audio Resolution Up to 1600 x 1200 at up to 85 Hz PC or 1080i HDTV Bandwidth DC to 450 MHz Max. Distance Up to 328 ft. (100 m) wi th Phantom Power, or 500 ft (150 m) with additional power supply at receiver for VGA or 1200 feet for CV an[...]

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    Mini-Cat5 Extender Wallplate Transmitter 11 5. Appendix EIA/TIA 568B WIRING STANDARD PIN Wire Color 1 White w/ Orange Stripe 2 Orange 3 White w/Green Stripe 4 Blue 5 White w/Blue Stripe 6 Green 7 White w/Brown Stripe 8 Brown[...]

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    © Co py ri g ht 2007. Black Box Cor p oration. All ri g hts reserved. 1000 Park Drive Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 724-746-5500 Fax 724-746-0746[...]