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Kramer Ele ctronics, Ltd. USER MANUAL Models: RC-6, Universal Ro om Controller RC-8, Universal Ro om Controller RC-6IR, Universal Ro om Controller RC-8IR, Universal Ro om Controller[...]
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Contents i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting Started 1 3 Overview 1 4 Your Universal Room Controller 3 4.1 Your RC-8IR 3 4.2 Your RC-8 5 4.3 Your RC-6IR 5 4.4 Your RC-6 5 5 Using Your Universal Ro om Controller 5 5.1 Operating the RC-8IR 8 5.2 An Example of Operating the RC-8IR 9 5.3 Using the Macro Buttons 10 5.4 Locking the Front Panel 10 5.5 T[...]
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Introduction 1 1 Introduction W e l c o m e to K ra me r El ec tr on ic s (s in ce 1 98 1) : a w o rl d of u ni qu e, c re a ti ve a n d af f or da bl e s o lu ti on s t o th e in fi ni t e r an g e of p ro bl em s th at c on fr on t th e v id eo , au di o an d p r es en ta ti on p ro fe s si on al o n a d ai ly b as is . In r ec en t ye ar s, w e [...]
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KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Overview 2 projector s and associated equipment—in a ny room (such as classroo ms, boardroo ms, or auditoriums). T hey streamline operatio ns and si mplify control by integrating a udio, video, and computer-video so urces into a centralized system. The Kram er Universal Roo m Controllers i nclude: An Ethe[...]
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Introduction 3 4 Your Universal Roo m Controller This section describes ea ch Universal Roo m Controller as follo ws : the RC-8IR (see section 4.2), the RC-8 ( see section 4.2), the RC- 6IR (see section 4.3) and the RC-6 (see section 4.4). 4.1 Your RC-8IR Figure 1 and T able 1 define the RC- 8IR front panel and r ight side pa nel: F[...]
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KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Your Universal Room Controller 4 Table 1: RC-8IR Features # Feature Function 1 Mounting holes (2) For fastening the c ontroller in pl ace 2 Faceplate Attachm ent Holes Fo r a tta chi ng th e f ace pla te to t he co n tro ll er 1 3 I R IN R ec e i ve r A c ce p ts IR re mote c o mm an d s (fo r th e IR -l ea rne r [...]
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Introduction 5 4.2 Your RC-8 The RC-8 is similar to the RC-8IR , without items 3 and 9 in T able 1. 4.3 Your RC-6IR The RC-6IR is si milar to the RC- 8IR , just with 6 con figurable co ntrol buttons 1 (instead of 8). 4.4 Your RC-6 The RC-6 is similar to the RC-8 just with 6 configurable c ontrol buttons 1 (instead of 8). 5 Using Your Un iversal Ro [...]
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KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Using Your Universal Room Controller 6 DV D Pla ye r Lig ht i ng Syst em S c r e e n P o w e r A m p l i f i e r w i t h s p e a k e r s V i de o Pl aye r Figure 3: Example of a Typical RC-8IR Configuration[...]
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Introduction 7 Table 3: Connection Scheme (for the example in Figure 3) Th is co nn ec tor : Co nt ro l s : RELAY2 The lights RELAY1 The screen RS-485 Terminal Blo ck Connector A power amplifie r (and speakers) RS-232 ( TX1 , RX1 ) Termin al Block Connector A p ro jec to r 1 IR OUT1 PIN 2 A DVD pla yer 3 IR OUT2 PIN 2 A video player Ethernet The RC[...]
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KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Using Your Universal Room Controller 8 5.1 Operating the RC-8 IR In the following example 1 , that is illustrated in Figure 5, the RC- 8IR is labeled with specific functions a nd each button is pro grammed 2 to perform several tasks 3 as defined in T able 4. Each button may be assigned with up to 15 co mmands. Tab[...]
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Introduction 9 5.2 An Example of Ope rating th e RC-8IR Figure 6 shows an o perating example: turn o ff the lights ON OFF DVD PC PC VCR V o l UP V o l DOWN Figure 6: RC-8IR Operation Example The buttons on the RC- 8IR are configured uniquel y in accordance with your specific re quirements. Thus each button will be assigned an identification 1 numbe[...]
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KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Using Your Universal Room Controller 10 5.3 Using the M acro Buttons Pressing any button init iates a macro sequence 1 , during which the button blinks (as progra mmed by the syste m integrator). If du rin g t h e m acr o s e qu en ce t he bu tt on b lin k s f ast er th an us ua l 2 , th is in dic ate s t ha t a m[...]
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Introduction 11 5.6 Using the Internal W eb Page The internal Web page can be used to r emotely operate the RC-8IR via the Ethernet. To control your RC-8IR via the internal W eb page, d o the follo wing: 1. T ype the unit’s IP number 1 in the Addre ss bar of your bro wser (or type any link defined b y the system integrator) . The RC-8IR fro nt pa[...]
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KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY 12 LIMITED WARRANTY Kramer Electronics (hereafter Kramer ) warran ts this product free from defects in material and workmanship under the following terms. HOW LONG IS THE WARRANTY Labor and parts are warranted for seven years f rom the date of the first customer purchase. WHO IS PROTECTED? Only the first purchase [...]
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Kramer Electron ics, Ltd. Web site: www.kramerelectronics.co m E-mail: info@kramerel.com P/N: 2900- REV 2 For the latest in formation on ou r products and a list o f Kramer distributors, visi t our Web site: www.kra merelectr onics.com, where updates to this user manua l may be found. We welcome you r questions, co mments and f[...]