Kramer Electronics VP-725xl manual

Kramer Ele ctronics, Ltd. USER MANUAL     Model: VP-725xl Presentation Switcher / Sca ler[...]

Content s i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Gettin g Sta rte d 1 2.1 Quick Start 1 3 Overvi ew 3 3.1 About HDMI 5 4 Your VP - 725xl Presentation Switcher / Scaler 5 5 Installing in a Rack 10 6 Connecting the VP - 725xl Presentation Switcher / Scaler 11 6.1 Connect ing the VP - 725xl 11 6.2 The RGBS and RGsB P INOUTs 13 6.3 Connect ing to the V P - 725x[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Content s ii Figures Figure 1: VP - 725xl Presen tat ion Switcher / S caler Fro nt Pan el 6 Figure 2: VP - 725xl Present ation Switch er / Scaler Rear Pan el 8 Figur e 3: C onne cting the VP -7 25xl P resentat ion Switcher / Scaler 12 Figur e 4: Cr oss ed Ca ble R S - 23 2 Connec ti on 13 Figure 5: Straig ht Cabl[...]

Content s iii Table 22: Technical S pecifications of the HDMI Input Signa l (for RGB or YUV Col orspace) 38 Table 2 3: T echn ical Sp eci fications of the Compone nt Input Signal 38 Table 24: Technical Sp ecifications o f the RGBHV/Comp/YP bPr Output Signal 38 Ta ble 25: C omm uni cati on Protoc ol of the VP - 725xl 40 Ta ble 26: T he Er ror Code s[...]

Intro ducti on 1 1 1 Introduction Welcome to Kramer El ectronics! Since 1 981, Kramer Electro nics has been pro viding a world of unique , creative , and affordabl e soluti ons to the vast range of problem s that confr ont the video, a udio, pres entation , and broadcast ing professional on a dail y basis. In recent ye ars, we have redes igned and [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Getting Sta rted 2[...]

Overvi ew 3 3 3 Ove rvi ew The VP - 725 xl is a pre sentation scaler/s witcher with multipl e signal format sections. The unit has five independent 4x1 video sections: composite, s- Video (Y /C ), co mpone nt ( YU V), comp uter grap hic s, and H DMI , pl us a single USB inp ut. It also scale s any video inp ut up or do wn to a selectable graphics o[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Overvi ew 4 • Supports e mbedd ed audio on t he HD MI inp ut s a nd o utp uts 1 • Features Project or A nywhere™ techn ology – horizontal & vertical geo metr y cont rol s tha t co mpensate for off - axis proj ector placement • Support s a wide choice of com puter graphi cs outpu t resolutions up to [...]

Your VP - 725xl Pr esentati on Switcher / Scaler 5 5 3.1 About HDMI High - Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is an uncompressed all - digital 1 audio/video interface, widely supported in the entertainment and home cine ma ind ustr y. I t del ive rs t he hi ghes t hi gh - definition image and soun d quality. Note that Kramer Electroni cs Limite[...]

KRAME R: SIMPL E CREAT IVE TECHN OLOG Y Your VP - 725xl Pr esentati on Switcher / Scaler 6 Figure 1 : VP - 72 5xl Presen tation Swi tcher / Scaler Front Pane l[...]

Your VP - 725xl Pr esentati on Switcher / Scaler 7 7 Table 1 : Front Panel VP - 725 xl Pre sentation S witcher / Scale r Features # Feat ure Funct ion 1 INPUT SELECTOR Buttons YC Selects one of the s - Video (Y/C) sourc es (from 1 to 4) 2 CV Selects one of the CV so urces ( from 1 to 4 ) 3 UXGA Selects one of the U XGA so urces (from 1 to 4 ) 4 HDM[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Your VP - 725xl Pr esentati on Switcher / Scaler 8 Figure 2 : VP - 72 5 xl Presenta tion Swit cher / Scale r Rear Panel[...]

Your VP - 725xl Pr esentati on Switcher / Scaler 9 9 Tab le 2 : Rear Pa n el VP - 72 5 xl Pres entation Switcher / Scal er Fea tures # Fe atur e Fu ncti on 1 CV IN BNC C onnect ors Conn ects to th e comp osite vi deo s ourc es (from 1 to 4 ) 2 CV OU T BNC C onnec tor C onnects to th e comp osite v ideo accep tor 3 Y C IN 4-p in Con nectors Connects[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Instal ling in a Rack 10 5 Installing in a Rack Thi s sect ion p rovi des i nstr uct io ns for rac k mou nti ng the unit .[...]

Connec ting the VP - 725xl Presen tation Switcher / Scaler 11 11 6 Connecting the VP - 725xl Presentation S w itcher / Scaler This section describes h o w to connect the VP - 725 xl . In partic ular, ho w t o conne ct t he : • VP - 725 xl rear panel (see section 6.1 ) • I nterlaced and pro gressive RG BS and RGsB inp uts ( see se cti on 6.2 ) ?[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Connec ting the VP - 725xl Presen tation Switcher / Scaler 12 5. Connect up to three SCALED OUT PUTS, as follo ws:  Connect the RGBHV connectors (G/Y, B/Pb, R/Pr, H, and V) to the RGBHV acceptor ( for example, a proj ec tor)  Connect the HDMI connector to the HDMI acceptor ( for exam p le , a n LCD displa y[...]

Connec ting the VP - 725xl Presen tation Switcher / Scaler 13 13 6.2 The RGBS and RGsB PINOUTs Table 3 de fine s the i nput pro gre ssi ve 1 and interlaced 2 RGB S an d RG sB pino ut s : Table 3 : RGBS and RGsB PINOUTS Inpu t Color Spa ce PINOU T VGA RGsB Red to P IN 1 Green + sync, t o P IN 2 Blue to P IN 3 RGBS Red t o PIN 1 Green t o PIN 2 Blue [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Conne cting the VP - 725xl P resen tation S witcher / S caler 14 contains all nine wires for a f ull connectio n of the D - sub connector. Because the null - mode m adapter (which already includes th e flow control jumpering descri bed in M ethod A above) only requires pins 2, 3 and 5 to be con nect ed, y ou are [...]

Connec ting the VP - 725xl Presen tation Switcher / Scaler 15 15 Figure 6 : L ocal Area Connectio n Proper ties Wind ow 5. Select Use the follo wing IP Addres s 1 , and fill in the d etails as sho wn in Figur e 7. Figure 7 : In ternet P rotoc ol (TCP /IP) Prope rties W indow 6. Click OK. 6 .4 . 2 Con nectin g th e ETH ERNET Port via a Netw ork Hu b[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Operati ng the P resentat ion Switcher / Scale r 16 7 Operating the Presentation Switcher / Scaler The VP - 725 xl includes the following front panel butt ons: • A s e t of 21 INP UT SE LECTOR buttons • Video Grou p and Scale r Mode S ELECT buttons • A PIP button • A FREEZE button • A s e t of 7 OS D bu[...]

Operati ng the P resentat ion Switcher / Scaler 17 17 Whe n se le ct in g a PIP so urce, t he P rese ntatio n S witc her / Scal er auto m atic all y recognize s and c an displa y the s elected g raphic P IP sour ce on a ny vi deo sourc e 1 or the s elected video source on any gra p hic 1 sour ce , compli a nt to Table 4 . Tabl e 4 : PIP Source Appe[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Operati ng the P resentat ion Switcher / Scaler 18 7.3 Locking a nd Unlocking the Fro nt Panel To prevent accidental ch a nges to settings or unauthorized tam per ing with the front p ane l, you ca n loc k the fr ont p anel . To l ock the fro nt pa nel , p ress a nd ho ld the ENTER front pa nel button 1 for about[...]

Confi guring and Contr oll ing the VP - 725xl 19 19 8 Configuring and Controlling the VP - 725xl This section descr ibes ho w to co nfig ure a nd co ntro l the VP - 725xl via the: • OSD menu (see sect ion 8.1 ) • LCD displa y (see sect ion 8.2 ) • Infrared re mote control trans mitter (see section 8 .3 ) You can also control the VP - 725x l v[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Confi guring and Controll ing the VP - 725 xl 20 8.1.1 The Inp ut Screen Figur e 9 a nd T able 5 define the Input screen . Figure 9: Input Screen Table 5 : I nput Screen Func tions Settin g Fu ncti on Selec tion /R ang e De faul t Se lect Selec t the group Video Gr oup, S caler Scaler VGA Grou p Selec t the VGA i[...]

Confi guring and Controll ing the VP - 725 xl 21 21 8.1.2 The Pict ure S creen Figur e 1 0 a nd T ab le 6 define the Picture screen. Figure 10 : Picture Screen Table 6 : Picture S creen Fun ctions Settin g Fu ncti on Selec tion /Rang e Defa ult Brightnes s Adjust the brig htness - 50 to 50 0 Contrast Adjust the co ntrast - 50 to 50 0 Color A djust [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Confi guring and Con trolling the VP - 725xl 22 8.1.3 The Out put Scr een Figu re 11 and T ab le 7 define the Output screen. Figure 11 : Output Screen Table 7 : Ou tput Scr een F uncti ons 1 Settin g Fu ncti on Selec tion /Rang e Defa ult Resoluti on 2 Set the resoluti on 3 Native HDMI 4 , 640 x480 x60Hz, 6 40x48[...]

Confi guring and Controll ing the VP - 725 xl 23 23 Settin g Fu ncti on Selec tion /Rang e Defa ult H- Pan 1 Horizont al pan - 16 to 16 0 V- Pan 1 Vertic al pan - 16 to 16 0 H- Zoom 1 Horizonta l zoom - 8 to 8 0 V- Zoom 1 Vertic al zoom - 8 t o 8 0 Zoom Set the Zoom 2 100%, 1 50%, 200%, 2 25%, 250%, 275% , 300%, 325%, 3 50%, 375%, 4 00%, Custom 100[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Confi guring and Controll ing the VP - 725 xl 24 8.1.4 The PIP Screen Figu re 12 and T ab le 8 define the PIP screen. Figure 12 : PIP Screen Table 8 : PIP Screen Fun ctions Settin g Fu ncti on Selec tion /Rang e Defa ult On/Off A ctivate/ deacti vate t he P IP featur e 1 On/Off Off T yp e Select the P IP type Pic[...]

Confi guring and C ontroll ing the VP - 725xl 25 25 8.1.5 The Geom etr y Screen Figu re 13 and T ab le 9 define the Geometry screen , allowing the user flexibility in po sitioning his pr oj ector relative to the screenin g surface. Figure 13 : Geometry Screen Table 9 : Geometry S creen Fun ctions Settin g Fu ncti on Se lecti on/R ang e Def aul t Ap[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Confi guring and Controll ing the VP - 725 xl 26 8.1.6 The Set up Scr een Figu re 14 and Table 11 defin e the Setup screen. Figure 14 : Setup Screen Table 11 : Se tup Screen Fun ctions Settin g Fu ncti on Se lecti on/R ang e Def aul t Save S ave a p rofile From Profil e 1 to P rofil e 8 Recall Recall a profil e F[...]

Confi guring and Controll ing the VP - 725 xl 27 27 Settin g Fu ncti on Se lecti on/R ang e Def aul t EDID EEPROM Prot ect EDID writi ng prote ction 1 On/Off HDMI Switch Behavi or Set to DVD/ N ormal or PC / Byp a ss Normal 2 /B ypass N ormal 8.1.7 The Sli desho w Feature The VP - 725 xl lets you run a slidesho w via the USB input and set the slide[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Confi guring and Controll ing the VP - 725xl 28 8.1.7.1 The Advanced S etup S creen Figu re 15 to Figure 18 , a nd T able 13 to Table 16 define the Advanced Setup screens. Figure 15 : Advan ced Setup Screen The Mode Set functi ons define the desired working resolution and refresh rate whe n the s yste m ca nno t [...]

Confi guring and Controll ing the VP - 725 xl 29 29 Table 14 : M isc Functi ons Settin g Fu ncti on Se lecti on/R ang e Def aul t Logo C hoose ON for t he sta rt up l ogo to app ear on th e sc reen OFF for it not to appe ar Set to C ustom to do wnload a custom Lo go 1 ( Fl ash R OM ) On, Off or Custom Kram er Logo (On) Blank Color Set the blank col[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Confi guring and Controll ing the VP - 725 xl 30 Figure 17 : I nput Se tup Screen Table 15 : I nput Functions Settin g Fu ncti on Ran ge D efa ul t HT Horiz ontal T otal 1344 HW Horizont al s ync pulse widt h 136 HS Horizont al activ e start poin t 296 HA Horizont al ac tive re gion 1024 HP Horizont al p olarit y[...]

Confi guring and Controll ing the VP - 725 xl 31 31 Table 16 : O utput Functio ns Settin g Fu ncti on Def aul t HT Horiz ontal to tal 1344 HW Horizont al s ync pulse widt h 1 36 HS Horizont al activ e start poin t 2 96 HA Horizont al ac tive re gion 1024 HP Horizont al p olarit y VT V ertical total 8 06 VW V ertical sync pulse wid th 6 VS V ertical[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Confi guring and Controll ing the VP - 725 xl 32 8.2 Operating via the LCD Display You c an c o ntro l t he VP - 725 xl f r o m t h e fro nt p a nel hi gh co ntr ast L CD Di sp lay. You can operate the VP - 725 xl via t he L CD Dis pla y, u sing t h e: • Front panel OSD b uttons: ME NU , ENTER , - , + , UP and [...]

Confi guring and Controll ing the VP - 725 xl 33 33 YPb Pr YC CV HDMI VGA Capt ure USB Enter OSD Picture Me nu Auto-Image PIP PI P Size SWA P VOL VOL + Figure 21 : Infrared Remo te Control Transmitter Table 17 : Infrared Rem ote Control Trans mitter Functions Key Function Free ze P auses th e out put vid eo Power C ycles pow er Blank Toggles betwee[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Usin g Text O verla y 34 8.4 Operating v ia ET HERN ET/ Serial Port To c ontr ol your VP - 725 xl via the Ether net/Serial P ort : • C onnect the ETHERNET port of th e VP - 725 xl to the Ether net por t of yo ur P C 1 • Download the Ether net App lication fro m our Web site on http://www.kra merelectr onics.c[...]

Usin g Text O verla y 35 35 Table 18 : Fe atures an d Functi ons of the Text Overlay Appli cati on Feat ure Funct ion Paramet er Set ting Ar ea Text Col or Dropdow n Box Select the T ext colo r Backgrou nd Col or D ropdo wn Bo x Set th e te xt backgr ound color Transpar ency D ropdo wn Bo x S elect On for a transp arent back groun d or Off for a no[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Technical S pecificati ons 36 10 Technical Specifications Table 19 include s the technica l specificatio ns: Table 19 : Technica l Sp ecifica tions 1 of the VP - 725 xl Pres entation S witcher / Scaler 4 x CV 1V pp/7 5 Ω o n BNC c onnect ors ; 4 x YC 1Vp p (Y); 0 .3Vp p (C)/ 75 Ω o n 4 -p in connect ors; 4 x [...]

Technical S pecificati ons 37 37 Table 20 : Technical Specificat ions of the RGBHV / RGBS (PC) / RGsB (PC) Input Signal 1 Resolution Ver tical Frequency (Hz) Notes Resolution V ertical Frequen cy (Hz) Notes 640x48 0 (480p ) 60 VESA 1152 x870 75 Mac21 640x48 0 67 Mac 13 115 2x900 66 Sun 640x48 0 72 VESA 115 2x900 76 S un 640x48 0 75 VESA 128 0x720 6[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Technical S pecificati ons 38 Table 23 : Technical Specificat ions of the C o mponent Input Signal Resol uti on Ver tical Freq uenc y (Hz) Remar k 1080i 60 YP bP r 1080i 50 YP bP r 1080p 60 YPb Pr 1080p 50 YPb Pr 720p 60 YPb Pr 720p 50 YPb Pr 480i 60 YPbP r 480p 60 YPb Pr 576i 50 YPbP r 576p 50 YPb Pr Table 24 : [...]

VP - 725xl C ommunic ation Pr otocol 39 39 11 VP - 725xl Communication Protocol Communicatio n Confir mation: Send: CR Re p l y: CR> Set and Get command: Set Co mmand : Y  Control_Ty pe  F unct ion  P aram  CR Reply : Z  Control_Type  Func tion  Param  CR > Get Co mma nd : Y  Control_Ty pe  F unct ion  CR Repl[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY VP - 725xl Com municat ion Prot ocol 40 Table 25 include s the Commu nication Pro tocol: Table 25 : C ommu nication P rotocol of the VP - 725 xl Contr ol T ype Funct io n Parameter Descr ip tion Set Get 0 1 5 0: Auto 1: RGB 2: YU V Input Color Format 0 1 6 0: Auto 1: NTSC 2: PAL 3: PAL-M 4: PAL-N 5: NTSC 4.43 6: [...]

VP - 725xl Com municat ion Prot ocol 41 41 Contr ol T ype Funct io n Parameter Descr ip tion Set Get 0 1 25 0 : Native HDMI 1 : 640x480@60Hz 2 : 640x480@75Hz 3 : 800x600@50Hz 4 : 800x600@60Hz 5 : 800x600@75Hz 6 : 1024x768@50H z 7 : 1024x768@60H z 8 : 1024x768@75H z 9 : 1280x768@50H z 10: 1280x768@60H z 11. 1280x720@60H z 12: 1280x800@60H z 13: 1280[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY VP - 725xl Com municat ion Prot ocol 42 Contr ol T ype Funct io n Parameter Descr ip tion Set Get 0 1 32 0: 100% 1: 150% 2: 200% 3: 225% 4: 250% 5: 275% 6: 300% 7: 325% 8: 350% 9: 375% 10: 400% 11: Custom Zoom 0 1 33 0 ~ 32 Custom Zoom 0 1 34 - 16 ~ 16 Zoom H - Pa n 0 1 35 - 16 ~ 16 Zoom V - Pa n 0 1 36 0: Off 1:[...]

VP- 725xl Comm unication Prot ocol 43 43 Contr ol T ype Funct io n Parameter Descr ip tion Set Get 0 1 53 0: Dynamic 1: User Define Audio Delay (n ot avai lable for VP - 725xl) 0 1 54 0 ~340 (step 2) Audi o User Delay ( n ot availabl e for VP - 725xl) 0 1 55 0: No audio 1: VGA1 2: VGA2 3: VGA3 4: VGA4 5: HDMI1 6: HDMI2 7: HDMI3 8: HDMI4 9: COMP1 10[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY VP - 725xl Com municat ion Prot ocol 44 Contr ol T ype Funct io n Parameter Descr ip tion Set Get 0 - 73 0: Profile 1 1: Profile 2 2: Profile 3 3: Profile 4 4: Profile 5 5: Profile 6 6: Profile 7 7: Profile 8 Recall Setting 0 1 74 0: Off 1: On Frame Lock 0 - 75 N/A Factory Reset - 1 76 N/A Firmware Revision 0 1 7[...]

VP - 725xl Com municat ion Prot ocol 45 45 Contr ol T ype Funct io n Parameter Descr ip tion Set Get 0 - 96 N/A Volume- (left - butto n) not a v ail able for VP - 725 xl 0 - 97 N/A Volume+ (right + button) not avai lable f or VP - 725xl 0 - 98 N/A Enter 0 - 99 N/A Picture 0 - 100 N/A Swap 0 1 101 0: Off 1: On Mute (not avail able for VP - 725xl) 0 [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY VP - 725xl Com municat ion Prot ocol 46 Contr ol T ype Funct io n Parameter Descr ip tion Set Get 48: 1080p 24 49: 1280x800 60 50: 1440x900 60 51: 1440x900 60(R) 52: 1280x768 (R) 53: 1680x1050 60 (R) 54: 1366x768 60 55: 1366x768 60 (R) 94: Custom1 95: Custom2 96: Custom3 97: Custom4 98: No Input detected 99: othe[...]

VP - 725xl Com municat ion Prot ocol 47 47 Contr ol T ype Funct io n Parameter Descr ip tion Set Get 36: 1080p 60 37: 1080p 50 38: 720p 60 39: 720p 50 40: 480i 41: 480p 42: 576i 43: 576p 44: 1280x800 60 (R) 45: 1920x1200 60 46: 1920x1080 60 47: 1280x720 60 48: 1080p 24 49: 1280x800 60 50: 1440x900 60 51: 1440x900 60(R) 52: 1280x768 60(R) 53: 1680x1[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY VP - 725xl Com municat ion Prot ocol 48 Contr ol T ype Funct io n Parameter Descr ip tion Set Get 0 1 123 0: Negative polarity 1: Positive polarity Advance Output Mode: HP 0 1 124 384~2047 Advance Output Mode: VT 0 1 125 2~(HS- 13) Advance Output Mode: VW 0 1 126 15~(VT -VA- 1) Advance Output Mode: VS 0 1 127 480[...]

VP - 725xl Com municat ion Prot ocol 49 49 Contr ol T ype Funct io n Parameter Descr ip tion Set Get 0 1 153 0: HDMI1 1: HDMI2 2: HDMI3 3: HDMI4 Select HDMI group c hannel Note : Error when SELECT ≠ Video Gro up / Audio Group / AV Group 0 1 154 0: COMP1 1: COMP2 2: COMP3 3: COMP4 Select COMP group channel Note : Error when SELECT ≠ Video Gro up[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY VP - 725xl Com municat ion Prot ocol 50 Contr ol T ype Funct io n Parameter Descr ip tion Set Get 0 1 173 0: Pip source select = 0 1: Pip source select = 1 Hot key PIP source select, same as rem ote co ntrol key - PIP Source 0 1 174 0: 1/25 (for Get Command) 1: 1/16 (for Get Command) 2: 1/9 (for Get Command) 3: 1[...]

VP - 725xl Com municat ion Prot ocol 51 51 Contr ol T ype Funct io n Parameter Descr ip tion Set Get 0 1 195 - 100 ~ +100 HQV Color Setting - Red 0 1 196 - 100 ~ +100 HQV Color Setting - Green 0 1 197 - 100 ~ +100 HQV Color Setting - Bl ue 0 1 198 - 100 ~ +100 HQV Color Setting - Cyan 0 1 199 - 100 ~ +100 HQV Color Setting - Magent a 0 1 200 - 100 [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY 52 LIM ITED W A RRAN TY WHO IS P ROTECTED? WHA T IS COVERED AND WHA T IS NOT COVERED WHA T WE WILL P A Y F OR AN D WHA T WE WILL NOT PA Y FOR HOW Y O U CAN GET W ARRANTY SERVICE LIMIT A TION OF IMP LIED W A RRANTIES EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES CAUT IO N! Kramer Electronics (her eafter ) warrants this pr o duct free from[...]

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