Extron electronic manual Quick Start MAV Series Switchers, QS-1

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Quick Start — MAV Series Switchers

Installation

Step 1

Mount the switcher in a rack.

Step 2

Turn off power to the input and output devices, and remove the power cords from them.

Step 3

Cable the switcher for HDTV/component video , S-video, or composite video input and output (3).

Step 4

MAV 168/1616: Cable audio models for stereo audio input (4). High impedance is generally over 800 ohms.

MAV 128 RCA: Cable the switcher for stereo audio input. Each input has two

3

Component HDTV video

Input 1

1Output 1

Y

2

S-video

Input 1

11 Output 1

R-Y

 

Y

2

2

 

 

 

Input 1

 

 

Output 1

1

1

1

B-Y

 

C

2

2

2

MAV 168/1616

4 MAV 168/1616

Tip

Sleeve

Tip

Sleeve

Unbalanced Input

(high impedance)

Tip

Ring

Sleeve (s)

Tip

Ring

Balanced Input

(high impedance)

600 ohms

Tip

Ring

Sleeve (s)

Tip

Ring

600ohms

Balanced Input

(600 ohms)

RCA connectors (left and right) for unbalanced stereo audio input.

Step 5

MAV 168/1616: Cable audio models for stereo audio output (5).

MAV 128 RCA: Cable the switcher for stereo audio output.

Step 6

5 MAV 168/1616

Tip

See warning

Sleeve

Tip

See warning

Unbalanced Output

Tip

Ring

Sleeve (s)

Tip

Ring

Balanced Output

5

CAUTION Connect the sleeve to ground. Connecting the sleeve to a negative (-) terminal will damage the audio output circuits.

1

1

5

If desired, connect a control system or computer to the Remote RS-232/RS-422 port (6).

Step 7

If desired, attach an external sync timing device to the external sync connectors (7).

Step 8

Plug the switcher and input and output devices into a grounded AC source, and turn on the input and output devices.

Definitions

Tie — An input-to-output connection.

Set of ties — An input tied to 2 or more outputs.

Configuration — One or more ties or sets of ties.

Current configuration — The currently active configuration (also called configuration 0).

Preset — A configuration that has been stored. One preset can be assigned to each input button. When a preset is retrieved from memory, it becomes the current configuration.

6

 

 

9

6

6

9

 

 

Female

Male

Pin

RS-232 Function

RS-422 Function

1

—

Not used

TX+

Transmit data (+)

2

TX

Transmit data

TX-

Transmit data (-)

3

RX

Receive data

RX-

Receive data (-)

4

—

Not used

RX+

Receive data (+)

5

Gnd

Signal ground

Gnd

Signal ground

6

—

Not used

—

Not used

7

—

Not used

—

Not used

8

—

Not used

—

Not used

9

—

Not used

—

Not used

7

Timing source MAV switcher

OUT

To next device

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