Kramer Electronics user manual Operating the VP-725XLA Presentation Switcher / Scaler

Operating the VP-725XLA Presentation Switcher / Scaler

7 Operating the VP-725XLA Presentation Switcher / Scaler

The VP-725XLAincludes the following front panel buttons:

•A set of 21 INPUT SELECTOR buttons

•A set of Video Group and Audio Group SELECT buttons1 as well as Scaler Mode and Master Audio buttons2

•A FREEZE button

•A PIP button

•A set of 7 OSD buttons (described in Table 1): OSD ON, MENU, ENTER, -, +, UP, and DOWN

This section describes how to:

•Use the different operating modes (see section 7.1)

•Switch an input to an output (see section 7.2)

•Understand the audio features (section 7.3)

•Use the PIP feature (see section 7.4)

•Lock and unlock the front panel buttons (see section 7.5)

•Freeze the image (see section 7.6)

•Display a blank screen (see section 7.7)

7.1Using the Operating Modes

The VP-725XLAoperates as five independent 4x1 switchers3 and as a scaler that switches one of the 21 inputs to the scaled outputs. These modes operate simultaneously, as well as independently.

The four buttons in the SELECT area on the front panel let you select one of six operating modes, as defined in Table 4:

1 The VIDEO GROUP SELECT button selects the video input from each group to switch to its group output

2 The SCALER SELECT button scales the selected video input (one of 21) at each of the SCALED OUTPUTS 3 Composite video, s-Video, component video (RGB or YPbPr), HDMI and UXGA

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