Kramer Electronics C-AFDM user manual Getting Started, Overview

Getting Started

2Getting Started

We recommend that you:

￿￿Unpack the equipment carefully and save the original box and packaging materials for possible future shipment

￿￿Review the contents of this user manual

3Overview

The Kramer C-AFDM/AFDMOptical All-Fiber DVI Cable is a digital high- quality graphics interface between a DVI-D source (for example, a host processor video source) and a DVI-D acceptor (for example, a display panel). The C- AFDM/AFDM consists of a transmitter and a receiver, connected by all fiber optic distribution cables with male DVI-D connectors at each end. The C- AFDM/AFDM transmits both the graphic signal and display information (DDC/HDCP) over optic fiber, thus overcoming the limit of using copper cables for DDC.

In addition, the C-AFDM/AFDM:

￿￿Features a bandwidth of 1.65Gbps for each channel

￿￿Supports all VESA resolutions up to WUXGA (1,920x1,200), at 60Hz refresh rate with 1 pixel/clock mode

￿￿Has 8 fiber strands: four for DDC/HDCP interconnection and four for red, green, blue and clock transmission

￿￿Extends up to 500 meters

￿￿Does not emit any electromagnetic interference or emission on the cable, making it suitable for any medical or other EMI sensitive environment

￿￿Electrically isolates the source from the acceptor

￿￿Can use either DC power from the graphic card or AC/DC power from an external +5V adapter

￿￿Requires no software installation

Figure 1 illustrates the C-AFDM/AFDMOptical All-Fiber DVI Cable:

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