Kramer Electronics FC-14 user manual Introduction, Getting Started, Overview

Introduction

1 Introduction

Dedication by Kramer Electronics since 1981, to the development and manufacture of high quality video/audio equipment, makes the Kramer line an integral part of the finest production and presentation facilities in the world. In recent years, Kramer has redesigned and upgraded most of the line, making the best even better! The Kramer line of professional video/audio electronics is one of the most versatile and complete available, and is a true leader in terms of quality, workmanship, price/performance ratio and innovation. In addition to our high quality transcoders, we also offer excellent switchers and matrices, distribution amplifiers, remote controllers, processors, interfaces and computer-related products.

Congratulations on purchasing your Kramer FC-14RGBHV to Component Transcoder.

This product is ideal for displaying RGB video on:

￿￿Plasma monitors

￿￿Other display devices equipped with component video inputs

The package includes the following items:

￿￿FC-14RGBHV to Component Transcoder

￿￿Power supply

￿￿This user manual and the Kramer concise product catalog/CD

2 Getting 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

3 Overview

The high quality Kramer FC-14RGBHV to Component Transcoder is an adjustment-free, multi-standard converter that converts RGB video to component video (Y, B-Y, R-Y, sometimes called YUV or Y, Pb, Pr). The FC-14supports different sync variants on the RGB inputs:

￿￿Separate H & V (RGBHV)

￿￿Separate composite sync (RGBS)

￿￿Sync-on-green (RGsB)

￿￿Sync-on-all (RsGsBs)

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