Belkin AV4 user manual ScreenCast AV Transmitter, IR Infrared, or “Most Normal AV and TV Remotes”

General Information

ScreenCast AV Transmitter

The role of the transmitter is to wirelessly send the content from your AV source devices like Blu-ray disc players or satellite/cable boxes to your TV.

The transmitter can be placed within the range guidelines described on page 6. You may have to experiment a bit with positioning so you get the best possible experience. The transmitter can be moved, but the receiver can be adjusted, too.

Remote control commands from your source devices’ remotes can be relayed from the receiver to the transmitter, and then to each device via an IR emitter. To do this, you’ll connect the included IR emitter into the transmitter’s “IR” port, and aim the emitter ends at your source devices. It does not matter which of the four emitter ends is in front of each device.

ScreenCast AV is a WHDI™ certified product and can support up to eight WHDI™ transmitters. So in addition to the 4-port AV transmitter that came with this product, in the future you might add other wireless transmitters in the ScreenCast family. For example, you might

have a transmitter for your laptop, and another one for a tablet.

Controlling Your Video Sources

There are two options for controlling the AV source products connected to the ScreenCast AV system: HDMI-CEC and IR. These approaches can be used in conjunction with one another, or you can use IR alone.

IR (Infrared, or “Most Normal AV and TV Remotes”)

The ScreenCast AV system allows you to use your device-specific remotes, such as one from a Blu-ray disc player, just as you normally would.

•The ScreenCast AV receiver takes the signal that your remote emits (IR) and sends it back to the ScreenCast AV transmitter. The transmitter then sends those commands to your devices via the IR emitters.

•For instance, you can point your Blu-ray disc player’s remote at the ScreenCast receiver, press “play,” and that command will be sent back to the ScreenCast transmitter, then through the IR emitter, and your Blu-ray disc player will play.

•Some products, most notably PlayStation 3®, use Bluetooth® wireless technology instead of IR. Bluetooth is not supported by the ScreenCast AV system but since Bluetooth is a wireless technology, it is compatible with the ScreenCast AV system.

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