Muting and unmuting video and/or audio outputs

Individual outputs can be muted or unmuted as follows:

NMutes are protected when front panel Lock mode 2 is selected. You can view the status of the output (muted or unmuted) in Lock mode 2 but you cannot change it from the front panel. See “Setting the front panel Locks (Executive modes)” on page 3-44.

1.

Press the Esc button to clear any input button indications, output button

 

indications, or control button indications that may be on.

2.

Select video or audio only to mute or unmute by pressing the Video

 

button and/or the Audio button.

3.

Press and release the View button.

4.

One at a time, press and hold the output button(s) for the desired output(s)

 

for approximately 2 seconds. The output LED(s) for the selected output(s)

 

blink to indicate the mute or return to their previous state to indicate the

 

unmute.

5.

Press and release the View button to return to normal switcher operation.

N• Video and audio can both can be muted, but in separate operations; one and then the other.. Press and release the Video button and the Audio button to select each for muting or unmuting.

If you select Video and Audio in View-Onlymode and then attempt to mute an output, the mute function will not work.

Video can be muted or unmuted on outputs 1 through 12. Audio is not preset on output 7 through 12, so it cannot be muted or unmuted on those outputs.

The audio mute is the same mute function that is available via the DSP

Configurator program. See chapter 5, “Switcher Software”.

When you enter View-Only mode, the output LEDs turn on for all outputs without ties.

In the computer video group, the video mute function mutes the R, G, and B planes only; the sync (H and V planes) are still active. In the low resolution video group, the video mute function mutes all composite video and/or S-video planes.

Mutes are saved to non-volatile memory. When power is removed and restored, the mute settings are retained.

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MPX Plus 866 A specifications

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