PRELIMINARY

Operation, cont’d

Control buttons and LEDs

E Enter button — The Enter button saves changes when you set up a new configuration. To create a simple configuration:

 

• Specify video, audio, or both (see controls [G] and [H]).

 

• Press the desired input button (C).

 

• Press the desired output button(s) (D).

 

• Press the Enter button.

F

Preset button and LED — The Preset button activates either Save Preset mode

 

or Recall Preset mode. Save Preset mode saves a configuration as a preset.

 

Recall Preset mode recalls and activates a previously-defined preset. The

 

Preset button indicates Save Preset mode when it is blinking and Recall Preset

 

mode when it lights steadily.

 

Alternate reset function — This button is also used to clear all ties and

 

presets. See “Clearing all ties and presets” on page 3-24.

I/O selection and audio/video controls and indicators

G I/O and Audio Setup button —

Press and release — Pressing the I/O button cycles through video and audio, video only, or audio only for input and output selection. See the Video and Audio LEDs (H) for the sequence.

Press and hold — The I/O button also serves as the Audio Setup mode selection button. To enable the Audio Setup mode, press and hold the Audio Setup button for about 2 seconds until the Audio Setup LED (I) lights. In Audio Setup mode, you can view and/or change the current audio level setting for each input. See “Adjusting input audio gain and attenuation” on page 3-18.

Audio Setup mode times out after approximately 30 seconds of inactivity.

Alternate reset function — This button is also used to perform a system reset.

See “Resetting the system to factory defaults” on page 3-25.

H Video/+dB LED and Audio/–dB LED —

I/O selection — The Video and Audio LEDs indicate whether video and audio, video only, or audio only will be selected using the input buttons (C) and output buttons (D).

Pressing the I/O button advances through a cycle of video and/or audio selections as shown on figure 3-2.

 

MVX SERIES

VID

+dB

VID

+dB

VID

+dB

VID

+dB

 

AUD

-dB

AUD

-dB

AUD

-dB

AUD

-dB

VGA/AUDIO MATRIX SWITCHER

 

I/O

 

Press

Press

 

Press

 

 

 

 

 

 

VID

+dB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUD

-dB

Default

Video Only

Audio Only

Video & Audio

 

AUDIO SETUP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

= ON

= OFF

 

 

 

 

Figure 3-2 — Video and/or audio selection cycle

Audio Setup mode — The –dB and +dB LEDs indicate the polarity of the audio level setting. See “Adjusting input audio gain and attenuation” on page 3-18. Both LEDs light to indicate unity gain (0 dB).

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Extron electronic MVX 88 Series manual Control buttons and LEDs, Selection and audio/video controls and indicators

MVX 88 Series specifications

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