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Muting and unmuting video and/or audio

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.

1.

Press the Esc button to clear any input LEDs, output LEDs, or control LEDs

 

that are lit.

2.

Press and release the View button.

3.

Select video, audio, or both to mute or unmute by pressing the RGBHV

 

button and/or the Audio button.

4.

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

 

for approximately 2 seconds. The 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• You can mute video and audio, video-only, or audio-only outputs. Pressing and releasing the RGBHV button and the Audio button toggles each selection on and off.

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

The video mute function mutes the R, G, and B planes only; the H and V planes are still active.

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

Example 5: Muting and unmuting an output

The following steps show an example in which several matrix switcher outputs are muted and unmuted. The steps show the front panel indications that result from your actions.

1. Press and release the Esc button (figure 3-27).

Press the Esc button to clear all selections.

CONTROL

1

ENTER PRESET VIEW ESC

1= LED blinks once. The LED blinks once.

Figure 3-27 — Clear all selections

2. Press and release the View button to enter View-onlymode. The View LED lights.

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