Table of Contents

Section

Name

Page

￿

INTRODUCTION

4

￿￿

A Word On Video/Audio Switchers

4

￿￿

Factors Affecting Quality of Results

5

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SPECIFICATIONS

6

￿

HOW DO I GET STARTED￿

7

￿

UNPACKING AND CONTENTS

7

￿￿

Optional Accessories

7

￿

KRAMER “VS” SERIES SWITCHERS

8

￿￿

Getting to Know Your Switcher

9

￿

INSTALLATION

11

￿￿

Rackmounting

11

￿

CONNECTING￿TO VIDEO DEVICES

11

￿￿

Connecting to the VS-1211/1201xl/1001xlm

11

￿

CONNECTING TO AUDIO DEVICES

11

￿￿

Connecting to the VS-1211

11

￿￿

Connecting to the VS-1201xl

11

￿

DIP SWITCHES, JUMPERS AND TRIMMERS

11

￿￿

DIP Switches

11

￿￿

Jumpers, their Uses and Set-up Requirements

12

￿￿

The Internal Trimmers

14

￿￿

CONTROLLING THE SWITCHER

14

￿￿￿

The VS-2000 System

14

￿￿￿

The VS-1N/VS-1P System

14

￿￿

CONNECTING TO A PC

￿￿

￿￿.1

New Protocol 2000

￿￿

￿￿.1.1

Changing Communication Protocols

￿￿

￿￿.1.2

Additional Software Options

￿￿

￿￿

USING THE￿SWITCHER

16

￿￿.￿

Powering on the￿Switcher

16

￿￿￿

Operating an Individual Switcher

16

￿￿￿￿

Selecting an Input on the Switchers

￿￿

￿￿￿￿

Selecting the Proper Sync Format

￿￿

￿￿￿￿

Using the VS-2000

￿￿

￿￿￿

Using the PC Control Software

￿￿

￿￿￿

Adding Outputs

￿￿

￿￿￿

Adding Inputs

￿￿

￿￿￿

Video Component and YC Switching

￿￿

￿￿￿

Controlling Several Independent Switchers via a￿Single￿PC￿Port

￿￿

￿￿

TAKING CARE OF YOUR SWITCHER

￿￿

￿￿

TROUBLESHOOTING

￿￿

￿￿￿

Power and Indicators

￿￿

￿￿￿

Video Signal

￿￿

￿￿￿

Audio Signal

￿￿

￿￿￿

Software

￿￿

￿￿￿

Control

￿￿

￿￿￿

Switching Malfunctions

￿￿

￿￿￿

Vertical Interval

￿￿

￿￿

PROTOCOL USED FOR VS-1211￿1201xl￿COMMUNICATION

￿￿

 

Limited Warranty

24

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