5 Connecting Source
Cables
Connecting Source Cables
The three types of picture sources are:
• Analog computer (from UXGA
down to VGA)
• Digital computer - includes HDCP
(High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection), which prevents
the copying of digital audio and video content
• Video (optional with VIM)
• S-Video (50Hz or 60 Hz)
• Composite (NTSC, PAL or SECAM)
• Component (480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i)
• SDI (Serial digital interface inputs from 480i to 1080p)
Digital Video Interface (DVI) digitally connects computers to
their monitors or interconnects to any display.
The m52L converts the analog inputs to DVI and makes this
available at the Digital Out connector. This means you can bring
in a picture source - UXGA, SXGA, VGA, 1080p - to the first dis-
play and connect the rest of the displays in the loop with DVI.
The advantages of DVI are:
• DVI is less subject to picture degradation than analog methods
of loop-through. (Even with DVI, loop-through is not infinite.)
• DVI inputs require much less setup and adjustment. You adjust
the picture in the first display only, the display with the analog
input. Setup time is reduced.
Note: Due to copyright protection protocols, the Digital Out
connector will be disabled when viewing the HDCP DVI input.
Depending on which input is selected, the Digital Out connec-
tor will show the picture from the analog input or the digital
input.

Selecting the Correct Input

The following table gives you common examples of which
devices have which inputs. In terms of input quality, the table is
ordered from the most desirable input to the least desirable
input.
Analog
Input
Digital
Input Video Inputs
Input Found on the Following Devices
DVI Computers with digital out capability
SDI Studio quality video equipment
Analog Computers, laptops
RGB and RGBS from video processors or other profes-
sional equipment (may need BNC to DB15 adapter
cable). These may have separate sync, composite or
sync on green.
Component DVD players
Set top boxes (e.g. for cable TV or satellite TV)
Any YPbPr signal
S-Video DVD players
Set top boxes
VCRs
Composite TV tuners
VCRs
Set top boxes
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