Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product fc-42 Kramer Electronics
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K R A M E R E L E C T R O N I C S L T D . U S E R M A N U A L MODEL: FC - 42 C o m p o n e n t t o H D - S D I C o n v e r t e r P /N : 29 0 0 - 00 0 38 4 Re v 3.
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FC - 42 – Contents i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting Start ed 2 2.1 Achieving the Best Perfor mance 2 2.2 Safety Instruction s 3 2.3 Recycling Kra mer Products 3 3 Overview 4 3.1 Defining the FC-42 Component to HD- SDI Converter 4 4 Installing in a Rac k 7 5 Connecting the FC- 42 8 5.
FC - 42 - Intr oduction 1 1 Introduction Welcome to Kra mer Electroni cs! Since 198 1, Kramer Electronic s has been providing a w orld of unique, creative, and af fordable solu tions to the vast range o f problems that con front video, audio, pre sentation, and broadca sting p rofessionals on a daily ba sis.
2 FC - 42 - Get t ing Started 2 Getting Started We recommend that you: Unpack the equip ment carefully and save the original box and pack aging materials for possible future ship ment Review the con tents of this user man ual Go to http://www .
FC - 42 - Get t ing Started 3 2.2 Safety Instructions Caution: There are no ope rator serv iceable par ts inside the unit Warning: Use only the pow er cord that i s supplied w ith the unit Warning: Do not open the un it.
4 FC - 42 - Over view 3 Overvie w The Kramer FC - 42 i s a high perfor mance conv erter for high definition (HD) component vide o ( Y, P B , P R ) . It conver ts the componen t video input (Y, P B , P R ) to HD-SDI on two BNC output connectors. The signal is also converted to an RGB/H V signal on a 15 -pin H D computer gra phics video conn ector.
FC - 42 - Over view 5 FC - 42 – Overview 5 Figure 1 : FC - 42 Component to HD -SDI Converter Front Panel # Feature Function 1 POWER Switch Illuminated switch f or turning th e unit ON or OFF 2 SETUP / MENU LCD Display Displays the setu p and the men u 3 MENU Button Press to open the m enu (see Section 6.
6 FC - 42 - Over view Figure 2 : FC - 42 Component to HD -SDI Converter Rear Panel # Feature Function 10 INPUTS Y BNC Connector Connects to a c o mponent video source 11 PB BNC Connector 12 PR BNC Con.
FC - 42 - Instal ling in a Rack 7 4 Installing in a Rac k This section pro vides instru ctions for rack mounting the unit..
8 FC - 42 - Con n ecting the FC - 42 5 Connecti ng the FC - 42 Always switch off the pow er to each device before connecting it to your FC - 42 . After connec ting your FC - 42 , connect its pow er and then switch on the powe r to each device . To connect the FC - 42 , as illustra ted in the example in Figure 3 , do the follow ing: 1.
FC - 42 - Con n ecting the FC - 42 9 Figure 3: Connectin g the FC - 42 Compo ne nt to HD-SD I Converter.
10 FC - 42 - Con n ecting the FC - 42 5.1 Connecting to the FC - 42 via RS- 232 You can conne ct to the unit via a cr ossed RS-232 connection , using f or exa mple, a PC. A crossed cable or null-mod em is required a s show n in method A and B respectively.
FC - 42 - Usin g the FC-42 C omponent To HD-SDI Con ve rter 11 6 Using the FC-42 C ompon ent To HD-SDI Converter This section des cribes how to: Lock/unlock the front panel button, see Section 6.1 Operate the FC -4 2 , see Section 6.2 6.
12 FC - 42 - Usin g the FC- 4 2 Component To HD -SDI Converter and to increa se or decrea se numeri cal values or select fro m several definitions of a setup The converter auto matically conver ts the input signal a ccording to the setup loaded fro m the menu.
FC - 42 - Tech nical Specifications 13 7 Technical Specif ications INPUT: 1 component vid eo - Y, PB, PR, on 3 BNC connectors OUTPUTS: 2 SDI on BNC conn ectors 1 RGB/HV on a 15 -pin HD connector OUTPU.
14 FC - 42 - Comm unication Protocol 8 Communication Protocol The FC - 42 is co mpatible with the protocol (ve r 1.2) des cribed below . For RS-232, a null-mode m connection be tween the FC - 42 and con troller is used. The default data rate is 960 0 baud, with no parity, 8 da ta bits and 1 stop bit.
FC - 42 - Comm unication Protocol 15 The following table define s the local pa rameter da ta: Local Parameter N u mber Local Parameter D ata Description # Input Standard 01 0 - 720p/60 1 - 720p/59 2 -.
16 FC - 42 - Comm unication Protocol The following table defines the global pa rameter data : Global Parameter N u mber Global Parameter D ata Description # Panel Lock 00 0 - Off (Defaul t) 1 - On Mac.
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