Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product VS-1211 Kramer Electronics
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KRAMER E LECTRONI CS, Ltd. USER MANU AL Vertical Interval S witch ers MODELS: V S-121 1, VS-10 11, VS-8 11, VS-611 , VS-411 With Balanced Audio VS-12 01xl, VS-100 1xlm, VS-801 xlm, VS-601 xlm, VS-40 1.
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 2 Table o f Contents Section Name Page INTRODUCTI ON 4 A Word On Video/Audio S witchers 4 Factors Affec ting Quality of Results 5 SPECIFICATI ON.
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 3 Table o f Contents (Continued) List of Illustrations Figure Page RS-232 Control Connec tor Wiring 8 VS-1211/1201 Front/Rea r Panel Features 9 Locati.
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 4 1. INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of this Kramer Electronics switche r. Since 1981 Kramer has been dedicated to the development and manufacture of high quality video/audio equipment.
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 5 All t he models can b e i nterconnected in a vari ety of ways. For example, two VS-1211 u nits become 24x1 or 12x2, etc. Three o r f our VS-12 11 units, depending on whether the system is R GB or RGBS, become a 1 2x1 video component switcher.
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 6 2. SPECIFICATIONS Models VS-1211, VS-1011, VS-811, VS- 611, VS-411, VS-1201xl, VS- 1001xlm, VS-801xlm, VS- 601xlm, VS-401xlm Inputs 12, 10, 8, 6, 4 video - c omposite/single component, 1Vpp/75ohm on BNC c onnectors.
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 7 3. HOW DO I GET STARTED? The fastest way to get started is to take your time and do everything right t he f irst time. Taking 15 minut es to read thi s manual may save you a few hours later. You don’t even have t o read the whole manual.
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 8 5. KRAMER “VS” SERIE S SWITCHERS This section shows you all of the controls and connections of your switcher. Understanding all of the controls and connections helps you realize it s full power.
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 9 5.1 Getting to Know Your Switcher Most front/rear panel features of the sw itchers described in this manual are very similar. Therefore, only the VS- 1211 and the VS-1201xl are de sc ribed and they r epresent the r est o f t he switchers.
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 10 Table : VS-1211/1201/10 01xlm Front Panel Feature s No. Feature Function 1. POWER Switch Illuminated switch: Supplie s power to the unit. 2. INPUT SELECTOR pushbut tons Each input may be selected by the corresponding input select button.
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 11 6. INSTALLATIO N 6.1 Rackmounting Each of the amplifiers included in this manua l may be rackmounted in a standard 1 9” (1U) EIA r ack assembly and includes rack “ ears” at the ends of t he front panel. (The optional VS-2000 control ler r equires 2U of rack height, at 3 .
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 12 Table : DIP Switch Se ttings DIP Switch # Switcher # 1 (Reply) 2 3 4 Machine 1 (Master) ON ON ON ON Machine 2 (Slave) ON or OFF ON ON OFF Machine 3 (Slave) ON or OFF O.
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 13 Figure : Location of Inter nal Ju m pers.
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 14 9.3 The Internal Trimmers The tri mmers are internally located and are accessed through h oles in the switch er base (see section 14.2 “ Weak Switcher Video Signals” ). These allow you, if necessary, to adjust the switch er out put signal level and cable compensation.
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 15 Figure : VS-Series Remote Connector Socket and Balanced Audio Pinout.
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 16 11. CONNECTING TO A PC To connec t directly t o a PC wi thout using the KRAMER N ull-Modem Adapter, make connections as in Figure 1. To use t he KRAMER A dapter instead ( recomme nded), p lug one end i nto the PC ' s serial port, then connect from the other end to the switcher using a 9-pin flat-cable .
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 17 12.2.1 Selecting an Input on the Switchers Input selection on the switchers described i n this manual i s simply made b y pressing but tons marked “ 1 ” , “ 2 ” etc. on the fr ont panel, o r by operating your preferred r emote device (see "KRAMER Switcher Remote Co ntrol Options").
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 18 3. Connect the output from video sou rce #1 to the fir st switcher input #1, then to the second switcher input #1 using a T or Y connec tor. Repeat for source #2 and input #2, etc. 4. Connect one acceptor to the output o f one s witcher and another acceptor to t he output of the o ther switcher.
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 19 7. For RS-232 control of the system, connect the PC to t he Master switcher via the nu ll modem adapter. Each switcher in the configuration should be allocated a unique machine number and the "Reply" option should be to “ ON” (see Table 3, "Table of DIP Switch Settings").
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 20 14.1 Power and Indicators Problem Remedy No Power 1. C onfirm that the r ocker switch is in the “ ON” pos ition, and that the lamp is illuminate d. 2. C onfirm that p ower connectio ns are secured at the amplifier and at the receptacle.
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 21 Problem Remedy Noise bars a re “ r olling” up or down in t he output image or: Low frequenc y hum in the output signal Hum bars ( ground loop) ar e caused b y a diffe rence in the ground potentia l of an y two or more de vices connected to your signal path.
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 22 14.4 Software Problem Remedy Software v ersi on is not upda ted Carefully rem ove the switc her cover and i dentif y the EPR OM chip that i s located in the mid dle of the main b oard, marked b y a white stic ker.
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 23 14.7 Vertical Interval Problem Remedy The switcher is switching, b ut there are transiti onal effects whe n using genlocked s ources. The pict ure jumps and r olls, and the c olor is lost until the accept or (a VCR, f or example) has rea djusted itself to the new color inf ormation.
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 24 LIMITED WARRAN TY Kramer E lectronics ( hereafter Kramer) war rants this product t o be free from defe cts in mate rial and w orkmanship under the followin g terms. HOW LON G IS THE WARRANTY Labor and parts are warra nted for three year from the date of the fir st customer purc hase.
KRAMER E LECTRON ICS LTD. 25 LIMITATION OF IM PLIED WARRA NTIES All im plied wa rranties, including warr anties of merchantabilit y and f itness f or a particular purpose, are limited i n durat ion to the len gth of this warrant y.
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