Gefen GTV-WHD-1080P-LR-BLK User manual

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CONTENT

S

1 Intr

oduc

ti

on

2 F

CC

S

tatemen

t

3

O

peration Notes

5

Features

6

Panel La

y

ou

t

6

S

ender

U

ni

t

7 Receiver

U

ni

t

8

Panel Descriptions

8

S

ender

U

ni

t

8

Receiver

U

ni

t

9

IR Remote

C

ontrol

U

ni

t

9

La

y

out and Descriptions

10

C

onnectin

g

the Wireless

f

or HDM

I

10 Wirin

g

Dia

g

ram

10

O

peratin

g

the Wireless

f

or HDMI

11 The Linkin

g

Process

12 Usin

g

Multiple

S

ender units

12 Addin

g

a New Video

S

ourc

e

15 Renamin

g

S

ources

18

S

witchin

g

between

S

ources

20 Deletin

g

S

ources

24 Disconnectin

g

the Wireless Lin

k

25 Reconnectin

g

the Wireless Lin

k

2

6

Power-Down Mod

e

27 Powerin

g

-Up a

f

ter a Power-Dow

n

28

S

peci

ﬁ

cations

29 Warrant

y

C

on

g

ratulations on

y

our purchase o

f

the

G

e

f

enTV Wireless

f

or HDMI. Your complete satis-

f

action is ver

y

important to us.

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above

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ond customer expectations to ensure

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ou

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et the most

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and 5:00 pm Monda

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or assistance with

y

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We

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ll be happ

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to assist

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ou.

T

he GefenTV Wireless for HDMI Multi-Room Solution

The

G

e

f

enTV Wireless

f

or HDMI - Multi-Room

S

olution sends hi

g

h de

ﬁ

nition audio

and video to an

y

HDTV displa

y

up to 100

f

eet

(

30 meters

)

awa

y

. It extends HDMI

f

rom

c

omputers, set-top boxes, Blu-ra

y

pla

y

ers, and other audio

/

video sources to a remote

H

DTV displa

y

. The Wireless

f

or HDMI - Multi-Room

S

olution supports resolutions up to

1080p Full HD alon

g

with support

f

or up to 7.1-channels o

f

di

g

ital audio in P

C

M, and up

to 5.1 channels in Dolb

y®

and DT

S®

f

ormats. The included IR emitter can be connected

to the

S

ender unit and placed b

y

the Hi-De

f

source

*

, allowin

g

f

ull control o

f

the source

f

rom another room simpl

y

b

y

pointin

g

the IR remote at the Receiver unit. The Wireless

f

or

H

DMI - Multi-Room

S

olution transmits throu

g

h walls and does not require line-o

f

-si

g

ht

f

or

g

ood reception. Additional

f

eatures allow multiple units usin

g

the included handheld remote

co

ntr

o

l.

How It Works

C

onnect one o

f

the included HDMI cables

f

rom the Hi-De

f

source to the

S

ender unit.

C

onnect the other included HDMI cable

f

rom the Receiver unit to the HDTV displa

y

.

C

onnect the included power supplies to the

S

ender and Receiver units and to available

e

lectrical outlets.

C

onnect the included IR Emitter to the

S

ender unit and place it near the

IR sensor window o

f

the device to be controlled

*

. Power-up the source and the displa

y

.

Within approximatel

y

one minute, the

“

Video” indicators on both units should now

g

low

s

olid blue to indicate a success

f

ul connection between the

S

ender and Receiver unit. I

f

the

S

ender and Receiver units do not pair automaticall

y

, the LEDs on the

S

ender will continue

to blink. Navi

g

ate throu

g

h the on-screen menu and have the Receiver unit look

f

or a

S

ender unit. I

f

the remote is not available,

y

ou can press and hold the recessed pairin

g

button on the Receiver with a paper clip until its Link LED stops blinkin

g

and

g

oes dark.

Press and hold its recessed pairin

g

button on the

S

ender unit with a paper clip until the Link

LED stops blinkin

g

and

g

oes dark. I

f

navi

g

atin

g

the menu usin

g

the remote, press the

O

K

button on the IR remote. A messa

g

e indicatin

g

that the

S

ender and the Receiver units have

been paired will appear on the displa

y

. Point the source

’

s IR remote at the IR window on

the Receiver unit to control the source that is placed near the

S

ender unit.

*

Please see www.

g

e

f

entv.com

f

or a list o

f

compatible brands and models

.

INTRODUCTIO

N

1

FCC STATEMEN

T

2

T

his device com

p

lies with

p

art 15 of the FCC

Rules. Operation is sub

j

ect to the followin

g

two conditions:

(

1

)

This device ma

y

not cause

harmful interference, and

(

2

)

this device must

a

ccept an

y

interference received, includin

g

i

nterference that ma

y

cause undesired

o

p

eration

INSTRUCTION TO THE USER

This equipment has been tested and

f

ound to compl

y

with the limits

f

or a class

B di

g

ital device, pursuant to part 15 o

f

the F

CC

Rules. These limits are desi

g

ned

to provide reasonable protection a

g

ainst harm

f

ul inter

f

erence in a residential

installation. This equipment

g

enerates, uses and can radiate radio

f

requenc

y

e

ner

gy

and i

f

not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, ma

y

c

ause harm

f

ul inter

f

erence to radio communications. However, there is no

g

uarantee that inter

f

erence will not occur in a particular installation. I

f

this

e

quipment does cause harm

f

ul inter

f

erence to radio or television reception, which

c

an be determined b

y

turnin

g

the equipment o

ff

and on, the user is encoura

g

ed

to tr

y

to correct the inter

f

erence b

y

one or more o

f

the

f

ollowin

g

measures

:

•

R

eorient or relocate the receivin

g

antenna

• Increase the separation between the equipment and Receiver uni

t

•

C

onnect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit di

ff

erent

f

rom that to which

th

e

R

ece

iv

e

r

u

nit i

s

co

nn

ec

t

ed

•

C

onsult the dealer or an experienced radio

/

TV technician

f

or help.

In order to maintain compliance with F

CC

re

g

ulations, shielded cables must be

u

sed with this equipment.

O

peration with non-approved equipment or unshielded

c

ables is likel

y

to result in inter

f

erence to radio and TV reception. The user is

c

autioned that chan

g

es and modi

ﬁ

cations made to the equipment without the

approval o

f

the manu

f

acturer could void the user’s authorit

y

to operate this

e

quipment.

OPERATION NOTE

S

3

READ THESE NOTES BEFORE INSTALLING OR OPERATIN

G

T

HE GEFENTV WIRELESS FOR HDMI - MULTI-ROOM SOLUTIO

N

•

M

aximum extension distance is 100

f

eet

(

30 meters

)

with a clear

l

ine-o

f

-si

g

ht.

•

S

upported resolutions

:

» 1080p60, 1080p50, 1080p24, 1080i60, 1080i50, 720p60, 720p50,

5

76p50, 480p60

(

no

S

D resolution on LR

)

»

VE

S

A: 1600x1200, 1366x768, 1280x1024, 1024x768, 800x600,

6

4

0

x4

80

•

O

bstructions such as walls and

f

urniture ma

y

reduce per

f

ormance and

r

eception distance.

• DVI-D

S

uppor

t

•

G

e

f

en recommends placin

g

both units into the provided stands, with

the

G

e

f

en lo

g

o pointin

g

down, to help maintain the stron

g

est possible

transmission si

g

nal.

• Inter

f

erence caused b

y

other RF products ma

y

reduce per

f

ormance and

r

eception distance.

•

U

se with multiple

S

ender units

:

»

C

an be used with a sin

g

le Receiver unit to provide source-switchin

g

c

apabilit

y

.

»

U

p to 8

S

enders are supported. Local RF inter

f

erence can limit the

n

umber o

f

S

ender units that can be used. Each

S

ender unit needs

to be placed at least 1 meter apart

f

or optimum per

f

ormance.

»

US

Models: Up to 4 pairs o

f

S

ender and Receiver units can be

operated in the same environment. Local RF inter

f

erence can limi

t

the number o

f

units that can be used. Each

S

ender unit needs to be

p

laced at least 1 meter apart

f

or optimum per

f

ormance. I

f

additional

S

ender

/

Receiver pairs are to be used, each set o

f

units must be placed

be

y

ond the reception ran

g

e

(

100

f

eet

/

30 meters

)

o

f

the other in order

to prevent inter

f

erence.

C

ontinued on next pa

ge

NOTE

:

Th

e

Wireless

f

or HDMI - Multi-Room

S

olution

does

n

ot

s

uppor

t

S

tandard-De

ﬁ

nition resolutions.

OPERATION NOTE

S

4

C

ontinued

f

rom previous pa

ge

»

EU Models: Up to 2 pairs o

f

S

ender and Receiver units can be

operated in the same environment. Local RF inter

f

erence can limi

t

the number o

f

units that can be used. Each

S

ender unit needs to be

p

laced at least 1 meter apart

f

or optimum per

f

ormance. I

f

additional

S

ender

/

Receiver pairs are to be used, each set o

f

units must b

e

p

laced be

y

ond the reception ran

g

e

(

100

f

eet

/

30 meters

)

o

f

eac

h

other in order to prevent inter

f

erence.

• IR back-channel compatibilit

y:

»

O

nl

y

products with 38 kHz IR carrier

f

requenc

y

are compatible. I

f

in

doubt, please check with the equipment manu

f

acturer.

»

Due to complexit

y

in some manu

f

acturers’ IR codes, not all 38kH

z

IR devices ma

y

be compatible with the IR Back

C

hannel o

f

th

e

Wireless

f

or HDMI. The

f

ollowin

g

brands have been tested b

y

G

e

f

en: Panasonic,

S

on

y

, and

S

amsun

g

.

•

O

perational Limitations

:

»

R

e

g

ardin

g

U

S

and EU models, note that all RF devices are desi

g

ned

b

y

compliance re

g

ulation to accept inter

f

erence

f

rom all other

devices.

O

peration o

f

wireless products is there

f

ore dependent on the

e

nvironment the

y

are in.

O

ther RF products, even ones that seemin

g

l

y

mi

g

ht not be in the

f

requenc

y

ran

g

e, do create harmonics and other

arti

f

acts that could inter

f

ere with the operation o

f

the Wireless

f

or HDMI.

FEATURE

S

5

HDMI Features Su

pp

orted

•

R

esolutions up to 1080p Full HD

• 12-bit Deep

C

olor

• Linear P

C

M di

g

ital audio up to 7.1 channels

• Dolb

y®

TrueHD, Dolb

y®

Di

g

ital Plus, and DT

S

-HD

®

Master Audio™ up to

5

.1 channels

•

3

DTV pass-throu

gh

•

H

D

C

P pass-throu

gh

• Lip

Sy

nc pass-throu

gh

Features

• Wireless extension o

f

HDMI up to 100

f

eet

(

30 meters

)

•

U

ncompressed Hi

g

h-De

ﬁ

nition A

/

V

f

rom source to displa

y

• No latenc

y

• Included IR remote

f

or switchin

g

between up to ei

g

ht

S

ender units

• WHDI 1.0, F

CC

Part 15, and ET

S

I-complian

t

P

acka

g

e Includes

(

1

)

Wireless

f

or HDMI - Multi-Room

S

olution -

S

ender uni

t

(

1

)

Wireless

f

or HDMI - Multi-Room

S

olution - Receiver uni

t

(

2

)

5

f

t. HDMI cables

(

M-M

)

(

1

)

IR Remote

C

ontrol

(

1

)

IR Emitter

(

2

)

C

radles

f

or

S

ender and Receiver units

(

2

)

5V

/

2A D

C

Power

S

upplies

(

1

)

Q

uick

S

tart

G

uid

e

All

f

eatures and speci

ﬁ

cations are sub

j

ect to chan

g

e without notic

e

P

ANEL LAYOU

T

6

Sender uni

t

Fron

t

Back

2

1

3

4

5

6

P

ANEL LAYOU

T

7

Fron

t

Back

3

2

1

4

5

6

7

Receiver uni

t

Sender Uni

t

1

Pairing button

Press and hold this recessed button usin

g

a paper clip

f

or approximatel

y

3

s

econds to pair the

S

ender unit with the Receiver unit.

2

Lin

k

This LED indicator will

g

low bri

g

ht blue once a link is established between the

S

ender unit and the Receiver unit.

3

Vide

o

T

h

is LED indicator will

g

low bri

g

ht blue once a video link is established between

the

S

ender unit and the Receiver unit.

4 I

R

C

onnect the included IR Emitter to this port and place it near the IR sensor o

f

th

e

sou

r

ce

de

vi

ce*

t

o

be

co

ntr

o

ll

ed

.

5 HDMI In

This input will accept a sin

g

le HDMI source device.

6 Powe

r

C

onnect the included 5V D

C

power suppl

y

to this receptacle.

Receiver Uni

t

1

Pairing button

Press and hold this recessed button usin

g

a paper clip

f

or approximatel

y

3

s

econds to pair the

S

ender unit with the Receiver unit.

2

IR Senso

r

R

eceives IR commands

f

rom the included IR Remote

C

ontrol unit and the IR

re

m

o

t

e

of

th

e

sou

r

ce

u

nit t

o

be

co

ntr

o

ll

ed

.

3

Lin

k

This LED indicator will

g

low bri

g

ht blue once a link is established between the

R

eceiver unit and the

S

ender unit.

4 Vide

o

T

h

is LED indicator will

g

low bri

g

ht blue once a video link is established between

the Receiver unit and the

S

ender unit.

5 USB

M

ini-U

S

B service port

(f

or

f

actor

y

use onl

y)

.

6 HDMI Ou

t

C

onnect the included HDMI cable

f

rom this connector to an HD displa

y

.

7 Powe

r

C

onnect the included 5V D

C

power suppl

y

to this receptacle.

*

Please see www.

g

e

f

entv.com

f

or a list o

f

compatible brands and models.

8

P

ANEL DESCRIPTION

S

9

IR REMOTE CONTROL UNI

T

L

a

y

out and Descriptions

1

Men

u

Press this button to displa

y

the

S

etup menu.

2

Cursor button

s

U

sed to control Le

f

t, Up, Ri

g

ht, and Down cursor motion within a menu s

y

stem.

3

O

K

Press this button to accept the current operation or menu selectio

n

.

4 Delete

When usin

g

multiple

S

ender units, press this button to delete a

S

ender unit

f

rom

th

e

wir

e

l

ess

n

e

tw

o

rk.

5 Input Device

s

When usin

g

multiple

S

ender units, use these buttons to select an

y

o

f

the

ﬁ

rst

three linked

S

ender units.

U

se the

S

ource button to select

S

enders 4 -

8

.

6 Gues

t

Powers down the wireless s

y

stem.

7 Add

When usin

g

multiple

S

ender units, press this button to add a

S

ender unit

(

source

)

.

8

Exi

t

Press this button to cancel an operation or exit an

y

menu s

y

stem.

9 Source

When usin

g

multiple

S

ender units

(

sources

)

, press this button to select a

di

ff

erent

S

ender unit.

1

8

2

4

3

5

6

9

7

CONNECTING THE WIRELESS FOR HDMI

10

How to Connect the Wireless for HDMI - Multi-Room Solution

1.

C

onnect a Hi-De

f

source to the

S

ender unit usin

g

the included HDMI cable.

2.

C

onnect an HD displa

y

or pro

j

ector to the Receiver unit usin

g

the included

H

DMI

cab

l

e

.

3

.

C

onnect the included 5V D

C

power supplies to the

S

ender an

d

Rece

iv

e

r

u

nit

a

n

d

co

nn

ec

t th

e

m t

o

a

v

a

il

ab

l

e

l

ec

tri

ca

l

ou

tl

e

t

s

.

4.

O

PTI

O

NAL:

C

onnect the included IR emitter to the

S

ender unit and place it

nea

r th

e

IR

se

n

so

r

of

a

sou

r

ce

de

vi

ce*

t

o

be

co

ntr

o

ll

ed

.

To control the IR source connected to the

S

ender unit, point the source’s IR

re

m

o

t

e

a

t th

e

IR

se

n

so

r

o

n th

e

R

ece

iv

e

r

u

nit.

5

. The Link and Video LED indicators on both the

S

ender and Receiver unit will

g

low bri

g

ht blue to indicate a success

f

ul connection between the

S

ender and

R

eceiver unit.

O

rdinaril

y

, no pairin

g

is required out o

f

the box. However, the

S

ender and Receiver can also be paired manuall

y

i

f

needed.

Wirin

g

Dia

g

ram for the Wireless for HDMI - Multi-Room Solution

*

Please see www.

g

e

f

entv.com

f

or a list o

f

compatible brands and models.

GTV-WHD-1080P-LR

HDMI CABLE

Receiver

GTV

-WH

D-1

080

P-L

R

eceive

r

Sender

®

NOTE

:

Th

e

Wireless

f

or HDMI - Multi-Room

S

olution

does

n

ot

s

uppor

t

DVI

de

vi

ces

.

1

T

he Linkin

g

Process

A

f

ter all the connections have made

(

see pa

g

e 10

)

to the Wir

e

l

ess

fo

r HDMI, the

R

eceiver unit will attempt to ne

g

otiate with the

S

ender unit.

A

f

ter a

f

ew moments, the source si

g

nal will appear on the displa

y

. The status

m

essa

g

e will disappear a

f

ter a

f

ew seconds.

Connected to Sender

Connecting to Sender...

Status Messa

ge

Pr

o

vi

des

in

fo

rm

a

ti

o

n

o

n th

e

cu

rr

e

n

t

s

t

a

t

us

of

th

e

W

ir

e

l

ess

fo

r HDMI

OPERATING THE WIRELESS FOR HDMI

U

sin

g

Multiple Sender Units

Th

e

Wireless for HDMI

can be used with up to eight Sender units to provide

I

s

witchin

g

capabilit

y

between

S

ender units.

Adding a new Video

S

ource

Be

f

ore addin

g

an additional

S

ender unit to the

Wireless for HDMI

network, make

I

s

ure that a sin

g

le

S

ender

/

Receiver pair

f

unction correctl

y

.

1.

C

onnect the

S

ender unit to a Hi-De

f

source usin

g

an HDMI cable.

2.

C

onnect the power suppl

y

to the

S

ender unit.

3

. Point the IR Remote

C

ontrol at the Receiver unit and press the

M

EN

U

button. The

S

etup menu will be displa

y

ed.

12

Link

Video

Wireless for HDMI R

Link

Video

Wireless for HDMI S

Link

Video

Wireless for HDMI S

Link

Video

Wireless for HDMI S

Figure

1:

Rece

iv

e

r

u

nit with

m

ultiple

S

ender unit

s

Setup

Add new Video Source

Remove Video Source

Modify Video Source Name

Disconnect Wireless Link

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4.

U

se the cursor buttons on the IR Remote

C

ontrol to select A

dd

n

e

w Vi

deo

S

ource

f

rom the

S

etup menu.

5

. Pr

ess

th

e

OK button. The

f

ollowin

g

messa

g

e will be displa

y

ed

:

6

. Press and hold down the Pairin

g

button

(

see pa

g

es 6 - 8

)

on the

S

ender unit

f

or about

5

seconds.

7. Pr

ess

th

e

OK button to continue addin

g

the

S

ender unit.

1

3

Adding Sender

Press OK to continue or Exit to cancel

Press and hold the Link button on Sender until

Link LED stops blinking

NOTE: When pairin

g

multiple

S

enders, it is recommended that

y

ou

r

ename the ones alread

y

linked to avoid con

f

usion.

OPERATING THE WIRELESS FOR HDMI

1

4

As the

S

ender unit is added to the

Wireless for HDMI

network, a progress

I

bar will be displa

y

ed

:

A

f

ter a

f

ew moments the source si

g

nal connected to the additional

S

ender

u

nit will be displa

y

ed

:

8

. I

f

desired, repeat steps 1 - 7 to add another

S

ender unit to the Wir

e

l

ess

fo

r

HDMI

network.

I

Adding Sender

Connected to Sender

T

IP:

U

se the AD

D

button

(

see pa

g

e 9

)

on the IR Remote

C

ontrol to

b

y

pass the

S

etup menu and

j

ump directl

y

to re

g

isterin

g

the

S

ender

u

nit.

OPERATING THE WIRELESS FOR HDMI

R

enaming

S

ource

s

B

y

de

f

ault, each

S

ender unit is assi

g

ned the name

“S

ender”. This can be

c

on

f

usin

g

when multiple

S

ender unit are used. However, this identi

ﬁ

er can

be chan

g

ed to re

ﬂ

ect,

f

or example, the source to which each

S

ender unit is

co

nn

ec

t

ed

.

1. Point the IR Remote

C

ontrol at the Receiver unit, press the

M

ENU button,

se

l

ec

t

M

odif

y

Video Source Nam

e

, then press the

O

K button.

2.

S

elect the source to rename

f

rom the menu b

y

usin

g

the cursor ke

y

s

:

15

Setup

Add new Video Source

Remove Video Source

Mo

dif

y V

id

eo Source Name

Disconnect Wireless Link

Choose Source to Rename

Sender

Se

n

der

OPERATING THE WIRELESS FOR HDMI

1

6

3

. Th

e

Rename Video Source Nam

e

menu will be displa

y

ed, alon

g

with the

s

elected

S

ource.

U

se the ▲ and ▼ cursor ke

y

s to chan

g

e the hi

g

hli

g

hted character.

The ▲ ke

y

moves

f

orward within the list o

f

available characters and the

▼

ke

y

moves backward throu

g

h the list. The list o

f

available characters

is listed in the table below. The

ﬁ

rst character

(ﬁ

rst row,

ﬁ

rst column

)

is a

s

pace and can be used an

y

where in the name. The maximum len

g

th o

f

the

S

ource name cannot exceed nine characters, includin

g

an

y

spaces.

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

q

r

s

t

u

vw

x

y

z

AB

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

U

se the ◄ and ► cursor ke

y

s to select the character in the name to be

c

han

g

ed.

Rename Video Source Name

S

ender

Figure 2

:

Available characters

f

or source naming

OPERATING THE WIRELESS FOR HDMI

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