Gefen GTB-HDFST-848 User manual

8x8 Matrix for HDMI

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CONTENT

S

1 Intr

oduc

ti

on

2

O

peration Notes

3

Features

4 Panel La

y

ou

t

4 Top

/

Fron

t

5

Le

f

t

S

ide

/

Ri

g

ht

S

id

e

6

Panel Descriptions

7

C

onnectin

g

the 8x8 Matrix

f

or

HD

M

I

7 Wirin

g

Dia

g

ram

8

O

peratin

g

the 8x8 Matrix

f

or HDM

I

8

Main Displa

y

9

Determinin

g

the current Routin

g

S

tat

e

10 Routin

g

S

ources

13 Lockin

g

/

Unlockin

g

the Front Panel

14 Fast

S

witchin

g

Technolo

gy

15 Determinin

g

the current

S

witchin

g

Mod

e

18

S

ettin

g

the IR channel on the 8x8 Matrix

f

or HDMI

2

0

IR Remote

C

ontrol

20 La

y

out and Descriptions

21 Installin

g

the IR Remote

C

ontrol Batter

y

22 Routin

g

S

ources usin

g

the IR Remote

C

ontrol

24 Usin

g

the IR Extender

25 EDID Mana

g

emen

t

2

6

R

S

-2

3

2

S

erial

C

ontrol

27 R

S

-2

3

2

/

Telnet

C

ommands

27 IP

/

Telne

t

3

7 Routin

g

/

Namin

g

/

Presets

4

3

S

tatus

4

5

F

ST

47 Maskin

g

49

C

on

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g

uratio

n

5

2 Firmware Updat

e

5

3 Wall Mountin

g

Instructions

5

4

S

peci

ﬁ

cations

5

5 Warrant

y

C

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ratulations on

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the

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or HDMI.

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T

he GefenToolBox 8x8 Matrix for HDMI

The

G

e

f

enToolBox 8x8 Matrix

f

or HDMI routes ei

g

ht Hi-De

f

sources to an

y

ei

g

ht

H

DTV displa

y

s. Resolutions up to 1080p Full HD and 1920x1200 plus 3DTV are

s

upported, alon

g

with multichannel di

g

ital audio

f

ormats such as Dolb

y®

True HD

and DT

S

-HD

®

Master Audio™.

Th

e

M

a

trix

e

limin

a

t

es

th

e

n

eed

t

o

d

i

sco

nn

ec

t

a

n

d

r

eco

nn

ec

t Hi-D

ef

sou

r

ces

. It

works with an

y

HDMI source that needs to be connected to an HDTV displa

y

.

Each source is accessible at all times

f

rom an

y

displa

y

usin

g

the

f

ront-panel push

buttons, IR remote control, R

S

-232 inter

f

ace, or via Telnet protocol.

How It Works

C

onnect the Hi-De

f

audio

/

video sources to the ei

g

ht HDMI inputs usin

g

the sup-

p

lied HDMI cables.

C

onnect up to ei

g

ht HDTV displa

y

s to the HDMI outputs. 3D

c

ontent can be displa

y

ed when connectin

g

a 3DTV and 3D source.

C

onnect the

p

ower suppl

y

to the matrix and plu

g

the power cable into an available electri-

c

al outlet. Appl

y

power to the sources and displa

y

s. The Hi-De

f

sources will be

r

outed accordin

g

to the current routin

g

selection.

Fast

S

witchin

g

Technolo

gy

(

F

S

T

)

is a

G

e

f

en so

f

tware implementation

f

or HDMI

p

roducts. F

S

T was created to improve the len

g

th

y

HDMI authentication process,

based on the HDMI and HD

C

P speci

ﬁ

cations. F

S

T allows

f

or connectin

g/

dis-

c

onnectin

g

or turnin

g

an

y

o

f

the HDTV displa

y

s on or o

ff

without a

ff

ectin

g

other

displa

y

s within the audio

/

video distribution s

y

stem.

INTRODUCTIO

N

1

READ THESE NOTES BEFORE INSTALLING OR

OPERATING THE GEFENTOOLBOX 8X8 MATRIX FOR HDMI

• EDID contains the A

/

V capabilities o

f

a displa

y

device in re

g

ards to video

r

esolutions and audio

f

ormats supported. This in

f

ormation is used b

y

the

s

ource device to determine the

f

ormat o

f

the A

/

V si

g

nal on the outputs.

The

G

e

f

enToolBox 8x8 Matrix

f

or HDMI incorporates advanced EDID

m

ana

g

ement to ensure compatibilit

y

with all sources and displa

y

devices.

S

ee pa

g

es 25

f

or more details.

• The

G

e

f

enToolBox 8x8 Matrix

f

or HDMI can detect the presence o

f

Deep

C

olor

(

12-bit si

g

nal

)

automaticall

y

and will disable Deep

C

olor EDID

f

eatures

across all other outputs if

any

f

connected device or displa

y

is not capable

o

f

processin

g

Deep

C

olor. This automatic behavior ensures compatibilit

y

amon

g

all output devices in a mixed-device environment. This

f

eature cannot

be

d

i

sab

l

ed

.

• When powerin

g

the

G

e

f

enToolBox 8x8 Matrix

f

or HDMI, the Matrix will

u

nder

g

o a momentar

y

initialization sequence. This is normal operation and

m

a

y

take a

f

ew seconds.

OPERATION NOTE

S

2

FEATURE

S

3

Su

pp

orted HDMI Features

• 225 MHz

(

up to 12 bit YUV 444

@

1080p

)

• Deep

C

olor

• Dolb

y®

TrueHD and DT

S

-HD Master Audio™

• Lip-

Sy

nc

Features

•

R

oute an

y

ei

g

ht Hi-De

f

sources to an

y

ei

g

ht HDTV displa

y

s

•

S

upports resolutions up to1080p Full HD and 12-bit Deep

C

olor

•

3

DTV pass-throu

gh

•

S

upports LP

C

M 7.1 audio, Dolb

y

Di

g

ital

®

Plus, Dolb

y®

TrueHD, and DT

S

-

H

D M

as

t

e

r A

ud

i

o

™

• Advanced EDID Mana

g

ement

f

or rapid inte

g

ration o

f

sources and displa

y

s

•

G

e

f

en F

S

T speeds up the HD

C

P authentication process

• Fast and

S

low F

S

T Modes

• Front Panel Push-Button

S

witchin

g

•

S

upports the use o

f

DVI sources and displa

y

s with HDMI-to-DVI cables or

adapters

• IP

C

ontrol via Web

G

raphical User Inter

f

ace and Telne

t

•

RS

-2

3

2 serial control

f

or automatio

n

• IR Remote

C

ontrol

(

handheld remote included

)

• Field-up

g

radable

ﬁ

rmware via built in Web

G

raphical User Inter

f

ac

e

• 24V D

C

Power suppl

y

• W

a

ll-m

ou

nt

ab

l

e

•

U

ses

G

e

f

en Mono-L

O

K HDMI connectors

f

or secure cable connections

• Av

a

il

ab

l

e

in Bl

ac

k

a

n

d

Whit

e

ﬁ

ni

s

h

es

P

acka

g

e Includes

(

1

)

G

e

f

enToolBox 8x8 Matrix

f

or HDMI

(

1

)

IR Remote

C

ontrol

(

1

)

24V D

C

Lockin

g

Power

S

uppl

y

(

1

)

A

C

power cor

d

(

1

)

Q

uick

S

tart

G

uid

e

P

ANEL LAYOU

T

4

T

o

p

Fron

t

6

5

2

4

3

1

7

10

121

1

9

8

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P

ANEL LAYOU

T

5

1

4

1

3

L

eft Sid

e

Ri

g

ht Sid

e

6

P

ANEL DESCRIPTION

S

1

Power Indicato

r

This LED indicator will

g

low bri

g

ht

g

reen when the matrix is powered on.

2

Lock Indicato

r

This LED indicator will

g

low bri

g

ht oran

g

e when the matrix is locked.

3

IR Windo

w

R

eceives si

g

nals

f

rom the IR Remote

C

ontrol

u

nit.

4 Men

u

Pressin

g

this button chan

g

es between routin

g

mode and status mode.

5 Loc

k

Temporaril

y

locks the

f

ront panel buttons. This prevents inadvertent routin

g

c

han

g

es or power-down usin

g

the

f

ront panel buttons. The LED above the

button turns bri

g

ht oran

g

e when the

f

ront panel is locked. Press once to loc

k

the

f

ront panel buttons. Press this button a

g

ain to unlock the

f

ront panel

bu

tt

o

n

s

.

6 Navigation Button

s

These buttons are used to navi

g

ate between the inputs and outputs o

f

the

G

e

f

en

8

x

8

Matrix

f

or HDMI

.

For details on how these controls are used, see

p

a

g

e 10.

7 Powe

r

Turn the power on or o

ff

b

y

pressin

g

this button.

8

RS-232

C

onnects to the R

S

-2

3

2 control device. The

8x8 Matrix for HDMI

may be

I

s

witched remotel

y

usin

g

this port.

S

ee pa

g

e 26

f

or more in

f

ormation.

9 IR Ex

t

C

onnect an IR extender cable

(G

e

f

en part no. EXT-RMT-EXTIR

)

to this port.

S

ee pa

g

e 24

f

or more in

f

ormation.

1

0 USB Service Por

t

Rese

rv

ed

fo

r

fu

t

u

r

e

use

.

1

1 IP Control

C

onnect the

8x8 Matrix for HDMI

to a network in order to use IP / Telnet control.

I

1

2 24V D

C

onnect the included 24V D

C

power suppl

y

to this receptacle.

1

3 In

1

- In 8

C

onnect a Hi-De

f

source device to each o

f

these input ports.

1

4 Out 1 - Out 8

C

onnect HDTV displa

y

s or other audio

/

video output devices to these ports.

7

How to Connect the 8x8 Matrix for HDMI

1.

C

onnect up to ei

g

ht

(

8

)

Hi-De

f

sources to the HDMI inputs on the le

f

t side o

f

th

e

8x8 Matrix for HDMI

using the included HDMI cables.

I

2.

C

onnect up to ei

g

ht

(

8

)

HDTV displa

y

s to the HDMI outputs on the ri

g

ht side

of

th

e

8

x

8

Matrix

f

or HDMI

.

3

.

C

onnect the included 24V D

C

power suppl

y

to the power receptacle on the

Ma

trix.

4.

C

onnect the A

C

power cord to the power suppl

y

and connect the power cord

t

o

a

n

a

v

a

il

ab

l

e

l

ec

tri

ca

l

ou

tl

e

t.

Wirin

g

Dia

g

ram for the 8x8 Matrix for HDMI

GTB-HDFST-848

HD Display

8x8 Matrix for HDMI

HDMI CABLE

Gefen

8x8 Mat

rix for

HDMI

Hi-Def Source

RS-232 Controller

RS-232 CABLE

ETHERNET CABLE

IR EXTENDER

IR Extender

IP Control

(Telnet)

CONNECTING THE 8X8 MATRIX FOR HDMI

OPERATING THE 8X8 MATRIX FOR HDMI

M

ain Displa

y

Th

e

M

ain Displa

y

o

f

the 8x8 Matrix

f

or HDMI is a 16 character 2 line displa

y

.

This displa

y

shows the current routin

g

status o

f

the matrix and is also used to

displa

y

additional s

y

stem in

f

ormation. When the unit is powered on, the

f

ollowin

g

s

creen is displa

y

ed

:

A

f

ter a

f

ew moments, the status screen is displa

y

ed. The status screen is shown

be

l

o

w:

D

ispla

y

in

g

Additional Information

C

onsecutivel

y

pressin

g

the

M

enu button, on the

f

ront panel, will c

y

cle throu

g

h

other screens such as F

S

T mode and IP in

f

ormation

:

8

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

















OPERATING THE 8X8 MATRIX FOR HDMI

9

D

eterminin

g

the Current Routin

g

Stat

e

In the example below, the

ﬁ

rst row

(O

UT

)

represents each HDMI output on

the matrix. The bottom row

(

IN

)

represents each HDMI input on the matrix.

To

g

ether, these two rows displa

y

the current routin

g

state.

S

tartin

g

on the bottom row, we can see that Input 3 has been routed to

O

utputs

A, B,

C

, and D.

C

ontinuin

g

on, Input 4 is routed to

O

utput E, Input 6 is routed to

O

utput F, Input 8 is routed to

O

utput

G

, and

ﬁ

nall

y

Input 1 is routed to

O

utput H.

Note that each output

(

A - H

)

speci

ﬁ

ed in the L

C

D displa

y

, corresponds to each o

f

the HDMI outputs

(

1 - 8

)

on the matrix.

I

f

all inputs are routed to their respective outputs, the

f

ront-panel displa

y

would

l

ook somethin

g

like this

:

S

ometimes, this is re

f

erred to as a

“

1-to-1” routin

g

state. This is the

f

actor

y

(

de

f

ault

)

settin

g

f

or the

8

x

8

Matrix

f

or HDMI

.









Routin

g

Sources

S

electing the

O

utpu

t

1. To select the output, press the Out -

or

Out + button once. The routin

g

state

f

or

O

utput A will be displa

y

ed

:

2. Pr

ess

th

e

Out -

or

Out + button a

g

ain to c

y

cle throu

g

h the routin

g

state

f

or

e

ach output.

C

onsecutivel

y

pressin

g

the Out + button will c

y

cle throu

g

h

e

ach output,

f

rom le

f

t to ri

g

ht, startin

g

with

O

utput A

:

OPERATING THE 8X8 MATRIX FOR HDMI

10









3

.

C

onsecutivel

y

pressin

g

the Out - button will c

y

cle throu

g

h each output,

f

rom

r

i

g

ht to le

f

t, startin

g

with

O

utput H

:

C

hanging the

S

ource

4.

O

nce the desired output has been selected, press the In

+

or

In -

bu

tt

o

n.

C

onsecutivel

y

pressin

g

the In

+

button will increment the input source

value b

y

a

f

actor o

f

1

(

within a ran

g

e o

f

1 - 8

)

. For example, i

f

Input 4 was

ori

g

inall

y

routed to

O

utput E, then pressin

g

the In + button will route Input 5

to

O

utput E.

OPERATING THE 8X8 MATRIX FOR HDMI

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





S

ource chan

g

ed

f

rom

pp

f

rom In

p

ut 4 to In

p

ut 5.

1

5

.

C

onsecutivel

y

pressin

g

the In - button will decrement the input source

value b

y

a

f

actor o

f

1

(

within a ran

g

e o

f

1 - 8

)

. For example, i

f

Input 4 was

ori

g

inall

y

routed to

O

utput E, pressin

g

the

In

- button will route Input 3 to

O

utput E

:

To chan

g

e the routin

g

status o

f

another output, press the

O

ut + or

O

ut -

buttons to navi

g

ate to the desired output. Use the In +

or

In -

bu

tt

o

n

s

t

o

c

han

g

e the source.

6

. Press the Menu button to return to the Routin

g

S

creen.

OPERATING THE 8X8 MATRIX FOR HDMI

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S

ource chan

g

ed

f

rom

pp

In

p

ut 3 to In

p

ut 5.

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NOTE

:

I

f

the Menu button is not pressed a

f

ter a routin

g

chan

g

e

h

as been made, then the

8x8 Matrix for HDMI

will automatically

I

r

eturn to the Routin

g

S

creen a

f

ter about 20 seconds.

12

L

ockin

g

/

Unlockin

g

the Front Panel

To prevent an accidental routin

g

chan

g

e or power-down

(

b

y

pressin

g

the

P

ower

button

)

, the

f

ront-panel buttons on the

8x8 Matrix for HDMI

ca

n

be

l

oc

k

ed

.

I

Lockin

g

the matrix also disables man

y

R

S

-232

/

Telnet commands.

S

ee pa

g

e 26

.

1. Pr

ess

th

e

L

ock button on the

f

ront-panel

:

The Lock LED will

g

low bri

g

ht oran

g

e to indicate that the

f

ront-panel buttons

o

n th

e

8x8 Matrix for HDMI

h

a

v

e

bee

n l

oc

k

ed

.

I

f

an

y

buttons

(

other than the

L

ock button

)

are pressed while the The

8

x

8

Matrix for HDMI

is Locked, the following message will be displayed:

I

2. To unlock the 8x8 Matrix

f

or HDMI, press the

L

ock

bu

tt

o

n

a

seco

n

d

tim

e

.

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3

OPERATING THE 8X8 MATRIX FOR HDMI

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L

oc

k LED in

d

i

ca

t

o

r

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4

OPERATING THE 8X8 MATRIX FOR HDMI

Fast Switchin

g

Technolo

gy

Fast

S

witchin

g

Technolo

gy

(

F

S

T

)

is a

G

e

f

en so

f

tware implementation

f

or HDMI

p

roducts. F

S

T was created to improve the len

g

th

y

HDMI authentication process,

based on the HDMI and HD

C

P speci

ﬁ

cations.

F

S

T provides quicker audio

/

video source switchin

g

and

g

reatl

y

improves the

overall audio

/

video s

y

stem behavior and per

f

ormance when more than one

H

DTV displa

y

is used in the s

y

stem setup.

F

S

T allows connectin

g

/

disconnectin

g

or turnin

g

O

N

/

O

FF o

f

HDTV displa

y

s

without havin

g

these activities a

ff

ect other Hi-De

f

sources routed to an

y

other

H

DTV displa

y

in the same s

y

stem.

Fast Mod

e

:

S

ettin

g

the

8x8 Matrix for HDMI

t

o

I

Fast Mod

e

will improve per

f

ormance when

c

onnectin

g

/

disconnectin

g

Hi-De

f

sources, and powerin

g

O

N

/

O

FF HDTV

displa

y

s.

NOT

E

: When switchin

g

f

rom Slow Mod

e

t

o

Fast Mod

e

, the HDTV displa

y

s

c

onnected to the Matrix will blink momentaril

y

.

Slow Mod

e

:

Wh

e

n

se

t t

o

Slow Mod

e

, the Matrix will

f

ollow the standard

au

th

e

nti

ca

ti

o

n

p

rocess, based on the HDMI and HD

C

P speci

ﬁ

cations. Slow Mod

e

i

s

r

ecommended when the source does not support multiple devices.

FAST SWITCHING TECHNOLOGY

D

eterminin

g

the Current Switchin

g

Mod

e

Each HDMI input can be set to Fast Mod

e

or

Slow Mod

e

.

It i

s

r

eco

mm

e

n

ded

that each HDMI input be set to Fast Mod

e

f

or best per

f

ormance.

1.

C

onsecutivel

y

press the

M

enu button on the

f

ront panel until the switchin

g

modes screen is displa

y

ed.

The

ﬁ

rst row

(

IN

)

represents each HDMI input on the matrix. The bottom row

(

M

O

DE

)

represents the current switchin

g

mode o

f

each HDMI input.

S

electing the Inpu

t

2. To chan

g

e the switchin

g

mode on an HDMI input, press the Out -

(

or Out

+

)

button once. The switchin

g

mode

f

or Input 1 will be displa

y

ed

:

Th

e

l

e

tt

e

r F indicates that the HDMI input is usin

g

Fast Mode switchin

g

. I

f

the HDMI input is set to

S

low Mode switchin

g

, a letter

S

will be displa

y

ed

u

nder the input.

OPERATING THE 8X8 MATRIX FOR HDMI

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OPERATING THE 8X8 MATRIX FOR HDMI

3

. Pr

ess

th

e

Out -

or

Out + button a

g

ain to c

y

cle throu

g

h the routin

g

state

f

or

e

ach output.

C

onsecutivel

y

pressin

g

the Out + button will c

y

cle throu

g

h

e

ach input,

f

rom le

f

t to ri

g

ht, startin

g

with Input 1

:

4.

C

onsecutivel

y

pressin

g

the Out - button will c

y

cle throu

g

h each output,

f

rom

r

i

g

ht to le

f

t

:

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NOTE

:

In Routin

g

mode, the Out

+

a

n

d

Out - buttons c

y

cle

throu

g

h each

o

u

t

pu

t

.

In

S

witchin

g

mode, these same buttons are

u

sed to c

y

cle throu

g

h each

i

npu

t

.

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