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HD-MD8X2 questions

 

I'm hoping to use one of these in my sons apartment but having a little trouble wrapping my brain around setting it up.  First question is, is there any benefit to connecting via Ethernet over cresnet?  If I use cresnet, i only need a 10 inch long cable direct to the processor.  There will only be 4 sources accessed by 2 TV's. (Living room and bed room). I don't need audio breakaway.  I'm missing something here.  Looking at it in program mode, I'm not seeing what initiates the input and which output you want to send it to.
 

Set the Analog values (VideoOut-x and AudioOut-x) for the route you want - 0d to 8d - 0d is no route, 1-8d is inputs 1-8
Use an AOS on the analogs to trigger the VideoEnter and AudioEnter to send (Take) the routes. that's it...

Assuming you don't need to separate video and audio, and thus AudioBreakAway is low or undefined, all you need to do is have the VideoOut analogs set, the audio will naturally follow.
Use (2) AOS's and OR their outputs into the VideoEnter

HTH
 

Thanks.  Hoping to get back to this later today.  A little more research indicates that it needs to be setup correctly using DM tool.  But in order to do that, it needs to actually have the sources connected.  the four sources are a Fios cable box, Dune media player, Xbox and his laptop.  I don't have the displays yet but they will both be 60-65 inch Samsung flat screens.
 

FYI, That unit should function via control (i.e. switching) without any config
 

I haven't really had time to play with this so I haven't got the programming right for it yet. But that's not the immediate problem.  I wanted to make sure it was actually working so I connected one source and one display so I could test all 8 inputs and 2 outputs.  I actually ended up with two of these switchers and both doing the same thing.  For the input, I'm using a PC set to 1080P 60.  Going to the monitor direct from the PC, it displays perfectly.  Passing the signal through the switcher is the problem.  How to discribe this hmmmm.  The image fills the screen but actually to big. If you were looking at a normal windows desktop and then put a strip of 3/4 inch tape on all four sides, that's what I see.
 

Sounds like an overscan issue; sounds like the switcher is presenting different EDID to the source than the TV directly is which you can usually fix either by copying the EDID from the sink (e.g. TV) in the DM setup tool (I think the HD-MD8X2 supports this) or changing the picture mode on the TV (1:1, fit, etc.)

 

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Subject: Re: [crestron] HD-MD8X2 questions

 

I haven't really had time to play with this so I haven't got the programming right for it yet. But that's not the immediate problem.  I wanted to make sure it was actually working so I connected one source and one display so I could test all 8 inputs and 2 outputs.  I actually ended up with two of these switchers and both doing the same thing.  For the input, I'm using a PC set to 1080P 60.  Going to the monitor direct from the PC, it displays perfectly.  Passing the signal through the switcher is the problem.  How to discribe this hmmmm.  The image fills the screen but actually to big. If you were looking at a normal windows desktop and then put a strip of 3/4 inch tape on all four sides, that's what I see.

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