Specifications

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CONSIDERATIONS FOR GETTING THE BEST RESULTS
ManyfactorsinuencethequalityandreliabilityofanHDMI
®
signaldistribution
installation.Thefollowingarethemainfactorstoconsider,andbasicprecautions
thatwillensurethebestpossibleperformance.
• Dedicatednetwork.The2800Seriesisdesignedtooperateonadedicated
GigabitEthernetnetwork,nottobecombinedwithothernetworktrafc
competingforaccesstotheinternet.
• Resolutiontracking.The2800Seriessupports720pand1080p.IfsomeTVs
inthenetworkarenotcapableofaccepting1080p,thehigherresolutionsets
maynotbeshowntotheirbestadvantage.Setupthesourcetooutputthe
bestresolutionthatallTVsarecapableofdisplaying,oruseonesourcewith
720presolutionoutput,andanotherwith1080poutput(Seepage7).
• Sourceresolutionandvideo/soundquality.Sources,suchassatellite
receiversorcableboxes,canoutputatlowresolutionsordeliverextremely
compressedvideomaterial,yieldingpoorresults.Considerthesourcematerial
whenplanningandtroubleshootingyoursystem.
• Displaydevices.Theperceivedqualityofthevideoimagedependsheavily
uponthetypeandqualityoftheTVsorprojectorsused.Highqualitydisplays
shouldbeexpectedtoproduceanoticeablybetterimage,givenhighquality
sourcematerial.
• Distancebetweenthetransmitterandthereceiver.Longdistancesare
possible,butpremiumqualityCat6cablesarenecessaryforthelongestruns.
Whennecessary,insertanetworkswitchtoextendlongcableruns.
• SourceandTVconnectioncables.Useshort,highqualityHDMIcables.
Alwaysusegoodstrainreliefmethodstopreventcablesfrombecomingloose
overtime.
• Interferencefromnearbyelectricaldevicescanhaveanadverseeffect
onsignalquality.Forexample,oldercomputermonitorsoftenemitveryhigh
electromagneticeldsthatcaninterferewiththeperformanceofnearbyvideo
equipment.