Specifications

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StarServe Installers Guide
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Infra-red Emitters
The electrical connection on the Infra-red Emitter Lead
connects to an emitter output on either a StarServe modulator
or an emitter wall plate. There is a single head IR emitter lead
and a double head IR emitter lead available in the range,
each 1.5 metres in length.
Infra-red Options
The Video Distribution Unit supplied with both the StarServe
Video and StarServe Pro system is the 8053/8VHPIR. This
VDU incorporates an Infra-red distribution engine. The infra-red
engine comprises of circuitry that facilitates the transmission
of infra-red signals.
Normally, infra-red control works based on line of sight,
therefore the remote control requires an unobscured view of the
equipment to be controlled. However, the infra-red engine in the
StarServe VDU allows audio/video equipment to be controlled
from many locations in the home, as if in the same room.
Infra-red signals received from a hand held infra-red remote
at multiple locations could be routed to a single location where
infra-red transmitting hardware rebroadcasts the signal to a
control device such as a VCR or DVD.
Infra-red Targets
Infra-red targets connect in line on the coaxial cable between
the wall plate and the television. They receive infra-red signals
from remote controls and pass them back to the Video
Distribution Unit along the same coaxial cable that supplies
the video signal.
The targets are powered by the VDU and, if any of the eight
outputs on the VDU senses that no target is present, it will
switch off the power supply to the individual outputs. The
infra-red target incorporates a dc block. Hence, the voltage
will not be passed through to the Television.
If the infra-red targets are added at a
later date, or the infra-red system is not
functioning, powering down the VDU for
approximately 30 seconds will reset all
outputs, making the voltage supply
available upon power up.
The IR emitters are located on or near the equipment to be
controlled (i.e. a VCR).
When a target in a separate room picks up a signal, the
signal is relayed via the infra-red engine in the VDU and
rebroadcast by the emitter.
The emitter diagram above is only an indication of possible
emitter locations and locations should be tested before the
emitter is secured.