Specifications
17
E
xternal EDID Mana
g
emen
t
The
G
e
f
enToolBox 4x4 Matrix with F
S
T
f
eatures EDID Mana
g
ement. Be
f
ore the
s
ource can send video or audio si
g
nals to the displa
y
, the source devices reads
the EDID
(
Extended Displa
y
Identi
fi
cation Data
)
o
f
each device connected to
an output. The EDID contains in
f
ormation about what t
y
pe o
f
AV data that the
s
ource can send to each displa
y
.
The
G
e
f
enToolBox 4x4 Matrix with F
S
T routes multiple source si
g
nals to multiple
output devices. This involves readin
g
EDID data
f
rom more than one device.
M
ana
g
ement o
f
the EDID data is important to maintain compatibilit
y
between all
de
vi
ces
.
D
ispla
y
Connections
• I
f
a displa
y
is not connected to
O
utput 1, then no EDID chan
g
es are made,
m
eanin
g
that the previous EDID in
f
ormation will be used. This state will be
in e
ff
ect until a displa
y
is connected to
O
utput 1 and the Matrix is power-
cy
cled.
• EDID is copied
f
rom
O
utput 1 to all other outputs. The audio block will be
c
opied
f
rom
O
utput 1. EDID-cop
y
in
g
is per
f
ormed onl
y
when the Matrix is
r
eset or power-c
y
cled.
3
DTV Su
pp
or
t
• 3D si
g
nals are supported i
f
a 3DTV is connected to
O
utput 1.
D
ee
p
Color
• Deep
C
olor will be
d
i
sab
l
ed
if one of more other displays connected to the
d
M
atrix do not support Deep
C
olor.
E
DID MANAGEMEN
T