ACTIVE-BALANCED SERIES Installation and Operation Manual BVD-20™ Component Video/Digital Audio Driver BVH-20™ Component Video/Digital Audio Hub Driver BVR-20™ Component Video/Digital Audio Receiver T hank you for choosing an AudioControl ActiveBalanced product for your video and audio distribution needs. You are installing one of the most innovative custom installation products available.
ACTIVE-BALANCED SERIES Balanced Video Series Here are some of the cool features for your new balanced video and audio products: • Allows Simple Distribution of High-Quality Component Video and Audio signals up to 1000 feet (305 meters) • Uses Standard, Inexpensive, Twisted-Pair Cat-5 type Cabling • 300 MHz of video bandwidth - compatible with 480, 720, and 1080 formats • Will transmit High Definition (HD) signal up to 300’ via CAT-5 wiring • Can also transmit a digital audio or composite video signal • Stan
ACTIVE-BALANCED SERIES A Quick Tour Of The BVD-20, BVH-20 and BVR-20 6 8 1 3 7 4 1 5 9 2 2 1 Power Light 6 Digital Audio/Composite Video Input 2 Power Connector 7 Digital Audio/Composite Video Output 3 Cable Compensation Control 8 Audio/Video Output 4 Component Video Inputs 9 RJ-45 Input 5 Component Video Outputs RJ-45 Output 1 3 6 4 2 3 ®
ACTIVE-BALANCED SERIES Installation Information Mounting The BVD-20 / BVH-20 / BVR-20 The small size and low power draw of these units allow them to be mounted in almost any dry, indoor location. Pick mounting locations close to the audio or video components that will be connected to the BVD-20, BVH-20 or BVR-20. This keeps the unbalanced audio and video signal cables as short as possible since they are much more susceptible to noise pickup than the balanced Cat-5 cables.
ACTIVE-BALANCED SERIES Grounding If you use a shielded Cat-5 cable, then you need to be careful about ground loops. In most instances only connect the shield at the receive end of the balanced line and NOT on the other end. This provides a ground/drain path for noise picked up by the shield, but it prevents a continuous ground path between the source and destination units. Power Wiring Important Note: The BVD-20 and BVR-20 operate from a 24 volt AC wall plug transformer.
ACTIVE-BALANCED SERIES Note: You cannot split or “Y-off” the video signal coming out of your BVD-20 into multiple BVR-20s as the video signal will be compromised. Use the BVH-20 to drive multiple BVR-20s. Video Wiring: The BVD-20, BVH-20 and BVR-20 have 4 high bandwidth inputs and outputs that are capable of extending component video signals (3 connectors, Y, PB, PR) plus a composite video signal on the remaining RCA connector.
ACTIVE-BALANCED SERIES System Examples System 1: Theater processor sending component video to video projector/plasma display via BVD-20 to BVR-20 to projector.
ACTIVE-BALANCED SERIES System 2: Sat Receiver sending component video and digital audio via BVH-20 to multiple BVR-20s 8 ®
ACTIVE-BALANCED SERIES System 3: DVD server sending component video and digital audio to processor via BVD-20 and BVR-20 9 ®
ACTIVE-BALANCED SERIES Adjusting the Controls Properly setting the controls on your BVD-20, BVH-20 and BVR-20 will give you the maximum performance. Although they do come “pre-set” from the factory with many of the internal enhancements at optimum levels, we have no way of knowing the exact length of cabling that you will be using.
ACTIVE-BALANCED SERIES Troubleshooting “No Picture or Sound.” 1.Make certain the BVD-20, BVH-20 and BVR-20 both show power lights. 2.Verify that the RJ-45 termination on both ends of the Cat-5 is correct. We all know this is easy to get wrong. 3.Verify that the Signal Present LEDs are lit on the BVR-20. This test requires a full color spectrum signal. 4.Make certain the Cat-5 cable run does NOT go through an Ethernet Router or hub. It is alright to run the signal through a passive patch bay. 5.
ACTIVE-BALANCED SERIES “There is hum in the audio signal.” 1.Verify that the Cat-5 cable is properly terminated on both ends. 2.Make certain that the system is wired with twisted-pair cabling. 3.Make certain there is not a cut in the wiring allowing a conductor to short to ground (i.e. shield, conduit, cold water pipe, plenum). 4.If it is being used, make sure the shield wire is connected only at the receiving end.
ACTIVE-BALANCED SERIES and now a word from the legal department... CONDITIONAL FIVE YEAR WARRANTY Custom electronics installations are an invisible element of many modern homes. You don’t appreciate what they do for you unless something goes wrong. AudioControl recognizes this fact and engineers the most bullet-proof components we know how.
ACTIVE-BALANCED SERIES AudioControl professional. This warranty is transferable. You do not have to be the original owner, but you do need a copy of the original sales slip. 4. You cannot let anybody who isn’t: (A) the AudioControl factory or (B) somebody authorized in writing by AudioControl to service your BVD-20 / BVH-20 / BVR-20. If anyone other than (A) or (B) messes with your BVD-20 / BVH-20 / BVR-20, that voids your warranty. 5.
ACTIVE-BALANCED SERIES Repair Information In the unlikely instance that you ever need to have your AudioControl component repaired. Please contact our factory for return instructions. Repairs are handled quickly at our factory. You are responsible for paying the freight charges to our factory. If your unit is under warranty, we’ll pay to ship it back to you the same method that you sent it into us.
ACTIVE-BALANCED SERIES Block Diagrams BVD-20 / BVH-20 BVR-20 16 ®
ACTIVE-BALANCED SERIES EIA-568 RJ-45 Pin Connection Diagram Pair 1 White-Blue (W-BL) Blue (BL) Pair 2 White-Orange (W-O) Orange (O) Pair 3 White-Green (W-G) Green (G) Pair 4 White-Brown (W-BR) Brown (BR) Video 4 – : Audio/Video Video 4 + : Audio/Video Video 1 + : Component Y Video 1 – : Component Y Video 2 + : Component PB Video 2 – : Component PB Video 3 + : Component PR Video 3 – : Component PR 17 ®
ACTIVE-BALANCED SERIES BVD-20 / BVH-20 / BVR-20 Specifications All specifications are measured with supplied 110 to 24 VAC wall lug transformer. As technology advances, AudioControl reserves the right to continuously change our specifications, like our weather.
ACTIVE-BALANCED SERIES ©2004, AudioControl, a division of Electronic Engineering and Manufacturing, Inc. All rights reserved. AudioControl, For Those Who Consider Perfection Possible, BVD-10, BVR-10, BVD-20, BVH-20 and BVR-20 are all trademarks of Electronic Engineering and Manufacturing, Inc. This literature was conceived, designed, and written under the protective canopy of the lush, green, misty rain forest on a drizzly, gray overcast day at our home in the Pacific Northwest.
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