Manual
Operating Your VS-162AVM 
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10  Operating Your VS-162AVM  
Operate your VS-162AVM via: 
•  The front panel buttons (as this section describes) 
•  RS-232 or RS-485 serial commands transmitted by a touch screen 
system, PC, or other serial controller (see section 
 14
)  
•  Kramer RC-IR3 Infrared Remote Control Transmitter 
•  Contact closure switches connected to the keyboard extension 
•  An external IR receiver unit for controlling the machine via an IR 
remote controller 
10.1  Startup Display 
After switching on the power, the MATRIX and STATUS
1
 displays show the 
following screen: 
Figure 14: Default Startup Status Display Sequence 
After a few seconds the MATRIX display shows the current OUT and IN 
connections. The contents of the STATUS display depend on the current 
switcher setup. To choose what to indicate on the status display, see section 
 11.6.  
10.2  Preview Display 
The preview display with its headphone output lets you see and hear the 
contents of any video or audio input that is currently connected to output 16. 
Output 16 is also available for regular output with the same specs as all the 
other outputs. The regular video output and the preview display switch in 
parallel as well as the audio output. 
The Preview/16 output is manually controlled (it does not switch 
automatically) and switches the same way as all the other outputs. This 
includes remote operations. 
1 Version 1.5 is shown in the Status Display as an example; text in the matrix display may vary (according to machine 
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