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B-500-MTRX-230-8x8 Installation Manual
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8.4.EmbeddedEDIDCOnguration
Inadditiontotheautomaticcongurationmethod,EDIDsintheB-500-MTRX-230-8X8canbesettoinputsmanually
byselectinganEDIDfromtheembeddedlist(defaultEDIDsprogrammedintothematrixswitcher).
Thematrixswitchercontainseight‘embedded’EDIDsthatmaybeassignedtoinputs.TheseEDIDsdenegroupsof
videoandaudiocapabilitiesthatareusefulforconguringsourcesinmostsystems.
8.4.1. Embedded EDID Chart
Explanation of Embedded EDIDs
Video ResolutionintheEmbeddedEDIDsisthehighestresolutionaconnectedsourcewilloutput.Thatis,ifthe
sourceiscapableof1080P@60itwillberequiredbyEDIDs1-6toprovidethatresolution.However,ifthesource
isonlycapableof1080iitwilloutput1080i,etc.Itisassumedthatanydisplaythatcanacceptthespeciedvideo
resolutioncanalsoacceptallstandardvideoresolutionslessthanthatspecied.
Color Depthisthemaximumnumberofbitsusedtoencodecolor.24bitcolordepthis8bitspercolor(red,blue,
green).
3Dindicatesthatthesourcecanoutput3Difitisavailableinthecontent.
Audio Format indicatesthemaximumnumberofaudiochannels,aswellastheaudioformatthatthesourceis
allowedtooutput.ForanEmbeddedEDIDwith7.1chAudioFormat,thesourcedevicewilloutputthehighestaudio
possiblebasedonthecontent.Forexample,if7.1chisnotavailableand5.1chisavailable,thentheoutputwillbe
5.1ch.Thesameistrueif2chstereoistheonlyaudioavailablefromthesource.EmbeddedEDIDswith2chstereowill
limitoutputtothataudioformatregardlessofwhatisavailableinthecontent.
Embedded EDIDs 7 and 8areprovidedforlegacydisplaysthatcanonlyacceptresolutionsuptoamaximumof
1080i/720p.The1080iislistedrstsincealmostallolderHDdisplayscanaccept1080ibutnotallcanaccept720p.
ForthesetwoEmbeddedEDIDs,(7&8)thesourcewilloutput1080i.Should1080inotbeavailable,thesourcewill
output 720p.
Note: There is a possibility that 720p may not work for a very small number of older displays that may still be in use. It
will be necessary to use a Learned EDID from the display to store in the Input EDID of any sources that will be
routed to that display if 720p is not supported. See Section 8.5. EDID Learning on page 18 for directions to set
a learned EDID.
When to Use Embedded EDIDs
• 2channelaudioisrequiredforaparticularoutput.
• Lowervideoresolutionisrequiredforaparticularoutput.
Embedded EDID Resolution Color Depth Audio
1 1080p@60Hz 24-Bit 7.1ch
2(FactoryDefault) 1080p@60Hz 24-Bit 2ch
3 1080p@60Hz 24-Bit 3D 7.1ch
4 1080p@60Hz 24-Bit 3D 2ch
5 1080i@60Hz 36-Bit 3D 7.1ch
6 1080i@60Hz 36-Bit 3D 2ch
7 1080i@30Hz/720p@60Hz 24-Bit 7.1ch
8 1080i@30Hz/720p@60Hz 24-Bit 2ch