Black Box AC130A User manual

Display a single Macintosh image
on as many monitors as you need to.
Display a single Macintosh image
on as many monitors as you need to.
4-Channel Video Splitter for Mac
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FEATURES
• Use legacy Macintosh computers to
drive video displays.
• Send Macintosh video output to four
monitors or other display devices with
one splitter.
• Cascade splitters to reach even more
monitors.
• Monitors can be up to 250 ft. (76.2 m)
away from the splitter.
• Quick and easy to install.
Send Mac video to as many as ten destinations
with one splitter, or cascade splitters to reach multitudes.
OVERVIEW
The 4-Channel Video Splitter for Mac enables you to use
legacy Macintosh computers to drive multiple video displays.
It works with pre-1999 Macintosh computers that have a
DB15 video connector (for instance, the Macintosh Performa
and the LC).
This video splitter enables you to use older Macs that no
longer have the computing power for today’s applications to
set up groups of colorful displays for delivering information
such as menus or schedules, or for advertising.
The 4-Channel Video Splitter for Mac drives Mac®video to
four separate monitors, video projectors, or LCD panels at once
from a single CPU you control with one keyboard and one
mouse. It amplifies the video signals coming from your
Macintosh and retransmits them to up to four destinations at
once. If you need to send video to more than four places, just
cascade splitters (plug one’s output into another’s input) to add
extra ports. (Be aware that this might degrade image quality.)
Even high-resolution graphics that lesser splitters would blur
into Impressionist art are no problem for the 4-Channel Video
Splitter for Mac. It has 300 MHz of bandwidth to safely accom-
modate resolutions up to 1280 x 1024 pixels.
Because the splitter regenerates and amplifies video signals,
it can drive them farther than a regular CPU can by itself. Even
at higher resolutions and refresh rates (1152 x 870 at 75 Hz, for
example), the splitter can reach display devices 100 ft. (30.5 m)
away. At lower resolutions and refresh rates (up to 640 x 480 at
up to 66 Hz), the splitter can reach devices as far away as 250 ft.
(76.2 m).
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
• Display menus in a cafeteria or restaurant setting. Just
change the menu on the Mac to update all the displays
in the system.
• Broadcast work orders, updated instructions, daily targets,
alarms, and other info to all of the stations on a shop floor
from one Mac CPU.
• Show easily updated schedules for schools, clubs, or other
organizations.
• Set up simple advertising displays for daily or weekly
specials.
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4-Port Video Splitters
for Mac (AC130A)
✦ (1) 4-Channel Video Splitter for Mac.
✦ (1) external transformer (power supply).
✦ (1) 6-foot (1.8-m) DB15-male-to-DB15-male cable
for connecting a Macintosh CPU or other video-output
source to the splitter.
✦ (1) users’ manual.
WHAT‘S INCLUDED

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TECH SPECS
Bandwidth — 300 MHz (-3 dBm)
Compliance — FCC Part 15 Class A, DOC Class/MDC classe A
Distance (Maximum) — From 100 ft. (30.5 m, at up to 1280 x 1024 and
up to 75 Hz) to 250 ft. (76.2 m, at up to 640 x 480 and up to 66 Hz)
Enclosure — Metal
Standard/Interface — Apple®Macintosh®video
Refresh Rate (Maximum) — 75 Hz
Resolution (Maximum) — 1600 x 1200 pixels; however, image quality and
maximum distance degrade relatively rapidly above 1280 x 1024 pixels
Rise Time — Less than 1 ns
User Control — (1) Front-mounted 4-position DIP switch for selecting
monitor type
Connectors — Rear-mounted:
(1) 5-pin mini-DIN female for power;
(1) DB15 female for video input;
(4) DB15 female for video output
Indicator — (1) Front-mounted POWER LED
Temperature Tolerance — 32 to 125°F (0 to 52°C)
Humidity Tolerance — 5 to 95% noncondensing
Power — From wallmount power supply:
Input: 115 VAC, 60 Hz, 12 watts;
Output : ±5 VDC at 300 mA to 1 amp
Size — 2.5"H x 7.25"W x 3.25"D (6.4 x 18.4 x 8.3 cm)
Weight — 2.5 lb. (1.1 kg);
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Item Code
4-Channel Video Splitter for Mac AC130A
To connect the splitter to your display devices, order…
Video Cable
DB15 Male/DB15 Female, 6-ft. (1.8-m) EVMA16
To connect the splitter to RGB monitors and projectors, order…
Mac Extension Cables, DB15 Male/DB15 Female,
30-ft. (9.1-m) EVMA30
50-ft. (15.2-m) EVMA50
100-ft. (30.4-m) EVMA100
For standard applications in which all monitors are
interchangeable, the Video Splitter for Mac can be set to pass
the ID bits from your primary monitor through to the video
adapter in your Macintosh, ensuring that the adapter will
output properly formatted video signals. However, this will
not work when there is no primary monitor, when the primary
monitor’s cable doesn’t carry the ID bits, or when the primary
monitor displays higher-grade video than the other monitors.
In these cases, set the splitter to emulate an Apple monitor
such as a 12" (512 x 384), 13"/14" (640 x 480), 15" portrait,
21" (1152 x 870), or two-page monochrome. For monitor
compatibility issues, call our FREE Technical support.
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