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Source checkup – Extron Electronics VN-MATRIX User Guide User Manual

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Section 3: System Configuration

VN-MATRIX User Guide

Page 58

I458GB issue 6

Source Checkup


When attempting to diagnosing problems with an encoder or source it is highly recommended that a
local monitor is connected to the VN-MATRIX. If a monitor is not already connected as part of the
system, it is suggested that one be connected temporarily.

Is

the local m

onit

or

completely

blank

?

STAR

T

YES

NO

Chec

k the POWE

R indicat

or

on the VN

-MATRI

X Enc

oder.

..

UN

LI

T

LIT

FLAS

H

ING

What

’s

t

he

problem?

Chec

k the STA

T

U

S

indicat

or

on the Enc

oder.

..

UN

LI

T

LIT

FLAS

H

ING

NO POWE

R

Check

t

he

PS

U c

onnec

tion

to

the

VN-

M

A

T

RI

X.

Check

f

or ‘green’ li

gh

t on

P

S

U

.

Check

mains

ca

bl

e,

fus

e and

sup

pl

y.

PO

WE

R

/TH

ER

MA

L FA

U

LT

The

unit

has

shut

dow

n due

t

o eit

her

a

power

s

upply

fault

or

ov

er

temperat

ure

con

di

tion.

Check

f

or obst

ruc

ted vent

ilation

grilles

, exc

es

siv

e

ambi

en

t

temperat

ure.

Cyc

le t

he po

wer

off

a

nd on

to

res

et

the unit.

If t

he

problem r

ecurs

and

ambient

temperat

ure is with

in

lim

its,

t

ry

us

in

g

a dif

fer

ent

PS

U.

NO SOU

RCE

CON

N

EC

T

E

D/

DE

T

E

CTE

D

Fol

low

t

he C

ontr

oll

er

C

heck

up on

page 6

0 and

follow

t

he c

heck

s

lis

ted

for

‘No Sour

ce Det

ect

ed’

SO

UR

C

E

IS

B

E

IN

G STR

E

AME

D

TO

ONE

OR

M

O

RE

DE

CODE

RS

Thi

s pr

oves

t

hat

the E

ncoder

is

work

ing

OK

. If

t

his sour

ce is not

being dis

played

on a

part

icular

Decod

er, che

ck tha

t you have not

exc

eeded

the l

imit of

4 RTP unicas

t

st

ream

s.

SO

UR

C

E

OK BU

T

N

O

T BE

IN

G

ST

RE

AM

ED

Fol

low

t

he C

ontr

oll

er

C

heck

up on

page 6

0 and

chec

k

that

al

l devic

es

are onli

ne.

If y

ou ha

ve

not

already

done

so,

see

the Dec

oder Check

up on

page 57.

M

essage

Dis

pl

ayed…

“No Sou

rce Det

ect

ed”

Sour

ce im

age is st

able

but has a color cas

t

Sour

ce im

age is unst

able

or corr

upted

Sour

ce im

age is badly

fr

am

ed (blac

k bars

at

edges or edges

cr

opped).

C

heck

f

or

lo

ose/

in

corr

ect

c

onnect

ions

or fault

y cables

bet

ween the sou

rce

an

d t

he E

ncode

r.

C

heck

t

hat

th

e s

ource

is

act

ua

lly providing an output

signal

(e.g

. it

may

hav

e

go

ne int

o a

power

/s

creen

sa

ver

mode)

C

heck

t

hat

th

e s

ource

ty

pe

is s

upport

ed

and ha

s b

een aut

o-det

ect

ed

co

rre

ctly

. If

not,

t

ry

f

orcing

the input

t

o

a manual

sourc

e mode

(s

ee page

64).

C

heck

t

hat an i

ncompatible m

anual

so

urce mode

ha

s not been appli

ed

to

the i

nput.

I

f so,

try

s

ett

ing the input to ‘aut

o’

(s

ee

pa

ge

64)

.

C

heck

t

hat

th

e E

ncoder

is

not

in

‘St

andby’

m

od

e (s

ee

page 47)

.

C

heck

f

or

lo

ose/

in

corr

ect

c

onnect

ions

or fault

y cables

bet

ween the sou

rce

an

d t

he E

ncode

r.

C

heck

t

hat

th

e s

ource

its

elf

is

ac

tually

st

ab

le

.

C

heck

t

hat

th

e s

ource

ty

pe

is s

upport

ed

and ha

s b

een aut

o-det

ect

ed

co

rre

ctly

. If

not,

t

ry

f

orcing

the input

t

o

a manual

sourc

e mode

(s

ee page

64).

C

heck

t

hat an i

ncompatible m

anual

so

urce mode

ha

s not been appli

ed

to

the i

nput.

I

f so,

try

s

ett

ing the input to ‘aut

o’

(s

ee

pa

ge

64)

.

Tr

y adj

us

ting t

he

cl

ock phas

e

se

ttings (see

page 65).

C

heck

whe

ther

or

not

t

he s

ourc

e has

Mac

rovis

io

n c

opy

prot

ect

io

n and

set

the

M

ac

rov

is

ion D

efeaf

t opt

ion ac

cord

in

gl

y (

see

page

65).

C

heck

t

hat

th

e c

orrec

t

color

sp

ace

as

been a

ppl

ied

to

t

he s

ourc

e

(s

ee page 65)

C

heck

f

or

lo

ose/

in

corr

ect

c

onnect

ions

or fault

y cables

bet

ween the sou

rce

an

d t

he E

ncode

r.

C

heck

t

hat

th

e or

ig

inal

sour

ce

its

el

f i

s c

orrec

tly

f

ramed.

Tr

y adj

us

ting t

he

B

lanking set

tings

on th

e

E

ncoder

(s

ee page

65)

.