Extron electronic MPX PLUS 866 A Switch User Manual


 
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MPX Plus 866 A Media Presentation Matrix Switcher • Operation
PRELIMINARY
Muting and unmuting video and/or audio outputs
Individual outputs can be muted or unmuted as follows:
N
Mutes are protected when front panel Lock mode 2 is selected. You can view the
status of the output (muted or unmuted) in Lock mode 2 but you cannot change
it from the front panel. See “Setting the front panel Locks (Executive modes)”
on page 3-44.
1
. Press the Esc button to clear any input button indications, output button
indications, or control button indications that may be on.
2
. Select video or audio only to mute or unmute by pressing the Video
button and/or the Audio button.
3
. Press and release the View button.
4. One at a time, press and hold the output button(s) for the desired output(s)
for approximately 2 seconds. The output LED(s) for the selected output(s)
blink to indicate the mute or return to their previous state to indicate the
unmute.
5
. Press and release the View button to return to normal switcher operation.
N • Videoandaudiocan both can be muted, but in separate operations; one and
then the other.. Press and release the Video button and the Audio button to
select each for muting or unmuting.
• IfyouselectVideoandAudioinView-Only mode and then attempt to mute
an output, the mute function will not work.
• Videocanbemutedorunmutedonoutputs1through12.Audioisnot
preset on output 7 through 12, so it cannot be muted or unmuted on those
outputs.
• TheaudiomuteisthesamemutefunctionthatisavailableviatheDSP
Configurator program. See chapter 5, “Switcher Software”.
• WhenyouenterView-Onlymode,theoutputLEDsturnon for all outputs
without ties.
• Inthecomputervideogroup,thevideomutefunctionmutestheR,G,andB
planes only; the sync (H and V planes) are still active. In the low resolution
video group, the video mute function mutes all composite video and/or
S-video planes.
• Mutesaresavedtonon-volatilememory.Whenpowerisremovedand
restored, the mute settings are retained.