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FAST SWITCHIN
G
Fast Switchin
g
Technolo
gy
Fast
S
witchin
g
Technolo
gy
(
F
S
T
)
is a
G
e
f
en so
f
tware implementation
f
or HDMI
1.3 products. F
S
T was created to improve the len
g
th
y
HDMI authentication
p
rocess, based on the HDMI and HD
C
P speci
fi
cations.
F
S
T provides quicker A
/
V source switchin
g
and
g
reatl
y
improves the overall A
/
V
sy
stem behavior and per
f
ormance when more than one HDTV displa
y
is used in
the s
y
stem setup.
F
S
T allows connectin
g
/
disconnectin
g
or turnin
g
O
N
/
O
FF o
f
HDTV displa
y
s
without havin
g
these activities a
ff
ect other Hi-De
f
sources routed to an
y
other
H
DTV displa
y
in the same s
y
stem.
FAST MOD
E
:
S
ettin
g
the Matrix to FA
S
T mode will improve per
f
ormance when connectin
g
/
disconnectin
g
Hi-De
f
sources, and powerin
g
O
N
/
O
FF HDTV displa
y
s.
NOT
E
: When switchin
g
f
rom
S
L
O
W mode to FA
S
T mode, the HDTV displa
y
s
c
onnected to the Matrix will blink momentaril
y
.
SLOW MOD
E
:
When set to
S
L
O
W mode, the Matrix will
f
ollow the standard
au
th
e
nti
ca
ti
o
n
p
rocess, based on the HDMI and HD
C
P speci
fi
cations.
S
L
O
W mode is
r
ecommended when the source does not support multiple devices.
FAST SWITCHING TECHNOLOGY