AudioControl ACTIVE-BALANCED BVR-20, ACTIVE-BALANCED BVD-20, ACTIVE-BALANCED BVH-20 Installation And Operation Manual
BVD-20
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Component Video/Digital Audio Driver
BVH-20
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Component Video/Digital Audio Hub Driver
BVR-20
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Component Video/Digital Audio Receiver
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hank you for choosing an AudioControl Active-
Balanced product for your video and audio distribution
needs. You are installing one of the most innovative custom
installation products available. These units will allow you to
transmit video and audio signals over standard Category 5
wiring by using the highest quality active circuitry. Please
note that these products are primarily designed for installation by professional audio video companies so if any part of
this manual is not clear . . . STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING! Contact your nearest audio video installation company
or call us and we will refer you to one. Plasma monitors and
DVD players are too expensive to damage so don’t attempt
anything you are unfamiliar with.
Now sit back, grab a cold beverage and take a moment to
read through this manual before you charge off into the
installation.
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For Those Who Think Perfection Possible
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Balanced Video Series
Here are some of the cool features for your new balanced
video and audio products:
• Allows Simple Distribution of High-Quality Component
Video and Audio signals up to 1000 feet (305 meters)
• Uses Standard, Inexpensive, Twisted-Pair Cat-5 type Cabling
• 300 MHz of video bandwidth - compatible with 480, 720,
and 1080 formats
• W ill transmit High Definition (HD) signal up to 300’ via
CAT-5 wiring
• Can also transmit a digital audio or composite video signal
• Standard EIA-568 RJ-45 Cat-5 Connection Jack
• Adjustable Cable Compensation Circuit
• Five Year Warranty
The First Step
In Your Installation Procedure
FILL OUT AND SEND IN THE WARRANTY CARD!
Also, save the invoice or sales slip as proof of purchase.
These actions will protect this investment and help prove
that such a handy piece of audio equipment was really in
the system. Insurance companies can have such little
imagination when you are trying to make a claim.
Before You Begin
For the best product performance and the lowest use of
pain-killers, nothing is better than a well-planned professional system installation. Before you start pulling wires
and punching holes in the walls, sketch out a full layout of
the complete system. This will help plan the wire routing
and minimize the “gotchas” later on.
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A Quick Tour Of
The BVD-20, BVH-20 and BVR-20
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Power Light
2 Power Connector
3 Cable Compensation Control
4 Component Video Inputs
5 Component Video Outputs
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Digital Audio/Composite Video Input
7 Digital Audio/Composite Video Output
8 Audio/Video Output
9 RJ-45 Input
RJ-45 Output
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Installation Information
Mounting The BVD-20 / BVH-20 / BVR-20
The small size and low power draw of these units allow
them to be mounted in almost any dry, indoor location. Pick
mounting locations close to the audio or video components
that will be connected to the BVD-20, BVH-20 or BVR-20.
This keeps the unbalanced audio and video signal cables as
short as possible since they are much more susceptible to
noise pickup than the balanced Cat-5 cables. There is no
heat build-up problem, so it is okay to put the BVD-20 /
BVH-20 / BVR-20 in a closed area. Just remember you
need to at least be able to reach the units.
Important Note: When routing the 24 volt AC power
wiring from the wall plug transformer; make certain that
you do not run the power wiring near or parallel to the
signal cables. You may pick up AC hum. Tests have shown
however that you will not pick up songs from the group
AC/DC.
Signal Wiring
The BVD-20 / BVH-20 / BVR-20 system operates using
standard unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) Category 5 wiring.
Good wiring practices will minimize the chance of any
noise pickup.
• Do not run the signal cables parallel to AC power
wiring.
• If you need to cross over a power wire, try to do it at
right-angles.
• Keep the signal wiring as far as possible from any noise
sources such as lighting power supplies, fluorescent
lights, motors, etc.
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Grounding
If you use a shielded Cat-5 cable, then you need to be
careful about ground loops. In most instances only connect
the shield at the receive end of the balanced line and NOT
on the other end. This provides a ground/drain path for
noise picked up by the shield, but it prevents a continuous
ground path between the source and destination units.
Power Wiring
Important Note: The BVD-20 and BVR-20 operate from
a 24 volt AC wall plug transformer. There is no polarity on
the power wiring from the transformer so it can connect
either way to the connector block on the unit. The power
draw is very low on these units (each unit draws approximately 150 milliamps) so if necessary you can run as many
as two AudioControl BVD-20 / BVH-20 / BVR-20s from
one 24 VAC transformer.
Handy Tip: For remote applications the BVD-20, BVH20 and BVR-20 will work from a 12 volt battery supply.
There is a small decrease in the maximum audio signal
level headroom, but the video performance is unaffected by
the reduced supply voltage.
Cat-5 Wiring:
The RJ-45 connection on the BVD-20, BVH-20 and
BVR-20 conform to the EIA-568B standard. This is the
same Cat-5 cable wiring standard that a typical computer
network utilizes. You can use any existing 10/100Base-T
network cabling and patch bays in an installation as long
as it does not run through a router or hub. The Cat-5
wiring must run directly from the BVD-20 / BVH-20 to
the BVR-20.
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Note: You cannot split or “Y-off” the video signal
coming out of your BVD-20 into multiple BVR-20s as the
video signal will be compromised. Use the BVH-20 to
drive multiple BVR-20s.
Video Wiring:
The BVD-20, BVH-20 and BVR-20 have 4 high bandwidth inputs and outputs that are capable of extending
component video signals (3 connectors, Y, PB, PR) plus a
composite video signal on the remaining RCA connector.
As an option, you can use the fourth RCA connector on
your BVD-20, BVH-20 and BVR-20 to transmit a digital
audio signal such as Dolby Digital or DTS. The following
system drawings reflect just a few of the potential systems:
RJ-45 connector with wires
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