Monoprice 10250 User Manual

Splitter

incorporates HDMI

®

technology

1 input 4 outputs

3D Support
4K Support

PID 10250

INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on your purchase of this Monoprice 1x4 HDMI Splitter! With this splitter, you can
distribute the video from a single HDMI source device to up to four displays. The built-in amplifier and
equalizer circuitry allows for the use of longer than normal HDMI cable runs, so you can set up the
second display on the other side of your home, if you want.

This splitter provides up to 10.2Gbps data throughput and includes support for High Speed HDMI
features, including 3D video and the advanced 4K cinema display resolution. It also supports
uncompressed LPCM audio and compressed high-definition audio, including Dolby TrueHD™ and
DTS-HD Master Audio™.

FEATURES AND CONTENTS

For the best performance of this HDMI splitter box, please read this manual carefully and keep it for
further information.

Features:

 Support for all HDMI 3D video modes

Frame packing Side-by-Side (Half) Top-and-Bottom

1920x1080p@23.98/24Hz 1920x1080i@59.94/60Hz 1920x1080p@23.98/24Hz

1280x720p@59.94/60Hz 1920x1080i@50Hz 1280x720p@59.94/60Hz

1280x720p@50Hz 1280x720p@50Hz

 Full support for the HDMI 4K resolutions (3840x2160 pixels)

 25 ~ 340 MHz per channel pixel clock rate

 Supports high-definition audio, including DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD

 Supports HDCP compliant devices

 Gold plated connectors for smooth, corrosion free connections

 Amplifier and Equalizer functions enable longer HDMI cable runs

 Supports two display type detection techniques

 Reset button on front panel for quick system resets

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Package Contents:

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 HDMI splitter main unit
 DC 5V power adapter
 User’s manual

CONNECTION DIAGRAM

The following illustration shows a typical connection using this HDMI splitter, a Blu-ray drive source,
and four displays.

Power Adapto

r 3D Blue-ray DVD player

Detection Mode Selection

HDTV 4

4K×2K

HDTV 3

4K×2K

HDTV 2

720p/8-bit

HDTV 1

1080p/8-bit)

EDID MODE SELECTION

When a display or sink device is connected directly to a source device (e.g. Blu-ray player) the source
device checks the display's Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) to determine its capabilities,
then adjusts the output to match those capabilities. For example, if the display's maximum resolution is
720p, the source device will know not to output video at the 1080p resolution.

The Display Type Detection Mode setting determines which of two methods will be used to determine
the display type settings to send to the source device. The switch on the back panel of the splitter
determines which method to use, A or B.

The default setting is detection method A.

Detection Method A: Highest Common Factor Mode

The first detection method polls the capabilities of each connected display then selects the best quality
settings that are in common between all sink devices. Assuming that all displays in the CONNECTION
DIAGRAM sample above are powered on, the splitter will tell the source device to limit its output to
720p resolution and 8-bit Deep Color because that is the maximum common capability among the four
displays.

This detection method is the best one to use if you will have multiple active displays/sinks, each with
different capabilities. An example would be a sports bar with several displays of different sizes and
capabilities.

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