Page 2 - Precautions
This symbol is intended to alert the user of important operating and maintenance(servicing) instructions in the literature provided with the equipment. This symbol is intended to alert the user of the presence of uninsulated dangerousvoltage within the product's enclosure that may present a risk of ...
Page 3 - Quick Start — QSD 204; Installation; Rear panel video inputs; Input 1: Composite video; Rear panel video outputs; Output BNC connectors; Application example
Quick Start — QSD 204 Installation Step 1 Refer to the application example at the end of thispage. Turn off power to the decoder and input andoutput devices, and remove power cords fromthem. Step 2 Install the four rubber feet on the bottom of theQSD 204 decoder, or mount the decoder in a rack. Step...
Page 4 - Quick Start — QSD 204, cont’d; Default Cycle menu
Quick Start — QSD 204, cont’d QSD 204 Menu System Default Cycle menu Main menu 1 Input Configuration menu Power on EXTRON QSD204D 2 sec. INPUT 1 CMPOSITE 2 sec. 2 sec. NO SIGNAL 2 sec. * The No Signal default menu only occurs if there is no signal present at the currently selected input connector. I...
Page 6 - Picture Adjustments menu
Quick Start — QSD 204, cont’d Picture Adjustments menu Executive Mode menu Color Tint 128 114 Input selection button COL/TNT INPUT 3 S-VIDEO 10 sec.timeout NOTE The Adjust horizontal knob and the Adjust vertical knob are used to adjust the image settings on the left and right sides of the LCD screen...
Page 7 - QSD 204 • Table of Contents; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 • Introduction
i QSD 204 • Table of Contents Table of Contents Chapter 1 • Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1-1 About this Manual .........................................................................................................
Page 8 - Table of Contents, cont’d; Chapter 3 • Serial Communication
ii QSD 204 • Table of Contents Table of Contents, cont’d Executive Mode ................................................................................................................ 2-15 IR 901 Infrared Remote Control .............................................................................. ...
Page 9 - Chapter One; Introduction; About this Manual
QSD 204 1 Chapter One Introduction About this Manual About the QSD 204 Features and Options
Page 10 - QSD 204 • Introduction; Controlling the QSD 204 quad standard decoder; Features and Options; Features
QSD 204 • Introduction 1-2 Introduction About this Manual This manual discusses how to install, configure, and operate the Extron QSD204 quad standard decoder and how to operate the optional IR 901 infraredremote control (part #70-152-01). Throughout this manual the terms “QSD”, “quad standard decod...
Page 11 - Options and accessories
1-3 QSD 204 • Introduction Three ways to control the decoder — The decoder ’s front panel, a computer or other RS-232 control device, or the optional IR 901 remote control can all beused to control the QSD. Autoswitch mode — When autoswitching is enabled, the decoder will automatically select the hi...
Page 13 - Chapter Two; Installation and Operation
QSD 204 2 Chapter Two Installation and Operation Mounting the Decoder Rear Panel Features Front Panel Features Menus, Configuration, and Adjustments Image Adjustments Input Reset System Reset Executive Mode IR 901 Infrared Remote Control Troubleshooting
Page 14 - QSD 204 • Installation and Operation; Mounting the Decoder; Tabletop/desktop placement; If feet were installed on the bottom of the QSD 204, remove them.
Installation and Operation QSD 204 • Installation and Operation 2-2 Mounting the Decoder Tabletop/desktop placement For tabletop or desktop placement only, install the self-adhesive rubber feet/pads(provided) onto the four corners of the bottom of the enclosure. Rack mounting 1 . If feet were instal...
Page 15 - QSD 204 • Installation and Operation; Under-furniture mounting; Mounting the QSD 204 on the underside of furniture
2-3 QSD 204 • Installation and Operation Under-furniture mounting For under-tabletop or under-desktop placement (see illustration below), installthe optional under-furniture mounting kit (part #70-219-01), as follows: Mounting the QSD 204 on the underside of furniture 1 . Attach the mounting bracket...
Page 16 - Application diagram; Example application of the QSD 204; Rear Panel Features; QSD 204 D rear panel connectors; AC power connector; — Plug a standard IEC power cord into this; Video input 1: Composite video; — A composite video signal is; Extron; Quad Standard Decoder
Installation and Operation QSD 204 • Installation and Operation 2-4 Application diagram The following diagram is an example of a typical QSD 204 application withcable connections. Example application of the QSD 204 Rear Panel Features The rear panel of the QSD 204 D, as shown below, contains all of ...
Page 17 - SDI (serial digital interface) input connector —; Only the QSD 204 D model has an SDI connector.; Video input 4: RGBS or RGBcvS
2-5 QSD 204 • Installation and Operation 3 Video input 2: Composite/S-video/Component — This input, consisting of 3 female BNC connectors, accepts composite video, S-video, and componentvideo signals. Connect cables for the appropriate signal type, as shownhere. R-Y 2 Y/VID B-Y/C R-Y 2 Y /VID B-Y /C...
Page 18 - Installation and Operation, cont’d; Outputs; Pin
Installation and Operation, cont’d QSD 204 • Installation and Operation 2-6 Outputs 7 and 8 are both buffered and can be connected simultaneously to two different displays. The sync format will be the same for both outputs. 8 RGB or HD component (R-Y, Y, B-Y) 15-pin HD video output — Connect an RGB ...
Page 19 - Front Panel Features; Input selection buttons; Composite input button; Picture adjustment buttons; Center control button
2-7 QSD 204 • Installation and Operation Front Panel Features The front panel buttons, controls, LCD, and infrared sensor of the QSD 204, asshown below, are found on all models of the QSD 204 decoder series. The LEDsabove each input button will light green and the LEDs above/below both picturecontro...
Page 20 - Blanking control button; Menu button; Next button; LCD menu display and controls; LCD
Installation and Operation, cont’d QSD 204 • Installation and Operation 2-8 Blanking control button — This button controls the blanking adjustment on the display. To remove noise or extraneous material, such as closedcaptioning, remove scan lines at either the top or bottom of the screen.Rotate the ...
Page 21 - Moving through menus by using front panel controls; Menu overview; Default menus
2-9 QSD 204 • Installation and Operation Menus, Configuration, and Adjustments Decoder configuration and adjustments can be performed by using theWindows-based control program (see chapter 3 for details) or by using the frontpanel controls and the menus that are displayed on the QSD 204’s LCD screen...
Page 22 - Main menus; Input Configuration
Installation and Operation, cont’d QSD 204 • Installation and Operation 2-10 Main menus To return to the default screens, let the QSD 204 time-out for 10 seconds, orpress the Menu button until the Exit Menu menu appears, then press the Nextbutton. Submenus are accessed from a main menu by pressing t...
Page 23 - Output Configuration
2-11 QSD 204 • Installation and Operation Input 1 can only input composite video, and Input 3 can only input S-video,no other video types are selectable for these inputs. Only inputs 2 and 4offer selectable video types. From the Input Configuration menu, pressingthe Next key repeatedly will display ...
Page 24 - Advanced Configuration; Detail control
Installation and Operation, cont’d QSD 204 • Installation and Operation 2-12 positive or negative H and V sync by rotating either the Adjust horizontal ( ) or Adjust vertical ( ) knob. If the previous output signal was specified as RGsB or YUV, this submenuwill not be displayed because this menu is ...
Page 25 - Exit Menu
2-13 QSD 204 • Installation and Operation Blue mode To aid in setup of the decoder ’s color and tint, the Blue mode can be set from thissubmenu to “On” so that only sync and blue video signals will be passed to thedisplay. Use either the Adjust horizontal ( ) or Adjust vertical ( ) knob to specify t...
Page 26 - Image Adjustments; Press the input selection button of the input you wish to adjust.
Installation and Operation, cont’d QSD 204 • Installation and Operation 2-14 Color Tint 128 114 Input selection button COL/TNT INPUT 3 S-VIDEO 10 sec.timeout NOTE The Adjust horizontal knob and the Adjust vertical knob are used to adjust the image settings on the left and right sides of the LCD scre...
Page 27 - Input Reset
2-15 QSD 204 • Installation and Operation Input Reset Each input of the QSD 204 decoder can be reset to its default centering values byholding down the specific input button until the Input # Reset message isdisplayed on the LCD screen. System Reset The QSD 204 can be reset to all of it’s default va...
Page 28 - IR 901 Infrared Remote Control; not; Freezing an input
Installation and Operation, cont’d QSD 204 • Installation and Operation 2-16 IR 901 Infrared Remote Control The IR 901, shown at right, replicates all of the frontpanel controls except the Menu and Next buttons. IfExecutive mode has been enabled on the QSD 204,input selection and adjustments can sti...
Page 29 - Troubleshooting; Operating Problems; Problem
2-17 QSD 204 • Installation and Operation Troubleshooting This section gives recommendations on what to do if you have problemsoperating the QSD 204, and it provides examples and descriptions for someimage problems you might encounter. The following are some tips to help you in troubleshooting. 1. S...
Page 31 - Chapter Three; Serial Communication; RS-232 Programmer’s Guide
QSD 204 3 Chapter Three Serial Communication RS-232 Programmer’s Guide Control Software for Windows
Page 32 - QSD 204 • Serial Communication; response character string. A string is one or more characters.; Decoder-initiated messages; C hn; Error responses; The error response codes and their descriptions are as follows:
QSD 204 • Serial Communication 3-2 Serial Communication The QSD 204 can be remotely controlled via a host computer or other device(such as a control system) attached to the rear panel Remote connector. Thecontrol device (host) can use either Extron’s Simple Instruction Set (SIS)commands or the graph...
Page 33 - ASCII to Hex conversion table; Symbol definitions
3-3 QSD 204 • Serial Communication Using the command/response tables The command/response tables on the next page list valid command ASCII codes,the decoder ’s responses to the host, and a description of the command’s functionor the results of executing the command. Upper and lower case characters m...
Page 34 - Serial Communication, cont’d; Command/response table for SIS commands; Command
Serial Communication, cont’d QSD 204 • Serial Communication 3-4 Command/response table for SIS commands Command ASCII Command Response Additional description (host to decoder) (decoder to host) Input selection Select video input X5 ! C X5 Video input X1 Example : 3 ! C3 Example : select video input ...
Page 36 - Firmware version, part number & information requests
Serial Communication, cont’d QSD 204 • Serial Communication 3-6 Enable (lock image adjustments) 1X Exe1 Lock front panel adjustments;adjust image via RS-232 only. View the executive mode status X Exe X16 Show executive mode status. Example : X Exe0 Firmware version, part number & information req...
Page 37 - Command/response table for special function SIS commands
3-7 QSD 204 • Serial Communication The syntax for setting a special function is X? * X! # where X? is the function number and X! is the value. To view a function’s setting, use X? # where X? is the function number. In the following table the values of the X? variable are different for each command/f...
Page 38 - Control Software for Windows; Installing the software; To install the software on the hard drive:; Using the control program
Serial Communication, cont’d QSD 204 • Serial Communication 3-8 Control Software for Windows The included Extron QSD 204 Control Program for Windows offers another wayto control the QSD 204 via RS-232 connection in addition to the SimpleInstruction Set commands. The control program’s graphical inter...
Page 39 - Using the help program
3-9 QSD 204 • Serial Communication 3. Click on the I/O Config button to configure the inputs from the I/OConfiguration Window. Using the help program For information on program features, press the F1 computer key, orclick on the Help menu from within the QSD 204 Control Program, ordouble-click on th...
Page 41 - Appendix; Specifications
QSD 204 A Appendix Appendix Specifications Part Numbers and Accessories Firmware Upgrade Installation Serial Digital Interface (SDI) Card Installation
Page 42 - Video input
QSD 204 • Appendix A-2 Appendix Specifications Video input Number/signal type ................... 1 RGBS, RGBcvS 1 component video (Y, R-Y, B-Y), S-video, composite video1 SDI (optional)1 S-video1 composite video Connectors ................................... 1 15-pin HD female (RGB) 3 BNC female (c...
Page 43 - General; Specifications are subject to change without notice.
A-3 QSD 204 • Appendix Program control .......................... Extron’s control program for Windows® Extron’s Simple Instruction Set™ – SIS™ General Power ............................................ 100VAC to 240VAC, 50/60 Hz, 30 watts, internal, auto-switchableTemperature/humidity ................
Page 44 - Part Numbers and Accessories; These items are included in each order for a QSD 204 decoder:; Included parts; Accessories; Accessories
Appendix, cont’d QSD 204 • Appendix A-4 Part Numbers and Accessories Included parts These items are included in each order for a QSD 204 decoder: Included parts Part number QSD 204, 204 D (1) 60-501-01, -02 Rubber feet (self-adhesive) (4) 25-020-02 IEC power cord 27-044-01 Tweeker (small screwdriver...
Page 45 - Firmware Upgrade Installation; Follow these steps to replace firmware in the decoder.
A-5 QSD 204 • Appendix Firmware Upgrade Installation In some cases the QSD 204’s firmware may require replacement with an updatedversion. There are three user-replaceable firmware chips: U41 — the mainmicrocontroller, U38, and U17. The numbers are printed on the circuit board. Werecommend that you s...
Page 47 - Serial Digital Interface (SDI) Card Installation; Follow these steps to install an SDI card in the QSD 204.
A-7 QSD 204 • Appendix Serial Digital Interface (SDI) Card Installation The optional SDI card may be installed in the decoder if it does not already havean input for a serial digital interface signal. We recommend that you send theunit in to Extron for service and updates. Changes to electronic comp...
Page 48 - Rack/furniture mount the decoder, and reconnect the AC power cord.
Appendix, cont’d QSD 204 • Appendix A-8 6. The SDI card has a 20-pin socket on the underside which should align withthe 20 pins on the main circuit board. Be sure to align the pins properly, inorder to prevent bending the pins, before pressing the SDI card firmly inplace against the standoff. The mo...
