Issue 14.3 Fall 2003FEATURE ARTICLEOn the cover…1 The IP LinkThe Power of Web-based Control and ManagementCOLUMNS5 Unique TechniquesCenters for Disea

FEATURED PRODUCTS10 ExtroNews 14.3 Fall 2003The Extron MVC 121 is a high performancemicrophone and line level mixer with volumecontrol. It includes tw

THE EXTRON HOTLINEFall 2003 ExtroNews 14.3 11by Jeff Gibson, Vice President of SalesOne of the often overlooked benefits of Extronproducts is quietly h

TECHNICALLY SPEAKING...12 ExtroNews 14.3 Fall 2003Don’t you agree? If you’re a “dyed-in-the-wool”A/V techie, you are now envisioning those rareexperie

TECHNICALLY SPEAKING...Fall 2003 ExtroNews 14.3 13maximum rate, which visually demonstrates itshigh frequency response.The vertical lines should be cr

TECHNICALLY SPEAKING...14 ExtroNews 14.3 Fall 2003Since, in an RGB output from a graphics system,the white reference bar contains equal amounts ofred,

What’s Your Sign?Sometimes, newly installed audio wiring ispassed over during the labeling routine and thepolarity from/to the amplifier is unknown. At

NEW PRODUCTS RECENTLY INTRODUCED FROM EXTRON16 ExtroNews 14.3 Fall 2003The Extron MTP T AV AAP andMTP T SVA AAP Mini Twisted PairTransmitters are econ

ASA 304Quad active balanced audio versionMMX SeriesVideo with Audio and VGA with Audio Mini Matrix SwitchersMMX 62 SVANEW PRODUCTS RECENTLY INTRODUCED

TECH CORNER18 ExtroNews 14.3 Fall 2003Unless, perhaps, you have a scaler thatcan “Auto-Image.” The Auto-Image featureavailable on Extron’s newest scal

TECH CORNERFall 2003 ExtroNews 14.3 19throughout the active vertical time frame forthe new output rate. The digital video infor-mation is then convert

THE IP LINK2 ExtroNews 14.3 Fall 2003A key advantage of our approach is thatthe Global Viewer operates in a standardWeb browser and is not based on an

TECH CORNER20 ExtroNews 14.3 Fall 2003Consider Figure 5, which shows thesecond source from Figure 1 being scaled. Inthis example the signal of a PC is

TECH CORNERFall 2003 ExtroNews 14.3 21PhaseThe phase adjustment of a scaler isused to manipulate where on a pixel ascaler takes a sample. Where the cl

TECH CORNER22 ExtroNews 14.3 Fall 2003The Next Step: Projector SetupAfter reading “Optimizing Your Image withAuto-Image”, you have probably noticed a

Fall 2003 ExtroNews 14.3 23NEW NEWS FROM THE INDUSTRYExtroNews publishes information about new products that are relative to the Extron product line i

©2003 Extron Electronics. All rights reserved. All trademarksmentioned are the property of their respective owners.ExtroNews is published by Extron El

Fall 2003 ExtroNews 14.3 3the wide availability of wired and wirelessnetwork access, that single control pointcan be a computer, a laptop, a PDA — eve

THE IP LINK4 ExtroNews 14.3 Fall 2003The Power and Flexibility of IP Link™ Global Viewer (continued)In this sample, an IP Tools interface is scheduled

Fall 2003 ExtroNews 14.3 5Centers For Disease Control Receives A/V Booster in Battle AgainstDiseases and ThreatsFounded in 1946 as the CommunicableDis

6 ExtroNews 14.3 Fall 2003UNIQUE TECHNIQUESover the world. According to Willis, images ofreal-time events, statuses, alerts, news, andmaps are transmi

Fall 2003 ExtroNews 14.3 7UNIQUE TECHNIQUEScontinued on page 8analog RGBHV wideband matrix switcher.CrossPoint HVA models switch RGBHV signalsand two-

8 ExtroNews 14.3 Fall 2003The CrossPoint 1616HVA is an analogRGBHV matrix switcher for switchingRGBHV signals and two-channel audio(balanced and unbal

Fall 2003 ExtroNews 14.3 9UNIQUE TECHNIQUESTo maximize the quality of the outputimage, the USP 405 features several Extronproprietary video processing