8.4.EmbeddedEDIDConguration
Inadditiontotheautomaticcongurationmethod,EDIDsintheB-500-MTRX-230-4X4canbesettoinputsmanuallyby
selectinganEDIDfromtheembeddedlist(defaultEDIDsprogrammedintothematrixswitcher).
Thematrixswitchercontainseight‘embedded’EDIDsthatmaybeassignedtoinputs.TheseEDIDsdenegroupsof
videoandaudiocapabilitiesthatareusefulforconguringsourcesinmostsystems.
8.4.1. Embedded EDID Chart
Explanation of Embedded EDIDs
Video ResolutionintheEmbeddedEDIDsisthehighestresolutionaconnectedsourcewilloutput.Thatis,ifthesource
iscapableof1080P@60itwillberequiredbyEDIDs1-6toprovidethatresolution.However,ifthesourceisonlycapable
of1080iitwilloutput1080i,etc.Itisassumedthatanydisplaythatcanacceptthespeciedvideoresolutioncanalso
acceptallstandardvideoresolutionslessthanthatspecied.
Color Depthisthemaximumnumberofbitsusedtoencodecolor.24bitcolordepthis8bitspercolor(red,blue,green).
36bitcolordepthis12bitspercolor(red,blue,green).
3Dindicatesthatthesourcecanoutput3Difitisavailableinthecontent.
Audio Format indicatesthemaximumnumberofaudiochannels,aswellastheaudioformatthatthesourceisallowed
tooutput.ForanEmbeddedEDIDwith7.1chAudioFormat,thesourcedevicewilloutputthehighestaudiopossible
basedonthecontent.Forexample,if7.1chisnotavailableand5.1chisavailable,thentheoutputwillbe5.1ch.The
sameistrueif2chstereoistheonlyaudioavailablefromthesource.EmbeddedEDIDswith2chstereowilllimitoutput
tothataudioformatregardlessofwhatisavailableinthecontent.
Embedded EDIDs 7 and 8areprovidedforlegacydisplaysthatcanonlyacceptresolutionsuptoamaximumof1080i/
720p.The1080iislistedrstsincealmostallolderHDdisplayscanaccept1080ibutnotallcanaccept720p.Forthese
twoEmbeddedEDIDs,(7&8)thesourcewilloutput1080i.Should1080inotbeavailable,thesourcewilloutput720p.
Note: There is a possibility that 720p may not work for a very small number of older displays that may still be in use. It
will be necessary to use a Learned EDID from the display to store in the Input EDID of any sources that will be
routed to that display if 720p is not supported. See Section 8.5. EDID Learning on page 18 for directions to set a
learned EDID.
When to Use Embedded EDIDs
• Formostcurrentdisplaysandsources,usingembeddedEDID#2isrecommendedunlessmultichannelaudiois
needed.Inthatcase,useembedded#3.TheotherembeddedEDIDsareusefulforsupportinglegacyequipment.
Embedded EDID Resolution Color Depth Audio
1 1080p@60Hz 24-Bit 7.1ch
2(FactoryDefault) 1080p@60Hz 24-Bit 2ch
3 1080p@60Hz 24-Bit 3D 7.1ch
4 1080p@60Hz 24-Bit 3D 2ch
5 1080i@60Hz 36-Bit 3D 7.1ch
6 1080i@60Hz 36-Bit 3D 2ch
7 1080i@30Hz/720p@60Hz 24-Bit 7.1ch
8 1080i@30Hz/720p@60Hz 24-Bit 2ch