HDMI and IR to Cat5 Extender

The CV-57C HDMI Extender over 2xCAT5e with IR boosts up your video/audio transmission distance up to 60m / 200ft in HDTV 720p/1080i format. With two low cost CAT-5/5e/6 cables, users can readily extend HDTV sources from DVD players, Blu-ray Disc Player, PS3, PC, and any other kinds of sources compliant with TMDS to distant display monitors including HDMI/DVI enabled TV sets or LCD PC monitors. This cost effective flexibility makes HDCP compliant DVD players or PS3 transmit high quality video and audio with a greater distance at the minimal cost, when integrating several components apart. In addition, with the embedded infrared (IR) receiving and transmitting units to facilitate the control path, users can enjoy high quality audio/video and control the HDMI sources from the remote site instantly.

The CV-57C includes two units: CV-57C-TX as the transmitting unit and CV-57C-RX as the receiving unit. The transmitting unit is used to transfer the HDMI/DVI and IR signals input and carries the signals through two RJ-45 connectors over two low cost CAT-5/5e/6 cables. The receiving unit is responsible for equalizing transferred TMDS multimedia data and re-sending IR signals. The transmission distance between the sending and receiving units can be up to 60m / 200ft at 720p/1080i and 40m / 130ft at 1080p. With equalization control knob on the receiving unit, users can adjust the equalization scale to the received TMDS signals, and therefore optimize the transmission distance between source and destination.