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4X1 Enhanced Powered DVI Switcher
This switch gives you the convenience of sharing up to 4 source devices with one display. Features sturdy steel construction. Easy front panel push button design. Easy to read dual colored LED display.
Note: Does not support DVI-Analog.
Resolution up to 1600x1200.
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Specifications
■ Resolution up to 1600x1200.
Supports HD resolutions up to 1080p and works with Blu-Ray players
■ Supports the DDC2 standard for all input ports.
■ Supports DVI-D.
■ Does not support DVI-Analog.
■ Hot pluggable.
■ Auto skips over the power-off and unplugged cable.
■ 1U rack design for DRM-1714F comes w/rack mount brackets.
■ 4 inputs/ 1 output
■ Power adapter DC 9V 600mA
■ Metal Housing
■ Weight 975g
■ Dimensions (LxWxH) 269x104x42mm
Package Contents
■ 1 MONOPRICE DRM-1714F DVI Selector
■ 1 user manual
■ 1 power adapter DC 9V
■ 2 rack rails, 8 screws for DRM-1714F
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| 4X1 Enhanced Powered DVI Switcher | | | Question: I''''ve tried switches from other vendors who said their switch would work with any HDMI equipment but it was incompatible with my setup. How do I know if your switch will work with my equipment? | | Answer: The problem with HDMI switchers is there is no one switch that is compatible with every device out there. In fact, even with the same brands, one model of DVD player may work with a particular switch but a different model will not. Also, compatibility is not specific to a single device. Instead it''''s a 3 way relationship between the source, the switch and the display. So, a particular dvd may work through a particular switch to a certain TV, but not to another TV, but that TV may work through the switch with another DVD player. Given that, you end up with infinite number of possible combinations so it''''s impossible to know based on brands what devices with work with a particular switch and what won''''t. The trick is to find a switch that will work with your particular combination of devices. In theory, a switch will work with every device but only if it''''s connect in turn to another device that it is compatible with. Unfortunately, finding the right switch is a bit of trial and error. The other vendors weren''''t lying but they didn''''t give you a complete picture. | | Question: Will this switch work with DVI devices as well? | | Answer: Yes, you can connect DVI-D devices to the switch using HDMI/DVI cables. The picture quality should be completely unaltered since both HDMI and DVI use the same type of digital video signal. However, you will not get audio support for devices that are connected by DVI. For these devices you will need to connect a separate, secondary audio connection between your devices. | | Question: The front toggle button on the switch works fine, but the switch doesn''''t respond to the remote control. How do I determine if the remote is working or not? | | Answer: The easiest way to see if an IR remote control is transmitting a siganl or not is to check it with a digital camera. Even though IR is invisible to the human eye, it can be detected by the electronic sensors on a digital camera. If you have a digital camera or camera phone, point the remote at the cameras lens and look at it through the screen of the camera. Press a button on the remote and you should see a pale purple light pulsing on the front of the remote. If you don''''t get any light, try replacing the remote control''''s batteries. | | Question: The switch doesn''t seem to be functioning correctly in my system. Am I doing something wrong? | Answer: Did you test each individual cable to make sure they all function properly?
Have you tried swapping out the cables?
Did you make sure the power adapter is plugged in and the unit is powered on?
Did you make sure that the TV was powered on before turning on your source devices?
Have you tried all inputs on the device? | | Question: The picture from my switch is constantly flickering, even though I have 24AWG or thicker HDMI cables. | | Answer: The issue could be caused by a device or cable nearby the setup,or in the setup causing interference. Try rerouting cable paths and distancing devices from sources of interference, such as moving routers and other networking cables away from the switch setup. |
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Average User Satisfaction Rate
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 | | Rating:  (6 out of 10) | Reviewer: loyalfantx from Lewisville, TX | 7/2/2015 8:18:04 AM |
| | Almost a good implementation |  Pros: Actually successfully switches between four DVI-D sources . . . eventually. You would not believe how hard this seems to be to do unless you need a KVM switch. Monoprice has somewhat succeeded with this function. See cons.
Cons: The constantly blinking red "selected" light is just stupid. Nobody out of the design department thinks this is a good idea.
The automation that seeks the next active port is a pain. The user should be able to switch this off. When I manually switch the device to a specific port, the switch should go there and stay. Instead, it will sometimes flash on the new port and go back to the original port. Or it will blink all four lights and switch aimlessly back and forth between the one I selected and nothing. I can eventually get it to do what I want but I should not have to fight the automation that frankly is not helpful anyway.
I wanted to love this switch. The way it is, the DVI switch is barely adequate. The automated seek of the next active port is badly implemented (see cons) and really not useful even if it worked perfectly. In order to switch between two active ports, I manually have to push a button which is just fine. However, the automation tries to override my choice which is just stupid.
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| | Rating:  (5 out of 10) | Reviewer: Julien Pierre from Santa Clara, CA | 4/23/2009 6:00:34 PM |
| | Compatibility issues with HDCP and Gateway 24 LCD | I bought this to share a Gateway 24 LCD, model FHD2401, between multiple computers using nVidia video cards, 8600GT, 9500GT, and 980GT, with their DVI outputs.
At first, everything appeared to work fine, including the Cyberlink Blu-ray test, which tests for HDCP compliance.
Unfortunately, things went bad after I powered down one PC. The monitor then went to DPMS sleep mode, as it should. Then, I switched to another PC which was live on the DVI switch.
At that point, the Gateway monitor woke up, but instead of displaying the other PCs picture, it went into a state of displaying garbage - snow. This is typical in cases of HDCP handshake failures. This state could only be cleared by yanking the power cord out of the Gateway monitor, and putting it back in. Then, the picture came ack. Obviously this wasnt an acceptable thing for me to do each time after I would power down my PCs.
I know this problem is with the switch because it doesnt occur with another DVI switch from Gefen - which unfortunately costs 7 times the price of this one. I really wish I could use the Monoprice switch but I cant live with this compatibility problem and having to yank the power cord off the monitor, so I had to return it.
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| | Rating:  (9 out of 10) | Reviewer: Anonymous from Huntsville, AL | 10/20/2008 10:31:02 AM |
| | Supports higher res | Just wanted to add that Im running 1920x1200 without any problems. Im ordering another one for my other monitor. Now if only there was a dual DVI version(however, ordering two here is cheaper than any dual DVI switcher Ive found).
I would agree that the flashing light is slightly bothersome (hence the 9/10). The box is a little wider than desired but I suspect that is because it can also be rack mounted.
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| | | Rating: (9 out of 10) | Reviewer: Don from Winchester, MA | 7/27/2008 3:54:56 PM |
| | Great Switch | Great product, Im using it to share my LCD monitor between my PC and PS3 which works great.
This review would be a 10 only for the size of the switch - its very solid but takes up a lot of desk space , the is a small complaint really.
I love it and would buy it again.
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| | Rating:  (10 out of 10) | Reviewer: Anonymous from Coral Springs, FL | 7/10/2008 12:12:28 AM |
| | this switch is AWESOME ! | This is a great DVI switcher ! I hooked it up to my HP Widescreen that uses 1680x1050 screen resolution and it switches wonderfully! I was worried because the tech specs said 1600 max so I wasnt sure what those 80 pixels were gonna do...
Piece of cake to setup and now I can hook 4 devices to this great single monitor at its highest resolution.
Remember to have the monitor turned off (not sleeping) prior to install or the box and monitor wont handshake or just hook it up and turn your monitor off then on with the box powered so they handshake.
Cant say enough about the switcher! it does the job and its at a great price !
thanks Monoprice !
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