Quick Links
- Your HDTV
- Your Audio/Video Source Components
- ScreenCast AV Receiver
- ScreenCast AV Transmitter
- Controlling Your Video Sources
- HDMI-CEC
- General Info on Range
To get the most out of your ScreenCast AV, we recommend an HDMI-enabled 1080p TV.
If you have a 720p or 1080i TV it will still work, but you will lose some of the video quality that ScreenCast AV can provide. Consider this as an excuse to upgrade!
If you have a TV without HDMI, you will need to upgrade because ScreenCast AV requires a TV enabled with HDMI technology to work.
ScreenCast AV is designed specifically for products enabled with HDMI technology like Blu-ray disc players, gaming systems, and cable or satellite receivers.
At this time, ScreenCast AV does not support analog products with component or composite connections like VCRs or some DVD players.
ScreenCast AV can reach up to 100 feet (30m) line-of-sight and approximately 30 feet (10m) through barriers like walls, cabinets, and doors.
Note: Please remember that every home is different and that the ranges above are estimates. Actual range will depend on what materials the walls are made out of and other factors.
The receiver should be placed next to your HDTV since you will need to connect it to your HDTV via the included HDMI cable.
You can choose to either wall-mount your receiver next to your HDTV with the included wall-mount kit, or set it on a TV stand or other shelf near your TV.
Hiding it behind your HDTV or out of sight from your viewing location is not recommended because the built-in IR receiver needs to be able to “see” commands from your remote controls.
ScreenCast AV Transmitter
The role of the transmitter is to wirelessly send the content from your AV source devices like Blu-ray disc players or satellite/cable boxes to your TV.
The transmitter can be placed within the range guidelines described on page 6. You may have to experiment a bit with positioning so you get the best possible experience. The transmitter can be moved, but the receiver can be adjusted, too.
Remote control commands from your source devices’ remotes can be relayed from the receiver to the transmitter, and then to each device via an IR emitter. To do this, you'll connect the included IR emitter into the transmitter’s “IR” port, and aim the emitter ends at your source devices. It does not matter which of the four emitter ends is in front of each device.
ScreenCast AV is a WHDI™ certified product and can support up to eight WHDI™ transmitters. So in addition to the 4-port AV transmitter that came with this product, in the future you might add other wireless transmitters in the ScreenCast family. For example, you might have a transmitter for your laptop, and another one for a tablet.
There are two options for controlling the AV source products connected to the ScreenCast AV system: HDMI-CEC and IR. These approaches can be used in conjunction with one another, or you can use IR alone. IR is used with most normal AV and TV remotes.
Using IR (Infrared)
The ScreenCast AV system allows you to use your device-specific remotes, such as one from a Blu-ray disc player, just as you normally would.
- The ScreenCast AV receiver takes the signal that your remote emits (IR) and sends it back to the ScreenCast AV transmitter. The transmitter then sends those commands to your devices via the IR emitters.
- For instance, you can point your Blu-ray disc player’s remote at the ScreenCast receiver, press “play,” and that command will be sent back to the ScreenCast transmitter, then through the IR emitter, and your Blu-ray disc player will play.
- Some products, most notably PlayStation 3®, use Bluetooth ® wireless technology instead of IR. Bluetooth is not supported by the ScreenCast AV system but since Bluetooth is a wireless technology, it is compatible with the ScreenCast AV system.
HDMI-CEC is a relatively new standard that allows for devices connected to one another via HDMI to interact and control one another. In this version of ScreenCast we have implemented limited HDMI-CEC functionality to simple “standby” commands. If you activate HDMI-CEC on your TV and source device, ScreenCast will allow you to use the “standby” button on your TV remote to also put your HDMI-CEC source device into standby without having to use your source device’s remote.
