Black Box Va-mdp12-dp12 Video Adapter Selector Installation Guide

BLACK BOX VA-MDP12-DP12 Video Adapter Selector

VIDEO ADAPTER SELECTOR GUIDE

	I AM CONNECTING TO
MY SOURCE	DISPLAY PORT	HDMI	DVI	VGA
DISPLAY PORT	VCB-DP-xxxx-MM (CBL) AOC-HL-DP4-XXXM (AOC) VA-DP-CPL (CPL)	VA-DP12-HDMI4K-A (ACT) EVNDPHDMI-MF-R3 (PAS)	EVNDPDVI-XXX-MM (CBL) EVNDPDVI-MF-R3 (PAS) VA-DP-DVID-A (ACT)	EVNDPVGA-MF-R3 (DNG)
MINI DISPLAY PORT	ENVMDPDP-XXX-MM (CBL) VA-MDP12-DP12 (DNG)	ENVMDP-HDMI (PAS) VA-MDP12-HDMI4K-A (ACT)	ENVMDP-DVI (PAS)	EVNMDP-VGA (ACT)
HDMI	VA-HDMI-DP (DNG)	VCB-HD2L-XXX (CBL 2.0) AOC-HL-H2-XXM (AOC) EVHDMI01T-XXXM (CBL 1.3) VCB-HDMI-XXXM (CBL 1.4) VCL-HDMIL-XXXM (DLCBL 1.4) VCS-HDMI-XXXM (SLMCBL 1.4) VA-HDMI-CPL (CPL)	EVHDMI02T-XXXM (CBL) FA790 (ADP)	VA-HDMI-VGA (DNG)
DVI	N/A	EVHDMI02T-XXXM (CBL) VA-DVID-HDMI (DNG) FA795-R2 (ADP)	DVI-I-DL-XXXM (DVII CBL) EVNDVI02-XXXX (DVID CBL) VA-DVI-CPL (CPL)	EVNDVI01-XXXX (CBL) VA-VGA-DVII (DNG) FA461 (ADP)
VGA	N/A	N/A	EVNDVI01-XXXX (CBL) VA-VGA-DVII (DNG) KVGA-DVID	EVNPS06B-XXXX-MM (CBL) EVNPS06-XXXX-MM (CBL) FA452-R2 (CPL) FA454-R2 (CPL)
USB-C	VA-USBC31-DP12 (DNG) VA-USBC31-DP4KC (DNG) VA-USBC31-DP12M-010 (CBL) VA-USBC31-DP12-XXX(CBL)	VA-USBC31-HDMI4K (DNG) VA-USBC31-HD4KC (DNG) VA-USBC31-HDR4K-XXX (CBL) VA-USBC31-HDMI4K-016 (CBL)	VA-USBC31-DVID(DNG) VA-USBC31-DVIC (DNG) VA-USBC31-DVID-XXX (CBL)	VA-USBC31-VGA (DNG) VA-USBC31-VGAC (DNG) VA-USBC31-VGA-XXX (CBL)

Key: CBL = Cable; CBL 1.3 = Cable, HDMI v1.3 (1080p); CBL 1.4 = Cable, HDMI v1.4 (4K); SLCBL 1.4 = Single Locking HDMI v1.4 Cable; DLCBL 1.4 = Dual Locking HDMI v1.4 Cable; DVID CBL = DVI-D Cable; DVII CBL = DVI-I Cable; SLMCBL 1.4 = Slim HDMI v1.4 Cable; DNG = Dongle; LDNG = Dongle w/locking HDMI; CPL = Coupler; ADP = Adapter; ACT = Active; AOC = Active Optical Cable; CBL 2.0 = Cable HDMI 2.0 with Ethernet; PAS = Passive

WHEN TO CHOOSE AN ACTIVE DISPLAYPORT ADAPTER

When you connect a source with a (mini)DisplayPort interface to one or more DVI or HDMI display(s), you need to know the difference between active and passive video adapters.PCs and other video sources with dual-mode DisplayPort (also known as DP++) interface support the conversion between DisplayPort and HDMI or DVI. You can use a passive video adapter. Watch out for the DP++ symbol at your source port.Use always an active video adapter, if your video source has a single-mode DisplayPort interface or needs to support multiple video outputs. Active adapters are equipped with an internal chip that per-forms the conversion between single-mode or dual-mode DisplayPort and HDMI or DVI.

References

• Cables, Plugs & Adapters, Video - Black Box