What is the perfect infrared frequency setting for HDMI switch, or do you need to use an HDMI switch instead of the infrared frequency settings? With your HDMI extender, the IR signal can pass through the HDMI without settings a default or predefined Infrared frequency settings for the HDMI cable.

Meanwhile, Infrared frequency settings vary for each device, while the HDMI extender does the same job for all devices using the HDMI extender over the infrared frequency settings.

Note: The Infrared frequency settings for HDMI switch we will discuss in this article will be based on my experience. As the process might be different for other HDMI devices.

But as for the HDMI switch, this article will detail its infrared frequency settings.

How does the HDMI Switch Works

You need basic knowledge of the HDMI switch and how it works. So, we will brief you on how the HDMI switch works.

HDMI Switch is a device that helps you to connect more devices to your [Smart] TV with a limited HDMI output. With the HDMI switch, there won’t be a need to remove one HDMI for the other.

You can use the HDMI Switch switcher to switch between HDMI on your TV connect the device to your TV.

And now, instead of connecting a particular HDMI device to your TV, you only need to connect the HDMI switch to your TV and connect other HDMI devices to the HDMI Switch port and switch between one or two HDMI devices.

Is the HDMI switcher the same as the HDMI splitter? No! HDMI switch and HDMI splitter are two different devices where the HDMI splitter distributes HDMI across multiple devices, and the HDMI switch takes information from a DHMI device and sends the signal to the receiver.

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How to Setup HDMI Switch

Settings up HDMI switch is similar for all brands provided it’s an HDMI Switch and not HDMI Splitter. Meanwhile, you wouldn’t want to get confused because of the total number of HDMI port your HDMI switch possess.

The steps below explain how to set up an HDMI switch on your TV.

• Turn off your [smart] TV and the HDMI Switch device.
• Locate your TV HDMI port [usually at the back or side] and connect the HDMI Switch to the TV using the cable].
• Plug the HDMI Switch cable into the power source.
• Connect all your HDMI devices to the HDMI switch that you connected to your [Smart] TV.
• Turn on your TV and select “Sources” using the remote navigation.
• Select “Input” and choose “HDMI Switch” to select the HDMI as your input.

Now, each time you want to use any of the connected HDMI devices connected to the HDMI switch, all you should do is switch the button on the switch to the device to turn on the HDMI function link it to your smart TV.

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Infrared Frequency Setting for HDMI Switch Splitter

HDMI Switch splitter by cat5e/6 is a 4×4 cable that offers convenience by routing high definition MP3/MP4 [SD/HD] from any 4 output HDMI video and audio sources to any of the HDMI Switch splitter 4 displays over the HDMI cable or four remove displays.

The infrared frequency setting for HDMI switch splitter ends the need to disconnect your input and connect an input to the same device.

The matrix 4x HDMI switch splitter has 4 receivers that work as a fully functional model with full high-resolution HDTV signals that supports upto 1080p on HDMI cable 15m within 40M over 2 pieces of cat5e/6 cable.

You can use the 4X4 matric HDMI switch splitter with the following devices:

•  HD-DVD players
• TiVo systems
• HT PCs
• Satellite set-top boxes with an HDMI input.

In summary, to connect your infrared device to your HDMI cable via the Infrared frequency setting for HDMI switch, you need to get an HDMI switch that can transfer or transmit the infrared signal over to the HDMI through the HDMI cable under a predefined coverage or range.

HDMI Switch Splitter Setup Accessories

Below are the steps to put your HDMI switch splitter into effective use. Meanwhile, before proceeding to the setup, ensure that the following items are what you have in the switch splitter’s package.

You can get your new HDMI SWITCH & HDMI SWITCH SPLITTER.

• HDMI 4X4 Switch Splitter
• Remote Control
• IR extension cable (IR)
• 5.5V@4A DC Power Supply
• User’s Manual.
• Packaging of Accessories
• Four Receivers
• Four pieces of Remote Control for Receivers
• Four pieces of External infrared emitter (IE)
• Four pieces of 5V DC @2A Power Supply.

Once you confirm the items in the unit’s package, we can then proceed to set up and configure your Infrared Frequency Setting for HDMI Switch Splitter.

Infrared Frequency Setting for HDMI Switch Splitter

The settings you need to use your HDMI switch splitter over your Infrared frequency setting are discussed below.

• Connect all your HDMI output devices into the HDMI Switch Splitter
• You can use either select the HDMI or UTP as the output signal for all your output when you select the HDMI as your [signal] output
• Connect the display and main unit directly over the HDMI cable if you choose UTP as your signal output.
• Connect the receiver [Smart TV or other devices] and the main unit cat5e/6 cable and connect the output to the receiver.
• Connect the 5.5@4A power supply in the package to the HDMI Switcher splitter.
• Connect the 5V@2A power supply cable to the 4 receivers.
• All the connected HDMI receivers will connect to the receiver once the Switch Splitter is switched on according to their number on the device.

So, if you have a port that is not connected, it will remain redundant, and no HDMI device will be detected for the port when selected on the receiver.

Note: You cannot connect both eh HDMI or UTP out at the same time.

Infrared Frequency Setting for HDMI Switch using IR Remote Signal Over HDMI Cable Injector

If the HDMI switch splitter is complex for you, you can check out the IRemote signal over the HDMI cable injector that allows the Infrared signals to pass through the HDMI cable.

The IR remote extender helps to cut costs when you are looking for a way to extend the IR remote control coverage and control the HDMI source device that falls outside the range or coverage of the IR control.

However, the IR control is effective if the distance ranges within 300 ft or 100ms to the HDMI source device.

The infrared remote extender supports IR signals between 30KHZ to 60KHZ, which helps the IR extender work with “dual-band IR devices,” covering almost all A/V devices at home.

To further strengthen the strength of the infrared remote device over HDMI, it uses an unused CEC channel on the HDMI cable to transfer the IR signal through the HDMI cable run.

Features of the IR Remote Signal Over HDMI Cable Injector

Below are the IRemote signal features over the HDMI cable injector before considering the infrared frequency setting HDMI cable injector.

• The IR remote signal over the HDMI cable injector is an extender that allows the IR remote signal to pass through the HDMI cable.
• The IR remote signal uses the existing HDMI cable to teleport the IR remote control signal so that the IR remote control can be used to control the HDMI receiver or equipment from one room to another through the channel in which the existing HDMI cable travels.

How to Setup the Infrared Remote Signal

The IR remote signal control over the HDMI offers a similar approach to set up and connect the IR remote device to your HDMI receiver. Therefore, the steps below explain how to set up the infrared remote signal with your HDMI cable, just like the infrared frequency setting for HDMI switch.

• Connect the HDMI infrared remote adapters to the end of all the HDMI cable
• Hook up the HDMI end to the HD source and HD TV display, respectively.
• Connect the HDMI IR adapters to each end of the HDMI cable, and hook up the HDMI ends between the HD source and HD TV display.

With the HDMI switch, HDMI switch splitter and IR control signal over the HDMI you can use Infrared with your HDMI cable with simple or no Infrafred frequency setting for HDMI cable.