hey guys this is justin in this video we're gonna go through a full demo of the new two and four
port A2U kvms by tesmart if you're not familiar with what makes these so great check out the last video
for the highlights likewise the video following this will be a complete setup tutorial and some
common troubleshooting techniques a couple key points before we dive in today if you need to
convert video signals like VGA or Displayport to HDMI make sure to use a list of tested and
approved adapters that we have on our website most adapters will not work in a kvm environment so we
compile the list to save you guys some headaches also these units today are for only single monitor
setups if you're looking for a dual monitor setup with a bigger extended desktop check out the
videos that we've linked in the description all right let's go ahead and jump into today's demo
there are four ways to switch inputs the push button on the front the hotkey commands the
remote control and mouse gestures when you use the yellow push button in the front the kvm is
going to cycle up to the next input since we're on input 1 which is our windows pc we're going
to press the button and we're going to go to input 2 which is our macbook pro you'll notice
the selection led goes from 1 to 2 so that's another way to tell which input you have selected
if you want to use the keyboard to switch inputs you'll use the hotkey triggers the kvm can use
either the scroll lock or the right control key so right now we have the kvm programmed with scroll
lock and let's say we want to go to our Xbox which is number four we press scroll scroll four another
way to switch is using the remote control this is a very simple device and you just press the button
for the input that you want to go to so if we want to go to number one which is our windows computer
we'll press number one the m & p buttons do not have any functionality so you don't have to worry about
those and you will need to pick up a battery if you want to use this because unfortunately
we're not able to ship it with a battery at this time the fourth and final way to switch is using
what's called mouse gestures these options will only work if you have password mode turned off
so it's the least common way to switch to turn it on we'll press scroll scroll
f12 now when we double tap the right side of the screen we're going to go up in input
and if we double tap the left side of the screen we're going to go down an input
let's go ahead and turn the gestures off so we don't mess up our demo here
one of the best new features of these kvms is called pass through mode it gives you
better mouse and keyboard compatibility so we recommend that you leave this on all the time
you'll know when it's off when this mode led light is not activated to turn it on you'll press scroll
scroll f2 now you'll see the mode light has come on and when we use our multimedia keys
like volume up volume down you can see that we have multimedia control of our computers
the kvm can also automatically cycle through the inputs by pressing scroll scroll space
bar now the kvm will go from one to two to three to four automatically and if you want to change
this time interval from the switching you're just going to do scroll scroll plus or minus
and when you're done with using auto switching mode all you're going to do is hit the escape
key and it'll turn that back off now if you want to turn the kvm's beep off that's pretty annoying
you'll press scroll scroll f11 and that puts the kvm in silent mode and it's not going to
make any more noise until you repeat that pattern lastly if you want to change the hotkey trigger
from scroll lock to right control you press scroll scroll f1 now you'll use the right
control key in order to switch so let's go back to input 1 we'll hit control control one and if
you want to switch back to using the scroll lock key you'll just press control control f1
many customers are going to need to use more than one usb ports for things like
jump drives webcams or headsets or even a printer since the kvm only has one standard usb
port you're going to need a powered usb hub here we've connected a headset and a webcam so that we
can do conference calls on our pcs also you can use these same devices with your gaming console
as long as your gaming console is compatible for those when connecting the usb hub always
make sure to plug in the power first to the hub and then connect the hub to the kvm
one area a lot of customers get tripped up on is how the audio works with the kvm
the kvm is going to receive the audio over the hdmi connections
and sometimes your operating system is not going to automatically select the correct output
to fix this you're going to have to go into the audio settings of your operating system
and select the output that looks like your monitor if your audio isn't working make sure to try all
the outputs that are in the selection box because sometimes it's not really obvious
so if we go here to our windows computer we can go down and type in sound in the search bar you go to
sound settings there's a little drop down at the top here and we select the lg ultra gear which is
our monitor today and now you can hear that we're getting audio out of our speakers likewise if you
have an input device like a microphone this is the same area you'll come here you'll look for
the mic to test out we'll tap our mic here yep you can see that our microphone is working as well
now let's go ahead and jump into zoom and let's just check everything in zoom as well
load zoom you come here to our video yep you can see us right here and our audio you can tap this
again yep and now we're getting audio into zoom so we'll be all set for a conference call as well
one critical consideration when planning your kvm environment is to take into account that the kvm
only switches devices that are connected to it so if you're using a bluetooth device you're going
to need to use a bluetooth dongle that plugs directly into the kvm typically most bluetooth
devices will pair directly to your computer and if you do that it's going to bypass the kvm
so just remember that the kvm can only switch devices that are connected to it anything that
is not connected to it it can't see so don't expect it to allocate it to whichever input you
have selected alright that's it for today's demo we're up next with a complete step-by-step setup
tutorial as well as some troubleshooting techniques thanks and have a good day