RGB Spectrum 520 12408 – DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter, 4K 60Hz

Product Overview

The 520 12408 is a DisplayPort to HDMI adapter rated for 4K 60Hz, supplied by RGB Spectrum for use where a DisplayPort output has to drive an HDMI display. That is a routine mismatch in commercial AV: several RGB Spectrum output cards and processors present DisplayPort, while the panels used in video walls, control rooms and meeting spaces are usually HDMI-native. The adapter resolves it at the output rather than forcing a different output card into the design. It is ordered per output that needs converting, so quantities follow the display count.

Product Description

The important design point is rate. A 4K 60Hz display run is the current baseline in commercial work, and an adapter that cannot sustain it will silently fall back to 30Hz, which shows up as visible judder on moving content and is often blamed on the processor rather than on the adapter. Specifying the vendor part at the stated 4K 60Hz rating removes that variable, and keeps the whole output stage inside one support path if the link later needs investigation. Placement is at the processor output, with the HDMI cable run beginning after the adapter.

It suits the DisplayPort outputs on the Zio MD-4D-4 and Zio AD-4D-6 output cards, and it is the natural companion to a QPX DIN deployment where DisplayPort sources and HDMI displays coexist in the same room. Where the source connector is Mini DisplayPort rather than full-size, the 520 12409 active adapter is the correct part, and for a Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort link the 520 12178 locking adapter applies. On a long display run after the adapter, the HDMB2 HDMI 2.0 fiber cable covers the distance.

Before ordering, confirm the exact output connector on the card in service, the resolution and refresh rate each display must receive, and the HDCP version the sink requires. Confirm connector clearance where several outputs sit close together on a card edge or chassis rear panel, and confirm the HDMI cable length after the adapter, since an adapter plus a long passive HDMI cable is a common cause of a 4K 60Hz link failing to train. RGB Spectrum publishes no datasheet for this part number, so any dependency on a specific HDMI version or HDCP level should be confirmed before ordering.

Key Features

• 4K 60Hz rating — The vendor states 4K 60Hz, which is the rate current commercial displays and video wall panels are specified to receive.
• Resolves the DisplayPort to HDMI mismatch — Processor and card outputs on DisplayPort can drive HDMI-native panels without changing the output card in the design.
• Fits at the processor output — Placement at the chassis keeps the adapter accessible in the rack rather than buried behind a display.
• Per-output ordering — One adapter serves one display feed, so quantities scale predictably with the output count on the drawing.
• Vendor-supplied part — Ordering the RGB Spectrum adapter keeps the output stage inside the same support path as the processor driving it.

Technical Specifications

• Part number — 520 12408
• Item type — Video adapter
• Source connector — DisplayPort
• Display connector — HDMI
• Maximum resolution stated — 4K 60Hz
• Quantity — Ordered per output that needs converting
• Source — RGB Spectrum price list description

RGB Spectrum does not publish a datasheet for this part number. Contact Creation Networks for confirmed specifications before ordering.