<s>
The	O
HDCP	B-Protocol
repeater	I-Protocol
bit	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
High-bandwidth	B-Protocol
Digital	I-Protocol
Content	I-Protocol
Protection	I-Protocol
specification	O
and	O
applies	O
to	O
intermediate	O
devices	O
(	O
HDCP	B-Protocol
Repeaters	O
)	O
between	O
the	O
Source	O
device	O
and	O
the	O
Presentation	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
Blu-ray	O
connected	O
by	O
HDMI	B-Protocol
to	O
an	O
AV	O
Receiver	O
which	O
in	O
turn	O
connected	O
to	O
a	O
TV	O
using	O
HDMI	B-Protocol
makes	O
the	O
AV	O
Receiver	O
an	O
HDCP	B-Protocol
Repeater	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
avoid	O
this	O
redundant	O
reset	O
cycles	O
on	O
the	O
connections	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
annoying	O
user-experience	O
,	O
HDCP	B-Protocol
v1.x	O
allows	O
devices	O
that	O
are	O
potentially	O
Repeater	O
to	O
set	O
the	O
REPEATER	O
all	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
even	O
when	O
no	O
downstream	O
devices	O
are	O
connected	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
HDCP	B-Protocol
v2.x	O
that	O
smart	O
has	O
been	O
lost	O
and	O
the	O
Repeater	O
must	O
not	O
keep	O
the	O
REPEATER	O
flag	O
set	O
once	O
it	O
has	O
no	O
downstream	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HDCP	B-Protocol
Repeater	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
HDCP	B-Protocol
device	O
that	O
can	O
receive	O
and	O
decrypt	O
HDCP	B-Protocol
content	O
through	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
of	O
its	O
HDCP-protected	O
interface	O
ports	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
also	O
re-encrypt	O
and	O
emit	O
said	O
HDCP	B-Protocol
content	O
through	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
of	O
its	O
HDCP-protected	O
interface	O
ports	O
,	O
is	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
an	O
HDCP	B-Protocol
repeater	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
HDCP	B-Protocol
repeater	O
may	O
also	O
be	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
either	O
an	O
HDCP	B-Protocol
receiver	O
or	O
an	O
HDCP	B-Protocol
transmitter	O
when	O
referring	O
to	O
either	O
the	O
upstream	O
side	O
or	O
the	O
downstream	O
side	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turning	O
off	O
a	O
TV	O
may	O
reset	O
the	O
entire	O
HDMI	B-Protocol
tree	O
of	O
devices	O
(	O
in	O
some	O
constellations	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
many	O
devices	O
)	O
due	O
to	O
reset	O
of	O
the	O
REPEATER	O
flag	O
.	O
</s>
