Specifications

KONA v10.5 www.aja.com

Down-Conversion •Hardware 10-bit

• Anamorphic: full-screen

• Letterbox: image is reduced with black top and bottom added to image area with the

aspect ratio preserved

• Crop: image is cropped to fit new screen size

Cross-Conversion •Hardware 10-bit

• 1080i to 720P

• 720P to 1080i

• 720P to 1080PsF

SD to SD Aspect Ratio

Conversion

• Letterbox: This transforms SD anamorphic material to a letterboxed image

• H Crop: Will produce a horizontally stretched effect on the image; transforms

anamorphic SD to full frame

• SD Pillarbox: Will produce an image in the center of the screen with black borders on

the left and right sides and an anamorphized image in the center

• V Crop: Will transform SD letterbox material to an anamorphic image

Timecode • LTC timecode input and output (via 1 x BNC each)

Reference Input • Analog Color Black (1V) or Composite Sync (2 or 4V)

• Looping

• 75-ohm on optional K3G-Box, terminated on supplied breakout cable

Physical • Interface: 8x PCIe slot

Machine Control • RS-422, Sony 9-pin protocol (via breakout cable or optional K3G-Box)

• 9-pin D-connector pinout is as follows:

1 - GND

2 - RX-

3 - TX+

4 - GND

5 - No Connection

6 - GND

7 - RX+

8 - TX-

9 - GND

Shell - GND