Instruction manual

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Features
The KONA 3 card offers a large number of unique features for optimum quality,
ease of use, and support for a wide variety of post production workflows.
Hardware
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SD-SDI, HD-SDI, Dual Link HD-SDI, and HSDL inputs
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2K support that includes 2048x1556 and 2048x1080 formats
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x4 Lane PCI-Express Bus Interface (or PCI-X 133Mhz)
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DVCProHD hardware scaling acceleration
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HDV hardware scaling acceleration
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Final Cut Pro Dynamic RT Extreme hardware acceleration
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Broadcast quality hardware based 10 bit upconversion
• Broadcast quality hardware based 10 bit downconversion
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Broadcast quality hardware based 10 bit crossconversion (1080 to 720 and
720 to 1080)
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Broadcast quality hardware based 10 bit SD aspect ratio conversion
(anamorphic to letterbox, etc.)
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12 bit HD component analog video and SD analog component or composite
and s-video output
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10 bit HD/SD Video+Key Output
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HD/SD Hardware Downstream Keyer
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8 channel 24 bit, 48kHz or 96kHz digital AES/EBU audio
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16 channels of SDI embedded digital audio
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RS-422 control via 9 pin
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Genlock input with optional looping capability via the K3- Box (terminated
on the supplied breakout cable)
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Standard 2 meter length connection cables
Broadcast-Quality Conversion
KONA 3 features hardware based full 10 bit broadcast quality motion adaptive
SD to HD upconversion, HD to SD downconversion and HD to HD
crossconversion. The quality of the conversion features found in the KONA 3 is
virtually identical to AJA's award winning stand-alone converter products used
throughout the post production market. The KONA 3 built-in upconverter uses a
a full 10 bit path, fully motion adaptive de-interlacing, and large multi-point
digital interpolators. Downconversion uses large multi-point digital interpolators,
anti-alias filtering and interpolation.