Instruction manual

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Chapter 1:
Introduction
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Overview
AJA's Io HD is an easy to use, transportable, plug-in solution for working with HD
and SD in Final Cut Studio 2 or newer. Connecting to a Mac Pro or MacBook Pro
with a single FireWire 800 connection, Io HD uniquely supports the amazing new
Apple ProRes 422 Codecs natively, in hardware, to bring production-quality HD
editing to the desktop. Io HD is the only device in the world that supports Apple’s
ProRes 422 in hardware, enabling true 10-bit video editing in Final Cut Studio 2—
all in full-raster and at 4:2:2 quality.
Like other members of the Io family, Io HD offers unparalleled video and audio
connectivity. Within its portable and rugged form factor, Io HD offers SD/HD
analog I/O, SD/HD digital I/O including HD-SDI and HDMI, balanced analog
and digital AES audio, as well as RS-422, genlock, and even LTC timecode
connections. Io HD also includes AJA’s realtime hardware 10-bit up/down/cross
conversion.
Io HD allows a Mac Pro or MacBook Pro to be configured as a professional editing
suite, corporate/industrial video center, or high-powered desktop video setup—or
just about anything in between. Both analog and digital sources are offered,
allowing connection to just about every kind of video/audio peripheral from the
most current digital decks to older legacy devices.