AJA KONA LH, Installation And Operation Manual

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This manual covers the installation and operation of both KONA LHe and LH
models and discusses using them with Final Cut Pro and other applications.
Instructions for installing the KL-Box are shipped with the KL-Box.
Features
For ease of discussion, the text in this manual refers to both the LH and LHe
models as “KONA LH”, except where differences are specifically noted.
The KONA LH card offers a large number of unique features for optimum
quality, ease of use, and support for a wide variety of workflows and
environments. KONA LH provides flexible standard definition and high
definition capture and playback, a hardware downconverter for working in mixed
SD/HD environments—and it supports both analog and digital audio/video I/O.
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10-bit uncompressed SD/HD QuickTime capture card
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12-bit HD Analog Component I/O
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12-bit SD Analog Component/Composite/S-Video I/O
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10-bit hardware HD-to-SD downconversion
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DVCProHD hardware acceleration
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HDV hardware acceleration
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Dynamic RT Extreme hardware acceleration
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SDI or HD-SDI Input, 2 independent SDI/HD-SDI outputs
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2-channel analog balanced XLR audio I/O
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2-channel AES XLR audio I/O
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8-channel SDI embedded audio I/O
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HD/SD genlock on analog video inputs
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RS-422 Machine Control
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Final Cut Pro 5, Motion, After Effects, Combustion, and more
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Cables standard
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Optional KL-box Breakout Box—provides rack mounting and flexible
easy I/O (KL-box cabling is included with the KL-box). When ordering,
specify a KL-box for the KONA LH since it uses a unique cable—the KONA
LH also can be used with the KL-Box but uses a different cable.
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3-year warranty
KONA LH Audio
KONA LH supports 2-channel 24-bit 48kHz AES audio via XLR connections,
and 8 channel embedded 24 bit 48kHz audio over the same single SDI
connection as the video. If you are using a digital deck—you’ll have the proper
connections to the deck.