Installation Overview
10
Cable Connections
Connector Descriptions
Thunderbolt 3
The Avid Artist | DNxIV provides the third-generation Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports to support
increased bandwidth between host computer and I/O device. Two ports are provided for daisy-
chained network configurations.
Bi-directional SDI I/O
Four bidirectional BNC connectors can be configured in a variety of ways via the AJA Control Panel,
including:
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Two HD/SD inputs (SDI 1 and SDI 2) and two outputs (SDI 3 and SDI 4)
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Two 4K/UltraHD single-link 6/12G inputs (SDI 1 and SDI 2) and two 4K/UltraHD single-link 6/
12G outputs (SDI 3 and SDI 4)
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One 4K/UltraHD two-link 3G input (SDI 1 and SDI 2) and one and one two-link 3G output (SDI
3 and SDI4)
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One 4K/UltraHD four-link 1.5/3G input (SDI 1, SDI 2, SDI 3, and SDI4) input, Quadrant or 2SI.
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One 4K/UltraHD four-link 1.5/3G output (SDI 1, SDI 2, SDI 3, and SDI4) output, Quadrant or
2SI.
Dedicated SDI HD/SD Output
One BNC connector is provided for full-time, real-time output of HD/SD video. 4K video is down-
converted to 2K HD and UltraHD is down-converted to HD.
