AJA HA5-Plus Version 1.3 - Manual (Page 5)

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Chapter 1: Introduction
Overview
The HA5-Plus converts HDMI to 3G, HD, or SD SDI. Up to eight channels of HDMI audio
are embedded into the SDI output allowing a convenient single cable audio/video
connection. Two external analog audio inputs can replace two of these embedded audio
channels, if desired. The HA5-Plus supports long HDMI cables on the input. The HA5-Plus
is useful for connecting HDMI cameras and other sources to SDI capture cards and
equipment.
Features
• HDMI to 3G/HD/SD-SDI (see "Appendix A: Specifications on page 16" for a complete list of
supported inputs).
• Full 10-bit Conversion
• Full HDMI support including embedded audio
• Equalized HDMI input supports long HDMI cables up to 30m
• PLL clock filtering for low jitter SDI outputs
• Lock LED shows type of input source: SD (green), HD (red), or 3G (amber)
• Unbalanced analog audio input (2 RCA)
• Accepts 8 channels of HDMI embedded audio
• Outputs 8 channels of SDI embedded audio (Channels 1-8 or 9-16)
• HDMI cable supplied
• Uses universal input +5V power supply AJA model DWP-U-R1 (included)
NOTE: The HA5-Plus will not pass HDMI video with HDCP copy protection.