AJA KONA LHi User Manual
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KONA v10.5
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Down-Conversion
• Hardware 10-bit
• Anamorphic: full-screen
• Letterbox: image is reduced with black top and bottom added to image area with the
aspect ratio preserved
• Crop: image is cropped to fit new screen size
Cross-Conversion
• Hardware 10-bit
• 1080i to 720P
• 720P to 1080i
• 720P to 1080PsF
SD to SD Aspect Ratio
Conversion
• Letterbox: This transforms SD anamorphic material to a letterboxed image
• H Crop: Will produce a horizontally stretched effect on the image; transforms
anamorphic SD to full frame
• SD Pillarbox: Will produce an image in the center of the screen with black borders on
the left and right sides and an anamorphized image in the center
• V Crop: Will transform SD letterbox material to an anamorphic image
Timecode
• LTC timecode input and output (via 1 x BNC each)
Reference Input
• Analog Color Black (1V) or Composite Sync (2 or 4V)
• Looping
• 75-ohm on optional K3G-Box, terminated on supplied breakout cable
Physical
• Interface: 8x PCIe slot
Machine Control
• RS-422, Sony 9-pin protocol (via breakout cable or optional K3G-Box)
• 9-pin D-connector pinout is as follows:
1 - GND
2 - RX-
3 - TX+
4 - GND
5 - No Connection
6 - GND
7 - RX+
8 - TX-
9 - GND
Shell - GND