Grass Valley Kaleido-IP v.6.02 - Manual (Page 5)

Introduction
Welcome to the Kaleido-X family of multi-viewers! This chapter provides information
about system requirements, and items shipped with your Kaleido-IP unit.
Overview
This Quick Start Guide is designed to help you get your Kaleido-IP multi-viewer up and running for the first
time.
Miranda's Kaleido-X family of multi-viewers ranges from quad-splits to large-scale, multi-room
monitoring systems, with outstanding image quality and signal flexibility. The Kaleido-X multi-viewers
are available in five models: the new Kaleido-IP, the Kaleido-X (7RU), the Kaleido-X (4RU), and the
Kaleido-X16 frames, as well as the Kaleido-Modular KMV-3901/3911 Densité cards.
• The Kaleido-IP can monitor and display HD and SD television programs distributed over IP, across two
HDTV displays. It supports MPEG-2 and H.264/AVC compressed video, and the AC-3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2,
MPEG-4 AAC LC, and MPEG-4 HE-AAC compressed audio formats. In the case of HD signals, the
Kaleido-IP supports concurrent decoding of up to 24 MPEG-2, or up to 16 H.264 video programs. In the
case of SD signals, it support concurrent decoding of up to 64 MPEG-2, or up to 32 H.264 programs.
• The Kaleido-X (7RU) can display 96 3Gbps, HD, SD or analog inputs any number of times, in any size,
across eight displays of any resolution and orientation. With its router option, the Kaleido-X (7RU)
offers switching unprocessed inputs to 48 HD/SD outputs for feeding monitors, test equipment and
master control or production switchers. By using an optional mid-plane expansion module, two
Kaleido-X (7RU) frames can be connected into a fully interconnected 14 RU system to display up to 192