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Grass Valley Kaleido-Modular-X v.7.70 User Manual

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12

Setting Up Your Kaleido-Modular-X System

Physical Setup

Kaleido-X User’s Manual, for instructions on how to create 4K UHD rooms and
layouts.

Broadcast monitors: If your installation involves broadcast monitors, connect

them to the appropriate SDI outputs. It is also possible to connect SDI outputs to a
router. Refer to Configuring the HD-SDI Monitoring Output Format

, in the Kaleido-X

User’s Manual, for instructions on setting the scan format.

If you wish to use a different resolution, see

Changing the Output Resolution

, on

page 19, for detailed instructions.

12 Connect one or more video sources to the Kaleido-Modular-X input cards.

13 If you have configured 4K UHD prescaler cards (at

step 9

, above), connect one or two

quad link 3G-SDI signal sources to each prescaler card, as follows:

14 If your system configuration involves M3 cables, connect them between the

appropriate output modules on the router side, and the KMX-3901-IN-M3 rear modules
on the multiviewer side.

OUTPUT A,
SDI OUT 1

Top left
quadrant

OUTPUT B,
SDI OUT 1

Top right
quadrant

OUTPUT A,
SDI OUT 2

Bottom left
quadrant

OUTPUT B,
SDI OUT 2

Bottom right
quadrant

IMPORTANT

Within a Kaleido-Modular-X system, all output heads must be configured
with the same refresh rate. If your system is referenced, then the heads’
refresh rate must also match the reference signal's refresh rate.

Description

Connector

Link 1A – Top left quadrant of 4K UHD signal A

3G/HD/SD IN 1

Link 2A – Top right quadrant of 4K UHD signal A

3G/HD/SD IN 2

Link 3A – Bottom left quadrant of 4K UHD signal A

3G/HD/SD IN 9

Link 4A – Bottom right quadrant of 4K UHD signal A 3G/HD/SD IN 10

Link 1B – Top left quadrant of 4K UHD signal B

3G/HD/SD IN 5

Link 2B – Top right quadrant of 4K UHD signal B

3G/HD/SD IN 6

Link 3B – Bottom left quadrant of 4K UHD signal B

3G/HD/SD IN 13

Link 4B – Bottom right quadrant of 4K UHD signal B 3G/HD/SD IN 14

IMPORTANT

The 4K UHD prescaler card and its 4K UHD source signals must be
referenced together.