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AJA Io

Io offers Final Cut Pro users unsurpassed 10-bit uncompressed video and multi-channel audio. With Io, you can configure a Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, or Power Mac as a professional editing suite, corporate/industrial video center, or high-powered desktop video setup - and just about anything in between.

Both analog and digital sources are offered, allowing connection to just about every kind of video/audio peripheral from the most current digital decks to old legacy devices. It does this with unique simplicity, using a single FireWire connection between Io and the Mac - while serving simultaneous realtime connection for all audio and video sources.

How does Io transfer uncompressed video over FireWire? It efficiently uses the IEEE 1394a 400Mb/s FireWire port on the Mac for all data transfer - since uncompressed is 270Mb/s (with filler data included), FireWire handily carries the bandwidth.

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Mounting
Brackets (rack ears) are provided for front mounting the two-rack-unit Io chassis in a standard 19" (48 cm) equipment rack. You can also mount the Io chassis via the same brackets attached at the rear panel for industrial-style equipment racks. Alternatively, you can use the chassis without any brackets at all; instead placing supplied rubber feet on the bottom of the chassis for use on a desk.

Chassis styling complements Apple's Xserve and Xserve RAID for a stylish desktop video suite appearance.

Io Rear Panel Connectors


RS-422 Control Port (Sony), 9-pin D, for machine control

10-bit uncompressed SDI with embedded audio I/O

Analog (10-bit A/D and D/A) video inputs/outputs:
  • S-video I/O
  • Composite NTSC/PAL video I/O
  • Component YPbPr/RGB video I/O
  • Genlock/Reference video (looping)
24-bit digital/optical/analog multi-channel audio:
  • 4-channel AES/EBU audio I/O
  • 4-channel balanced/unbalanced analog audio In connectors support XLR or TRS-type connections
  • 4-channel balanced analog audio Out connectors (XLR)
  • 8-channel optical audio I/O
  • 8-channel balanced audio monitor Out
  • 8-channel embedded audio over SDI
Audio word clock connector (BNC) for audio synchronization

Front panel status indicators: Power On/Off, FireWire (active/inactive), Ref (Genlock), NTSC or PAL

Front panel mode indicators: Input/Output

Front panel video/audio input source indicators:
  • Video: Present, SDI, Component, Composite and S-video
  • Audio: Present, SDI, ADAT, AES/EBU and Analog
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