Overview of Switcher Product Family

•  Kahuna™ system is comprised of a Control Panel and Mainframe

•  Choice of Control Panel and Layout

~ Kahuna Maverik

•  Choice of Mainframe to Meet the Production Application

~ Kahuna 9600, Kahuna 6400 and Kahuna 4800

Kahuna™ Maverik Modular Control Panel

Maverik is designed to deliver great productions

•  Sports

•  News •  Light Entertainment

•  Music Events

•  Houses of Worship

•  Corporations

Maverik Panel Benefits – Your Productions, Your Way

•  Directors Choose a panel layout best suited to create a production exactly how you imagined it

•  TDs & Operators It’s stunningly easy to use and delivers flawless on-air confidence

•  Technical Managers Maximize your capabilities in a dynamic and changing environment

Maverik Modular Control Panel

•  True modular panel •  Separate modules known as MAVs •  Mavs are independent and can be placed anywhere •  12 Mavs available fitted in metal rack frames •  Number of M/E’s and sources are specified as required •  No restrictions in the layout •  Can change on a production-by-production basis •  Makes for easy servicing, if needed •  Gives 100% redundancy and stays on air

Smaller Maverik Panel Example

New RGB Pushbuttons •  For great feel and switching

control. •  Color for desired M/E and/

or Source reference

Unique OLED Pushbuttons Clear indication of Macros

Touch Screen GUI Supports tablet like gestures

New T-Bar Section Clear bus selection and tallying

OLED Mnemonics Clear source labelling

Kahuna™ for all Production genre needing..

•  Newer  Formats  (1080p  and  4K)  integrated    

•  More  produc<on  power  for  mul<ple  outputs    

•  Resource  Sharing      

•  Mul<ple  Panel  Connec<vity  

•  Workflow  efficiencies    

Any  format  in   Any  format  out  HD    

Sources  

SD    Sources  

SD    Sources  

HD    Sources  

1080p  Sources  (Level  A  &  B)  

1080p  Sources  (Level  A  &  B)  

4K  Sources  

4K  Sources  

Eliminates  need  for  external  conversion,  reducing  capital  outlay,  removing  system  7ming  issues  and  saving  engineering  set  up  7me  

Format Fusion3™ & the Benefits

•  Unique to the Snell switcher range •  Available on all inputs and outputs – no

restrictions

•  Enables the mixing of multi-format sources into your production

–  Including 1080p at both level A&B •  Enables driving multi-format outputs

–  Including 1080p at both level A&B

•  Removes the headaches of timing all inputs and outputs

•  Removes the expense of external equipment

Kahuna™ Supports 4K UHDTV (3840 x 2160)

•  Can support up to 4x 4K M/Es with 1 Keyer

•  30x 4K Inputs and 16x 4K Outputs

•  Can support Wipes on 4K M/E

•  Native Internal Clips-store for 4K animations

•  Transparent operation for TD / Operator

•  Will mix 4K and HD together

•  Will produce 4K and HD, HD Clean feeds in parallel

3840  

2160  

Mainframe  Number  of  Full  M/

Es  

Number  of  Keyers  per  

M/E  

Number  of  Inputs    

Number    of  Outputs  

Make  M/E  

Kahuna  9600    1  –  6    8   Up  to  120  in  groups  of  12  

Up  to  64  in  groups  of  8   YES  

Kahuna  6400   1  –  3   8   Up  to  60  in  groups  of  12  

Up  to  32  in  groups  of  8   YES  

Kahuna  4800    2  –  4     4   48  or  60   24  standard,  upgrade  to  32   No  

Kahuna™ Mainframe Specifications at a Glance

Single M/E Power – 12 Key Layers with 8 Keyers

Each M/E has 8 Keyers, regardless of format. These consist of 4 ‘Super-Keyers’ and 4 ‘eKeys’ SuperKeyers

-  Lin/Luma & Chroma Key -  Border Generator -  2 x Mask Generators -  2.5D Resize Engine (2 per Super-Keyers) -  Split Dual tile mode

eKeys (DSK) -  Lin/Luma & Chroma Key -  Mask Generator

Make M/E™

•  Flexibility to group backgrounds, key and output busses to create multiple M/Es

•  Produce multi-feeds from any M/E

•  Can assign any M/E Output to any Aux Bus

•  Works independently from each other and operates like a normal M/E

•  Full Keyer and Background transitions on any Aux output saving resource

•  Can Make 4 M/Es from a Single Full M/E Board •  Create multiple independent switchers with MakeM/ETM

•  Gives you flexibility and saves money

Studio  A  

Studio  B  

Studio  C  

Studio  A  In  vision  Studio  A  PGM  

Studio  B  In  vision  Studio  B  PGM  

Studio  C  In  vision  Studio  C  PGM  

All  Sources  

Central  Engineering  Control  

Maverik  &  Kahuna  in  Mul<-­‐Panel  Opera<on  

•  Each M/E has 8 outputs

•  Program each output:

-  User-selected Backgrounds

-  User-selected Key Busses

-  Each output with dedicated FormatFusion3 Engine for different output

-  Example shows 1 M/E driving 5 outputs, all with different needs and timed together

Programmable Outputs

Kahuna™ Dedicated 3D DVE Effects Package

One board provides source-based & bus-based modes -  4 Channels of 3D DVE effects (4:2:2:4) -  Combiner Section combing all Channels -  Intersecting Planes -  Produces single Key and Fill output

Large Model Library -  Performs Linear, Non-linear Effects and Surface Effects

- Bus-based, or can be fed with any Keyer or Background

Internal Clipstore

•  Complete on-board clip store with 20 outputs •  Up to 64Gb RAM – 8 minutes of HD •  Instant access to any content and selected on any bus •  Holds both audio and video •  Used for animated clip transitions •  On-board clip editor •  Use in any memory or macro recall •  Easy management and export with k-watch •  Grab live incoming video or file via USB or network •  Backed up with raided 500GB HDD

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