Karrera Video Production Center

Streamlined power for fast, efficient production switching

The Karrera™ Video Production Center is Grass Valley's sleek, next-generation, mid-market switcher family that is primed to really tear up the track. The smartly priced Karrera is a finely-tuned switcher with high-performance features for fast, efficient production. Karrera packages Grass Valley's new way of working — including all of the features and integrated operation that operators love — with an ROI that is unmatched by the competition.

The streamlined Karrera control panel efficiently brings the most-used functions front and center without losing the ability to quickly access features in-depth through panel shift levels and the menu. The panel incorporates top-of-the-line features such as bright, crisp OLED displays, and dynamic RGB LED pushbuttons for color-coding functions and source grouping. Its intuitive user interface ensures that running the Karrera will feel very familiar.

Karrera also offers a unique 1 M/E soft panel and keyboard option for use in a secondary production suite or standalone applications.

Sporting innovative features from both the Kayenne™ and Kayak™ switcher lines, Karrera simplifies multiple output production with DoubleTake™ split M/E mode, FlexiKey™ programmable clean feed, Transition Chaining, Source Rules, and Suites mode along with all the signal processing capability you would expect from the leader in switcher manufacturing.

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Key Features

Fully digital 10-bit 4:2:2 video switcher with up to 96 inputs and 48 outputs
HD/SD SDI with optional up/down/crossconverters on multiple inputs and outputs
Half-M/E option available with cut/mix transitions and six linear/luminance keyers
Six keyers in every full M/E: four full-function keyers plus two linear/luminance keyers
Each full-function keyer has two pages (frames) of video and key storage to free up Image Store outputs and reduce the number of external graphics sources
Four internal DPMs (iDPMs) in each M/E with Kurl and Spektra
Four independent channels of eDPM with primary and secondary combiner outputs are available in the 8 RU frame
Optional DoubleTake split M/E mode effectively increases the number of M/Es (including half-M/E) to a total of up to 10 and now includes FlexiKey programmable clean feed mode for separately programmable configurations of keyers from four M/E outputs
Integrated macro editor allows users to edit macros online or offline on a PC running the menu application
Any partition can be placed into layered mode, providing composited video and key outputs from the M/Es
Aux bus transitions for dissolves and wipes on aux bus outputs
Interfaces with Grass Valley routers using Jupiter™, Encore™, and Prelude™ control systems as well as third-party routers
Jupiter and Prelude router control of Karrera aux buses
LDK Series camera control with Ethernet tally via LDK Connect Gateway
Store and recall still images from an internal ImageStore—an integrated external ClipStore provides multiple channels of video/key pairs for up to 10+ hours of nonvolatile video/key/audio clip content
999 macros with many new ways to recall macros from the panel
1,000 E-MEM registers with Define E-MEM for fine control in creation and editing of effects
RGB color correction on M/E buses and aux bus outputs
System Control area with device control sub-sections, switched preview, and aux bus delegation, and macro controls
Low power consumption

Specifications

Mechanical Specifications

Component	Depth	Width	Height	Weight	Rack Units
Control Panels
KRR-PNL-200-25	362 mm (14.25 in.)	1248.6 mm (49.16 in.)	132 mm (5.20 in.)	18.71 kg (41.25 lbs.)	n/a
KRR-PNL-300-35	510 mm (20.08 in.)	1440.6 mm (56.72 in.)	178 mm (7.01 in.)	28.28 kg (62.35 lbs.)	n/a
KRR-PNL-AUX-25	76.3 mm (3 in.)	603 mm (23.74 in.)	158 mm (6.22 in.)	TBD	n/a
KRR-PNL-AUX-35	76.3 mm (3 in.)	793 mm (31.22 in.)	158 mm (6.22 in.)	TBD	n/a
Frames
KRR-FRM-x00C (4RU)	546.10 mm (21.5 in.)	482.60 mm (19 in.)	177.80 mm (7 in.)	17.69 kg (39 lbs.)	4
KRR-FRM-x00 (8RU)	522.73 mm (20.58 in.)	482.60 mm (19 in.)	441.96 mm (17.4 in.)	30.39 kg (67 lbs.)	8

* With all M/E boards, each weighing 1.36 kg (3 lbs.)

Frame	M/Es	Inputs	Outputs	GPI inputs	GPI/Tally Outputs	MatchDef Inputs	SetDef Outputs
1 M/E 4 RU	1	24-48*	12-24*	8-16*	32-64*	Up to 8*	2
1.5 M/E 4 RU	1.5	24-48*	12-24*	8-16*	32-64*	Up to 8*	2
2 M/E 4 RU	2	48	24	16	64	Up to 8	4
2 M/E 8 RU	2	48-96*	24-48*	16-32*	64-128*	Up to 16*	4
2.5 M/E 4 RU	2.5	48	24	16	64	Up to 8	4
2.5 M/E 8 RU	2.5	48-96*	24-48*	16-32*	64-128*	Up to 16*	4
3 M/E 8 RU	3	72-96*	36-48*	24-32*	96-128*	Up to 16*	6
3.5 M/E 8 RU	3.5	72-96*	36-48*	24-32*	96-128*	Up to 16*	6
4 M/E 8 RU	4	96	48	32	128	Up to 16	8
4.5 M/E 8 RU	4.5	96	48	32	128	Up to 16	8

* With optional I/O expansion

For a complete list of specifications, please view the data sheet.

Ordering Information

Karrera offers an extremely competitive entry price point with a wide variety of options to customize the system:

KRR-PNL-200-25
2 M/E panel with 25 button source selectors. Includes two 25 button source select stripes, one 20 meter Ethernet cable, and a System Control area with one device control sub-section, switched preview, aux bus delegation, and macro controls, with controls for background and keyer source selection, master E-MEM, local E-MEM, horizontal keyer cut/mix, and multi-function keypad and display

KRR-PNL-300-35
3 M/E Karrera panel with 35 button source selectors, Includes two 35 button source select stripes, one 20 meter Ethernet cable, and a System Control area with two device control sub-sections, switched preview, aux bus delegation, and macro controls, with controls for background and keyer source selection, master E-MEM, local E-MEM, horizontal keyer cut/mix, and multi-function keypad and display.

KRR-FRM-x00x
Video processor frames with CPU module, one to four M/E modules, power supply(ies), fan assembly, all control protocols, with 999 macros, 1000 E-MEMs, Source Rules, Panel Memory, six keyers per M/E, HD/SD switchable processing, four dual still stores per M/E, aux bus transitions, hot-swappable modules, and power supply.

Options Information

KRR-FRM-EDPM
Four video and key channel expansion digital picture manipulator module and software license. Not for the 4 RU frame. Includes Kurl and Spektra.

KRR-FRM-IMG-4
4 GB Image Store – Stills license with standard RAM capacity as follows: approx. frames/format = 850/1080i, 1900/720p, 4800/525i, 4100/625i.

KRR-FRM-IMG-UPG
4 GB upgrade to Image Store – Stills expansion option, doubling the RAM capacity as follows: approx. frames/format = 1700/1080i, 3800/720p, 9600/525i, 8200/625i.

KRR-FRM-IOXPND
Input/output expander module, adding 24 inputs, 12 outputs, eight GPI inputs, 32 GPI output/tally relay closures, optional four MatchDef inputs. One per empty M/E slot.

KRR-LIC-CHRO-xU
License enabling all chromakeyers in the system.

KRR-PNL-AUX-xx
The optional local aux bus control panel. Includes the power cable and short LAN cable.

KRR-PNL-MENU
Touchscreen menu panel and cable, for a menu panel with a Karrera main control panel, or standalone, or as a spare. Includes swing-arm mounting hardware and brick power supply with power cables. Requires the optional menu panel processor, KRR-MENU-CPU, or a customer supplied PC.

KRR-LIC-IDPM-xxx
License enabling two, eight, or all floating iDPM video and key channels. Includes Kurl and Spektra.

KRR-LIC-EDPM
License-only for enabling four video and key channel eDPM in the expansion slot in an 8 RU Karrera frame. Includes Kurl and Spektra.

KRR-LIC-DBL-FLX
License enabling the DoubleTake split M/E and FlexiKey programmable clean feed modes in all Karrera M/Es.

KRR-LIC-MATCHDEF
License for MatchDef dual video source format converter for matching two SD or HD sources to the production format, maximum of two options per M/E.

KRR-LIC-SETDEF
License enabling SetDef dual video source format converters for converting two outputs from the production format to another HD or SD format, both outputs of the same format, different aspect ratio settings allowed.

KSP-LIC-1ME-GUI
License allowing control of the Karrera video processor frame with the Karrera 1 M/E softpanel GUI on a customer supplied PC. Includes one KRR-PNL-1ME-KBD Karrera USB keyboard.

KRR-LIC-RGB
License for RGB color correction on all outputs. Up to thirty-two RGB color correctors on full M/E buses, eight per M/E, and on all aux outputs.

KRR-LIC-ME
License enabling an additional M/E. Does not include the M/E board.

KRR-LIC-ME50
License enabling the simple M/E with linear/luminance keyers, cuts, and mixes only.

KRR-CLPS-xCH-PAK
Two or four video and key channel ClipStore packages based on the K2 media server platform with clip record, import, edit, and playback including both DV and AVC-Intra codecs and AppCenter Elite. All control is integrated into the Karrera menu.

KRR-MENU-CPU
Karrera menu panel processor including power and control cables.

KRR-PNL-PSU
Karrera spare power supply for the control panel.

KSP-PNL-1ME-KBD
Karrera keyboard for 1 M/E GUI with special keycap labels and colors for switcher control.

KRR-PNL-MENU-SET
Touchscreen menu panel set, for a complete menu panel configuration with a Karrera main control panel. Includes menu panel, menu CPU, menu power supply, swing arm mounting hardware for menu panel and menu CPU, 20 meter LAN cable, DVI cable, USB cable, and power cables.

KRR-xU-EFRM
An empty video processor frame with power supply(ies), and fan assembly. Can be ordered to repurpose existing modules in a different frame size or as a spare.

KRR-FRM-PSU
Redundant power supply for frame. Redundant module slides inside the bottom of the frame.

KRR-FRM-ME
Adds one mix/effects module to the Karrera chassis including license enabling one more M/E. The M/E includes A/B and Utility 1 and 2 backgrounds and six keyers. Four full function keyers with two pages of video and key store, cut, mix and wipe transitions, two linear/luminance keyers with cuts and mixes, with six program, preview, and clean feed outputs.

KRRx-FRM-KIT
Karrera frame spares kit includes control processor and fan module.

KRR-ME-KIT
Mix effects board as a spare.

KRR-LIC-SNMP
License enabling the SNMP MIB functions to be used by various SNMP health monitoring systems.

KAL-32AUXx
Single and multibus remote aux panels.