GEORGIA SET TOP BOX SPECIFICATION
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1. 1 Primary Language 2 Secondary Language 3 Receivers own selection criteria optional The receiver may implement its own selection criteria after 1 amp 2 fail to provide a language match 5 3 Receiver character set The receiver shall at least be able to support Table 00 Latin Alphabet as specified in ISO 6937 which is reproduced in Appendix A of EN 300 468 4 Georgian as specified in GEOSTD8 and Cyrillic as specified in ISO IEC 8859 5 The broadcast shall not signal any character set selection information without ensuring that the first byte in any text field is either Ox1F restricted to EIT tables or in the range of 0x20 toOxFF The receiver shall support compressed strings within all types of ElT tables A compressed string shall be signaled by the method outlined in Appendix A of EN 300 468 4 This is done by ensuring that the first byte of any compressed string is Ox1F The 2nd byte as outlined by 4 shall contain the encoding_type_id Strings marked as compressed shall be compressed using Huffman compression as outlined in 13 The receiver to decompress these strings will require a look up table The receiver shall incorporate 2 tables signaled by the encoding_type_id outlined in the table below encoding_type_id Meaning Decompression table for English as defined in 13 TBA Decompression table for B defined in 13 5 4 Subtitling The RECEIVER shall be capable of decoding as a minimum a subset of th2. FDD1 amp 2 FDD5 amp 6 FDD3 amp 4 FDD5 amp 6 VHF III K6 K12 8 8 40 40 40 UHF IV K21 K37 8 8 40 40 40 UHF V K38 K59 8 8 40 40 40 UHF V K60 8 8 30 40 40 Table 3 3 Minimum required I C for QEF reception with interfering LTE signal on the adjacent and other channels I C values are defined for LTE signals having signal bandwidth of 9 015 MHz in 10 MHz LTE system 1 C values for other signal bandwidths must be recalculated The requirements in this paragraph refer for DVB T2 to the modes FFT size modulation pilot pattern code rate guard interval bandwidth FFT 32KE M 256 QAM R PP 4 CR 2 3 Gl 1 16 8MHz FFT 32KE M 256 QAM R PP 2 CR 3 4 Gl 1 8 8MHz FFT 32KE M 256 QAM R PP 4 CR 3 5 Gl 19 256 8MHz FFT size 32KE refers to FFT size 32k with extended carrier mode while 32KN refers to FFT size 32k with normal carrier mode Modulation 256 QAM R refers to 256 QAM with rotated constellation 29 3 2 8 11 5 Time Frequency Slicing TFS The requirements in the remainder of this section apply when TFS is supported For a particular LDPC code rate CR CR 1 2 3 5 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 The IRD T2 shall in TFS mode be able to output a QEF TS when the proportion R of lost RF frequencies of the total number of TFS RF frequencies fulfils the relation R lt 0 75 1 CR and the received RF frequencies have equal power and no noise interference or echoes Example 1 Using
3. 1m min length Set Top Boxes Remote control and batteries An easy to understand user manual in English language in either paper or electronic form If an electronic user manual is provided there must be a quick installation guide and the electronic user manual must be viewable on the device Power Cord Model and serial number stamped to device CA providerschipset pairing ID stamped to device Set Top Box and Cl CAM Model and serial number stamped to package box CA providers chipset pairing ID stamped to package box Set Top Box and Cl CAM The following peripheral items should be included within a BP receiver package 47 An RF lead cable for connection of loop through connector to a second receiver 500mm min length male F connectors each end HDMI cable Set Top Boxes Component video output may provide a Component Video Cable with stereo audio RCA cable s 1m min length Set Top Boxes Coaxial cable or optical cable for digital audio 9 3 Remote Control A Remote Control is to be supplied with the receiver The manufacturer is free to design the remote However the remote control shall have at least following keys available which can be implemented as physical or logical e g on screen keys Conceptual illustration of the remote control The keys mandated by the middleware 12 are not a requirement for a receiver complying only with the basic profile 48 10 Maintenance Upgrade To al
4. A Set Top Box receiver shall have at least one HDMI output with HDCP It is optional for IDTV s to have HDMI output s The HDMI profile used by the Set Top Box shall be able to at least output the highest resolution supported by the Set Top Box The STB shall recognize E EDID information provided by the display 3 2 3 7 Secondary Video Output In addition Set Top Boxes shall have the following e RCA phono providing composite CVBS video Shall meet the characteristics in ITU report 624 4 Req 13 Receivers may provide the following and if provided shall conform to copy protection rules in 3 2 15 5 RCA phono providing Component YPbPr output If available shall meet the characteristics in ITU report 624 4 Opt 3 2 3 8 High Definition Video Output and Display The Set Top Boxes shall be able to use the EDID information provided by the display to determine automatically the STB output and to accept a manual setting of the STB output For iDTVs the output video shall always be converted to the display s native resolution 3 2 3 9 Copy Protection on outputs The receiver shall provide HDCP digital content protection on the HDMI output for all output resolutions The receiver is not to output any HD format on any analogue video outputs A HD format is defined as any signal having a luminance resolution as defined in 7 TS 101 154 Clause 5 7 3 2 3 10 Down conversion of High Definition Video for Standard Definition output If
5. AO ECON MAC Ati 38 4 1 3 6 Hidden Services NO 38 4 1 3 7 Dynamic PSI SI table handing ccccccssccsssceescccsssceessecssscecssecsseecseccssseecasecssseeessecssseccssecsaseceseecsaeeecseecsaseecseeceaeeeeaeeceas 38 ALVA EMT NO MON A A A IA ey ae a dd A a Tata 38 ATA TEN Present Followiing PD ia as 38 4 1 4 2 EPG Schedule s nat nr ne AAA AAA Aia iii 39 O UNO OT 39 5 5 User Interface and Navigator sushi does sra Dean RRE een cvssbnotanicdechospaoenesacdedveusddncees bslestunsiebeeebasensadnddocmeb dieser es reel anata 39 A RO ONO NA E ENE 39 522 LAN NEL A ANN 39 521 S btitle Selection ooo a Ad An 40 5 2 2 Audio Selction 53 Receiv rtharecter dd a i ai ASUS E ler nel ne E A Le er An an re en teen tte ele En ne Er 5 4 2 Desplay of Subtitles During Enhanced Programming Hybrid Profile 5S SA di PON E A ere daa 6 6 Conditiona ACCESS ii A Ra A O ORAR OA 6 1 1 Receivers with embedded CAimplementation 6 1 2 Receivers with Common Interface IDTVS 621 3 2C Plus GAM aa eTo D ii A A OS 7 7 PIUB IA PVR O ANI 44 8 S User Preferences ii a A AS en dd 45 Sid SEOFERPrETEENCeS tn AI ee nee 45 8 2 Deleton Of Service LISTS 44e ecoettsdscuuenseectottddsenenassvlesosenchesedencdesesvalacsestececusbeeceeysiteduenssdavesbadeeetedtdeectertevesnes 45 8 3 Reset to factory Mode adi 45 9 9 Receiver accessories and packaging cseccccccccecsessssececccecseseaeceeececeeseeeseeecsceeseseesesececeeseseeeesee
6. ETSI 300 743 v1 3 1 Digital Video Broadcasting DVB DVB Subtitling Systems European Telecommunication Standards Institute ETSI ISO IEC 14496 10 2005 Information Technology Coding of audio visual objects part 10 Advanced Coding NorDig Unified ver 2 4 NorDig Unified Requirements for Integrated Receiver Decoders for use in cable satellite terrestrial and IP based networks Cl Plus Specification Content Security Extensions to the Common Interface V1 3 ETSI TS 102 006 Digital Video Broadcasting Specification for System Software Update in DVB Systems V1 3 1 2 1 Overview This specification uses as a reference a number of national and international standards from the DVB ETSI ISO and other standardization bodies to create a Digital Broadcast profile lt does not intend to create a set of unique specifications unless deemed necessary by the commercial realities 3 Requirements 3 1 General Requirement 3 1 1 Power supply The receiver may be AC or DC powered For AC powered equipment the operating voltage shall be 240 V 5 10 and frequency 50 Hz 1 as according to MS 406 or 230 V 10 and frequency 50 Hz 1 as according to MS IEC 60038 whichever is current Req Where external power supply is used e g AC adaptor it shall not affect the capability of the receiver to meet this specification Adaptor must be pre approved by the relevant regulatory body before it can be used with the receiver Req
7. BER_SQI if 3 dB lt C Nre lt 3 dB SAI 100 if C N e gt 3 dB where C N a is DVB T2 mode depended of the relative C N of the received signal value in dB and 22 C Nrel C Nrec C NNordigP1 where C Nrec is the C N value expressed in dB for the entire received DVB T2 signal C Nnordigr1 iS the required C N value in dB for the received PLP in DVB T2 mode independently of the pilot pattern in profile 1 defined in Table 3 11 BER_SQI is calculated with the formula BER_SQI 0 if BER gt 10 BER_SQI 100 15 if 10 lt BER lt 10 BER_SQI 100 6 if BER lt 10 where BER is referenced to Bit Error rate before BCH for the received PLP The integration time for the BER calculation shall be over a period of 5 seconds 3 2 8 4 Changes In Modulation Parameters The Receiver should recover from changes in modulation parameters and output an error free TS This should take less than one second for any change The Receiver should be able to detect a change of modulation parameters signalled in the TPS data of the DVB T signal in order to reduce the recovery time The Receiver T2 shall automatically recover from changes in P1 L1 pre signalling data and L1 postsignalling An error free TS shall be available within five seconds for any P1 and or L1 pre signalling change An error free TS shall be output within five seconds for any L1 post signalling FEF change and within two seconds for any other L1 post signalling c
8. PCM output according to IEC 60958 Part1 General Part 3 Consumer 2 Non audio data output according to IEC 61937 when present and if not present output PCM according to IEC 60958 44 Non audio data formats like AC 3 and DTS shall be possible to order and enable disable according to priority set by the user This chapter is also valid for HDMI ARC since this interface is specified the same as for S PDIF interface 3 2 5 Adjustment of Video Audio delay The Receiver shall support the possibility to adjust the audio delay on the HDMI and S PDIF output if available up to 250 ms and it should be adjustable in 10 ms steps as the Receiver may have several different user set ups resulting in different a v delays e g the Receiver may be connected to several types of external audio amplifiers and the Receiver may be connected to several types of external screens This requirement is only applicable to Set Top Boxes that are not part of an IDTV 18 The Receiver should also be able to automatically adjust the audio video synchronization via HDMI minimum version 1 3 interface to compensate for delay times of video displays 3 2 6 HDMI Interface 3 2 6 1 General The iDTV with screen diameters 30 cm and above shall have a HDMI input interface in accordance with the DigitalEurope HD Ready requirements and the High Definition Multimedia Interface HDMI input interface is highly recommended for iDTV sets with smaller screen diameters The HDM
9. any analogue video output Y Pb Pr RF PAL AND OR SECAM or CVBS is available the decoded High Definition video shall be down converted by the SD Format Converter to Standard Definition resolution for output via these interfaces Down conversion of pictures shall be implemented from any of the incoming encoded HD full screen luminance resolution values 1920x1080 1440x1080 1280x1080 960x1080 1280x720 960x720 and 640x720 to SD resolution 720x576 When down converting any 1 1 pixel aspect ratio format i e 1280x720 or 1920x1080 in the Decoder Composition Output to 720x576 resolution the target shall be 702x576 pixels to be centred in the 720x576 grid with nine black pixels inserted as the start of the 720 pixel active line and nine black pixels inserted as the end of the 720 pixel active line Down converted HD video shall be displayed as 16 9 letterbox on 4 3 displays 4 3 centre cut is not an allowed display option since this would limit the Action Safe Area in HD program production The SD Format Converter should apply appropriate re interlacing field mode integration re interlacing It shall process and output 720x576i25 in 4 3 frame aspect ratio or 16 9 frame aspect ratio video 3 2 3 11 Display Format for other Aspect Ratios The Receivers shall have methods to display 16 9 transmitted content on a 4 3 monitor Likewise Set ToBoxes and iDTVs shall have methods to display 4 3 transmitted content on a 16 9 monitor The user shall
10. frequency range for the RF bypass should be from 47 MHz to 862 MHz The RF signals should be passed from RF to RF independently from the status of the Receiver operational or stand by so that connected equipment e g TV set can operate even if the Receiver is in stand by The Receiver when equipped with RF bypass should include user setting to disable or enable the RF bypass gain in stand by mode When the RF bypass gain is disabled the maximum RF bypass gain should 4dB and when the RF bypass gain is enabled the RF bypass gain should be from 1 dB to 3 dB 3 2 8 7 Time Interleaving The Receiver T2 shall at least include time interleaving capability corresponding to the maximum time interleaving according to EN 302 755 22 i e 2 2 OFDM cells for a data PLP and its common PLP together 3 2 8 8 Input Output Data Formats The Receiver T2 shall be able to support TS bit rates lt 72 Mbit s 24 3 2 8 9 Frequency Range amp Bandwidth The receiver shall be able to scan and tune to the following frequency range and bandwidth Band Frequency Bandwidth UHF V amp V 470 860 MHz 8 MHz i bandwidth 7 77 MHz extended mode and 7 61 MHz for non extended mode The receiver shall at least be able to receive carriers within an offset of up to 166 kHz from the nominal centre frequency 3 2 8 10 DVB T2 Operating Modes The receiver shall support the operating modes as specified by EN 302 755 6 The minimum list of modes f
11. have the ability to select appropriate aspect ratio for the analogue video output 3 2 4 Audio decoding requirements The Receiver shall support following audio decoder formats e E AC 3 which refers to E AC 3 streams including AC 3 up to 5 1 multi channel decoding e HE AAC which refers to MPEG 4 HE AAC Level 4 including AAC LC up to 5 1 multi channel decoding 14 The Receiver shall have an HDMI output If the Receiver has analogue stereo output s it shall be capable of decoding and down mixing the supported audio formats for the analogue outputs It shall be possible to control the audio level on the outputs primarily used for TV viewing Analogue and HDMI with the remote control unit and buttons on the front panel if present Note 1 For IDTVs that provide a setting to choose the audio output between the built in TV speakers and the external audio system it is optional to have signal in the built in TV speakers when the external audio system setting is selected The reasons for this are that when the user selects output to an external audio system as the priority then the audio levels and compression settings are optimized for an external audio system and may not be suitable for output to TV speakers e g lower dialogue level high dynamic range 3 2 4 1 E AC 3 and AC 3 Requirements on Audio Handling 3 2 4 1 1 E AC 3 and AC 3 All Pass through Decoding and Transcoding Receiver supporting E AC 3 and AC 3 shal
12. in LTE system for transmission from base station BS and frequency range from 832 MHz to 862 MHz is used for transmission from user equipment UE Allocated frequency ranges are divided into 6 x 5MHz blocks but most common implementation is expected to use 2 x 5 MHz block and is therefore using 10 MHz system bandwidth of LTE signal Frequency allocation is illustrated in figure below 28 2x5 MHz 1 x 10 MHz m 1 MHz z Moa mn un soo7 Downlink BS gt UE 6x5 MHz 3 x 10 MHz 11 MHz 6x5 MHz 3 x 10 MHz 790 MHz 791 MHz 821 MHz 832 MHz 862 MHz Uplink UE gt BS f MHz The IRD T2 shall for the supported frequency ranges permit an interfering 4G LTE signal with a minimum interference to signal level ratio 1 C as stated in the Table 3 17 below while maintaining QEF reception The power of the LTE signal both BS and UE varies with a traffic load The signal power of the LTE signal is defined as the power during the active part of the time varying LTE signal The 1 C values shall be fulfilled with LTE signals with a level of 15 dBm for the active part and all traffic loads from 0 to 100 BS and for traffic loads from low bit rate to high bit rate UE Low traffic loads can be the most demanding ones Channel Signal Sd DVB T DVB T2 i frequency Minimum 1 C Band Bandwidth channel Mi raster dB z MHz 10 MHz 10 MHz 10 MHz Downlink Downlink Uplink FDD1 amp 2 FDD3 amp 4
13. regarding temporary lost of multiplexes shall take precedence over the requirement above Clash Resolution The basic rules of operation shall follow the rules as outlined in the LCN management section In addition to this the receiver shall also conform to the following rule of operation 1 If a new service was found during the network evolution scan and if the assigned LCN is already being used by another service The new service shall take precedence if the current service was not found during the same scan The receiver may give priority to services which have been moved or added by the user instead of following the rules above 37 4 1 3 5 Selection via Service List The initial displayed service list following a full automatic scan must present services in ascending order of LCN Reg 4 1 3 6 Hidden Services Services identified as not visible in the LCN descriptor shall not appear in the service list presented to the viewer However such services may be selectable by direct numerical entry Req 4 1 3 7 Dynamic PSI SI table handing Receiver shall start action for any changes in the received dynamic PSI and SI data PMT EIT TDT TOT within 1 second 4 1 4 EIT Information 4 1 4 1 EIT Present Following p f Now Next screen guide shall be derived using information from DVB SI EIT p f tables as per EN 300 468 4 The presentation of the now next banner is as per manufactures chosen user interface but it
14. the primary audio language preference is not associated with the chosen service the RECEIVER shall automatically choose the audio stream according to the secondary audio language preference if present In addition the user shall be able to manually select between all audio streams that are associated with the active service The user shall be able to select multi channel audio for the digital outputs when the outputs are equipped for multichannel audio In other words there shall be a menu switch available for selecting PCM or multichannel mode for audio output in case outputs are equipped for multichannel audio Priority Property 1 Audio type 2 Audio Language 3 Audio format 4 Audio codec Audio Priority vs Audio property 42 6 Conditional Access 6 1 General All receivers shall support scrambling system In Set Top Boxes it is required to have an integrated smartcard interface with support for Chipset pairing IDTVs shall be equipped with Common interface Plus version 1 3 or later Cl Plus CAM modules shall support Chipset pairing with linkage protection and shall fulfill the requirements set by Cl Plus Specification version 1 3 or later 6 1 1 RECEIVERs with embedded CAimplementation Valid CA STB license is required from RECEIVER manufacturers in order to supply RECEIVERs to digital television market Minimum required security level for the RECEIVERs is Security Level 3 Most of the security re
15. 2 together with the embedded operation of the interactive application and the provision of the routine replacement of all software via over the air download 3 2 2 Services Summary The receiver must give access to all available digital terrestrial television and radioservices This must include the capability to efficiently present radio channels and DVB subtitles of all services It must present DVB subtitles when broadcasted and if requested by the viewer Set Top Boxes shall also be able to manage the output video in both widescreen 16 9 and 4 3 picture formats to suit the connected display 3 2 2 1 Time exclusive Services The receiver shall handle the transition between the active and inactive states of a time exclusive service in an orderly fashion presenting clean transitions into and out of video and audio without presentation of any content or application not intended for the selected service 3 2 3 Video decoding requirements 3 2 3 1 Video Codec The following codecs shall be supported by a compliant receiver The codecs are outlined below and further constraint by 7 TS 101 154 Only clauses 5 5 5 6 amp 5 7 shall apply MPEG4 video H 264 AVC Encoding as ISO IEC 14496 10 2005 Information Technology Coding of audio visual objects part 10 Advanced Coding Req The profiles that shall be supported are as follows MPEG 4 AVC MP L3 SD Video stream MPEG 4 AVC HP L4 HD Video stream 3 2 3 2 Resolutions T
16. 3 1 2 Power Supply Cord and Mains Plug The receiver shall be fitted with a suitable and appropriate approved power supply cord and mains plug Both are regulated products and must be pre approved by the relevant regulatory body before it can be used with the receiver Req The power supply cord shall be certified as according to a MS 140 or b BS 6500 or c IEC 60227 5 or d IEC 60245 4 3 1 3 Electromagnetic Compatibility The receiver may comply with the EMC emissions requirements as defined in the MS CISPR 13 or equivalent international standards The requirements shall cover radiated and conducted emission Opt 3 1 4 Electrical Safety The receiver shall comply with the safety requirements as defined in MS IEC 60065 The supplier shall submit full type test report of MS IEC 60065 or equivalent international standards Req 3 1 5 Marking The receiver shall be marked with the following information 11 a supplier manufacturer s name or identification mark b supplier manufacturer s model or type reference and c other markings as required by the relevant standards The markings shall be legible indelible and readily visible All information on the marking shall be either in Georgian or English Language Req 3 2 Technical Requirements 3 2 1 Processor and Memory The processing power and memory configuration of the receiver must be suitable for the routine operation of digital Terrestrial reception DVB T
17. AC bitstream The Receiver supporting HE AAC shall support the use of the following MPEG 4 AAC metadata embedded in the audio stream when decoding HE AAC and transcoding HE AAC multi channel to AC 3 or DTS e Program Reference Level according to ISO IEC 14496 3 57 prog_ref_level Downmix Parameters according to Transmission of MPEG4 Ancillary Data part of DVB specification ETSI TS 101 154 29 center_mix_level surround_mix_level Dynamic Range Control DRC according to ISO IEC 14496 3 57 dyn_rng_sgn dyn_rng_ctl Heavy Compression according to ETSI TS 101 154 Annex C 5 2 5 compression_on compression_value 16 The Receiver capable of transcoding metadata to their output format shall not alter the level of the audio contained within the bitstream shall pass all audio channels and shall transcode all metadata to the output format The Receivers that are transcoding the incoming audio with metadata to an output format without metadata shall apply the incoming metadata before the transcoding For HE AAC bitstreams without metadata the Receiver shall interpret that the bitstream uses default metadata values for decoding and any transcoding and which shall refer to Program Reference Level for mono stereo and multichannel audio 23 dBFS e Downmix Parameters It is intension to include more information about downmix parameters in the future in Requirement specification 3 2 4 2 3 HE AAC Audio Output The
18. Automatic using E EDID information HDMI Video output Automatic using E EDID information HDCP ON or as specified by the relevant network CA operator see section 8 6 4 5 SSU Auto download Yes SSU Auto install No PVR recording priority SD vs HD HD Note 1 power Note 3 Audio type 0x00 Undefined stream see section 8 6 4 In the first time installation and resetting to factory default settings the DC supply shall be switched off It is recommended that the receiver ask if the DC power supply is turned on in the first time installation and in the installation after resetting to factory settings to speed up the initialisation procedure Note 2 Applicable for IRDs with RF PAL AND OR SECAM modulator Note 4 Refers to all kinds of supplementary audio Audio Description Spoken Subtitling and both distribution formats Broadcast mixed and receiver mixing of visual impaired audio Note 5 The IRD should provide an option to manually set the HDCP default to ON or OFF 46 Table 16 1 Factory default settings for IRDs 9 Receiver accessories and packaging 9 1 Easy to Use and Simple Documentation Receivers shall be simple to set up and operate and be provided with clear easy to understand user documentation in line with that requirement Reg 9 2 Support Package The following peripheral items shall be included within a BP receiver package A Composite CVBS and stereo audio RCA cable
19. GEORGIA SET TOP BOX SPECIFICATION 14 June 2014 O Copyright 2014 Foreword This Technical Specification was developed as an example of the digital TV receiver specification It is based on recognized International Standards documents This Technical Specification specifies the minimum and premium specifications to conform for the approval of Digital Receiver Set Top Box and Integrated Digital Television Table of contents o OA AEN E ER ON RAN 7 1 1 GIOSS CRY nee ne A ns ti eh continent 8 2 2 RETEREN CES a iaa 10 2 T OV FVIEW sn ee id 11 3 3 R quir ments ci naines te ne ne a nn ne nine nent t l ieat 11 3 1 General R quirements xss it di 11 3 1 TLPoWer Supply ss aimes ner entente ere tent ie Te TE CM 11 3 1 2 Power Supply Cord and Mains Plug c c ccccccccsssssscecccecsesesaeseeececsesesaeseeecsceeseeesesececeeseseseeseescesseseaaeseescssseseaaeseeecseseseaaees 11 3 1 3 Electromagnetic Compatibility oooooconcoooooononononononnnnnnncnnnnnonnnnnnncnnnonnnnnnnncnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnnncnnanennnnss 11 3 1 4Elecrical MN A AS A AE en re te 315 Making esen ended DIRA RIRs te tt tt cds oda ta mnt ere dde EA ed tas ee art inde einen ES entente idee 3 2 Technical Requirements 3 2 1 Processor and Memories nas inserer nine nl nr Ori 3 22 SERVICES SUIMIMANY nn nat aan ar nana nina ts A aies 3 2 21 Time exclusive S rvices i 6e A inner ce an ee eine RAR ne 3 2 3 Video decoding require
20. I output interface is recommended for DTV sets The STBs shall have at least one High Definition Multimedia Interface HDMI with type A output connector supporting displays that comply with the DigitalEurope HD Ready requirements and the High Definition Multimedia Interface 3 2 6 2 Video Output and Display The STB shall recognize E EDID information provided by the display and subsequently follow the below requirements The STB shall use 1920x1080p 50 Hz as the default output format if supported by the display If 1920x1080p 50 Hz is not supported by the display the STB should use 1280x720p 50Hz rather than 1920x1080i 25Hz as the output format although this priority requirement may not comply with the specified priority order in the HDMI specifications regarding E EDID information exchange The user shall be able to override the above behaviour in two different ways 1 By choosing an Original Format option i e to output the same format as received if supported by the display If the received format is not supported the STB shall select the display mode providing the best possible video quality as indicated by the E EDID information This is to avoid the STB output to go black if there is a mismatch between received format and display capability 2 By choosing a Fixed Format option i e to manually set preferably with a dedicated knob on the remote control the default output format from the NorDig STB to a fi
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22. Level 50dBm The D U value for PAL AND OR SECAM B G Adjacent channel Interference for 30 seconds of error free video shall not be higher than defined in following table The level of the FM sound relative to the vision carrier is 13dB The Level of NICAM signal relative to the vision carrier is 20dB The Broadcasted Signal when testing N 1 analogue ACI in MS4 mode shall use an offset of 166 KHz Req Analog Adjacent Channel D U dB Undesire Level 25dBm 27 The D U value for Digital Adjacent channel Interference for 30 seconds of error free video shall not be higher than defined in following table Req Digital Adjacent Channel D U dB Undesire Level 25dBm 3 2 8 11 3 Tolerance to Equal Amplitude SFN Signals The receiver shall continue to correctly demodulate and decode the DVB T2 signal in an SFN environment when there are two signals of equal amplitude present at the receiver input within echo lengths from 1 95us up to 95 of the guard interval The required C N value for OdB echo for 30 seconds of error free video shall not be higher than defined in following table Req OdB echo Channel Required C N dB Signal Level 50dBm 3 2 8 11 4 Immunity to 800MHz LTE signals in Other Channels In many countries UHF band V channels from CH61 to CH69 corresponding frequency range from 790 MHz to 862 MHz are or will be allocated for mobile services In these case the frequency range from 791 MHz to 821 MHz is used
23. Prec Pret if Pre lt 15dB if 15 dB lt Pre lt OdB if 0 dB lt P e lt 20 dB if 20 dB lt P e lt 35 dB if Pa gt 35 dB Prec is referred to signal level expressed in dBm at receiver RF signal input Pref is reference signal level value expressed in dBm specified in in Table 3 7 for DVB T2 21 Modulation Code Rate QPSK 3 5 6 64 QAM 1 2 64 QAM 3 5 Reference dBm signal level 64 QAM 2 3 83 64 QAM gt a 82 64 QAM avs 81 64 QAM 5 6 80 256 QAM 1 2 82 256 QAM B s 80 256 QAM 21 78 256 QAM 5 4 76 256 QAM avs 75 256 QAM 5 6 74 Table 3 1 Specified P values expressed in dBm for a PLP all signal bandwidths guard intervals and 32k FFT for DVB T2 signals 3 2 8 3 Requirements for the signal quality indicator SQI 3 2 8 3 1 DVB T2 signals The Receiver T2 shall 1 be provided with a signal quality indicator SQI The value for the SQI shall be referred to a PLP in the received signal at the Receiver RF signal input The signal quality indicator shall have a relative value within a range from 0 to 100 and with a resolution of 1 The signal quality indicator shall be updated regularly at least once per second The signal quality indicator SQI in shall be calculated for the received PLP according to the following formulas SQI 0 if C Nye lt 3 dB SAI C Nye 3
24. Receivers supporting HE AAC shall be capable of providing the following formats on the HDMI output connector from a HE AAC bitstream see chapter 16 for factory default settings e Transcoded to AC 3 or DTS bitstream Decoded and downmixed if gt 2 channels to PCM stereo bitstream The Receivers supporting HE AAC should be capable of providing the following formats on the HDMI output connector from a HE AAC bitstream see chapter 16 for factory default settings e Pass through of native bitstream HE AAC 1 e Decoded to PCM multichannel bitstream The Receivers supporting HE AAC and including an S PDIF output shall be capable of providing the following formats on the S PDIF connector from a HE AAC bitstream Decoded and downmixed if gt 2 channels to PCM stereo bitstream e Transcoded to AC 3 or DTS bitstream 17 3 2 4 3 Decoding options Analogue Optical Coaxial Output Speaker IDTV HE AAC Stereo Mono HE AAC multichannel 3 2 4 4 Analogue Phono Audio Set Top Boxes shall provide RCA Audio left Colour white amp Right Colour Red connectors 3 2 4 5 Digital Audio Output S PDIF and or HDMI ARC optionals The digital audio output S PDIF shall always give either a valid PCM output according to IEC 60958 or a non PCM encoded audio bit stream according to IEC 61937 The user shall be able to choose between the following storable output modes on the digital audio output interface 1 Forced
25. T EBU EPG EIT FEC FTA HDCP HDMI 1 1 Glossary Active Format Descriptor Dolby Digital 5 1 Channel Composite Video Blanking and Synchronization Bit Error Rate Carrier to Noise Ration DVB Colour Look Up Table Composite Video Baseband Signal Digital Terrestrial Television Digital Video Broadcast organization DVB Common Interface DVB Terrestrial European Broadcasting Union Electronic Programme Guide Event Information Table Forward Error Correction FFT Fast Fourier Transform Free to Air High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection High Definition Multimedia Interface HDTV High Definition Television IRD Integrated Receiver Decoder iDTVs Integrated Digital Televisions MP ML Main Profile at Main Level MPEG Moving Pictures Expert Group Must Indicates that a third party must comply to ensure correct operation present tense Is Indicates an existing provision NIT Network Information Table OSD On Screen Display Opt Optional PAL Phase Alternating Line QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying Req Requirement RF Radio Frequency RS Reed Solomon SD Standard Definition SDT DVB Service Description Table SDTV Standard Definition Television SFN Single Frequency Network SI Service Information S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface SSU System Software Update STB Set Top Box which is equivalent to a digital Terrestrial receiver Shall Indicates a mandatory provi
26. TFS with 4 RF frequencies and CR 3 5 it shall be possible to lose one RF frequency since 0 25 lt 0 75 1 0 60 0 30 Example 2 Using TFS with 4 RF frequencies and CR 2 3 it shall be possible to lose one RF frequency since 0 25 0 75 1 2 3 The IRD for DVB T2 should be able to correctly demodulate a TS when TFS is performed on a combination of UHF band IV V frequencies 8 MHz channel spacing and VHF band III frequencies 7 MHz spacing provided that the following conditions are fulfilled e The RF signals on VHF have nominally the same modulation parameters as those on UHF including T2 frame length symbol time guard interval etc e The edge carriers on the VHF signal are symmetrically surpressed already from the transmitter e g by setting the corresponding FFT bin values to zero so that the actually transmitted RF bandwidth of the VHF signal is identical to a standard 7 MHz DVB T2 signal Note 1 The IRD T2 should consider these edge carriers as unreliable With two RF frequencies about 6 25 of the total number of TFS carriers would then be erased which should have a very small impact on the capacity robustness required C N lt 1 dB degradation but about corresponding increase in capacity but with additional TFS gain Note 2 In a future release of this specification more detailed performance requirements for TFS operation may be included 3 2 8 11 6 Installation mode Automatic Search best servi
27. Video preferences for o Output video format as set by the user 1 Automatic mode based on use of E EDID 2 Fixed format HDMI Audio preferences for o Audio transcoding o Audio output selection e g stereo multichannel e Audio delay in S PDIF 8 2 Deletion of service lists The IRD shall provide a function to remove all service lists default and user defined this function should not affect other parameters e g user preferences Note Removal of service list can be implemented as part of factory reset see below 8 3 Reset to factory mode The IRD shall provide a function to reset all parameters to factory mode thus removing all service lists user preferences etc After reset the IRD shall enter installation state The factory mode should be set to the following RE input DC power supply source for terrestrial front end off 1 45 RF output preset channel Channel 43 PAL G AND OR SECAM 2 RF bypass gain Disabled Menu language equal to country settings Audio normal On 3 Primary audio language equal to country settings Audio Supplementary Audio Audio Description visual impaired Off 4 Audio format setting Stereo Subtitling normal On Primary subtitling language as country settings Subtitling hard of hearing hearing impaired Off HbbTV Interactivity On HDMI Audio output
28. all have a maximum length of 23 characters Text information shall be coded using character table 00 as defined in Annex A of EN 300 468 country_code This 24 bit field identifies a country using the 3 character code as specified in ISO 3166 Each character is coded into 8 bits according to ISO 8859 1 and inserted in order into the 24 bit field This shall be set to MYS service_id A service_id that belongs to the TS i e services from transport streams not in the current loop shall not appear One service may only be listed once in each channel list but may belong to be listed in more than one channel list visible_service_flag 1 visible O Not Visible 32 Ca reserved All reserved bits shall be setto 1 The receiver shall ignore these bits logic_channel_number This is the broadcasters preferred Logical Channel Number for the service in question Rules of operation are as per LCN Management section of this specification Logical_channel_v2_descriptor descriptor_ tag 8 Uimsbf descriptor_ length 8 Uimsbf for i 0 i lt N i channel_list_id 8 Uimsbf channel_list name length 8 Uimsbf for i O i lt N i char 8 Uimsbf country_code 24 Uimsbf descriptor_length 8 Uimsbf for i 0 i lt number_of_services it service_id 16 Uimsbf visible_service_flag 1 Bslbf reserved_future_use 5 Bslbf logical_ channel_number 10 Uimsbf y 4 1 3 2 Channel Numbering The Logical Channel Numbers shall b
29. ange over time To ensure that the viewer is always able to access all services being broadcast to the selected region the receiver must detect and reflect to the viewer any such changes with minimal viewer involvement All services have an associated Logical Channel Number Use of the logical channel number ensures that the viewer becomes familiar with a specific remote control unit button number for each channel Access to and use of accurate service information is essential if the viewer is to enjoy all of the content being broadcast 4 1 3 1 Logical Channel Descriptor LCD version 2 The LCD v2 shall be broadcasted via a privately defined LCD descriptor as outlined below This descriptor shall be broadcasted in the TS loop of the NIT on all multiplexes The purpose of the descriptor is to order services in particular order Receiver shall support this descriptor descriptor_tag This shall be 0x87 decimal 135 channel_list_id This 8 bit id shall uniquely define the Logical Channel List for a particular region This id shall be unique within the Original Network channel_list_name_length This 8 bit field specifies the number of bytes that follow the channel_list_name_length field for describing characters of the name of the Channel List The maximum length of the channel list name shall be 23 bytes char This is an 8 bit field A string of character fields specify the name of the channel list the channel_list name channel_list_name sh
30. ce The IRD shall provide an automatic search that finds all of the multiplexes and services in the whole supported frequency range Before the automatic search is started all service lists shall be deleted if present The IRD shall only display a service once in the service list i e avoiding duplicate of the same services even if the same service same triplet original_network_id transport_stream_id and service_id is received from multiple transmitters If the same service can be received from several transmitters the one with best A service is uniquely identified by its DVB triplet original_network_id transport_stream_id and service_id in all NorDig compliant terrestrial networks except for the Norwegian terrestrial network where only original_network_id and service_id are used to identify a service 30 reception quality shall be selected The criteria for selection of the best received service i e best reception quality shall be based on the combination of the signal strength and signal quality It is recommended that the complete search function takes less than 5 minutes at a reception location providing maximum 10 receivable DVB T T2 RF channels Note In order to speed up the automatic channel search with a reception quality measurement an approach with an automatic gain controller AGC based DVB T2 signal detection can be implemented The IRD implementation may sweep all the supported frequencies by detect
31. e DVB subtitle services as specified in section 5 4 1 and transmitted in conformance with ETS 300 743 20 and displayed using the OSD capabilities whilst decoding the full television service video and audio to which it is associated 40 Within DVB Subtitling it is possible to transmit common pages for all languages and subtitling streams inside one DVB subtitling PID this is referred to as ancillary pages Support for ancillary pages is optional for the RECEIVER The enabling or disabling of the subtitle ancillary pages if available should be user controlled with subtitle ancillary pages enabled as default option The selection of subtitle ancillary pages shall be independent of the enabling of subtitle composition pages The precision of the presentation of the subtitles shall be within 2 frames 5 4 1 Subtitling subset The RECEIVER shall at least be capable of decoding the following DVB subtitling services DDS The Display Definition Segment for a subtitle service shall be supported for services that implement DDS as defined in EN 300 743 20 Absence of a DDS implies that the display segment width shall be assumed as 720 pixels and the height as 576 lines Object types ae E y The handling of the object type 0x00 basic object bitmap shall be supported The handling of the other object types i e 0x01 basic object character and 0x02 composite object string of characters is optional Region
32. e obtained from the LCD descriptor as outlined above The channel map shall be from 1 999 with valid LCD s being assigned in the range from 1 799 by the broadcaster The details of the channel map are outlined below LCN Range 1 799 Services Assigned as per Logical Channel Descriptor Will contain all types of services including Radio Data Video LCN Range 800 999 Services inserted based rules outlined here Channel Map when there is a valid LCD Descriptor 33 Main Area Services shall be ordered here according to the channel map as described by the Logical Channel Descriptor If no valid Logical Channel Descriptor exists please refer to the no logical channel descriptor section below Overflow area Below is the list of different categories within the overflow area In country invalid LCN Any service which has not been assigned a Logical Channel Number or has been assigned a number outside the valid range of 1 799 shall be placed in the overflow area This section should only be used when there is a valid Logical Channel Descriptor within the network Please refer to the no logical channel descriptor section below Foreign Services Any service belonging to an original network other than the in country original network shall be placed in the overflow area Duplicate Services If two or more unique services unique DVB triplet are assigned the same Logical Channel Number the service belonging to the mult
33. eiver to properly undergo a successful DVB SSU operation One stream will replace the software in the receiver as demonstrated by a new version number or some other visible indicator the other will restore the receiver to its original configuration prior update 10 2 User Software Upgrade The receiver shall provide one or more of the following data interfaces to enable the user to perform software upgrades e Universal Serial Bus USB RJ 45 Ethernet IEE802 3 e Memory Card 49 10 3 Status The receiver shall provide a diagnostic screen triggered by a menu driven option providing the following basic information 1 Software Version 2 RF signal information which may include one or all of the following information a AGC b Pre FEC Bit Error Rate c Post FEC bit Error Rate 3 Optionally the receiver may also include the following information a Audio PID b Video PID c Channel ID 50
34. finition part of the system software A minimum functionality for the Basic Profile RECEIVER is as specified below e The User Interface shall include at least one graphics plane to display the Navigator and DVB subtitling e The Navigator shall include a service list function e The Navigator shall include a basic EPG for minimum of 7 days of EIT data The Graphics requirement for the Hybrid Profile receiver is governed by the graphics requirement of the interactive middleware application outlined in 12 Receivers shall meet the minimum requirement outline there Req 5 2 Language support Menu language shall be user selectable having at least language options listed in the table below The user shall be provided with Primary and secondary language options for both Subtitles and Audio selection The list of languages provided shall as a minimum contain all the languages outlined in the table below Language ISO 639 3 Code English ENG Original Audio is only applicable for Audio The default menu language shall be set to English or Georgian 39 5 2 1 Subtitle Selection The order of priority for subtitle selection shall be as follows 1 Primary Language 2 Secondary Language 3 Receivers own selection criteria optional The receiver may implement its own selection criteria after 1 amp 2 fail to provide a language match 5 2 2 Audio Selection The order of priority for subtitle selection shall be as follows
35. hange 3 2 8 5 RF Input Connector The Receiver shall have one input tuner connector type IEC female in accordance with IEC 60169 2 part 2 41 The input impedance shall be 75 ohm The RF input should support DC power to an external antenna with amplifier This shall not degrade to the performance of the RF input characteristics The DC power supply shall be protected against short circuit Furthermore there shall be an alternative in the menu system to turn the DC power supply source on off The last known state of the DC power supply source shall be set in the Receiver power up In the first time initialisation and resetting to factory default settings the DC power supply shall be switched off see chapter 16 3 If end user has set state of the DC power supply to on the STB supporting RF loop through shall maintain that state on even when receiver is turned off to stand by 23 The DC power supply characteristics are specified in Table 3 8 Parameter Value Voltage in ON state 5 0VDC Voltage tolerance 0 2VDC Maximum load current 30mA Maximum load capacitance 100uF Minimum resistance in OFF state 47kQ Protection for externally applied voltages 15VDC Table 3 2 RF input connector DC power supply characteristics 3 2 8 6 RF Output Connector option For a Receivers equipped with a RF bypass RF in RF out the connector shall be of type IEC male in accordance with IEC 60169 part 2 41 The
36. he following resolutions shall be supported by a compliant receiver 12 Format Resolution Frame Rate Field Progressive Inte Aspect Ratio rate rlaced 1080i 25 Refer to 25Hz 50 Hz Interlaced 16 9 7 clause 5 7 720p 50 Refer to 50Hz 50 Hz Progressive 7 clause 5 7 576i 25 Refer to 25Hz 50 Hz Interlaced 16 9 amp 4 3 7 clause 5 6 3 2 3 3 Video Bitrates The receiver shall be able to decode H 264 AVC video at bitrates from 250 kbps up to 28 Mbps for all resolutions up to 1920x1080 3 2 3 4 Output Resolution Control for Set Top Boxes Set Top Boxes shall provide either via the Menu System and or Remote control an option to change the output video format as required by the user The receiver is to perform a down conversion or upconversion from any valid input resolution to a user selected video resolution output If the Video Output format option is in the menu structure of the receiver for the user to manually select then a pop up message will appear to confirm the selection or reset automatically to the default selection after a time out period similar to changing the output format change display in windows operating system 3 2 3 5 Widescreen Set Top Boxes and IDTV s that optionally support Analogue outputs may format the outputs for displays which are either 16 9 or 4 3 Both may also carry out a suitable rescaling of the video to 14 9 when working with SD outputs on a 4 3 display 3 2 3 6 Primary Video Output
37. ing if there exists an RF signal by analyzing the AGC After the sweep the IRD analyses only the frequencies where the AGC reported an RF signal present and verifies if the signal is a DVB T2 signal In case of DVB T T2 signal reception quality is measured 4 Service Information 4 1 General Requirements 4 1 1 PSI SI Information BP receiver shall be able to process following SI tables as specified by EN 300 468 ETSI TR 101 211 and IS013818 1 NIT actual BAT SDT actual SDT other EIT actual p f EIT actual schedule EIT other p f EIT other schedule TDT TOT 10 CAT 11 PAT 12 PMT on A 1 PF WY FP HP receiver shall additionally support all the DVB SI additions as defined in the HbbTV v 1 5 ETSI TS 102 796 v 1 2 1 specification 31 4 1 2 Scanning for Services The receiver shall provide a method for the user to install all services which clears any previous service list that might exist During this installation process the receiver shall scan for the RF channels outlined in this document When a lock is achieved on a channel the receiver shall obtain the list of services for the current multiplex from SDT actual This process shall be repeated until the whole frequency range is complete 4 1 3 Service List After a receiver is installed it must offer the viewer all services that may be received in that geographic region compliant with the regional services requirement The services being broadcast may ch
38. iplex with the best RF quality shall be placed in the LCN assigned by the Logical Channel descriptor All other services shall be placed in this category of the overflow area Receivers may implement their own ordering of services within the overflow area When no logical channel descriptor is found within the in country Original Network all in country services shall be assigned Logical Channel Numbers in any order sequential from 1 onwards 1 N Sequentially ordered N 1 Channel Map when LCN descriptor is not broadcasted Services from the original network of foreign countries shall be placed immediately after the last in country service When there are duplicate services same DVB triplet only the service from the multiplex with the best RF quality shall be visible to the user best service selection the duplicate shall not be assigned a logical channel number 34 In case of iDTV when there is only one service list available an iDTV shall place the radio channels into the service list with following formula Radio Service LCN 1000 Signalled Radio Service LCN 4 1 3 3 Regional Broadcast Management A regional multiplex might contain one or more services which have events that differ from one region to another The receiver shall decode the Logical Channel Descriptor Version 2 as outlined above During initial install all channel lists for the country selected by the user shall be collated by the receiver Once the scan
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40. is complete if there is more than 1 valid channel list the user shall be given a method to select a preferred list The wording of the selection items presented to the user shall include the 23 character string broadcasted in the descriptor The receiver shall then order the services based on the selected channel list Example 0x1001 News Central Regon oo 002 008 Service D Service Name oN Dx1008 News Northem Region ooi 35 channel_list_id 0x02 channel_list_name Southern Region Service 1D Service Name MN 0x1001 News Central Region Channel List Example In the example above the news service with regional variation is being broadcasted on 3 services Based on the user selection the receiver shall be able to place at the most appropriate service in the main LCN slot The screen shots below gives a feel for the process that the user should experience and the interaction expected between the user and the receiver amp Digital Auto Tuning Please select your preferred channel order User Experience during channel list selection In this example a news channel has 3 regional variations Central Northern and Southern The service for the users own region should be placed at LCN 1 while the services for the other regions if the receiver is able to receive them shall be placed at LCN 100 onwards 36 If the services for other regions are not included in the list according to LCN ordering rules these service
41. is desirable for the following information to be displayed in the bottom thReceiver of the screen e Current time Start time of present and following event End time of present and following event e Logical Channel Number e Service Name Date Event name e Short description Extended description e Genre Sub genre e Parental rating The EPG Now and next shall be displayed when the user launches the application via the i info button on the remote control If a descriptor is missing from the EIT table the receiver shall not display an error message Req The EPG Now and next may be displayed when the user changes channels for approx 2 secs Opt 38 4 1 4 2 EPG Schedule The receiver shall be able to capture and display at least 7 days of EPG based on broadcasted EIT schedule information EIT information capture shall be done in the background continuously This will enable the receiver to display the Full EPG as soon as the EPG button is pressed 4 1 5 Clock The receiver shall be able to display real time clock calendar information The clock information shall be updated by the incoming TDT and TOT table in the SI The receiver shall display the clock in local time Req 5 User interface and Navigator 5 1 General Receiver shall implement a basic Navigator which provides user access to system information and allows the user to control the operation of the RECEIVER The Navigator is by de
42. l e decode AC 3 streams at all bit rates and sample rates listed in ETSI TS 102 366 36 not including Annex E e additionally decode E AC 3 streams with data rates from 32 kbps to 3 024 kbps and support all sample rates listed in TS 102 366 36 Annex E be capable of transcoding E AC 3 bitstreams to AC 3 bitstreams according to TS 102 366 36 Transcoding to AC 3 audio streams shall be at a fixed bit rate of 640 kbps 3 2 4 1 2 E AC 3 and AC 3 Metadata The Receiver supporting E AC 3 and AC 3 shall support the use of a complete set of Dolby metadata embedded in the audio stream when decoding AC 3 or E AC 3 bitstreams transcoding EAC 3 bitstreams to AC 3 or creating a PCM stereo downmix from a decoded E AC 3 or AC 3 bitstream 3 2 4 1 3 E AC 3 and AC 3 Audio Output The Receiver supporting E AC 3 and AC 3 shall be capable of providing the following formats on the HDMI output connector from an E AC 3 or AC 3 bitstream e Pass through of native bitstream AC 3 and E AC 3 e E AC 3 bitstream transcoded to AC 3 bitstream Decoded and downmixed if gt 2 channels to PCM stereo bitstream The following formats should be provided for the HDMI output connector from an E AC 3 or AC 3 bitstream Decoded to PCM multichannel bitstream 15 The Receiver supporting E AC 3 and AC 3 and including an S PDIF output shall be capable of providing the following formats on the S PDIF connector from an E AC 3 or AC 3 bitstream e E AC 3 bit
43. l mass memory for these functions it is considered to be a Plug in PVR capable device In such case the receiver must support following functions Receiver shall be able to record at least one scrambled event e Support for scheduled recordings from EPG manual timer recordings and one touch recordings where scheduled recording has the highest priority e User notification procedures for overlapping scheduled and OTR recordings e Time shift functions e Basic recording and playback functions which includes following features o Dynamic PMT support for recording and playback o Recording of all PIDs signaled in the PMT table for the event o Ability to select any of the recorded PIDs for playback o Ability to sync all recorded PIDs for playback eg audio and subtitling o Fast forward of playback o Rewind of playback o Pause of playback e Basic content management for mass memory including file removal and format options Mass memory content protection 44 8 User Preferences 8 1 Stored preferences The user shall be able to store preferences in persistent memory The following user preferences shall be implemented in the IRD o Video display preferences o Audio preferences o Primary and secondary audio language o Primary and secondary subtitling language o Service list o Country setting based on country code for pre selection of the primary menu audio subtitle language settings and channel list selection HDMI
44. late the CVBS signal into the PAL in accordance with ITU R rec 624 4 e Volume control as specified for the TV set Scart interface shall also be available at the modulator output e The modulator shall support PAL AND OR SECAM mono audio output e The Receiver RF output shall have one connector IEC male compliant with IEC 60169 2 part 2 27 3 2 8 2 Requirements for the signal strength indicator SSI The Receiver shall be provided with a signal strength indicator SSI The value for the SSI shall be referred to the RECEIVER RF signal input The Receiver shall be able to determine signal strength within a range starting from 15 dB lower than the reference signal level defined in Table 3 6 and up to 35dB above that value or maximum signal input level The absolute accuracy shall be 5 dB at RF signal input levels 80 dBm to 60 dBm and 7 dB for RF signal input levels higher than 60 dBm The relative accuracy should be 3 dB between centre frequencies within one frequency band e g VHF Band III or UHF Band IV V supported by the receiver Signal strength indicator shall have a relative value within a range from 0 to 100 and with a resolution of 1 The signal strength indicator shall be updated regularly once per second The formulas to calculate the signal strength indicator SSI value in are defined below 20 SSI 0 SSI 2 3 Pre 15 SSI 4 Pa 10 SSI 2 3 Pre 20 90 SSI 100 where Prei
45. low for software changes receivers must be upgradeable in a practical manner e g OverThe Air download The process of upgrading should cause minimal disruption to the viewer However to minimize the diversity of deployed software builds and to most efficiently use the available broadcast capacity the receiver must detect and act upon the broadcast of a relevant software download within 24 hours of its transmission commencing 10 1 Over The Air Download Support for the use of DVB SSU to at least the simple profile as defined in ETSI TS 102 006 15 is required Req Receiver shall be able to handle the presence of software downloads in any NIT referred carrier signal Reg Receiver shall be capable of automatic system software download over the air with minimal interruption to the viewer but the actual software update process shall be initiated by the user Req Manufacturer shall ensure that the receiver shall only respond to a unique OUI code Organisation Unique Identifier This means that the receiver shall not react to any other OUI from any other manufacturer nor react to any other OUI from the same company which relates to a different model receiver The default DVB SSU mode for the receiver shall be with DVB SSU enabled For Conformance testing manufacturers will be required to deliver two ASI transport streams containing relevant converted binary image files together with all relevant NIT and PMT data necessary for their rec
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47. on open standards predominantly from Digital Video Broadcasting DVB standards and ETSI Purpose The purpose of this document is to describe the requirements for a certified Free to View Terrestrial receiver and to refer to detailed specifications that are required for conformant implementation The profile is in the form of a hardware specification outline together with an overview of software requirements The software is to be routinely capable of being upgraded via over the air download 1 Scope The document sets out to identify the baseline functional specification of a H 264 AVC HD digital terrestrial receiver including both Set Top Boxes and IDTV s 1 Basic Profile BP Profile can be extended with Plug In PVR features in other words connecting a USB hard drive or similar to terrestrial receiver for time shifting or recording event s within a single transport stream Personal Video Recorders PVRs are outside the scope of this document It is intended that a terrestrial receiver conforming to this profile should comprise part of a domestic installation in conjunction with an external fixed wideband terrestrial UHF VHF antenna input Set Top Box output s will connect to the television display and possibly other domestic equipment It is the aim of the specification to ensure that the approved receiver satisfies the minimum requirements of each broadcaster AFD AC 3 CVBS BER C N CLUT CVBS DTT DVB DVB CI DVB
48. or each parameter that shall be supported by the receiver is outlined in the table below Req Parameter Required Modes Guard Interval Tu 19 128 Tu 8 Tu 19 256 Tu 16 Tu 32 Tu 128 3 2 8 10 1 Multiple PLP Feature Requirements The receiver shall support at least the following features related to Multiple PLP as outlined in 6 1 Both PLP Type 1 amp 2 2 At least 1 Common PLP and 8 Data PLPs 3 The receiver should be able to support Sl information broadcasted in both the Common as well as the Data PLP 25 3 2 8 11 Receiver DVB T2 Performance Requirement The performance requirements for this section shall be measured based on the list of modes outlined below p 00 la abad 64QAM me me N 32K 3 5 sa 64K LDPC 64K LDPC 64K LDPC Yes Yes lt oO Wn N Oo N Ww N Time Interleaving Length Data Rate Mbit s 36 9256 32 49116 39 8165 31 5919 26 3 2 8 11 1 Input Signal Level Receiver Sensitivity Required signal power dBm for 30 seconds of error free video Req Sensitivity 3 2 8 11 2 Interference Immunity The D U value for PAL AND OR SECAM B G Co channel Interference for 30 seconds of error free video shall not be higher than defined in the following table The level of the FM sound relative to the vision carrier shall be set to 13dB The Level of NICAM signal relative to the vision carrier is 20dB Req Analog Co Channel D U dB Desire
49. quirements are specified in CA specifications In brief the most relevant requirements are following e RECEIVERs with embedded smart card reader shall support CA providers Chipset Pairing e All encrypted content shall be HDCP copy control protected for all digital outputs e If any analog output is available HD formatted video shall be down converted to SD format for output via analog output All encrypted content shall never be stored in unencrypted form 6 1 2 RECEIVERs with Common Interface IDTVs RECEIVERs without embedded smart card reader shall support Cl interface RECEIVER shall fulfill all the mandatory requirements set by Cl Plus specification version 1 3 or later 6 1 3 Cl Plus CAM modules Cl Plus CAM modules shall support CA providers Chipset pairing with linkage protection and shall fulfill the requirements set by Cl Plus Specification version 1 3 or later In case transmission is missing URI signalization the CAM module shall send following URI information to compatible Cl Plus v 1 3 host e protocol version 0x01 e emi_copy_control_info OxOb00 e aps copy_control_info OxOb00 e ict_copy_control_info OxObO e rct_copy_control_info Ox0bO e rl_copy_control_info OxOb000000 e reserved bits equal Ox0bO 43 7 Plug in PVR If the receiver Set Top Box or iDTV supports any type of mass memory connectivity regarding timeshifting or recording functions or the receiver contains any type of interna
50. roximated as 0 but 10 shall be represented with a value in the range 10 to 90 such as 30 Similarly 91 may be approximated as 100 41 Number of streams The RECEIVER shall support at least one DVB subtitling streams i e at least support decoding of one subtitling composition page while support of one simultaneously available ancillary page is optional 5 4 2 Display of Subtitles During Enhanced Programming Hybrid Profile Subtitles shall be displayed on a separate logical graphics plane separate from that used for the interactive application outlined in 12 Req 5 5 Audio Prioritising The RECEIVER shall be able to select audio stream according to user selections these settings should be stored in the RECEIVER s memory separately for each service If manually selected audio is not able to be stored in the RECEIVER s memory per service a global setting should be made possible to set manual prioritization of stream type for all services The priority for the selected audio source shall be based on the user selections and audio stream shall be selected according to the priority list in table below If the user selections are not matching with the audio streams the RECEIVER shall always select one of the audio streams which closest suites with the user selections and will hereby provide audio to end user The user shall be able to select storable preferences for primary and secondary audio language If an audiostream according to
51. s The number of regions shall be according to the ETS 300 743 20 specification however a limitation in the display area due to memory restrictions is allowed The total number of regions to handle shall be able to cover four complete subtitle rows per frame where One subtitle row shall be extendable to 1906 pixels 60 pixels The regions shall have the possibility to cover 457440 pixels per frame Number of objects The number of objects shall be at least 128 CLUT The RECEIVER shall be able to handle at least one colour look up table CLUT with a minimum of 16 entries per region and the possibility to have one colour scheme applied in each of the regions It shall be possible to choose any 24 bit RGB colour into the 16 entries The decoder shall be able to handle the mapping to the closest colour match if the decoder has some limitation in the colour presentation The use of the non_modifying_ colour flag is optional Transparency The RECEIVER shall implement at least 5 levels of transparency 0 opaque 30 50 70 and 100 completely transparent Implementation of additional intermediate levels of transparency is optional Where the RECEIVER cannot complement a particular value of semi transparency it shall replace it with the nearest value of transparency it can implement However if the encoded value of transparency is in the range 10 90 it shall not be approximated as either 0 or 100 transparency So 9 may be app
52. s shall be moved into the overflow region 4 1 3 4 Network Evolution The service line up of the network is considered to be quasi static The receiver shall update the service list according to the rules outlined below to enable the broadcaster to evolve the network as necessary Network evolution will occur frequently during analogue switch off requiring the receiver to be able to track changes in the network The receiver is required only to update its service list when it is possible for it to do a complete scan without interruption to viewer s usage of the receiver However the receiver may do a partial update of the service list if this does not cause disruption to the viewer Changes in the network can be detected by monitoring NIT and SDT table version numbers Service Addition Deletion Services shall be added and deleted according to the Service line up in the SDT actual Multiplex Addition During the network evolution scan if a new multiplex is found the services in the multiplex shall be added to the service list Multiplex Deletion During the network evolution scan if a multiplex which was previously in the network list is no longer found the receiver shall delete all the services in the multiplex from the user service list Receivers may optionally implement measures to ensure that a multiplex is not deleted due to the temporary non availability of a multiplex due to transient broadcast conditions example rain Concerns
53. scesseseseeseescessesssaeseeeeseseseagees 47 9 1 Easy to Use aNd Simple D cumentation sssssssstss sense E EEEE nn rasta 47 9 2 S pport Package sisi se tatin etant inner ln nier tais tee rtlinee 47 9 3 Remote NN 48 10 10 Maintenance Unreal 49 5 10 4 OVEr THE Air DOWNIOA dilaci n 10 2 User S 10 3 Status Oftware Upgrader A A A A A aaa INTRODUCTION Proposition This document outlines a receiver which is capable of receiving both Standard Definition and High Definition Digital Terrestrial broadcast Items in this specification are divided into Required and Optional categories Where a feature is stated as Required its inclusion is necessary for the achievement of a minimum compliance with transmission requirements Additional Optional functions may be added by the vendor to enhance the consumer proposition and these will be welcomed In order to be compliant where a feature is Optional and is included in an offered receiver design the optional feature must be implemented in accordance with the associated referenced standards The word shall implies that the item is a requirement mandatory while the word may implies that a requirement is optional This specification is not a comprehensive list of all relevant standards relating to consumer equipment that can provide digital terrestrial reception but rather a list of those standards considered relevant to requirements The profile is based up
54. sion Should Indicates a desirable but not mandatory provision TS Transport Stream A data structure defined in ISO IEC 13818 1 UHF Ultra High Frequency Y C S Video Signal YCbCr YPbPr Component Video Signal Will Indicates an assumption about existing states or future events 2 References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 10 HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface specification Version 1 4 HDCP High Definition Digital Content Protection System Revision 1 4 EN 300 468 V1 11 1 Digital Video Broadcasting DVB Digital Broadcasting Systems for Television Sound and Data Services Specification for service information SI in Digital Video Broadcasting DVB European Telecommunication Standards Institute ETSI TR 101 211 V1 7 1 Digital Video Broadcasting DVB guidelines on implementation and usage of Service information Sl EN 302 755 Rev R1 1 1 Frame structure channel coding and modulation for a second generation digital terrestrial television broadcasting system DVB T2 ETR 101 154 v1 9 1 Digital Video Broadcasting DVB Implementation Guidelines for the use of video and audio coding in Broadcasting Applications based on the MPEG 2 transport stream ETSI 162 Digital Broadcasting Systems for Television sound and data services allocation of service information SI codes for digital Video Broadcasting DVB systems European Telecommunication Standards Institute ETSI
55. stream transcoded to AC 3 bitstream Decoded and downmixed if gt 2 channels to PCM stereo bitstream e Pass through of AC 3 bitstream 3 2 4 2 HE AAC Requirements on Audio Handling 3 2 4 2 1 HE AAC All Pass through Decoding and Transcoding The Receiver supporting HE AAC and thereby also AAC LC shall be capable of e decoding HE AAC Version 1 at Level 2 at sampling rates of 48 kHz according to ETSI TS 101 154 e decoding including downmixing HE AAC Version 1 at Level 4 multi channel up to 5 1 at sampling rates of 48 kHz according to ETSI TS 101 154 Annex C downmix e transcoding HE AAC Version 1 at Level 4 multi channel up to 5 1 at sampling rates of 48 kHz according to TS 101 154 Annex H to AC 3 or DTS The Receiver shall be able to skip bitstream elements that are not recognized i e unknown Fill elements and Data Stream elements If the Receiver is supporting HE AAC audio stream transcoding to AC 3 audio stream it shall be done according to TS 102 366 Transcoding to AC 3 multichannel audio streams shall be at a fixed bit rate of 640 kbps If the Receiver is supporting HE AAC audio stream transcoding to DTS audio stream it shall be done according to TS 102 114 33 at a fixed bit rate of 1 536 Mbps 3 2 4 2 2 HE AAC Metadata The Receiver supporting HE AAC shall support decoding of HE AAC bitstreams both with and without audio metadata It is highly recommended that the broadcast includes metadata for all HEA
56. xed video format The video format options shall include 1920x1080p 50Hz 1280x720p 50Hz and 1920x1080i 25Hz 3 2 7 Conditional Access CA 3 2 7 1 General The IDTV shall support at least one Common Interface Plus for CA module for conditional access The STBs shall support at least one smart card interface for conditional access The smart card interface with associated embedded functions should support use of external smart card s for at least one CA system The selected CA system will be specified later 19 3 2 7 2 Common Interface iDTVs shall incorporate a DVB CI Common Interface slot This slot shall be a certified Cl slot as outlined in Cl specification V1 3 14 meeting all the required robustness rules 3 2 8 Tuner Decoder The Receiver shall include at least one tuner demodulator for reception of signals from terrestrial transmitters broadcasting in accordance with EN 302 755 DVB T2 The digital transmissions may share frequency bands with other transmissions successful reception will depend on e g network configuration channel characteristics time varying interference from other analogue or digital transmitters and the receiver performance The transmission networks of DVB T T2 may include single frequency networks SFN 3 2 8 1 RF PAL AND OR SECAM Output option The Receiver should have one RF PAL AND OR SECAM output unit including a DSB modulator with the following properties e The modulator shall modu
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