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AS 5362:2024
[Current]AS 5362:2024 specifies television receiver requirements for reception of free-to-air (FTA) terrestrial VHF/UHF DVB-T and DVB-T2 broadcast television
Published: 15/11/2024
Pages: 73
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Cited references
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Introduction
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Application
1.2.1 General
1.2.2 Application to baseline television receivers
1.3 Normative references
1.4 Terms and definitions
2 Essential requirements for receivers
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Essential receiver requirements
3 Receiver features
3.1 General
3.2 DVB-T2 RF tuning performance and reception
3.2.1 DVB-T2 receivers
3.2.2 RF performance
3.2.2.1 7 MHz transmission channel bandwidth
3.2.2.2 RF input channel loading allowance
3.2.2.3 Receiver sensitivity
3.2.2.4 Scanning to find services
3.2.2.5 Use L1 Signalling for DVB-T2 transmission discovery
3.2.2.6 Automatic detection of new or changed services
3.2.3 DVB-T2 COFDM transmission and performance parameters
3.2.3.1 General
3.2.3.2 Change in COFDM transmission parameters—acquisition time
3.2.3.3 Operation in a DVB-T2 Single Frequency Environment
3.2.4 Immunity to DVB-T/-T2 signals in other channels
3.2.5 Immunity to 700 MHz LTE signals in other channels
3.2.5.1 General
3.2.5.2 Immunity to 700 MHz LTE signals in other channels
3.3 Video decode and display
3.3.1 General
3.3.2 MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 Part 10 video decoding
3.3.2.1 Decode SD MP@ML video formats
3.3.2.2 Decode HD MP@HL video formats
3.3.2.3 Decoding of MPEG-4 Part 10 AVC
3.3.3 HEVC decoding
3.3.4 Picture colorimetry and gamma
3.3.4.1 General
3.3.4.2 Colorimetry and Gamma
3.3.5 Reaction to reception of video formats not supported by the receiver
3.3.5.1 General
3.3.5.2 Digital output on HDMI
3.3.5.3 Picture shape change button via user navigation
3.3.5.4 Identification of 16:9 pictures — MPEG header aspect_ratio_information
3.3.6 Other MPEG video presentation features
3.3.7 Signalling in the video stream
3.3.7.1 Advanced Video Coding (AVC)
3.3.7.2 High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)
3.3.8 Decoding service format types
3.4 Audio — Decoding and reproduction
3.4.1 Audio outputs
3.4.2 MPEG audio
3.4.2.1 Decode audio MPEG-1 Layer II streams
3.4.2.2 Decode all MPEG-1 Layer II sampling rates
3.4.2.3 MPEG-1 Layer II transmission bit rate
3.4.2.4 Ability to decode MPEG-2 audio formats
3.4.3 AC-3: Decoding and output
3.4.3.1 Decode AC-3 audio streams
3.4.3.2 Decodable AC-3 sampling frequency range
3.4.3.3 Decodable AC-3 bit-rate range
3.4.3.4 Recognition of AC-3 in a DVB MPEG Transport Stream
3.4.3.5 AC-3 audio outputs
3.4.3.6 E-AC-3 decoding
3.4.4 AC-4: Decoding and output
3.4.4.1 Decode AC-4 audio streams
3.4.4.2 Decodable AC-4 sampling frequency range
3.4.4.3 Decodable AC-4 bit rate range
3.4.4.4 Recognition of AC-4 in a DVB MPEG Transport Stream
3.4.4.5 AC-4 outputs
3.4.5 HE AAC audio: Decoding and output
3.4.5.1 Decode HE AAC audio streams
3.4.5.2 HE AAC outputs
3.4.6 Audio identification and control
3.4.6.1 General
3.4.6.2 Identifying which audio streams are present
3.4.6.3 User access to other audio streams (including one or more other languages)
3.4.6.4 Switching between program services with different audio formats
3.4.6.5 Ability to present stereo audio encoded with surround information suitable for external surround sound decoding
3.4.6.6 System audio reference level
3.4.6.7 Receiver average audio output level
3.4.6.8 Audio Levels and Loudness
3.4.6.9 Maximum picture–sound timing misalignment
3.5 Processing Program-Specific Information (PSI) and Service Information (SI)
3.5.1 Interpretation of SI variations for Australia
3.5.1.1 General
3.5.1.2 Parental guidance
3.5.1.2.1 Decoding of parental guidance ratings codes
3.5.1.2.2 Display of parental guidance rating
3.5.1.2.3 Parental guidance program lock-out
3.5.1.3 Content descriptor
3.5.1.4 Interpretation of Time-Offset Tables
3.5.1.4.1 General
3.5.1.4.2 Informative notes on Time-Offset Tables
3.5.1.5 Private Data Specifier
3.5.2 Interpretation of MPEG, DVB mandatory and DVB optional tables
3.5.2.1 Dynamic MPEG DVB changes
3.5.2.2 Follow broadcaster service changes
3.5.2.3 Response to service changes—PSI and SI updates
3.5.3 Interpretation of other descriptors
3.5.3.1 Application Information Table (AIT)
3.5.3.2 Content Reference Identifier(CRID)
3.5.3.3 T2 delivery system descriptor
3.5.3.4 Default Authority Descriptor (DAD)
3.5.4 Logical Channel Numbering (LCN)
3.5.4.1 General
3.5.4.2 Services without LCNs
3.5.4.3 Duplicated LCNs
3.5.4.4 Finding duplicate LCNs
3.5.5 Event Information Table (EIT)
3.5.5.1 General
3.5.5.2 Use of EIT schedule information
3.5.5.3 Use of EIT present/following information
3.5.5.4 Character set
3.5.5.5 Parental guidance rating in the I-Plate
3.5.6 Selection of DVB service types
3.5.7 Packet Identifier (PID) filters
3.6 Australian regulatory and safety requirements
3.6.1 General
3.6.2 Electrical safety
3.6.2.1 General
3.6.2.2 Mains voltage
3.6.2.3 Touch current
3.6.3 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and other ACMA regulations
3.6.4 Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS)
3.7 Power on operations
3.7.1 First-time operation initialization
3.7.2 Subsequent switch on
3.8 User operation — DVB Service Information
3.8.1 Operating system
3.8.2 Receiver diagnostics and reset
3.8.3 Signal strength and quality indicator
3.8.4 Service unavailable — On-screen service — Poor or no RF signal
3.8.5 User navigation
3.8.5.1 Basic navigation
3.8.5.2 Display of TTML subtitling
3.8.5.3 Aspect ratio control button
3.9 Operating software and enhanced functionality
3.9.1 Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV)
3.10 Subtitles including Closed Captions (CCs)
3.10.1 Viewer access to Closed Captions
3.10.2 Teletext format
3.10.2.1 Notes on decoding teletext Closed Caption data
3.10.2.2 Positioning of Teletext Closed Captions over displayed picture
3.10.2.3 Choice of Teletext Closed Caption character font
3.10.2.4 Time accuracy of Teletext Closed Captions
3.10.3 Bit-mapped subtitles
3.10.4 General requirements for decoding and display of TTML Subtitling
3.11 Data broadcasting (broadcast television related)
3.11.1 General
3.11.2 Access to data service
3.12 Interfaces and connectors
3.12.1 RF input/output
3.12.1.1 RF input and output
3.12.1.2 Spurious signals on the RF connectors
3.12.2 Interfaces and signals
3.12.2.1 Audio output
3.12.2.1.1 Analogue outputs
3.12.2.1.2 Digital outputs
3.12.2.1.3 S/PDIF
3.12.2.2 Digital video outputs — HDMI
3.12.2.3 Ethernet Connector — RJ 45
Appendix A
A.1 General
A.2 Frequencies and signal bandwidths
A.2.1 General
A.2.2 Channel frequency offsets — Maximum frequency offset
A.3 Signal bandwidths
A.4 DVB-T2 COFDM transmission parameters
A.5 RF Input connector
A.6 RF Output connector (option)
A.7 Return Loss (RL)
A.8 Antenna input sensitivity
A.9 Receiver selectivity
A.9.1 General
A.9.2 Operation in the presence of other television emissions
A.10 Antenna input overload
A.11 Minimum receiver signal input levels
A.12 Quasi Error Free signal characteristics
A.13 RF Performance requirements — Definitions
A.14 Failure point criteria
A.14.1 General
A.14.2 Approximate delta values between PFP1 and reference BER (QEF)
A.14.3 Carrier-to-noise threshold performance
A.14.4 C/N threshold performance in the presence of static 0 dB echo
A.14.4.1 General
A.14.4.2 COFDM parameters — Case 1
A.14.4.3 COFDM parameters — Case 2
A.14.4.4 Variable power echo
A.15 Doppler echo performance
A.15.1 General and definition
A.15.2 Measurement
A.15.3 Australian digital television broadcast band frequencies
A.15.4 Australian non-broadcast band channel frequencies
Appendix B
B.1 General —Additional cases for DVB-T2 implementation
B.2 Symmetrical utilization of guard interval
B.3 Synchronisation for varying echo power levels in SFN
B.4 C/(N+I) Performance in single frequency networks
Appendix C
C.1 General
C.2 Descriptor identification and location (Clause 6.1 in ETSI EN 300 468)
C.3 Australian variations to DVB Service Information specifications
C.3.1 Background
C.3.2 Interpretations of SI variations for Australia
C.3.3 Interpretation of Network Information Table (NIT)
C.3.3.1 Introduction
C.3.3.2 Original network identification coding
C.3.3.3 Network identification coding
C.3.4 Bouquet_id
C.3.5 Linkage descriptor
C.3.6 Application of Local Time Offset Table
C.3.7 Content descriptors (Australian variation from international DVB Standards)
C.3.8 Private Data Specifier Usage
C.3.9 Application of Event Information Table
C.3.10 Extended event descriptor
C.3.11 Short event descriptor
C.3.12 Application information tables (AIT)
C.3.13 Parental Rating Descriptor
C.3.14 Australian parental guidance codes
C.3.15 Service descriptor
C.3.16 Component descriptor
C.3.17 Terrestrial delivery system descriptor
C.3.18 Subtitling descriptor
C.3.19 Teletext descriptor
C.3.20 TTML subtitling descriptor
C.3.21 Extension descriptor
C.3.22 Extended descriptor identification and location
C.3.23 Extended descriptor coding
C.3.24 T2 delivery system descriptor
C.3.25 Supplementary audio descriptor
C.3.26 T2MI descriptor
C.3.27 Audio preselection descriptor
C.3.28 AC-4 descriptor, syntax and semantics
C.3.29 Service Information implementation of AC-4 audio in DVB systems
C.3.30 Use of the supplementary audio descriptor with AC-4
C.3.31 Non-DVB descriptor
C.3.31.1 Implementation of Logical Channel Descriptor
C.3.31.2 Semantics of the Logical Channel Descriptor
Appendix D
D.1 General
D.2 EBU Teletext in DVB bitstreams
D.3 DVB subtitling
D.4 DVB TTML
Appendix E
E.1 General
E.2 Video formats and video coding
E.3 Frame/field rates
E.4 HEVC scaling
E.5 HEVC conformance points
E.6 H.264/AVC and H.265/HEVC backwards compatibility
Appendix F
F.1 General
F.2 Audio formats
F.2.1 General
F.2.2 MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Audio
F.2.3 AC-3 and Enhanced AC-3 Audio
F.2.4 MPEG-4 AAC, MPEG-4 HE AAC and MPEG-4 HE AAC v2 audio
F.2.5 AC-4 channel based audio
F.2.6 AC-4 channel based, immersive and personalized audio
F.2.6.1 AC-4 specific NGA concepts
F.2.6.2 Decoding
F.3 Supplementary audio services
F.3.1 General
F.3.2 Overview
F.3.3 Specifications for a DVB compliant bit stream for DVB Broadcast Mix Audio Description
F.3.4 Syntax and semantics for the Supplementary Audio Descriptor
F.3.5 PSI PMT signalling
F.3.6 EIT signalling
F.3.6.1 General principles
F.3.6.2 Visually impaired audio description
F.3.6.3 Audio Description SI/PSI Signalling
F.3.6.4 Audio Description SI/PSI Signalling for MPEG-4 HE AAC
F.3.6.5 Audio Description SI/PSI Signalling for MPEG-1 Layer II
F.4 Multichannel/immersive audio
F.4.1 Multichannel audio
F.4.2 Immersive audio
F.5 Audio prioritization/personalization
F.5.1 General
F.5.2 Audio prioritization for NGA capable receivers
Bibliography
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
Digital television - Requirements for receivers for VHF/UHF DVB-T television broadcasts including ancillary services
IEC 60958-4:2016
Digital audio interface – Part 4-4: Professional applications – Physical and electrical parameters
[Current]
Radio-frenquency connectors - Part 2: Sectional specification - Radio frequency coaxial connectors of type 9,52
[Superseded]
Radio-frequency connectors - Part 24: Sectional specification - Radio frequency coaxial connectors with screw coupling, typically for use in 75 Ω cable networks (type F)
IEC 61937:2022 all parts)
Digital audio – Interface for non-linear PCM encoded audio bitstreams applying IEC 60958 (2016)
Content history
DR AS 5362:2023