
2002 Dec 17
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Philips Semiconductors
Product specification
PCI audio and video broadcast decoder
SAA7134HL
7.5
Analog TV standards
Analog TV signals are described in three categories of
standards:
Basic TV systems: defining frame rate, number of lines
per field, levels of synchronization signals, blanking,
black and white, signal bandwidth and the
RF modulation scheme
Colour transmission: defining colour coding and
modulation method
Sound and stereo: defining coding for transmission.
TV signals that are broadcasted usually conform fairly
accurately to the standards. Transmission over the air or
through a cable can distort the signal with noise, echoes,
crosstalk or other disturbances.
Video signals from local consumer equipment, e.g. VCR,
camcorder, camera, game console, or even DVD player,
often do not follow the standard specification very
accurately.
Playback from video tape cannot be expected to maintain
correct timing, especially not during feature mode (fast
forward, etc.).
Tables 12 to 14 list some characteristics of the various
TV standards.
The SAA7134HL decodes all colour TV standards and
non-standard signals as generated by video tape
recorders e.g. automatic video standard detection can be
applied, with preference options for certain standards, or
the decoder can be forced to a dedicated standard.
The SAA7134HL incorporates TV stereo decoding for
NICAM and dual FM sound systems. BTSC and EIAJ are
demodulated to mono-aural sound, but stereo decoding
can be added externally. Baseband stereo audio can be
fed into the device as analog signal, or in digital form in
I
2
S-bus format.
Table 12
Overview of basic TV standards
MAIN
PARAMETERS
STANDARD
UNIT
M
N
B
G, H
I
D/K
L
RF channel width
Video bandwidth
1st sound carrier
Field rate
Lines per frame
Line frequency
ITU clocks per line
Sync, set-up level
Gamma correction
Associated colour
TV standards
Associated stereo
TV sound systems
Country examples
6
6
7
5
7
5
8
7
6
8
6
MHz
MHz
MHz
Hz
kHz
IRE
4.2
4.2
5.5
4.5, FM
59.94006
525
15.734
1716
40, 7.5
2.2
NTSC,
PAL
BTSC,
EIAJ, A2
USA,
Japan,
Brazil
4.5, FM
50
625
15.625
1728
40, 7.5
2.2
PAL
5.5, FM
50
625
15.625
1728
43, 0
2.8
PAL
5.5, FM
50
625
15.625
1728
43, 0
2.8
PAL
6.0, FM
50
625
15.625
1728
43, 0
2.8
PAL
6.5, FM
50
625
15.625
1728
43, 0
2.8
SECAM,
PAL
NICAM,
A2
China,
Eastern
Europe
6.5, AM
50
625
15.625
1728
43, 0
2.8
SECAM
BTSC
dual FM,
A2
part of
Europe,
Australia
NICAM
NICAM
NICAM
Argentina
Spain,
Malaysia,
Singapore
UK,
Northern
Europe
France,
Eastern
Europe