AS/NZS 1367:2007
Coaxial cable and optical fibre systems or the RF distribution of analog and digital television and sound signals in single and multiple dwelling installations
Provides specifications and requirements for the cabling of a range of premises and buildings generally referred to in this Standard as dwellings, for distribution of analog and digital services such as free-to-air TV and sound, subscription or pay TV, or in-house video systems via RF distribution. Such distributed services may include an interactive path.
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AS/NZS 1367:2007 COAXIAL CABLE AND OPTICAL FIBRE SYSTEMS FOR THE RF DISTRIBUTION OF ANALOG AND DIGITAL TELEVISION AND SOUND SIGNALS IN SINGLE AND MULTIPLE DWELLING INSTALLATIONS
PREFACE
CONTENTS
SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
1.1 SCOPE AND APPLICATION
1.1.1 Scope
1.1.2 Objective
1.1.3 Application
1.1.4 Documentation provided with System
1.1.5 Exclusions
1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
1.3 SERVICES
1.3.1 General
1.3.2 Analog TV
1.3.3 DVB-T TV
1.3.4 DVB-S TV
1.3.5 DVB-C TV
1.3.6 FM radio
1.3.7 T-DAB radio
1.4 LOCATIONS
1.4.1 Dwelling categories
1.4.2 Service Entry location
1.5 SYSTEMS AND EXAMPLES
1.5.1 Types of systems
1.5.2 Excluded configurations
1.5.3 Frequency usage
1.5.4 Variations in equipment specifications
1.5.5 System modifications or additions
1.5.6 Overlay or duplicate systems
1.5.7 Provision of Free-To-Air Services including digital services
1.5.7.1 Free-To-Air services
1.5.7.2 System outlet quality—Digital TV and Analog TV
1.5.7.3 Legacy system structures
1.5.7.4 Subscription Pay TV and FTA services
1.5.7.5 Provision for FTA Digital TV services
1.5.7.6 Analog TV channel frequency and alternative source
1.5.7.7 FTA antenna location and installation quality
1.5.7.8 Provision of Teletext and Captions in Analog TV distribution systems
1.5.8 Compliance and specific requirements
1.5.9 Component quality
1.5.10 Published specifications and labelling
SECTION 2 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
2.1 APPLICATION AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
2.1.1 Application
2.1.2 Other standards
2.1.3 General requirements
2.2 ANTENNAS
2.2.1 General
2.2.2 Antenna earthing
2.3 POWERING OF CABLED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
2.3.1 Line powered
2.3.2 Remote powering and control signals via the outlet
2.3.3 Mains connected equipment
2.4 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
2.5 TRANSIENT AND FAULT PROTECTION
2.5.1 General
2.5.2 Protection method choice
2.5.3 Equipotential bonding
2.5.3.1 General
2.5.3.2 Equipotential bonding techniques
2.5.3.3 Installation of communications earth terminal (CET)
2.5.3.4 Bonding conductor
2.5.3.5 Component earthing cable
2.5.3.6 Fault current capacity
2.5.3.7 ‘Earth loops’
2.5.4 Mains isolation
2.5.4.1 General
2.5.4.2 Outlets
2.5.4.3 Single dwellings
2.5.4.4 Multiple dwellings
2.6 PROXIMITY TO AND SEGREGATION FROM OTHER SYSTEMS
2.6.1 General
2.6.2 Segregation
2.7 SAFETY WITH OPTICAL SYSTEMS—LABELS
SECTION 3 EMC EQUIREMENTS
3.1 GENERAL
3.1.1 General
3.1.2 Application
3.1.3 EMC regulations
3.1.4 Specification
3.1.5 Theoretical basis
3.2 EMISSION FROM A SYSTEM (ENVIRONMENT)
3.2.1 General
3.2.2 Measurement method
3.2.2.1 General
3.2.2.2 Configuration
3.2.2.3 Test signal
3.2.2.4 Measurement
3.2.2.5 Calibration
3.2.3 Emission field strength limits
3.3 EMISSION FROM A SYSTEM (CONDUCTION)
3.4 IMMUNITY OF A SYSTEM (ENVIRONMENT)
3.4.1 General
3.4.2 System immunity limits from other transmitted services
3.4.3 Maximum unwanted interfering field strength
3.4.4 System immunity from impulsive noise
3.4.5 Method of measurement of the external immunity of a system
3.4.5.1 General
3.4.5.2 Operating conditions
3.4.5.3 Immunity measurement procedure
3.4.5.4 Interpretation of results
3.5 IMMUNITY OF A SYSTEM (CONDUCTION)
3.5.1 General
3.5.2 Limits
3.5.2.1 Mains lead conduction
3.5.2.2 Non-mains lead conduction
SECTION 4 ACTIVE DISTRIBUTION EQUIPMENT
4.1 GENERAL
4.2 ENVIRONMENT
4.3 EMC
4.3.1 Emission from equipment
4.3.2 Immunity of equipment
4.4 EQUIPMENT EARTHING
4.5 FREQUENCY RANGE
4.6 NOMINAL IMPEDANCE
4.6.1 General
4.6.2 Return loss
4.7 GAIN
4.7.1 Gain and gain range
4.7.2 Frequency dependant gain (slope)
4.8 AMPLITUDE FLATNESS
4.8.1 General
4.8.2 Specification
4.8.2.1 Wideband flatness
4.8.2.2 Narrowband flatness
4.8.3 Conditions
4.9 TEST POINTS
4.10 GROUP DELAY
4.10.1 Analog TV
4.10.2 DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-C, T-DAB & FM Radio
4.11 NOISE FIGURE
4.12 RF ISOLATION
4.12.1 Equipment with multiple outputs
4.12.2 Equipment catering for multiple trunks
4.13 MAXIMUM OUTPUT LEVEL
4.13.1 General
4.13.2 Analog Service Rating (ASR)
4.13.2.1 General
4.13.2.2 Second order distortion (IM2)
4.13.2.3 Third order distortion (IM3)
4.13.2.4 De-rating of maximum level rating with channel loading
4.13.2.5 Composite Second Order (CSO)
4.13.2.6 Composite Triple Beat (CTB)
4.13.3 ASR application to Digital TV
4.13.3.1 General
4.13.3.2 Terrestrial
4.13.3.3 Satellite
4.13.4 Digital Service Rating (DSR)
4.13.4.1 Measurement method
4.13.4.2 Measurement implementation
4.13.4.3 DSR method measurement criteria
4.13.5 Relation between ASR and DSR (informative)
4.13.6 Cascaded active devices de-rating
4.14 CHANNEL POWER MEASUREMENT BANDWIDTHS
4.15 AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL
4.15.1 Range
4.15.2 Variation
4.15.3 AGC Response Time
4.16 SCREENING EFFECTIVENESS OF EQUIPMENT
4.17 TRUNK PATH DC CURRENT CAPABILITY OF SATELLITE IFAMPLIFIERS
4.18 POWER SUPPLY
4.18.1 Rating
4.18.2 Supply voltages and power consumption
4.18.3 Supply power indicator
4.19 LABELLING
SECTION 5 PASSIVE EQUIPMENT
5.1 GENERAL
5.1.1 Application
5.1.2 Interpretation
5.2 ENVIRONMENT
5.3 EMC
5.3.1 General
5.3.2 Emission from equipment
5.3.3 Immunity of equipment
5.4 EQUIPMENT EARTHING
5.5 NOMINAL IMPEDANCE
5.6 SYSTEM OUTLET FLYLEAD
5.6.1 General
5.6.2 Connectors
5.6.3 Return loss
5.6.3.1 Flylead Return Loss
5.6.3.2 Structural Return Loss (SRL)
5.6.4 Attenuation
5.6.5 Screening
5.6.6 Dielectric
5.7 SYSTEM OUTLET (WALLPLATE)
5.7.1 Application
5.7.2 TV/Satellite diplexer
5.7.3 TV/FM sound diplexer
5.7.4 Connectors
5.7.5 Return loss
5.7.5.1 General
5.7.5.2 Wallplate—Barrel only
5.7.5.3 TV/SAT Diplexer
5.7.5.4 TV/FM Diplexer
5.7.6 RF isolation
5.7.7 Screening
5.7.8 AC mains isolation
5.8 SPLITTERS, DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS AND DISTRIBUTION TAPS
5.8.1 General
5.8.2 Return loss
5.8.3 Splitter amplitude loss
5.8.4 Specified loss
5.8.5 Loss difference between outputs
5.8.6 Amplitude versus frequency response
5.8.6.1 Wideband flatness
5.8.6.2 Narrowband flatness
5.8.7 RF isolation
5.8.8 RF isolation between multiple devices in the same package
5.8.9 Directivity
5.8.10 Screening
5.8.11 DC current capability for splitters for use in satellite IF systems
5.8.12 Port and trunk path DC current capability for taps for use in satellite IFsystems
5.9 SATELLITE IF HIGH PASS FILTERS
5.10 OTHER PASSIVE DEVICES
5.10.1 General
5.10.2 Return loss
5.10.2.1 Power inserters/injectors, DC blocks/isolators
5.10.2.2 Galvanic (inner and shield) isolators
5.10.2.3 Filters and slope equalizers in the pass band
5.10.2.4 Barrels
5.10.2.5 Adaptors, right angles, etc
5.10.2.6 Attenuators
5.10.2.7 Terminating resistors
5.10.3 Amplitude loss
5.10.3.1 Power inserters/injectors, DC block/isolators
5.10.3.2 Galvanic (inner and shield) isolators
5.10.3.3 Filters and slope equalizers in applicable pass band
5.10.3.4 Barrels
5.10.3.5 Adaptors, right angles, etc
5.10.3.6 Attenuators
5.10.4 Amplitude flatness
5.10.4.1 Wideband flatness
5.10.4.2 Narrowband flatness
5.10.5 Screening
5.10.6 DC current capability for other passive devices for use in satellite IF systems
5.11 COAXIAL CABLE
5.11.1 Construction
5.11.2 Cable selection
5.11.2.1 General
5.11.2.2 Underground installation
5.11.2.3 Aerial installation
5.11.2.4 Common areas requiring fire retardant materials
5.11.3 Physical dimensions
5.11.4 DC requirements
5.11.4.1 Resistance
5.11.4.2 Current carrying capacity
5.11.5 Screening
5.11.6 Characteristic impedance
5.11.7 Structural Return Loss (SRL)
5.11.8 Attenuation characteristics
5.11.9 Attenuation equations for design purposes
5.11.9.1 General
5.11.9.2 RG6 cable
5.11.9.3 RG11 cable
5.11.10 Cable Velocity of Propagation
5.12 COAXIAL CONNECTORS
5.12.1 Type
5.12.2 Return loss
5.12.3 Screening
5.12.4 Compatibility
5.13 LABELLING
SECTION 6 HEADEND EQUIPMENT
6.1 GENERAL
6.2 ENVIRONMENT
6.3 EMC
6.3.1 General
6.3.2 Emission from equipment
6.3.3 Immunity of equipment
6.4 EQUIPMENT EARTHING
6.5 RF SIGNAL GENERATION AND MODULATION EQUIPMENT
6.5.1 Input and output ports
6.5.1.1 Connectors
6.5.1.2 Impedance
6.5.1.3 Return loss
6.5.2 Out of channel spurious
6.5.3 Digital TV modulators
6.5.3.1 Modulation characteristics
6.5.3.2 Channel frequency limits
6.5.3.3 Carrier frequency and stability
6.5.3.4 Out of channel spurious
6.5.3.5 MPEG Transport Stream (TS) data rate
6.5.4 Analog TV modulators
6.5.4.1 General
6.5.4.2 Modulation characteristics
6.5.4.3 Channel frequency limits
6.5.4.4 Vision carrier frequency and stability
6.5.4.5 Analog TV sound carriers
6.5.4.5.1 Mono analog sound
6.5.4.5.2 Stereo analog sound
6.5.4.5.3 Stereo digital sound
6.5.4.6 Out of channel spurious
6.5.4.7 Analog TV modulation depth
6.5.4.8 Analog PAL modulator group delay pre-correction for receivers
6.5.4.9 Unwanted hum modulation on vision
6.5.5 QAM modulators
6.5.6 FM radio modulators
6.5.6.1 Modulation characteristic
6.5.6.2 Frequency accuracy and stability
6.5.6.3 Out of channel spurious
6.5.7 Digital TV to Digital TV frequency converters or translators
6.5.7.1 Frequency accuracy and stability
6.5.7.2 Output level stability
6.5.7.3 Out of channel spurious
6.5.8 Analog TV to Analog TV frequency converters or translators
6.5.8.1 Frequency accuracy and stability
6.5.8.2 Output level stability
6.5.8.3 Out of channel spurious
6.5.9 Pilot signal generator
6.5.9.1 Frequency
6.5.9.2 Output level stability
6.5.10 Amplifier and frequency converter intermodulation distortion
6.5.11 Noise figure
6.5.11.1 Devices without AGC
6.5.11.2 Devices with AGC
6.6 ANALOG VIDEO SIGNAL REQUIREMENTS
6.6.1 Impedance
6.6.2 Connectors
6.6.3 Cable impedance
6.6.4 Return loss
6.6.5 Cable shielding
6.6.6 Voltage
6.6.7 Synchronizing pulse polarity
6.6.8 DC offset voltage
6.6.8.1 Clamping
6.6.9 Video distortion
6.6.9.1 Differential gain
6.6.9.2 Differential phase
6.6.9.3 Luminance non-linearity
6.6.9.4 Signal to noise
6.6.9.5 Group delay distortion
6.6.9.6 2T response
6.6.9.7 Teletext decoding margin
6.7 ANALOG AUDIO SIGNAL REQUIREMENTS
6.7.1 Impedance
6.7.1.1 Input ports
6.7.1.2 Output ports
6.7.2 Connectors
6.7.3 Cables
6.7.4 Cable shielding
6.7.5 Analog TV audio
6.7.5.1 Voltage
6.7.5.2 Amplitude response
6.7.5.3 Stereo crosstalk
6.7.5.4 Total harmonic distortion
6.7.5.5 Signal to noise
6.7.6 FM radio
6.7.6.1 Voltage
6.7.6.2 Amplitude response
6.7.6.3 Stereo crosstalk
6.7.6.4 Total harmonic distortion
6.7.6.5 Signal to noise
6.7.6.6 Distortion products in an FM radio channel
6.8 DATA INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS
6.9 ANTENNAS
6.9.1 Antennas general
6.9.2 Satellite service antennas
6.9.3 Terrestrial service antennas
6.9.4 Location of antennas for DVB-T reception (informative)
6.9.5 Location of antennas for DVB-S reception (informative)
6.9.6 Location of antennas for Sound Broadcast reception
6.9.7 Combining of T-DAB with Analog TV and Digital TV
6.9.8 Antenna amplifier
6.9.8.1 Gain
6.9.8.2 Return Loss (RL)
6.9.8.3 Noise Figure (NF)
6.9.8.4 Maximum output level
6.9.8.5 Spurious signals and stability
6.10 ACTIVE HEADEND DEVICE OUTPUT LEVELS AND REQUIREMENTS
6.10.1 General
6.10.2 Analog Service Rating (ASR)
6.10.3 Digital Service Rating (DSR)
6.11 POWER SUPPLY
6.11.1 Rating
6.11.2 Supply voltages and power consumption
6.11.3 Supply power indicator
6.12 LABELLING
SECTION 7 OPTICAL EQUIPMENT
7.1 SCOPE
7.2 ENVIRONMENT
7.3 EMC
7.3.1 General
7.3.2 Emission from equipment
7.3.3 Immunity of equipment
7.4 EQUIPMENT EARTHING
7.5 APPLICATION
7.5.1 RF frequency range
7.5.2 Operating bands
7.5.3 Optical mode
7.5.4 Nominal wavelength
7.5.5 Optical modulation
7.5.6 Connector
7.5.7 Fibre connection
7.5.8 Fibre type
7.6 OVERALL RF PERFORMANCE OF OPTICAL SYSTEM
7.6.1 General
7.6.2 Amplitude frequency response
7.6.2.1 Wideband
7.6.2.2 Narrowband flatness
7.6.3 Carrier to Noise Ratio
7.6.4 Maximum output level
7.6.5 Safety
7.6.6 Marking
7.7 ACTIVE EQUIPMENT—OPTICAL TRANSMITTERS
7.7.1 General
7.7.2 RF input port
7.7.3 Optical Return Loss
7.7.4 Alarms and indicators
7.8 ACTIVE EQUIPMENT—OPTICAL RECEIVERS
7.8.1 General
7.8.2 Optical Return Loss
7.8.3 RF output port
7.9 OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS
7.10 MULTIPLEXERS, SPLITTERS, DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS ANDISOLATORS
7.11 POWER SUPPLY
7.11.1 Rating
7.11.2 Supply voltages and power consumption
7.11.3 Supply power indicator
7.12 LABELLING
7.13 SAFETY AND HANDLING
7.14 OPTICAL EQUIPMENT
SECTION 8 SATELLITE SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT
8.1 GENERAL
8.2 ENVIRONMENT
8.3 EMC
8.3.1 General
8.3.2 Emission from equipment
8.3.3 Immunity of equipment
8.4 EQUIPMENT EARTHING
8.5 SATELLITE ANTENNA
8.6 ISOLATION OF SATELLITE IF BANDS FROM THE FTA BANDS
8.7 TRANSMODULATORS
8.8 LNB
8.8.1 Selection voltages
8.8.2 Local Oscillator frequency
8.8.3 Return Loss
8.8.4 Gain
8.9 MULTISWITCHES
8.9.1 Frequency range
8.9.2 Return Loss
8.9.3 Insertion loss or gain
8.9.3.1 General
8.9.3.2 Terrestrial side path
8.9.3.3 Satellite IF side path
8.9.4 Amplitude slope and flatness
8.9.4.1 Side path
8.9.4.1.1 General
8.9.4.1.2 Satellite
8.9.4.1.3 Terrestrial
8.9.4.2 Trunk path
8.9.5 Isolation between frequency bands
8.9.5.1 Satellite IF to terrestrial band isolation
8.9.5.2 Terrestrial band to satellite IF band isolation
8.9.6 RF switch isolation between input ports
8.9.7 RF mutual isolation between output ports
8.9.8 Directivity of output ports
8.9.9 RF trunk isolation
8.9.10 Maximum output level
8.9.10.1 Terrestrial
8.9.10.2 Satellite
8.9.11 Minimum output level capability
8.9.11.1 Terrestrial
8.9.11.2 Satellite
8.9.12 Noise Figure (NF)
8.9.13 DC voltages
8.9.13.1 Polarization switching voltage
8.9.13.2 Satellite selection—22 kHz
8.9.13.3 Satellite selection—DiSEqC TM
8.9.13.4 Minimum supply voltages to LNB
8.9.13.5 Receiver derived range of voltages required for multiswitch system (forinformation only)
8.9.14 Port and satellite IF trunk path DC current capability
8.9.15 DC current consumption
8.10 POWER SUPPLY
8.10.1 Rating
8.10.2 Supply voltages and power consumption
8.10.3 Supply power indicator
8.11 LABELLING
SECTION 9 SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
9.1 GENERAL
9.1.1 Application
9.1.2 Interpretation
9.2 ENVIRONMENT
9.3 EMC
9.4 MAXIMUM CARRIER LEVELS
9.5 NOMINAL IMPEDANCE
9.6 CARRIER TO NOISE RATIOS IN AMPLIFIED SYSTEMS
9.6.1 General
9.6.2 Analog TV
9.6.3 DVB-T
9.6.4 DVB-S
9.6.5 DVB-C
9.6.6 T-DAB
9.6.7 FM monaural radio
9.6.8 FM stereo radio
9.7 SYSTEM OUTLET LEVELS
9.8 CHANNEL LEVEL DIFFERENCES AT A SYSTEM OUTLET
9.8.1 General
9.8.2 Wanted services definition
9.8.3 Analog TV
9.8.4 DVB-T
9.8.5 DVB-S
9.8.6 DVB-C
9.8.7 T-DAB
9.8.8 Analog TV and DVB-T difference
9.8.9 Analog TV and T-DAB difference (Band III only)
9.8.10 Digital TV and T-DAB difference (Band III only)
9.8.11 Analog TV and DVB-C difference
9.8.12 FM Radio and Analog TV difference
9.9 ANALOG TV VISION TO SOUND CARRIER RATIOS
9.9.1 General
9.9.2 Single sound carrier
9.9.3 Dual sound carrier
9.10 SYSTEM AMPLITUDE RESPONSE AT A SYSTEM OUTLET
9.10.1 General
9.10.2 Analog TV
9.10.3 DVB-T
9.10.4 DVB-S
9.10.5 DVB-C
9.10.6 T-DAB
9.10.7 FM radio
9.11 DIGITAL SIGNAL QUALITY AT SYSTEM OUTLETS
9.11.1 General
9.11.2 Characteristics of ratio types measured in digital systems
9.12 RF MUTUAL ISOLATION BETWEEN SYSTEM OUTLETS
9.12.1 Band 45 MHz to 862 MHz
9.12.2 Band 950 MHz to 2150 MHz
9.13 DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM SELF-INDUCED INTERFERENCE/DISTORTION
9.13.1 CW or narrowband interference
9.13.1.1 General
9.13.1.2 Analog TV
9.13.1.3 FM carrier
9.13.1.4 DVB-S
9.13.2 Intermodulation, cross-modulation or broadband interference
9.13.2.1 General
9.13.2.2 Analog TV
9.13.2.3 DVB-T
9.13.2.4 DVB-C
9.13.2.5 DVB-S
9.13.3 Analog TV baseband distortion
9.13.3.1 Differential gain
9.13.3.2 Differential phase
9.13.4 Group delay distortion
9.13.4.1 Analog TV
9.13.4.2 DVB-T
9.13.4.3 DVB-C
9.13.5 Hum modulation
9.13.5.1 Analog TV
9.13.5.2 Analog TV sound
APPENDIX A - AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TELEVISION BAND FREQUENCIES
APPENDIX B - IEC 60169-2 (BELLING AND LEE) CONNECTOR ADVISOTRY MODIFICATIONS
B1 IEC 60169 COAXIAL CONNECTOR—GENERAL
B2 SUMMARY
B2.1 Mechanical tolerances
B2.2 Electrical tolerances
B3 RECOMMENDATION
APPENDIX C - 'F'-STYLE CONNECTOR ADVISOTY MODIFICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
C1 F-CONNECTOR
C2 RECOMMENDATION
APPENDIX D - DOCUMENTATION AND LABELLING
D1 GENERAL
D2 MINIMUM DOCUMENTATION
D3 SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS
D4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
D5 PUBLISHED EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS
D6 EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEM LABELLING
APPENDIX E - GLOSSARY OF TERMS
APPENDIX F - DRAFTING SYMBOLS
APPENDIX G - RECOMMENDED CABLING INSTALLATION PRACTICES
G1 GENERAL
G2 RECOMMENDED PRACTICES
G3 NON-CONFORMING PRACTICES
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
1.1 SCOPE AND APPLICATION
1.1.1 Scope
1.1.2 Objective
1.1.3 Application
1.1.4 Documentation provided with System
1.1.5 Exclusions
1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
1.3 SERVICES
1.3.1 General
1.3.2 Analog TV
1.3.3 DVB-T TV
1.3.4 DVB-S TV
1.3.5 DVB-C TV
1.3.6 FM radio
1.3.7 T-DAB radio
1.4 LOCATIONS
1.4.1 Dwelling categories
1.4.2 Service Entry location
1.5 SYSTEMS AND EXAMPLES
1.5.1 Types of systems
1.5.2 Excluded configurations
1.5.3 Frequency usage
1.5.4 Variations in equipment specifications
1.5.5 System modifications or additions
1.5.6 Overlay or duplicate systems
1.5.7 Provision of Free-To-Air Services including digital services
1.5.7.1 Free-To-Air services
1.5.7.2 System outlet quality—Digital TV and Analog TV
1.5.7.3 Legacy system structures
1.5.7.4 Subscription Pay TV and FTA services
1.5.7.5 Provision for FTA Digital TV services
1.5.7.6 Analog TV channel frequency and alternative source
1.5.7.7 FTA antenna location and installation quality
1.5.7.8 Provision of Teletext and Captions in Analog TV distribution systems
1.5.8 Compliance and specific requirements
1.5.9 Component quality
1.5.10 Published specifications and labelling
SECTION 2 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
2.1 APPLICATION AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
2.1.1 Application
2.1.2 Other standards
2.1.3 General requirements
2.2 ANTENNAS
2.2.1 General
2.2.2 Antenna earthing
2.3 POWERING OF CABLED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
2.3.1 Line powered
2.3.2 Remote powering and control signals via the outlet
2.3.3 Mains connected equipment
2.4 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
2.5 TRANSIENT AND FAULT PROTECTION
2.5.1 General
2.5.2 Protection method choice
2.5.3 Equipotential bonding
2.5.3.1 General
2.5.3.2 Equipotential bonding techniques
2.5.3.3 Installation of communications earth terminal (CET)
2.5.3.4 Bonding conductor
2.5.3.5 Component earthing cable
2.5.3.6 Fault current capacity
2.5.3.7 ‘Earth loops’
2.5.4 Mains isolation
2.5.4.1 General
2.5.4.2 Outlets
2.5.4.3 Single dwellings
2.5.4.4 Multiple dwellings
2.6 PROXIMITY TO AND SEGREGATION FROM OTHER SYSTEMS
2.6.1 General
2.6.2 Segregation
2.7 SAFETY WITH OPTICAL SYSTEMS—LABELS
SECTION 3 EMC EQUIREMENTS
3.1 GENERAL
3.1.1 General
3.1.2 Application
3.1.3 EMC regulations
3.1.4 Specification
3.1.5 Theoretical basis
3.2 EMISSION FROM A SYSTEM (ENVIRONMENT)
3.2.1 General
3.2.2 Measurement method
3.2.2.1 General
3.2.2.2 Configuration
3.2.2.3 Test signal
3.2.2.4 Measurement
3.2.2.5 Calibration
3.2.3 Emission field strength limits
3.3 EMISSION FROM A SYSTEM (CONDUCTION)
3.4 IMMUNITY OF A SYSTEM (ENVIRONMENT)
3.4.1 General
3.4.2 System immunity limits from other transmitted services
3.4.3 Maximum unwanted interfering field strength
3.4.4 System immunity from impulsive noise
3.4.5 Method of measurement of the external immunity of a system
3.4.5.1 General
3.4.5.2 Operating conditions
3.4.5.3 Immunity measurement procedure
3.4.5.4 Interpretation of results
3.5 IMMUNITY OF A SYSTEM (CONDUCTION)
3.5.1 General
3.5.2 Limits
3.5.2.1 Mains lead conduction
3.5.2.2 Non-mains lead conduction
SECTION 4 ACTIVE DISTRIBUTION EQUIPMENT
4.1 GENERAL
4.2 ENVIRONMENT
4.3 EMC
4.3.1 Emission from equipment
4.3.2 Immunity of equipment
4.4 EQUIPMENT EARTHING
4.5 FREQUENCY RANGE
4.6 NOMINAL IMPEDANCE
4.6.1 General
4.6.2 Return loss
4.7 GAIN
4.7.1 Gain and gain range
4.7.2 Frequency dependant gain (slope)
4.8 AMPLITUDE FLATNESS
4.8.1 General
4.8.2 Specification
4.8.2.1 Wideband flatness
4.8.2.2 Narrowband flatness
4.8.3 Conditions
4.9 TEST POINTS
4.10 GROUP DELAY
4.10.1 Analog TV
4.10.2 DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-C, T-DAB & FM Radio
4.11 NOISE FIGURE
4.12 RF ISOLATION
4.12.1 Equipment with multiple outputs
4.12.2 Equipment catering for multiple trunks
4.13 MAXIMUM OUTPUT LEVEL
4.13.1 General
4.13.2 Analog Service Rating (ASR)
4.13.2.1 General
4.13.2.2 Second order distortion (IM2)
4.13.2.3 Third order distortion (IM3)
4.13.2.4 De-rating of maximum level rating with channel loading
4.13.2.5 Composite Second Order (CSO)
4.13.2.6 Composite Triple Beat (CTB)
4.13.3 ASR application to Digital TV
4.13.3.1 General
4.13.3.2 Terrestrial
4.13.3.3 Satellite
4.13.4 Digital Service Rating (DSR)
4.13.4.1 Measurement method
4.13.4.2 Measurement implementation
4.13.4.3 DSR method measurement criteria
4.13.5 Relation between ASR and DSR (informative)
4.13.6 Cascaded active devices de-rating
4.14 CHANNEL POWER MEASUREMENT BANDWIDTHS
4.15 AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL
4.15.1 Range
4.15.2 Variation
4.15.3 AGC Response Time
4.16 SCREENING EFFECTIVENESS OF EQUIPMENT
4.17 TRUNK PATH DC CURRENT CAPABILITY OF SATELLITE IFAMPLIFIERS
4.18 POWER SUPPLY
4.18.1 Rating
4.18.2 Supply voltages and power consumption
4.18.3 Supply power indicator
4.19 LABELLING
SECTION 5 PASSIVE EQUIPMENT
5.1 GENERAL
5.1.1 Application
5.1.2 Interpretation
5.2 ENVIRONMENT
5.3 EMC
5.3.1 General
5.3.2 Emission from equipment
5.3.3 Immunity of equipment
5.4 EQUIPMENT EARTHING
5.5 NOMINAL IMPEDANCE
5.6 SYSTEM OUTLET FLYLEAD
5.6.1 General
5.6.2 Connectors
5.6.3 Return loss
5.6.3.1 Flylead Return Loss
5.6.3.2 Structural Return Loss (SRL)
5.6.4 Attenuation
5.6.5 Screening
5.6.6 Dielectric
5.7 SYSTEM OUTLET (WALLPLATE)
5.7.1 Application
5.7.2 TV/Satellite diplexer
5.7.3 TV/FM sound diplexer
5.7.4 Connectors
5.7.5 Return loss
5.7.5.1 General
5.7.5.2 Wallplate—Barrel only
5.7.5.3 TV/SAT Diplexer
5.7.5.4 TV/FM Diplexer
5.7.6 RF isolation
5.7.7 Screening
5.7.8 AC mains isolation
5.8 SPLITTERS, DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS AND DISTRIBUTION TAPS
5.8.1 General
5.8.2 Return loss
5.8.3 Splitter amplitude loss
5.8.4 Specified loss
5.8.5 Loss difference between outputs
5.8.6 Amplitude versus frequency response
5.8.6.1 Wideband flatness
5.8.6.2 Narrowband flatness
5.8.7 RF isolation
5.8.8 RF isolation between multiple devices in the same package
5.8.9 Directivity
5.8.10 Screening
5.8.11 DC current capability for splitters for use in satellite IF systems
5.8.12 Port and trunk path DC current capability for taps for use in satellite IFsystems
5.9 SATELLITE IF HIGH PASS FILTERS
5.10 OTHER PASSIVE DEVICES
5.10.1 General
5.10.2 Return loss
5.10.2.1 Power inserters/injectors, DC blocks/isolators
5.10.2.2 Galvanic (inner and shield) isolators
5.10.2.3 Filters and slope equalizers in the pass band
5.10.2.4 Barrels
5.10.2.5 Adaptors, right angles, etc
5.10.2.6 Attenuators
5.10.2.7 Terminating resistors
5.10.3 Amplitude loss
5.10.3.1 Power inserters/injectors, DC block/isolators
5.10.3.2 Galvanic (inner and shield) isolators
5.10.3.3 Filters and slope equalizers in applicable pass band
5.10.3.4 Barrels
5.10.3.5 Adaptors, right angles, etc
5.10.3.6 Attenuators
5.10.4 Amplitude flatness
5.10.4.1 Wideband flatness
5.10.4.2 Narrowband flatness
5.10.5 Screening
5.10.6 DC current capability for other passive devices for use in satellite IF systems
5.11 COAXIAL CABLE
5.11.1 Construction
5.11.2 Cable selection
5.11.2.1 General
5.11.2.2 Underground installation
5.11.2.3 Aerial installation
5.11.2.4 Common areas requiring fire retardant materials
5.11.3 Physical dimensions
5.11.4 DC requirements
5.11.4.1 Resistance
5.11.4.2 Current carrying capacity
5.11.5 Screening
5.11.6 Characteristic impedance
5.11.7 Structural Return Loss (SRL)
5.11.8 Attenuation characteristics
5.11.9 Attenuation equations for design purposes
5.11.9.1 General
5.11.9.2 RG6 cable
5.11.9.3 RG11 cable
5.11.10 Cable Velocity of Propagation
5.12 COAXIAL CONNECTORS
5.12.1 Type
5.12.2 Return loss
5.12.3 Screening
5.12.4 Compatibility
5.13 LABELLING
SECTION 6 HEADEND EQUIPMENT
6.1 GENERAL
6.2 ENVIRONMENT
6.3 EMC
6.3.1 General
6.3.2 Emission from equipment
6.3.3 Immunity of equipment
6.4 EQUIPMENT EARTHING
6.5 RF SIGNAL GENERATION AND MODULATION EQUIPMENT
6.5.1 Input and output ports
6.5.1.1 Connectors
6.5.1.2 Impedance
6.5.1.3 Return loss
6.5.2 Out of channel spurious
6.5.3 Digital TV modulators
6.5.3.1 Modulation characteristics
6.5.3.2 Channel frequency limits
6.5.3.3 Carrier frequency and stability
6.5.3.4 Out of channel spurious
6.5.3.5 MPEG Transport Stream (TS) data rate
6.5.4 Analog TV modulators
6.5.4.1 General
6.5.4.2 Modulation characteristics
6.5.4.3 Channel frequency limits
6.5.4.4 Vision carrier frequency and stability
6.5.4.5 Analog TV sound carriers
6.5.4.5.1 Mono analog sound
6.5.4.5.2 Stereo analog sound
6.5.4.5.3 Stereo digital sound
6.5.4.6 Out of channel spurious
6.5.4.7 Analog TV modulation depth
6.5.4.8 Analog PAL modulator group delay pre-correction for receivers
6.5.4.9 Unwanted hum modulation on vision
6.5.5 QAM modulators
6.5.6 FM radio modulators
6.5.6.1 Modulation characteristic
6.5.6.2 Frequency accuracy and stability
6.5.6.3 Out of channel spurious
6.5.7 Digital TV to Digital TV frequency converters or translators
6.5.7.1 Frequency accuracy and stability
6.5.7.2 Output level stability
6.5.7.3 Out of channel spurious
6.5.8 Analog TV to Analog TV frequency converters or translators
6.5.8.1 Frequency accuracy and stability
6.5.8.2 Output level stability
6.5.8.3 Out of channel spurious
6.5.9 Pilot signal generator
6.5.9.1 Frequency
6.5.9.2 Output level stability
6.5.10 Amplifier and frequency converter intermodulation distortion
6.5.11 Noise figure
6.5.11.1 Devices without AGC
6.5.11.2 Devices with AGC
6.6 ANALOG VIDEO SIGNAL REQUIREMENTS
6.6.1 Impedance
6.6.2 Connectors
6.6.3 Cable impedance
6.6.4 Return loss
6.6.5 Cable shielding
6.6.6 Voltage
6.6.7 Synchronizing pulse polarity
6.6.8 DC offset voltage
6.6.8.1 Clamping
6.6.9 Video distortion
6.6.9.1 Differential gain
6.6.9.2 Differential phase
6.6.9.3 Luminance non-linearity
6.6.9.4 Signal to noise
6.6.9.5 Group delay distortion
6.6.9.6 2T response
6.6.9.7 Teletext decoding margin
6.7 ANALOG AUDIO SIGNAL REQUIREMENTS
6.7.1 Impedance
6.7.1.1 Input ports
6.7.1.2 Output ports
6.7.2 Connectors
6.7.3 Cables
6.7.4 Cable shielding
6.7.5 Analog TV audio
6.7.5.1 Voltage
6.7.5.2 Amplitude response
6.7.5.3 Stereo crosstalk
6.7.5.4 Total harmonic distortion
6.7.5.5 Signal to noise
6.7.6 FM radio
6.7.6.1 Voltage
6.7.6.2 Amplitude response
6.7.6.3 Stereo crosstalk
6.7.6.4 Total harmonic distortion
6.7.6.5 Signal to noise
6.7.6.6 Distortion products in an FM radio channel
6.8 DATA INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS
6.9 ANTENNAS
6.9.1 Antennas general
6.9.2 Satellite service antennas
6.9.3 Terrestrial service antennas
6.9.4 Location of antennas for DVB-T reception (informative)
6.9.5 Location of antennas for DVB-S reception (informative)
6.9.6 Location of antennas for Sound Broadcast reception
6.9.7 Combining of T-DAB with Analog TV and Digital TV
6.9.8 Antenna amplifier
6.9.8.1 Gain
6.9.8.2 Return Loss (RL)
6.9.8.3 Noise Figure (NF)
6.9.8.4 Maximum output level
6.9.8.5 Spurious signals and stability
6.10 ACTIVE HEADEND DEVICE OUTPUT LEVELS AND REQUIREMENTS
6.10.1 General
6.10.2 Analog Service Rating (ASR)
6.10.3 Digital Service Rating (DSR)
6.11 POWER SUPPLY
6.11.1 Rating
6.11.2 Supply voltages and power consumption
6.11.3 Supply power indicator
6.12 LABELLING
SECTION 7 OPTICAL EQUIPMENT
7.1 SCOPE
7.2 ENVIRONMENT
7.3 EMC
7.3.1 General
7.3.2 Emission from equipment
7.3.3 Immunity of equipment
7.4 EQUIPMENT EARTHING
7.5 APPLICATION
7.5.1 RF frequency range
7.5.2 Operating bands
7.5.3 Optical mode
7.5.4 Nominal wavelength
7.5.5 Optical modulation
7.5.6 Connector
7.5.7 Fibre connection
7.5.8 Fibre type
7.6 OVERALL RF PERFORMANCE OF OPTICAL SYSTEM
7.6.1 General
7.6.2 Amplitude frequency response
7.6.2.1 Wideband
7.6.2.2 Narrowband flatness
7.6.3 Carrier to Noise Ratio
7.6.4 Maximum output level
7.6.5 Safety
7.6.6 Marking
7.7 ACTIVE EQUIPMENT—OPTICAL TRANSMITTERS
7.7.1 General
7.7.2 RF input port
7.7.3 Optical Return Loss
7.7.4 Alarms and indicators
7.8 ACTIVE EQUIPMENT—OPTICAL RECEIVERS
7.8.1 General
7.8.2 Optical Return Loss
7.8.3 RF output port
7.9 OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS
7.10 MULTIPLEXERS, SPLITTERS, DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS ANDISOLATORS
7.11 POWER SUPPLY
7.11.1 Rating
7.11.2 Supply voltages and power consumption
7.11.3 Supply power indicator
7.12 LABELLING
7.13 SAFETY AND HANDLING
7.14 OPTICAL EQUIPMENT
SECTION 8 SATELLITE SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT
8.1 GENERAL
8.2 ENVIRONMENT
8.3 EMC
8.3.1 General
8.3.2 Emission from equipment
8.3.3 Immunity of equipment
8.4 EQUIPMENT EARTHING
8.5 SATELLITE ANTENNA
8.6 ISOLATION OF SATELLITE IF BANDS FROM THE FTA BANDS
8.7 TRANSMODULATORS
8.8 LNB
8.8.1 Selection voltages
8.8.2 Local Oscillator frequency
8.8.3 Return Loss
8.8.4 Gain
8.9 MULTISWITCHES
8.9.1 Frequency range
8.9.2 Return Loss
8.9.3 Insertion loss or gain
8.9.3.1 General
8.9.3.2 Terrestrial side path
8.9.3.3 Satellite IF side path
8.9.4 Amplitude slope and flatness
8.9.4.1 Side path
8.9.4.1.1 General
8.9.4.1.2 Satellite
8.9.4.1.3 Terrestrial
8.9.4.2 Trunk path
8.9.5 Isolation between frequency bands
8.9.5.1 Satellite IF to terrestrial band isolation
8.9.5.2 Terrestrial band to satellite IF band isolation
8.9.6 RF switch isolation between input ports
8.9.7 RF mutual isolation between output ports
8.9.8 Directivity of output ports
8.9.9 RF trunk isolation
8.9.10 Maximum output level
8.9.10.1 Terrestrial
8.9.10.2 Satellite
8.9.11 Minimum output level capability
8.9.11.1 Terrestrial
8.9.11.2 Satellite
8.9.12 Noise Figure (NF)
8.9.13 DC voltages
8.9.13.1 Polarization switching voltage
8.9.13.2 Satellite selection—22 kHz
8.9.13.3 Satellite selection—DiSEqC TM
8.9.13.4 Minimum supply voltages to LNB
8.9.13.5 Receiver derived range of voltages required for multiswitch system (forinformation only)
8.9.14 Port and satellite IF trunk path DC current capability
8.9.15 DC current consumption
8.10 POWER SUPPLY
8.10.1 Rating
8.10.2 Supply voltages and power consumption
8.10.3 Supply power indicator
8.11 LABELLING
SECTION 9 SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
9.1 GENERAL
9.1.1 Application
9.1.2 Interpretation
9.2 ENVIRONMENT
9.3 EMC
9.4 MAXIMUM CARRIER LEVELS
9.5 NOMINAL IMPEDANCE
9.6 CARRIER TO NOISE RATIOS IN AMPLIFIED SYSTEMS
9.6.1 General
9.6.2 Analog TV
9.6.3 DVB-T
9.6.4 DVB-S
9.6.5 DVB-C
9.6.6 T-DAB
9.6.7 FM monaural radio
9.6.8 FM stereo radio
9.7 SYSTEM OUTLET LEVELS
9.8 CHANNEL LEVEL DIFFERENCES AT A SYSTEM OUTLET
9.8.1 General
9.8.2 Wanted services definition
9.8.3 Analog TV
9.8.4 DVB-T
9.8.5 DVB-S
9.8.6 DVB-C
9.8.7 T-DAB
9.8.8 Analog TV and DVB-T difference
9.8.9 Analog TV and T-DAB difference (Band III only)
9.8.10 Digital TV and T-DAB difference (Band III only)
9.8.11 Analog TV and DVB-C difference
9.8.12 FM Radio and Analog TV difference
9.9 ANALOG TV VISION TO SOUND CARRIER RATIOS
9.9.1 General
9.9.2 Single sound carrier
9.9.3 Dual sound carrier
9.10 SYSTEM AMPLITUDE RESPONSE AT A SYSTEM OUTLET
9.10.1 General
9.10.2 Analog TV
9.10.3 DVB-T
9.10.4 DVB-S
9.10.5 DVB-C
9.10.6 T-DAB
9.10.7 FM radio
9.11 DIGITAL SIGNAL QUALITY AT SYSTEM OUTLETS
9.11.1 General
9.11.2 Characteristics of ratio types measured in digital systems
9.12 RF MUTUAL ISOLATION BETWEEN SYSTEM OUTLETS
9.12.1 Band 45 MHz to 862 MHz
9.12.2 Band 950 MHz to 2150 MHz
9.13 DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM SELF-INDUCED INTERFERENCE/DISTORTION
9.13.1 CW or narrowband interference
9.13.1.1 General
9.13.1.2 Analog TV
9.13.1.3 FM carrier
9.13.1.4 DVB-S
9.13.2 Intermodulation, cross-modulation or broadband interference
9.13.2.1 General
9.13.2.2 Analog TV
9.13.2.3 DVB-T
9.13.2.4 DVB-C
9.13.2.5 DVB-S
9.13.3 Analog TV baseband distortion
9.13.3.1 Differential gain
9.13.3.2 Differential phase
9.13.4 Group delay distortion
9.13.4.1 Analog TV
9.13.4.2 DVB-T
9.13.4.3 DVB-C
9.13.5 Hum modulation
9.13.5.1 Analog TV
9.13.5.2 Analog TV sound
APPENDIX A - AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TELEVISION BAND FREQUENCIES
APPENDIX B - IEC 60169-2 (BELLING AND LEE) CONNECTOR ADVISOTRY MODIFICATIONS
B1 IEC 60169 COAXIAL CONNECTOR—GENERAL
B2 SUMMARY
B2.1 Mechanical tolerances
B2.2 Electrical tolerances
B3 RECOMMENDATION
APPENDIX C - 'F'-STYLE CONNECTOR ADVISOTY MODIFICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
C1 F-CONNECTOR
C2 RECOMMENDATION
APPENDIX D - DOCUMENTATION AND LABELLING
D1 GENERAL
D2 MINIMUM DOCUMENTATION
D3 SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS
D4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
D5 PUBLISHED EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS
D6 EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEM LABELLING
APPENDIX E - GLOSSARY OF TERMS
APPENDIX F - DRAFTING SYMBOLS
APPENDIX G - RECOMMENDED CABLING INSTALLATION PRACTICES
G1 GENERAL
G2 RECOMMENDED PRACTICES
G3 NON-CONFORMING PRACTICES
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