DIGITAL RADIO GUIDE

APPENDIX A: EUREKA 147

Receiver Standards

European receiver standards have been developed by CENELEC, IEC and national standards bodies (e.g., UK). A list of relevant receiver standards is in Table A.4.

 

Table A.4: Receiver Standards for Eureka 147

 

 

Reference

Title

 

 

CENELEC EN 50255

Digital Audio Broadcasting system - Specification of the Receiver Data

 

Interface (RDI)

CENELEC EN 50248

Characteristics of DAB receivers

 

 

CENELEC EN 50320

The DAB Command Set for receivers

 

 

IEC 62105

Digital Audio Broadcasting System - Specification of the Receiver Data

 

Interface (RDI)

 

 

IEC 62104

Characteristics of DAB Receivers

ITU Publications and Recommendations

The International Telecommunications Union has a number of publications and Recommendations relating to Eureka 147 and digital radio in particular. The “DSB Handbook - Terrestrial and satellite DSB to vehicular, portable and fixed receivers in the VHF/UHF bands” is an aggregation of ITU input documents and data. Relevant recommendations are in Table A.5.

 

Table A.5: ITU Recommendations relevant to Eureka 147

 

 

 

Reference

 

Title

 

 

 

BS.1115

 

Low data rate audio coding

 

 

 

BS.774-2

 

Service requirements for DSB to vehicular, portable and fixed receivers

 

 

using terrestrial transmitters in the VHF/UHF bands

 

 

 

BS.1114-3

 

Systems for terrestrial DSB to vehicular, portable and fixed receivers in

 

 

the frequency range 30-3 000 MHz

 

 

 

BO.789-2

 

Service for DSB to vehicular portable and fixed receivers for

 

 

broadcasting-satellite service (sound) in the frequency range 1 400-2

 

 

700 MHz

BO.1130-4

 

Systems for digital satellite broadcasting to vehicular, portable and fixed

 

 

receivers in the bands allocated to BSS (sound) in the frequency range

 

 

1 400-2 700 MHz

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Grundig Digital Radio Table A.4 Receiver Standards for Eureka, Reference Title, ITU Publications and Recommendations

Digital Radio specifications

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