BS 5942-1: BRITISH STANDARD 1980 IEC 581-1: 1977 High fidelity audio equipment and systems; minimum performance requirements - Part l: Specification for general requirements UDC [621.396 + 681.84] 187.4 BSi BS 5942-1:1980 Cooperating organizations The Electronic Equipment Standards Committee, under whose direction this BSI British Standard was prepared, consists of representatives from the following Government department and scientific and industrial organizations: British Broadcasting Corporation* British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers' Association (BEAMA) British Radio Equipment Manufacturers' Association* Cable and Wireless Limited Cable Television Association of Great Britain Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union Electricity Supply Industry in England and Wales Electronic Components Industry Federation* Electronic Engineering Association Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers* Ministry of Defence Post Office* Post Office Engineering Union Scientific Instrument Manufacturers' Association* The organizations marked with an asterisk in the above list, together with the following, were directly represented on the committee entrusted with the preparation of this British Standard: Association of Professional Recording Studios Limited Association of Sound and Communications Engineers Limited Audio Engineering Society British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society Consumers' Association European Tape Industry Association Federation of British Audio Independent Television Companies' Association Radio Electrical and Television Retailers' Association Royal Institute of British Architects Royal National Institute for the Deaf Telecommunication Engineering and Manufacturing Association (TEMA) This British Standard, having direction of the Electronic Equipment Standards Copy: Committee was published undertheauthority of the Executive Board and comes into effect on Amendments issued since publication Licensed 30September1980 Amd. No. Date of issue Comments CBSI12-1999 The following BSI references relate to the work on this standard: Committee reference EEL/24 Draft for comment 71/24249 DC ISBN0580115011 BS 5942-1:1980 Contents Page BSI Cooperating organizations Inside front cover National foreword ii 1 Scope and object 1 2 General conditions of measurement 1 3 Interconnection 1 4 Safety requirements 1 Published data 5 1 Publications referred to Inside back cover CBSI 12-1999 1