BS EN BRITISH STANDARD 60958:1995 BS 7239:1989 IEC 958:1989 Incorporating Amendments Nos. 1, 2 and 3to BS 7239:1989 Specification for (Including Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 to Digital audio interface IEC958:1989) The European Standard EN 60958:1990, with the incorporation of amendments A1:1994 and A2:1995, has the status of a British Standard UDC 621.396.97:534.86:621.397.037.37 ISE NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW BS EN 60958:1995 Committees responsible for this British Standard ) BSI The preparation of this British Standard was entrusted by the Electronic Equipment Standards Policy Committee (EEL/-) to Technical Committee EEL/32, upon which the following bodies were represented: Association for Consumer Research (ACRE) Association of British Theatre Technicians Audio Engineering Society British Educational Equipment Association British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society British Radio & Electronic Equipment Manufacturers Association British Telecommunications Plc Consumer Policy Committee of BSI Federation of British Audio Independent Broadcasting Authority Independent Television Association Institution of Electrical Engineers Radio Electrical and Television Retailers Association Royal Institute of British Architects Royal National Institute for the Deaf Society of Cable Television Engineers Sound and Communication Industries Federation This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Electronic Equipment Standards Policy opy: Committee, was published under theauthority of the Amendments issued since publication Board of BSI and comes into effect on nsed 31 December 1989 Amd. No. Date of issue Comments Licer CBSI 08-1999 6413 October 1991 The following BSI references 8452 March 1995 relate to the work on this standard. 9136 December Indicated by a sideline in the margin Committee reference EEL/32 1996 Draft for comment 87/25399 DC ISBN 0 580 17849 8 BS EN 60958:1995 Contents Page Committees responsible Inside front cover National foreword ii 1 Scope 8 2 Normative references 3 3 Interface format 3 4 Channel status 7 5 15 Electrical requirements Annex A (normative) Application of the digital audio interface 20 in the Compact Disc digital audio system Annex B (normative) Application of the digital interface in 22 the 2-channel PCM adaptor Annex C (normative) Application of the consumer digital audio 22 interface in the two-channel digital audio tape recorder (DAT) Annex D (normative) Application of the digital audio interface in laser optical digital audio systems not compatible with IEC 908 26 Annex E (normative) Application of the digital audio interface 26 in the consumer mode Annex F (normative) Application of the digital audio interface 26 intheconsumermode Annex G (normative) Application of the digital audio interface 27 in the consumer mode AnnexH(normative)Applicationofthedigitalaudiointerfacein 27 two-channel direct broadcast satellite receivers (Japan) Annex J (normative) Application of the digital audio interface in 27 two-channel direct broadcast satellite receivers (Europe) Annex K (normative) Application of the digital audio interface in 28 two-channel direct broadcast satellite receivers (USA) Annex L (normative) Application of the digital audio interface in 28 two-channel chargeable software reception Annex M (normative) Application of the digital audio interface in 29 thedigitablecompactcassettesystem (consumermode) Annex N (normative) Application of the digital audio interface in 32 the mini disc system Publications referred to Inside back cover CBSI 08-1999 i