Philips Semiconductors International TV systems and standards Country/Area A Afganistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua Argentina Australia Austria Azores Is. B Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Benin Bermuda Bolivia Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi C Cambodia Cameroon VHF UHF B B B I M N B B B G G (G) M B B N B KI M M, N I M B D K1 K1 B G N M K M B System colour PAL PAL PAL PAL NTSC PAL PAL PAL PAL channel Country/Area E Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Ethopia F Finland France G Gabon Galapagos Is. Gambia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guiana (French) Guinea Guyana H Haiti Hawaii Honduras Hong Kong Hungary CCIR IT* CCIR ANGOLA US US AUSTRALIA CCIR CCIR, US NTSC PAL PAL NTSC PAL SECAM NTSC PAL PAL PAL PAL SECAM SECAM SECAM US* CCIR CCIR US CCIR F.O.T.* US US UK US CCIR OIRT OIRT ? NTSC PAL US ? NTSC PAL US CCIR CCIR ? US CHINA OIRT (United Rep. of) Canada Canary Is. Centr. Afr. Rep. Chad Chile China C.I.S. M B B D M D D Colombia Congo Costa Rica Cuba Cyprus CzechRepublic M D M M B, B D D Denmark Diego Garcia Djibouti Dominica (Com- M G D K H, G K B M K1 M G M M SECAM NTSC PAL SECAM/ PAL NTSC SECAM NTSC NTSC PAL SECAM/ PAL I Iceland India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Rep. of) Iraq Ireland Italy Ivory Coast J Jamaica Japan Johnstone Is. US* F.O.T* US US* CCIR OIRT PAL NTSC SECAM NTSC CCIR US F.O.T ? NTSC US System colour channel M B M NTSC PAL NTSC US* CCIR US* B B ? PAL CCIR CCIR PAL SECAM CCIR FRENCH SECAM NTSC F.O.T US (F.O.T) CCIR CCIR CCIR CCIR US F.O.T US US F.O.T ? F.O.T B E K1 M (K1) B B B B B K1 M M K1 K1 K1 M M M A D G L G H PAL PAL PAL SECAM PAL SECAM NTSC NTSC SECAM PAL SECAM NTSC NTSC NTSC PAL SECAM/ PAL US* US US UK OIRT PAL PAL PAL SECAM SECAM PAL PAL SECAM CCIR CCIR IN CCIR CCIR IR IT IC NTSC NTSC NTSC US JAPAN US B PAL CCIR B D PAL PAL CCIR OIRT NTSC PAL US CCIR B B B B B A,I B K1 M M M I K G G A, I G M (Dem. People's Rep.) Korea (Rep. of) Kuwait June 1995 UHF (American) Jordan K Kenya Korea mon wealth of) Dominican Rep. VHF 1 M B M Philips Semiconductors International TV systems and standards Country/Area VHF L Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Luxembourg M B I B B G M Macao Madagascar Madeira Is. Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Martinique Maruitania Maruitius Mexico Micronesia Midway Is. (Ameri- I K1 B B B K1 B K1 B B M M M UHF L, C H M System colour CountryArea channel PAL SECAM PAL PAL SECAM SECAM/ PAL CCIR ? CCIR CCIR CCIR* PAL SECAM PAL PAL PAL SECAM PAL SECAM SECAM SECAM NTSC NTSC NTSC ? F.O.T. CCIR CCIR CCIR* ? CCIR F.O.T. ? CCIR US US US SECAM/ PAL SECAM SECAM PAL NTSC CCIR ? CCIR US F.O.T. NZ US F.O.T.* CCIR* ? CCIR Q Qatar R Reunion Romania S St. Kitts & Nevis Saint Lucia St Pierre et Miquelon St. Vincent Samoa (American) Samoa (Western) San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovak Republic can) Monaco E Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myarma N Nambia Nepal Netherlands Neth. Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norfolk Is. Norway O Oman P Pakistan Panama Papua New Ginea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland D B B M Polynesia Portugal Puerto Rico June 1995 L, G I OIRT MO ? US* B B K1 B M K1 B B B G G G PAL PAL PAL PAL SECAM PAL NTSC SECAM SECAM PAL PAL B G PAL CCIR PAL NTSC PAL PAL NTSC NTSC SECAM/ PAL SECAM PAL NTSC CCIR US ? US* US US OIRT G B M B N M M D M K K1 B M G M G Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Surinam Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Rep. T Tahiti Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Togo Rep. Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turks & Caicos Is. U Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay F.O.T. CCIR* US 2 VHF System UHF colour channel B G PAL CCIR K1 D K SECAM PAL F.O.T. OIRT M M K1 NTSC NTSC SECAM US US* F.O.T. M M (M) B B K1 B B B D NTSC NTSC (NTSC) PAL SECAM SECAM PAL PAL PAL SECAM/ PAL PAL PAL PAL PAL PAL NTSC PAL PAL PAL SECAM ? US (US) IT CCIR F.O.T. ? CCIR CCIR OIRT SECAM NTSC PAL PAL SECAM F.O.T. TAIWAN CCIR CCIR F.O.T.* NTSC SECAM PAL US CCIR CCIR M NTSC US B PAL CCIR B I B B B M G B B B K1 M B B K1 M B B G G K I G G G I M G ? SA CCIR CCIR CCIR US CCIR CCIR CCIR CCIR B A G I PAL PAL CCIR UK M N M NTSC PAL US US Philips Semiconductors International TV systems and standards Country V Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Virguin Is. (Ameri- VHF System UHF colour M D, M M Notes: Abbreviations used in the Channel section are shown i the following table: channel NTSC US SECAM/ NTSC NTSC NTSC US US PAL PAL CCIR CCIR SECAM PAL PAL F.O.T. CCIR CCIR F.O.T. IC IR IT OIRT can) Virguin Is. (British) Y Yemen Yugoslavia Z Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe June 1995 M B B K B B H 3 MO NZ SA UK French Overseas Territories Ivory Coast Ireland Italy Organisation International de Radiodiffusion et Television Morocco New Zealand South Africa United Kingdom * Indefinite. () No broadcase originating in this country; but one can listen to a broadcast from the neighboring country. ? Details not available. blank No broadcast station. Philips Semiconductors International TV systems and standards BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF VIDEO AND SYNCHRONIZING SIGNALS CCIR system designation Characteristics A M N C B,G H I D,K K1 L E Number of lines per frame 405 525 625 625 625 625 625 625 625 625 819 Number of fields per second 50 60 (59.94) 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 Line frequency fH , Hz, and tolerances 10,125 15,750 15,734 (0.0003%) 15,625 0.15% 15,625 0.02% 15,625 0.02% (0.0001%) 15,625 0.02% 0.0001%) 15,625 (0.0001%) 15,625 0.02% (0.0001%) 15,625 0.02% (0.0001%) 15,625 0.02% (0.0001%) 20,475 Interlace ratio 2/1 2/1 2/1 2/1 2/1 2/1 2/1 2/1 2/1 2/1 2/1 Aspect ratio 4/3 4/3 4/3 4/3 4/3 4/3 4/3 4/3 4/3 4/3 4/3 Blanking level, IRE units 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Peak-white level 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Sync-pulse level -43 -40 -40 -43 -43 -43 -43 -43 -43 -43 -43 Picture-black level to blanking level (setup) 0 7.5 2.5 7.5 2.5 0 0 0 0 0-7 0 color 0-7 mono 0 color 0-7 mono 0-5 Nominal video bandwidth, MHz 3 4.2 4.2 5 5 5 5.5 6 6 6 10 Assumed display gamma 2.8 2.2 2.2 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 Notes: (1) Systems A, C, and E are not recommended by CCIR for adoption by countries setting up a new television service. (2) Values of horizontal line rate tolerances in parentheses are for color television. (3) In the systems using an assumed display gamma of 2.8, an overall system of gamma of 1.2 is assumed. All other systems assumed an overall transfer function of unity. CCIR COLOR SYSTEMS CHARACTERISTICS (II) Item Subcarrier frequency, MHz fSC multiple of fH June 1995 M/NTSC 3.579545 10 f SC 455 f 2 H M/PAL B,G,H,PAL 3.575611.49 10 f SC I/PAL 4.433618.75 5 909 f 4 H 4.433618.75 1 f SC 4 1135 1 f 4 25 H B,D,G,H,K,K1,L/SECAM fOR = 4.406250 2000 fOB = 4.250000 2000 fOR = 282 fH fOB = 272 fH