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1. 1 Freq 12 456V GHz S R 22 500Msys s FEC 34 Vertical polarisation 2 Freq 12 483V GHz S R 22 500Msys s FEC 34 Vertical polarisation The Freeview Network ID is OxX2F 4 16 The default LO frequency shall be 11 300GHz The The default LO of FTA satellite dish user may change the LNB LO of the receiver to LNBsdin New Zealand is 11 300GHz 10 750GHz if required via set up menu There is an increasing presence however of LNBs with LO of 10 750GHz Freeview Limited 17 67 Freeview Limited freeview Resources Scanning for Services Service Information amp Selection Summary Over Air Software Download Freeview Limited Reference Detail Manufacturers Response On the initial scan the DTR shall perform an automatic scan based on the NIT information found on the nome transpondero at 12 483 GHz It shall find all transport streams and services and shall tune in to the correct DVB structure channel coding modulation However the DTR shall only display services that are referenced in the regional Freeview BAT selected by the user during initial setup The DTR shall not perform a canAddo function thereby leaving old services In addition to an automatic search it shall be possible to within a channel list perform a manual search where the turning parameters are entered manually New channels shall be added to the service list No duplicated channels shall be displayed in the service list The DTR
2. PVRChangedEvent Generated when the list of events to be recorded by the PVR changes Possible reasons for changes include but are not limited to e event recorded e event cancelled due to conflict e event added or removed through the PMB or PCB ResidentPrograms TABLE 2 5 EngineEvents Freeview Limited Freeview Limited freeview 6 5 4 Resident programs Receivers implementing this package shall support the following Resident Programs 6 5 4 4 CRID format CRIDs carried in SI may be defined in such a way that the Scheme and Authority parts are carried once only if they are common to a group of CHIDs However the format for CRIDs passed across the MHEG PVR API in any of the following Resident Program calls shall include the Scheme and Authority parts in all cases A CRID that does not include an instance identifier shall be in the format Scheme Authority Unique Identifier A CRID that includes an Instance Identifier shall be in the format Scheme Authority Unique Identifier Instance Identifier Examples of CRIDs with and without Instance Identifiers follow crid company tv 123df5 crid broadcaster com hef5w e1 As specified by DTG DTR CRIDs carried in SI are case insensitive However MHEG 5 operations on strings are case sensitive So e the following Resident Programs shall be case preserving e operations relative to broadcast SI shall be case insensitive 6 5 4 2 PVR_MakeBooking Adds an event to
3. transport stream Digital Video Broadcasting DVB Support for Use of Scrambling and Conditional Access CA within digital broadcasting systems Digital Broadcasting Systems for Television sound and data services allocation of service information SI codes for digital Video Broadcasting DVB systems European Telecommunication Standards Institute ETSI Digital Video Broadcasting DVB DVB Subtitling Systems European Telecommunication Standards Institute ETSI Version ES 202 184 V1 1 1 MHEG 5 Broadcast Profile TRANSMISSION RULES FOR FREEVIEW DTH NETWORK New Zealand The logical channel numbering specification used is the Australian variation to the UK specification It is titled rFree TV Australia Operational Practice OP 410and can be viewed at http www freetvaust com au SiteMedia w3svc087 Uploads Documents 18efb 4b4 cd30 4da4 a3ae 5fb4f4b64884 pdf Version 1 06 05 MHEG 1 06 UK Profile as published in D Book Version ISO IEC 13818 1 Information Technology generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio systems NorDig Unified Requirements for Integrated Receiver Decoders for use in cable satellite terrestrial and IP based networks Digital Video Broadcasting DVB guidelines on implementation and usage of service information Sl 8 67 Freeview Limited freeview 2 Overview This specification uses the UK DTG D BOOK V5 as its primary reference in particular Chapter 22 section 8 7 and 8 11
4. Phono Audio Dolby Digital UHF Modulator IF loop through Data Interface Freeview Limited Reference Detail Audio left amp KE SPDIF for pass through of Dolby Digital AC 21 Either an Optical and or Coaxial Digital Audio Output s Optical Digital Audio or Dolby AC 3 bit stream output RF Connector 75 ohm IEC 169 2 Male Female Frequency 470 to 860 MHz TV Standard PAL BG I DK Preset Channel 22 Tuneable to UHF channels 21 to 69 Satellite IF Satellite IF Loop through through The DTR shall have a data interface to perform software upgrades and should comply to one of the following options An RS232 connector 9 pin D sub Universal Serial Bus RJ 45 Ethernet IEE802 3 Memory Stick 24 67 Freeview Limited Resources Reference Detail 9 11 Remote Control A Remote Control is to be supplied with the DTR It is suggested that the remote control should follow D Book chapter 25 The basic key functions and button labels should be as drawn below Register 14 Receiver Group OOO EE Coc Register 15 2 t CeX 8 X9 Register 13 7 N ES ZII II lt 4d PVR GROUP Do SDECD REC PAUSE PLAY WD STOP m Con Ca Cu r1 R FWD REC LIST PLAY LIST Note this is not a recommended layout Freeview Limited freeview Manufacturers Response The EPG button will launch the MHEG 5 E
5. Rating NZ Translation 0 x 00 undefined 0 x 06 G to 9 years 0 x 08 PGR to 11 years 0x0C AO to 15 years See DTR functions section below for use of parental ratings to control viewing of recorded programmes Tuner Decoder HF input F type female connector HF loop through F type female connector RF IF Frequency 950MHz to 2150MHz Range Input impedance 75 ohm nominal Input Signal 65dBm to 25dBm Level Receiver Sensitivity Loop Through 0 dB typical Gain Supply LNB Up to a maximum of 500mA with overload protection current with a minimum capability of 300 mA Minimum 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 2 EC 4 IA C1 4 6 S 4 Freeview Limited 16 67 e D Freeview Limited freeview Resources Reference Detail Manufacturers Response IA 00 Supply LNB volts Vertical polarisation 13Vdc Horizontal polarisation 18Vdc 4 9 Signalling 13 18V and 22kHz tone switching 4 10 4 11 Demodulation QPSK DVB S standard EN 300 421 4 12 Input Symbol 2 MS s to 45 MS s Rates 4 13 Spectral Auto Inversion 4 Forward Error 1e 2 3 34 5 6 7 8 Auto Correction Codes Jl 4 1 4 15 Freeview Freeview services are transmitted on the Optus D1 Satellite 160 degrees east The primary carriers for Transponders Freeview services are as follows however Freeview services may be available from any carrier on this satellite The relevant parameters of the two carriers are
6. a mechanism for informing the user of failed or incomplete recordings in the playback list All conflict resolution shall be handled via the DTR GUI The EPG shall therefore never receive a fconflictd return code as these must always be handled through the DTR by cancelling one or more bookings 53 67 Freeview Limited Resources Reference Detail One Touch Recording OTR 7 1 Record The recorder shall incorporate a One touch Recording OTR function which allows the user to start a recording while watching live TV with one button press on the remote control The OTR button shall be the REC or record button on the RCU 7 2 Duration The duration of the recording operation shall be based on EIT p f subject to any device limitations e g available space Freeview Limited freeview The OTR button shall always be available to the viewer regardless of whether the EPG is active or not When pressing the OTR button the standard OTR screen shall be displayed for a few seconds indicating that the current service is being recorded The front panel shall indicate the recording state for the period of recording If the EPG application is running it shall be stopped when the OTR screen is displayed The EPG shall be available again via the EPG key after the temporary OTR screen has stopped being displayed If the DTR implements the optional live TV buffer cache see 8 2 then pressing the OTR button dur
7. a runaway recording e g as could occur if the EIT p f transition fails because of a fault in the distribution network If the EIT p f now event extends for more than two hours beyond the scheduled duration then the recorder may terminate the recording at any time Manual Time based Recording Manual Record Freeview Limited The DTR shall have a time based manual record feature which the viewer can use to select a service a start time and an end time for a gnanual recording Manual recordings shall be added to the Recording List and Playback list in the same way as EIT MHEG based recordings freeview As a back up or alternative to EIT MHEG based recording It shall not be necessary for the EPG to display bookings made though this manual time based DTR interface but the DTR will need to include these bookings in any conflict management Manufacturers Response 66 67 Freeview Limited freeview Freeview Limited 67 67
8. for alternate instances Alternate instance bookings shall be available for programme and series bookings The cancellation of a previously booked programme that happens to have been booked as an alternate instance shall be handled the same as a programme booking cancellation freeview When a conflict is found for a requested booking the DTR shall check for an alternate instance that does not conflict and an fralternate instance booked return code shall be passed back to the EPG The EPG shall then display a warning to the viewer that although the event has been booked it may actually be recorded at a different time to that selected in the EPG The EPG shall indicate that the alternate instance programme is to be recorded via an onscreen icon R for programme bookings or S for series bookings against that programme listing For a successful cancelled booking the EPG shall indicate success by no longer displaying the onscreen icon R or S as appropriate Manufacturers Response 49 67 Freeview Limited Resources Split Event bookings 7 Freeview Limited Reference Detail A programme may consist of multiple events for example a movie divided into two parts by another programme Split events shall be handled in the same way as standard programme bookings No special message is required All segments of the event shall be highlighted as being booked in the EPG The EPG shall hand
9. g start 2 minutes before scheduled Freeview broadcasters are not required to start time and stop 10 minutes after scheduled end implement ccurate recording me However as per the functional requirement for ccurate recording in 9 1 above the DTR shall regularly monitor EIT p f In doing so it can use the ollowing f programme start time as the time from which it creates the start time off set Freeview Limited 63 67 Freeview Limited Resources Reference Detail freeview Manufacturers Response Recording Capacity 13 1 Capacity information 13 2A Capacity Management Freeview Limited The recorder shall be equipped with a means of indicating the available recording capacity The basis for the indication shall be explained in the instruction manual and shall be in terms of percentage or time based on a notional capacity requirement per hour of recording Option A H insufficient space is available on the HDD to record the scheduled programme the viewer shall be told to make space immediately before the scheduled time of recording This may or may not coincide with the time the booking is made If a number of recommendations are booked each shall be handled in the same way as an individual programme booking If a split event is booked the required space shall be calculated at the start of the first segment If it is not possible to book a programme due to insufficient space via the EPG
10. in the series an entry shall be made in the Playback List for that programme and all programme information shall be obtained from EIT p f The Recording List entry for the series shall be removed automatically after a period of 13 weeks in which no programme from the series has been found freeview The EPG shall display a rare you sure you want to cancel this series booking ddialog before the amp ancel booking instruction is sent For a successful cancelled booking the EPG shall indicate success by no longer displaying the onscreen icon S Manufacturers Response 48 67 Freeview Limited Reference Detail L3 Alternate Instance bookings MEME Freeview Limited If a booking is made that causes a conflict the requested booking shall be checked for alternate instances If an alternate instance is available that enables the requested programme or series to be recorded at another time this shall be used instead of the selected instance of the programme or series An Alternate instance booked return code shall be passed back to the EPG If the alternate instance conflicts and no further alternate instances of this event are available the requested booking shall fail and the DTR shall present a conflict resolution dialog This shall occur subject to any device limitations e g available space Note Previously booked programmes or series that are causing the conflict need not be checked
11. of Chapter 8 UK DTT SI rules of Operation Receiver Requirements Freeview Limited 9 67 Freeview Limited freeview 3 DTR Receiver Profile The lanufacturers Response column in the following table is included to enable a detailed response to each specification item Resources Reference Detail Manufacturers Response E The processing power and memory configuration of the DTR must be suitable for the routine operation of FTA digital satellite reception DVB S together with the embedded operation of MHEG 5 Version 1 06 NZ variant applications and the provision of the routine replacement of all software via dhrough the air download The related parameter limits specified in this section are believed to be the minimum necessary to achieve these requirements DDRAM 64 MBytes Minimum baseline functionality 4 Mbytes Minimum baseline functionality 1 3 CPU Processor 166MHz Minimum baseline functionality Speed 15 Common The mandatory requirement for at least one DVB ON HOLD pending further consideration by the Interface Common Interface is temporarily suspended until a Freeview technical committee more suitably secure and deployed standard is available Manufacturers of conformant products will be required to add this capability to new models when in the future a suitable standard is adopted Freeview Limited 10 67 Freeview Limited freeview Resources Reference Detail Manufacturers Response Services The DTR must g
12. recorder shall not be recorded with the programme content This is to ensure that the user knows that the DTR is actively recording This shall enable the EPG to update its screen if changes to bookings are made via the DTR rather than via the EPG Manufacturers Response 60 67 Freeview Limited Resources 11 1 Playback list 11 2 Information source 11 3 Chase Playback 11 4 Fast Forward and Reverse Freeview Limited Reference Detail All information about each programme recorded shall be obtained from EIT p f at the time of recording This allows details of individual programmes to be obtained as they are recorded even if they were booked via a series booking A mechanism for displaying recorded programmes shall be available showing a minimum of date programme title service name start time end time or duration and whether this programme is part of a series booking The playback list shall be ordered by date default with the option to re order by programme name or viewed state The programme synopsis and parental rating shall also be available via one RCU button press preferably the nfo or i button The playback list shall always obtain the above information from the EIT p f at the time of recording thus enabling details for individual programmes to be obtained even if booked as a series The user shall be able to start the playback of a programme for which the recording has not yet co
13. schedule programme a series or a recommendation In addition to the Mheg EPG will be a EIT schedule table aS per EN 300 468 which will carry CRID information within a Content identifier descriptor to enable DTR series link recording as per section 8 5 3 12 8 7 8 11 of the D Book TDT TOT The DTR shall have a real time clock calendar running EN 300 468 continuously Alternatively the DTR may perform a The clock shall be updated by the incoming TDT and DST Computation to calculate the local TOT table in the SI time The DTR shall display the local time 7 0 Copy Protection Freeview Limited 21 67 e Freeview Limited freeview Resources Reference Detail Manufacturers Response Digital Outputs The DTR shall always provide HDCP digital content Initially this is specified for the protection protection on the optional HDMI output of HD content on external HDDG Any interface that can transmit high definition video via Content protection is not required for SD IP such as Ethernet and 802 11 IEEE 1394 Firewire content and USB connections must use DT CP copy protection or other suitable method so that the HD content cannot be viewed or copied when connected to any other device 8 1 Easy to use and DTRs shall be simple to set up and operate and be simple provided with clear easy to understand user documentation documentation in line with that requirement D Book Section 26 Freeview Limited 22 67 Free
14. tables as per EN 300 468 In addition the EIT p f table with carry CRID information within a Content identifier descriptor to enable DTR series link recording as per sections 8 5 3 12 8 7 and 8 11 of the D Book The presentation of the now next banner is as per manufactures chosen user interface but it is desirable for the following information to be displayed in the bottom third of the screen Programme Title event name Start time of now and next programme End time of now and next programme Logical Channel Number Channel Name Date Current time Plus single button press access to the programme synopsis short event descriptor The EPG fNow and next should be displayed when the user changes channels for approx 2 secs and may also be launched using the i info button on the remote control If a descriptor is missing from the EIT table 1 the DTR shall not display an error freeview Manufacturers Response 20 67 Freeview Limited freeview m Resources Reference Detail Manufacturers Response EPG cScheduleo An 8 day EPG will be provided as an MHEG 5 See the section amp 6 DTR Functional application This application will be invoked using the Requirements below for details EPG button on the remote control Note Freeview will transmit CRID The MHEG EPG will be utilised by the user to book a information for a period of 8 days in recording of an event This content may be an individual ETT
15. the PVR schedule Synopsis PMB crid cridT ype name description result in out in out type Genericlnteger cridType The type of CRID being referenced where e 49 0x31 is a programme event e 50 0x32 is a series event GenericOctetString A descriptive name for the event GenericOctetString A brief description of the event tion Freeview Limited Freeview Limited freeview in out in out type Genericlnteger shall result The result of the operation rovide an indirect reference E ob 0 booking successful to an Integer Variable 1 alternate instance booking successful 1 conflict with a previous booking 2 CRID not found 3 CRID already booked for recording 4 booking cancelled by user 5 booking failed for other reason 6 booking failed due to insufficient space 7 booking failed due to too many bookings TABLE 2 6 Arguments Description The Resident Program adds an event to the PVRG list of scheduled events to record The type of CRID can be any of a single programme or series the type is defined in cridT ype to aid the PVR in finding the required CID Where the CRID is a series CRID the booking relates to all programme events that are part of the series The PVR is required to validate the CRID and check that resources are available for the booking This may involve searching for multiple instances of an event until one is found that does not clash with a previous booking Wh
16. the choice of booking the recommended programme s and the requested programme or just the requested programme If the user agrees to book a recommendation that is a series the DTR should book that series If a recommended programme or series includes alternate instance information this shall be used to minimise any conflicts The EPG will then send a TR make booking instruction to the DTR for each programme or series listed as a recommendation as well as the requested programme booking The DTR shall return a return code to the EPG according to the success or failure of the operation as described in Section 6 This information may be used to inform the user of the outcome via the EPG freeview Any successful booking made via the EPG shall indicate success via an onscreen icon R or S depending on whether it is a programme or series booking against that programme listing Recommendations are simply ways of linking programmes in scope of the current EPG Hecommended programmes and series are therefore booked in exactly the same manner as standard programmes and series and they must therefore adhere to the same rules as standard programmes and series A recommended programme must exist in the scope of the current EPG A recommended series must include at least one programme in that series in scope of the current EPG Recommendations shall not be self referential so shall not reference either the current Programme o
17. the message shall be displayed by the DTR and this shall then pass a fcancelled message back to the EPG H this option is implemented the apacity warning function at 13 3 must also be implemented Option A or Option B is required not both 64 67 Freeview Limited Resources Capacity Management Capacity Warning Keep function Reference Detail Option B If the HDD is full so that the next recording cannot be completed the oldest recorded programme in the playback list shall be deleted to make space This will continue until enough space has been made to record the next scheduled programme H this option is implemented the amp eep function at 13 4 must also be implemented A apacity warning function is required This shall inform the user that they have reached 9096 of the HDD available capacity and rshould consider deleting some recordingsoto increase available space The viewer shall have the option to flag programmes to be kept regardless of the age of the recording If all content is flagged to be kept and the HDD runs out of space subsequent recordings will fail freeview Option A or Option B is required not both If 13 2A above is implemented If 13 2B above is implemented Manufacturers Response Freeview Limited 5 87 65 67 Freeview Limited Resources Reference Detail Runaway Recordings EIT p f The recorder shall incorporate a mechanism Tor handling
18. 1 see 12 1 The default offset period should be 2 minutes before the start and 10 minutes after the end It is permissible for a recording to start before the start of an event and to finish after the event but must not create unnecessary conflicts with requirement for a back to back recording capability Note Freeview broadcasters are not currently interfacing their presentation automation systems on air schedules to the Freeview SI EPG system However this is a planned future enhancement and therefore conformant DTRG are required to implement the accurate recording function Manufacturers Response 58 67 Freeview Limited Resources Schedule of Recordings Recording List Information source Modifications Freeview Limited Reference Detail A mechanism for displaying programmes and series selected for recording shall be available showing a minimum of scheduled date programme or series title service name start time and end time or duration The programme or series synopsis shall also be available via one RCU button press preferably the dnfo or idoutton The DTR shall allow the user to delete a programme or series from the Recording list Programme and series title and synopsis are sent across the API from the EPG at the time of booking While the scheduled date service name start time and end time or duration shall be obtained from EIT Schedule and SDT For series booking
19. AFD Active Format Descriptor Alphabetic Characters that typically represent a component of a spoken word For example the Latin derived characters used to represent English or the Cyrillic characters used to represent Russian BER Bit Error Rate C N Carrier to Noise Ration CA Conditional Access CharacterSet MHEG term defined as Identification of the character set or set of character sets that shall be used by default for Text rendering This Integer shall be encoded with a value representing the character set The application domain shall define a range of CharacterSet and its semantics CID Content Identifier Descriptor ContentHook MHEG term defined as Determine the encoding format of the data included or Referenced by the Content attribute CRID Content Reference Identifier Freeview Limited 4 67 Freeview Limited CVBS CVBS D Book DTCP DTG DTR DIT DVB DVB T EBU EIT EPG ETSI FEC Freeview FIA HD HDCP HDMI HDTV iDTVs IRD May MHEG 5 MP HL MP ML MPEG Must Freeview Limited freeview Composite Video Baseband Signal Composite Video Blanking and Synchronization See technical standards listed elsewhere in this document Digital Transmission Content Protection Digital Television Group a UK digital television industry organisation Digital Television Recorder which is equivalent to a PVR Digital Terrestrial Television Digital Video Broadcast organisation DVB Terrestrial European Broad
20. E 3 1 List of international profiles 6 8 Requirements of profiles This clause tabulates the requirements for each profile 2 1 1 fPlatform identification a 2 2 1 Maori character extensions fs 2 3 1 EPG key D 2 4 FPVR extensionso Optional 2 5 fRegionalised broadcastso a TABLE 3 2 Profile requirements for New Zealand Freeview 1 1 Receivers that support a profile shall return the feature string as part of the value returned by the WhoAmI resident program and shall return true when the feature string is tested using the UniversalEngineProfile resident program Freeview Limited Freeview Limited freeview 7 0 DTR Functional Requirements 7 1 Overview The DTR functions as specified in 4 6 2 below are modelled on those in the dDTG functional specification for Digital TV recorders as used for freeview Playback in the UK It expands on these functions so as to specify the minimum booking recording and playback functions required for a conformant Freeview NZ DTR It specifies which functions will be presented to the user as part of the MHEG 5 EPG application the interaction between the EPG and the DTR and which functions are required to be performed by the DTR itself In the following sections a number of references to Recording Listoand rPlayback List are made The Recording List is the list of programmes or series that have been booked for recording but that has not yet been recorded The P
21. PG application The TEXT button will launch the MHEG 5 Digitext application when broadcast The RED button will launch any available MHEG 5 Interactive application 25 67 Freeview Limited freeview Resources Reference Detail Manufacturers Response Maintenance amp To allow for software changes in either DTRs must be upgradeable in a practical manner i e over air upgrade download The process of upgrading should cause minimal disruption to the viewer However to minimise the diversity of deployed software builds and to most efficiently use the available broadcast capacity the DTR must Summary detect and act upon the broadcast of a relevant software download within 24 hours of its transmission commencing Wa Auto upgrade DTRs shall be capable of automatic i e not user initiated software upgrade by over air download with minimal interruption to the viewer and within 24 hours of availability of the download under normal operating conditions we Download Support for the use of DVB SSU to at least the simple mechanism profile as defined in ETSI TS 102 006 is required 10 3 Downloads in DTRs shall be able to handle the presence of software any carrier downloads in any NIT referred carrier signal signal Oe Middleware A compliant MHEG 5 UK Ver 1 06 profile plus the platform identification Maori character extensions EPG Key and DTR additional extensions as detailed in section 6 ees LE ETSI stan
22. Subtitles According to EN 300 743 v1 3 11 Digital Video Broadcast DVB Subtitling Systems 4 3 Interactive Services These services will be developed utilising MHEG 5 V1 06 applications 4 4 Software Upgrades A service for providing firmware updates to DTRs will be available on the home transport stream using the DVB specification for SSU 4 4 1 All conforming DTRs shall be capable of a systems software update using the simple profile defined int ETSI TS 102 006 4 4 2 Manufacturers shall ensure that the DTR offered shall only respond to a unique OUI code Organisation Unique Identifier This means that the DTR offered shall not react to any other OUI from any other manufacturer nor react to any other OUI from the same company which relates to a different model DTR 4 4 3 The default DVB SSU mode for DTRs shall be with DVB SSU renabledda 4 4 4 For Conformance testing manufacturers will be required to deliver two ASI transport streams containing relevant converted binary image files together with all relevant NIT and PMT data Freeview Limited 28 67 Freeview Limited freeview necessary for their DIR to properly undergo a successful DVB SSU operation One stream will replace the software in the DTR as demonstrated by a new version number or some other visible indicator the other will restore the DTR to its then current configuration Please refer to section 6 of the Alransmission Rules For Freeview DTH Networkodocument f
23. X Decimal Northland Auckland 1000 4096 Auckland Auckland 1000 Freeview Limited Freeview Limited freeview Waikato Waikato 1100 4352 Rotorua Waikato 1100 Bay of Plenty Waikato 1100 4608 Taupo Waikato 1100 Gisborne Central 1200 Napier Central 1200 Hastings Central 1200 Taranaki Central 1200 Wanganui Central 1200 Manawatu Central 1200 Wairarapa Wellington 1300 4864 Wellington Wellington 1300 West Coast Christchurch 1400 5120 Canterbury Christchurch 1400 Southern Lakes Dunedin 1500 5376 Otago Dunedin 1500 Southland Dunedin 1500 Region 7 1600 0632 Region 8 1700 5888 Region 9 1800 6144 Region 10 1900 6400 All Free Channels All FTA 2000 8192 Each Bouquet region will need to be able to accommodate up to 45 services or channels within its bouquet The bouquet regions 7 10 are specified for future potential growth activities and will be spare at the launch of Freeview Bouquet Region 11 is specified for those few viewers who will insist upon having the full viewing flexibility of DVB compliant receivers where they will be able to view all FTA programme streams Freeview Limited Freeview Limited freeview 5 4 2 Button Assignments on remote control units In general the button numbers of FTA receiver RCUs directly relate to the position of a channel within the channels list of the receiver The channel at the top of the list will normally be tuned by the receiver when button on the RCU is sele
24. age of additional characters receivers shall use the layout and rendering rules defined in MHEG Receivers shall support all of the font sizes specified in MHEG 6 3 1 5 Character repertoire This package of additional characters requires that receivers shall implement the set of characters listed in Table 2 2 rCharacter additions for Maoridin addition to those defined in MHEG 012A C4AA __ Latin Capital Letter With Macon pores owe _ __ Latin Sai tet twit acon wt owo 6 atin Smal eter OWith Macon osa C5AA Latin Capital Letter U With Macon oB Lon L Latin Small Letter UWith Macron TABLE 2 2 Character additions for Maori 6 4 User input extensions The base set of user input keys that all receivers shall support is defined in MHEG This clause specifies additional packages of UserlnoutEventData values User Input registers and EngineEvents Freeview Limited Freeview Limited freeview 6 4 1 EPG key 6 4 1 1 UserlnputEventData value The EPG key shall generate UserlnputEventData value 300 6 4 1 2 Userlnput registers In addition to the input registers defined in MHEG receivers shall support the following input registers All three input registers 13 14 and 15 must be supported Register Number Number Userlnput EventData value Function Name Bo que 0 0 ollo e Jom 0 Jofo Bo qu 0 Jofo o Rm LD E fonesaser7eorespecwvey 0 j soo o s
25. bles for this purpose are called fBouquet Association Tables BAT Q The concept to be adopted here is simply the creation of a separate bouquet for each different geographic region within the Freeview service 5 3 The Process When a new Freeview receiver is turned on the viewer will be presented with an attractive screen on their TV set which asks Where are you The viewer will choose from the following list of place names that is displayed on their TV set to indicate where they are located By choosing one of these places they will effectively configure their receiver to receive the associated bouquet of channels The list of place names in the general order from north to south of New Zealand is Northland Auckland Waikato Rotorua Bay of Plenty Taupo Freeview Limited Freeview Limited freeview Gisborne Napier Hastings Taranaki Wanganui Manawatu Wairarapa Wellington West Coast Canterbury Southern Lakes Otago Southland Whichever of these place names is selected by the viewer that selection will then cause that particular receiver to relate to just one regional bouquet The regions are known as Auckland Waikato Central Wellington Christchurch Dunedin If the viewer moves house or for any other reason wishes to become part of another viewing region the flexibility will exist to enable the viewer to make that change 5 4 The Detail 5 4 1 Bouquets Place Names Bouquet Name Bouquet ID Bouquet ID HE
26. casting Union Event Information Table Electronic Programme Guide European Telecommunication Standards Institute Forward Error Correction Consumer Brand and company name of the Digital Platform service provider in NZ Free to Air High Definition High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection High Definition Multimedia Interface High Definition Television Integrated Digital Televisions Integrated Receiver Decoder Indicates an event or provision which is permitted but not mandatory A standard devised for the middleware for interactive services MHEG stands for Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Groupo Main Profile at High Level Main Profile at Main Level Moving Pictures Expert Group Indicates that a third party must comply to ensure correct operation 5 67 Freeview Limited NIT OSD PAL PVR QPSK RS S PDIF SD SDTV Shall Should SI STB Transport Stream TS UTF Will Y C YPbPr 1 5 References D BOOK ETSI MHEG Digital TV Group DTG DTR Freeview Limited freeview Network Information Table Onscreen Display Phase Alternating Line Personal Video Recorder which is equivalent to a DTR Quadrature Phase Shift Keying Reed Solomon Sony Philips Digital Interface Standard Definition Standard Definition Television Indicates a mandatory provision Indicates a desirable but not mandatory provision Service Information Set Top Box which is equivalent to a Digital Terrestria
27. cted In a totally unmanaged digital FTA satellite environment the position of a channel within the list of channels contained in a single carrier or transponder will be determined solely by the value of its rService ID The sequence in which individual carriers or transponders are scanned will determine the relative listing sequence of all of the channels within that carrier relative to any other carrier For example say there are two satellite carriers with channels shown viz Carrier One TVONE 1 Service ID 001 TV2 Service ID 002 TV3 Service ID 003 Carrier Two MTS Service ID 001 DWTV Service ID 002 Prime Service ID 003 CCTV9 Service ID 004 In an unmanaged FIA digital satellite environment if Carrier One was scanned first and then Carrier Two the buttons of the associated receiver RCU would be as follows TVONE button 1 TV2 button 2 TV3 button 3 MTS button 4 DWTV button 5 Prime button 6 CCTV9 button 7 Freeview Limited Freeview Limited freeview If Carrier Two was scanned first and then Carrier One the buttons of the associated receiver RCU would be as follows MTS button 1 DWTV button 2 Prime button 3 CCTV9 button 4 TVONE button 5 TV2 button 6 TV3 button 7 Most non Freeview approved FTA receivers currently available enable the viewer to manage the button assignment via the use of a fFavouritesO menu option whereby the viewer can delete unwanted channels or services and
28. d not be supported but the layer may be shown or hidden Video Layer a full colour layer displaying the output of the MPEG video decoder Layer to support Y 8 bit Cb 8 bit Cr 8 bit Chroma to be sub sampled to either 4 2 0 or 4 2 2 Alpha blending need not be supported but the layer may be shown or hidden OSD Graphics Layer an 8 bit palletised layer which can display region based graphics Each CLUT palette entry to support Y 8 bit Cb 8 bit Cr 8 bit Chroma to be sub sampled to either 4 2 0 or 4 2 2 Alpha blending to be either 6 bit across the entire layer or 2 bit per pixel freeview Manufacturers Response Video Still Image layer There is no requirement to display both still image and motion video at the same time they are mutually exclusive A palletised layer is the minimum requirement Alternatively True Colour can be utilized 3 18 DTR Character The Character set of the DTR shall be the Character EN 300 468 Annex A Set code table 00 Latin Alphabet as specified in ISO 6937 15 67 O Freeview Limited 485 7 e e e ec e D Freeview Limited freeview Resources Reference Detail Manufacturers Response For values not defined in this table the Australian definition may be used or the level above e g if 0 x 07 was broadcast then it should be treated as O x 08 Therefore only a user setting of 0 x 08 or higher would allow the programme to be viewed 3 19 Parental rating DVB
29. dards as listed in the relevant sections of this specification and the DTH Freeview Transmission Rules document Freeview NZ Compliance with DTH Freeview Transmission Rules document 1 including DTR extensions Energy A new Australian and New Zealand energy standard for standards digital television DT Rs is currently being drafted DT Rs Manufactures to state DTR power consumption in normal operating mode will need to comply with this standard once ratified and standby mode Freeview Limited 26 67 e f e e B e lt o o po Freeview Limited freeview 0 uu oom T EN6100 4 2 EN6100 4 4 EN6100 4 5 SES EN6100 3 3 Emission voltage fluctuations and flicker eo Freeview Limited 27 67 Freeview Limited freeview 4 Key Elements of Software A number of software elements in addition to those required for basic services will need to be available or developed prior to launch They are 4 1 EPG An 8 day EPG service will be broadcast on all Freeview multiplexes as an MHEG 5 application The MHEG 5 application will enable the user to navigate through all platform services The user experience should be consistent across all DTRs see DTR functional requirements in section 4 6 In addition to the MHEG EPG there will be EIT schedule that will carry CRID information within a Content identifier descriptor to enable DTR series link recording as per section 8 5 3 12 8 7 and 8 11 of the D Book 4 2
30. e e e p Freeview Limited freeview Free to Air Digital Satellite DTR Digital Television Recorder Requirements Profile For New Zealand Free to Air Digital Broadcasting STRICTLY PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL Document History Version Date Details 28 04 09 First Release 15 07 09 Changed bouquet IDG changed items 7 1 and 8 2 Date 15 July 2009 Freeview Limited 1 67 Freeview Limited freeview Table of Contents l 2 3 4 5 MENGE OCUICULOM E 3 LI POP OSI E 3 e reno E 3 e ee 4 IC INOS e TR EOTENNm m 4 Eo R EOS E SENS 6 SA N seeks 8 BERE ec vor ra PIS en mney nner ere m Nome 9 Key Elements EE EE 21 AN TE CY MT I anon 27 e osi geen 27 Ee N E a EE E MM M PPM MENU 27 2 DONO ee 27 4 5 Logical Channel Numbering eessesessseesseeeeeeeenne eene nennen nene nsn nnne tree ates rise arrest rss rise rris senes 28 Region EEN EE o S EE 29 EMEMIO Ou DI E 20 SU lee Keele m 20 ee 29 S MEC KE EE 30 eM SONU EE 30 5 4 2 Button Assignments on remote control ons 31 SEE INN EE 33 NZ MHEG 5 extensions to MHEG 5 UK Profile vi Op 34 eM arr ee E 34 SUM Men 34 Oa eC IC AIO IAG ee 34 O21 WSCC COS eea 34 ENEE e ee ACM UM CATION E 34 6 3 Character set extensions T E E mE
31. e S 0 foo Ip omeen 0 fo fo ww RS D no fo m feo D no fo w veiw n0 ws Be D o fo pw T S ofofo s Jesu TABLE 2 3 Input registers EPG key 6 4 1 3 EngineEvents EventData Freeview Limited Freeview Limited freeview EventData EPGKeyFunction Generated when the user activates the EPG key and there is an active scene object This event is raised independently of the InputEvent register selected at the current moment or whether any interactible has the InteractionStatus of True If a key press causes both the EngineEvent and the Userlnput event then the EngineEvent shall be raised first TABLE 2 4 EngineEvents 6 5 PVR extensions This clause specifies a package of extensions that are used for controlling Personal Video Recorders PVR this is identified as the PVRExtension 6 5 1 Implementation Receivers implementing the PVRExtension package shall follow the requirements for D Book and for DTG DTR but note that referencing programme events by EIT event_id as described in D Book clause 8 11 1 1 is not supported by this package Instead all events in EIT shall include a Content Identifier Descriptor that in conjunction with a Default Authority Descriptor provides a CRID for the event 6 5 2 GetEngineSupport feature string Receivers implementing this package shall return APRUEOto the Engine Support String FPVR n a where n 0 6 5 3 EngineEvents EventData mm omm
32. e user changes services then the buffer is emptied of the old service content and the new service starts caching Default should be set to nd Manufacturers Response 57 67 Freeview Limited Freeview Limited Reference Detail Accurate Recording _ 9 2 Updated EIT p f The DTR shall incorporate a default mechanism for controlling the starting and stopping of a recording based on the broadcast EIT p f The DTR shall track changes to the start time and end time of the event The start of an event is indicated by its transition to the present event for the specified service The end of an event is indicated by the event being replaced by a different event as the present event for that service When the DTR is not in passive standby and a schedule change occurs the affected programmes in the schedule of recordings and any recordings in progress shall be updated In standby the DTR shall monitor the EIT p f sufficiently frequently and for sufficient duration to allow a programme to be recorded successfully even when the start time is brought forward by up to ten minutes and the schedule information is updated at least five minutes before the new start time NOTE Passive standby is defined as that state in which the DTR is inactive as far as the user is concerned and no broadcast signal is being decoded freeview The DTR shall also allow the user to specify start stop time off set periods
33. eractive application graphics must observe the rules enabling applications to suspend presentation of Subtitles where editorially required freeview Manufacturers Response 12 67 Freeview Limited Resources Teletext Digitext Audio Descriptors 3 10 Multi Language Support 3 11 Widescreen For SD video resolution output format D Book V4 Section 3 4 and Section 24 2 Freeview Limited Reference Detail A DTR shall either a have the facility to acquire teletext as defined in EN 300 472 DVB Specification conveying ITU R System B Teletext in DVB Bitstreams and reinsert it in the vertical blanking interval VBI of the composite video output according to specification ITU R BT 653 2 Teletext Systems and or b include a Teletext decoder as defined by ETSI standard 300 706 Enhanced Teletext Specification including up to Teletext V1 5 and display Teletext pages on the attached TV or video monitor via an on screen display OSD that can be viewed via all available video output interface signals A suitable remote control button other than the d EXT button must be provided to launch the Teletext OSD display A Digitext service may be provided via an MHEG 5 Application This will be accessed by the fT EXTOBUutton on the RCU D Book Section 4 DTRs that are capable of presenting audio description shall provide at least the minimum user controls D Book 4 0 section 4 5 The DTR is to at least s
34. ere no such instance is found the PVR may choose to indicate the con flict to the viewer giving them the option to cancel one or more of the bookings Where the instance chosen to record either automatically or by user intervention is not the temporally first instance found the call shall return with a result value of 1 The name and description can be used by the PVR to describe the event when it is placed in the booking list 6 5 4 3 PVR CancelBooking Removes an event from the PVR schedule Synopsis PCB crid cridT ype result in out in out type Genericlnteger cridType The type of CRID being referenced where e 49 0x31 is a programme event e 50 0x32 is a series event Freeview Limited Freeview Limited freeview in out in out type out Genericlnteger shall result The result of the operation provide an indirect reference king remov to an IntegerVariable 0 booking removed 1 the event is being recorded 2 CRID not found 3 the event has already been recorded TABLE 2 7 Arguments Description This resident program removes the requested event from the list of events currently booked for recording The event is referenced by its CRID along with the CRID type Cancelling a series CRID will cause all future events in the series to be ignored in addition to ones currently visible in the schedule 6 5 4 4 PVR_ListBookings Returns a list of CRIDs and CRID types currently being mon
35. ernational profile string see Table 3 1 List of international profiles Oon page 15 for each of the international profiles that the receiver supports to be interrogated in addition to those defined by MHEG 6 2 2 2 WhoAml resident program The WhoAml WAI resident program is defined in MHEG It returns a string that contains a Space separated set of sub strings This clause extends this resident program so that the string returned contains additional space separated sub strings The additional sub strings are the international profile stringo see Table3 1 List of international profiles oon page 15 for each of the international profiles that the receiver supports Freeview Limited Freeview Limited freeview 6 3 Character set extensions The text in this section has been generalised with the goal of allowing the specification to address multiple markets and allowing receivers to be developed to address multiple markets The base set of characters that all receivers shall support is defined in MHEG MHEG also specifies how text is encoded stored processed and presented This clause provides additional specifications that enable packages of characters to provide support for additional regions languages peoples Unless stated otherwise all aspects of text storage and presentation follow the specifications in MHEG For the avoidance of doubt these specifically include e Character encoding e CharacterSet attribute E Re
36. es used instead This logic shall be handled entirely by the DTR meaning the EPG shall NOT need to send a Cancel Programme message before sending a Book Series message to the DTR The process of booking the series shall automatically cancel the previously made programme booking For the initial version of the profile each programme may be signaled as being in zero or one series only i e a programme cannot be part of two different series Ae specified in DBook section 8 7 2 1 Series Recording the DTR is expected to store and track a series for up to 13 weeks between occurrences and then discard it 47 67 Freeview Limited Resources 2 2 Cancel 2 3 Display 2 3 List Freeview Limited Reference Detail The EPG shall handle the cancellation of a previously booked series by sending a dDTR cancel booking instruction to the DTR This will cancel the series booking The DTR shall return a return code to the EPG according to the success or failure of the operation as described in Section 6 This information may be used to inform the user of the outcome via the EPG The display of programmes selected for recording shall include an indication if the programme is included as a consequence of being one programme in a series A successful series booking shall be listed in the Recording List and shall remain in the Recording List after each programme in the series is recorded At the time of recording each programme
37. ing an event will capture the portion of the event in the buffer cache provided that start of that event is in the buffer The DTR will then record the remainder of the event therefore capturing the entire event Manufacturers Response 54 67 Freeview Limited Freeview Limited Resources Conflict Programme identification Reference Detail OTR shall not be delayed by further requests for user interaction unless to proceed would affect a recording that is either already underway or scheduled to start before the end of the OTR operation If a conflict occurs when the OTR button is pressed a dialog shall be displayed in which the viewer may make the choice to cancel one of the conflicting programmes or partially record the OTR programme If no choice is made the default action shall be to partially record the OTR programme The same dialog shall be displayed if the OTR button is pressed and there is no immediate conflict but a schedule change means a conflict will now occur during the OTR period The default action shall be to partially record the OTR programme stopping the OTR at the point at which the conflict occurs The DTR shall indicate to the viewer the partially recorded state of OTR programme in the playback list If an OTR event is a split event each part of the split event shall be recorded separately The OTR function is event based and shall be controlled by EIT P F The 1st press of the OTR butt
38. itored Synopsis PLB crids_and_crid_types in out in out type out GenericOctetString shall A space separated list of full CRIDs currently being provide an indirect reference monitored to an OctetStringVariable TABLE 2 8 Arguments Description The Resident Program returns an OctetString carrying a list of the currently valid bookings The format for each booking shall be a CRID followed by CRID type A single space 0x32 character separates each CRID and CRID type A single space 0x32 character separates each booking The list shall contain all currently valid bookings previously added using the PMB Resident Program There shall be no duplicate bookings in the list In each booking the CRID and CRID type shall be in the format that was used when the booking was created using the PMB Resident Program The order of bookings in the list is not defined Bookings that are no longer valid because they have lapsed or have been successfully recorded or have been removed by other means shall not be present in the list An example of the OctetString returned from the PVR ListBookings call describing one programme CRID and one Series CRID is as follows crid service1 tv 4df6a2 49 crid service1 tv news 50 Freeview Limited Freeview Limited freeview 6 6 Regionalised broadcasts 1 The receiver shall on first boot and or as a viewer requested option present a list of available regions as defined within the broadcast Transpor
39. ive access to all NZ free to view broadcast digital satellite television radio and enhanced interactive television services This must include the capability to efficiently present radio channels Summary DVB subtitles Digital Text and Enhanced Broadcast elements of all services It must present DVB subtitles when broadcast and if requested by the viewer manage the output video in both widescreen 16 9 and 4 3 picture formats to suit the connected display Where possible DTRs should be able to present both subtitles and interactive graphics simultaneously However not all DTRs may be able to do this the result being that interactive content will not always be available to viewers that wish subtitles to be presented The DTR shall also be capable of utilising DVB Bouquet Association Tables and Logical Channel Numbering that may be broadcast as part of the Freeview DVB SI in order to be able to implement the Freeview regional services requirement This regional services requirement is described in Section 5 of this document without presentation of any content or application not intended for the selected service 3 1 MPEG2 Video MPEG 2 MP ML video resolution 720x576 PAL ISO IEC 13818 3 2 Audio Decoding MPEG1 Layer II Musicam audio mode stereo ISO IEC 11172 3 Sampling Rate 32 44 1 amp 48KHz 3 3 Dolby Digital AC 3 32 44 1 amp 48KHz 1 Pass Through Opt ISO IEC 14496 3 and signalled by TS on SPIDF 101 154 Annex C Only Pass th
40. l Receiver A stream format defined in MPEG SYS Transport Stream A data structure defined in ISO IEC 13818 1 Unicode Transformation Format Indicates an assumption about existing states or future events S Video Signal Wideband Component Video Signal rDigital Television Group Digital Terrestrial Television Requirements for Interoperability Issue 6 00 MHEG Broadcast Profile ETSI ES 202 184 v1 1 1n DTG Functional Specification for Digital TV Recorders Version 1 1 Version 1 1 DTG Functional Specification for Digital TV Recorders 6 67 Freeview Limited DVB Coding DVB SI DVB SI Codes DVB SI Guide DVB Sub DVB T EN 300 468 V1 9 1 EN 300 472 v1 2 2 EN 300 744 v 1 5 1 Freeview Limited freeview Version ETR 101 154 v1 7 1 Digital Video Broadcasting DVB Implementation Guidelines for the use of video and audio coding in Broadcasting Applications based on the MPEG 2 transport stream Version EN300 468 V1 9 1 Digital Video Broadcasting DVB Digital Broadcasting Systems for television sound and data services Specification for service information SI in Digital Video Broadcasting DVB ETSI Version ETSI 162 Digital Broadcasting Systems for Television sound and data services allocation of service information SI codes for Digital Video Broadcasting DVB systems ETSI Version TR 101 211 V1 9 1 Digital Video Broadcasting DVB guidelines on implementation and usage of Service Informatio
41. layback List is the list of content that has already been recorded or is in the process of being recorded the manufacturer is free to decide if these are presented as two separate lists or one combined list in their user interface design Freeview Limited Freeview Limited 7 2 DTR Functions Resources Reference Detail Programme bookings NN NE BEN Freeview Limited The EPG shall handle the booking of a programme and send a TR_make bookingdinstruction to the DTR The DTR shall return a return code to the EPG according to the success or failure of the operation as described in Section 6 This information may be used to inform the user of the outcome via the EPG The EPG shall handle the cancellation of a previously booked programme by sending a TR_cancel booking instruction to the DTR The DTR shall return a return code to the EPG according to the success or failure of the operation as described in Section 6 This information may be used to inform the user of the outcome via the EPG A successful programme booking shall be listed in the Recording List until the time at which the programme has started recording At the time of recording the entry shall be removed automatically from the Recording List and an entry shall be made in the Playback List Once in the Playback List all information about the programme shall be obtained from EIT p f freeview Any successful booking made via the EPG
42. le the cancellation of a previously booked programme by sending a TR_cancel booking instruction to the DTR The DTR shall return a return code to the EPG according to the success or failure of the operation as described in Section 6 This information may be used to inform the user of the outcome via the EPG Split events when recorded shall be stored as separate entries to enable the viewer to start watching the programme from the start of any part Each part shall be linked so that when the viewer plays them back in sequence they do not have to manually select the subsequent parts freeview If a programme entry exists in the schedule twice as a complete programme and as a split event these shall be considered to be the same content and may be considered when conflict occurs and an alternate instance is available The EPG shall display a fare you sure you want to cancel this programme booking O dialog before the amp ancel booking instruction is sent For a successful cancelled booking the EPG shall indicate success by no longer displaying the onscreen icon H or S as appropriate Manufacturers Response 50 67 Freeview Limited Resources sn Recommendations bookings 5 1 Book Reference Detail The EPG shall handle the booking of a programme that includes recommendations If the user books a programme that includes recommendations the EPG will present them with a dialog that offers them
43. lso contains recommendations these shall not be followed The first level of recommendations for each programme shall be followed only Since recommendations are booked in the same manner as standard programmes or series no special indication that they were booked or subsequently recorded via a recommendation is required ES freeview Manufacturers Response The EPG shall display a rare you sure you want to cancel this programme booking 0 dialog before the amp ancel booking instruction is sent For a successful cancelled booking the EPG shall indicate success by no longer displaying the onscreen icon H or S as appropriate 52 67 Freeview Limited Resources Reference Detail freeview Manufacturers Response Conflict Resolution Back to back bookings 6 2 Displaying a conflict Default action Freeview Limited The DTR shall be able to record back to back programmes on the same service without registering this as a conflict A conflict which is detected at the time of making a booking shall be indicated immediately together with details of the cause so that the user can take appropriate action The default action taken by the DTR with no user interaction shall be made clear to the user in the manual It is recommended that should the user not respond to a conflict resolution request that any scheduled recordings take precedence over viewing of a service or an OTR There shall be
44. lumn is included in section 3 to enable detailed feedback on each requirement in the specification if the manufacturer wishes to advise Freeview of its products conformance or any variation from the stated function Freeview Limited 3 67 Freeview Limited freeview 1 3 Scope The document sets out to identify the baseline functional specification of an MPEG 2 standard definition Freeview digital satellite receiver with extensions for hard drive recording It does not cover cosmetic or manufacturing designs It is intended that a satellite DTR conforming to this profile should comprise part of a domestic installation in conjunction with an external fixed satellite antenna and LNB together fthe outdoor unit connected to the DIR input s Ihe DTR output s will connect to the television display and possibly other domestic equipment It is the aim of the specification to ensure that the Freeview approved receiver in New Zealand satisfies the minimum requirements of each broadcaster The DTR will operate as defined in the rFreeview Transmission Rules for Freeview DTH Network New Zealand document The Freeview satellite service will make use of transmissions from the Optus D1 satellite to located at 160e East The transmissions may be either vertically or horizontally polarised and will be defined within the NIT tables via the satellite delivery system descriptor tag 0x43 1 4 Glossary AC 3 Dolby Digital 5 1 Channel
45. m Lm 35 6 3 1 Maori character extensions 20 0222999005 1e 019 EEGEN AE 35 OG MEE ano AI NEN m mE TTL 36 O EPG ROY rc 36 O PYR O e SE E 38 Oal Implement e E 38 6 5 2 GetEngineSupport feature sting 38 eege 38 654 Resident E arse asses oa uie Oso seasons tenons nU E II Iun RUM DR PU E RD UE On IU BONN P en ORM M ON NH MED SON HUNE 38 6 0 Regionalised broadcasts oes aec testata EUN SOUS swans OnPM ERU RPR Ies C DUM US OR Len EPOR MIU AE 4 Ee 42 6 5 Reguirements OF profiles osos te stata INS OI Punt On PME S ed OS AE 42 70 DTR Functional Requirements 22 2 292 025 e REL EES SEELEN 43 Freeview Limited 2 67 Freeview Limited freeview 1 Introduction 1 1 Proposition This baseline Profile which is based upon open standards is for a Digital Satellite DVB S Digital Television Recorder or DTR also generically called a Personal Video Recorder or PVR for reception of dree to aird or unencrypted services The Freeview digital television and radio service represents NZ Free to Air broadcasters and primarily broadcasts to Freeview approved receivers The Freeview Satellite service co exists with the proprietary Sky pay tv satellite receiver population The EPG and interactive service however are provided by a middleware application programme interface that is different from that provided as part of the Sky subscription services Items in this specification are divided into equired6and Mptio
46. mpleted Fast playback at speeds up to at least x16 shall be possible in both forward and reverse directions At all speeds the user shall be presented with a series of images taken from the video stream as they are passed freeview 30 sec skip or other methods to completely skip advertisements shall not be allowed Manufacturers Response Freeview Limited Resources Parental Ratings Playback status Freeview Limited Reference Detail A parental rating shall be carried in EIT p f This shall be obtained by the DTR when populating details of a recording in the playback list This shall be used to enable content locking such that a pass code should be entered before the content may be viewed if the user amp Parental Rating setting is lower than the programmes Parental Rating value This shall be based on pre set user preferences for parental control based on parental ratings codes The playback list shall highlight if a programme has been viewed or not freeview Manufacturers Response Service locking must be a function of the DTR as no additional signalling other than parental rating descriptors at the event level will be provided to enable this 62 67 Freeview Limited freeview Resources Reference Detail Manufacturers Response Manual time off sets 12 1 Start Stop times The DTR shall allow the user to set start and stop off This feature is especially important as set time periods e
47. n Sl Version ETSI 300 743 Digital Video Broadcasting DVB DVB Subtitlling Ssytems ETSI Version EN 300 744 V1 5 1 Digital Video Broadcasting DVB Framing structure channel coding and modulation for digital terrestrial television Digital Video Broadcasting DVB Digital Broadcasting Systems for Television Sound and Data Services Specification for service information SI in Digital Video Broadcasting DVB European Telecommunication Standards Institute ETSI Digital Video Broadcasting DVB Digital Broadcasting Systems for Television Sound and Data Services Specification for conveying ITU R system B Teletext in Digital Video Broadcasting DVB Bitstreams European Telecommunication Standards Institute ETSI Digital Video Broadcasting DVB DVB Framing structure Channel coding and modulation for digital terrestrial television European Telecommunications Standards Institute ETSI 7 67 Freeview Limited EN50221 ETR 101 154 v1 7 1 ETR 289 ETSI 162 ETSI 300 743 ETSI MHEG Freeview NZ Logical Channel Numbering MHEG MPEG SYS NorDig Unified ver 1 0 2 TR 101 211 V1 9 1 Freeview Limited freeview Digital Video Broadcasting DVB Common Interface Specification for Conditional Access and other Digital Video Broadcasting Decoder Applications Digital Video Broadcasting DVB Implementation Guidelines for the use of video and audio coding in Broadcasting Applications based on the MPEG 2
48. naldcategories Where a feature is stated as dRequiredg its inclusion is necessary for the achievement of a minimum compliance with Freeview transmission requirements Additional Optional functions may be added by the vendor to enhance the consumer proposition and these will be welcomed by Freeview In order to be compliant where a feature is ptional6 and is included in an offered receiver design the optional feature must be implemented in accordance with the associated referenced specifications This specification is not a comprehensive list of all relevant standards relating to consumer equipment that can provide digital satellite reception but rather a list of those standards considered relevant to Freeview requirements The profile is based upon the UK DTG D Book which references open standards such as DVB or includes open implementations which are in use on the UK DTT platform Changes and additions have been made in this document to suit the required digital satellite platform in New Zealand 1 2 Purpose The purpose of this document is to describe the requirements for a Freeview branded Free to Air satellite DTR for New Zealand and to refer to detailed specifications that are required for conformant implementation The profile is in the form of a hardware specification outline together with an overview of software requirements The software is to be routinely capable of being upgraded via dhrough the air download A diesponse co
49. on records until the end of the current programme including any end time off set freeview Manufacturers Response 55 67 Freeview Limited Resources Continuous Recording Freeview Limited Reference Detail The OTR function may include an additional feature whereby a 2nd press gives 3 options 1 Record current service to 1 End of present programme display name 2 End of following programme display name 3 After Hours and Minutes user entry Thereby providing the user with a simple mechanism to record the present and following programme of the current service amp d e freeview Manufacturers Response 56 67 Freeview Limited Resources Reference Detail Pause and Rewind live TV E Freeview Limited The user shall be able to pause live TV It shall be possible to pause for at least 30 minutes subject to any device limitations e g available space or recording conflicts The user shall be able to rewind live TV It shall be possible to rewind at least 30 minutes but preferably one hour on the service that is currently tuned in Chase playback should then be possible see 11 3 If 8 2 achingdis implemented it is also suggested that the user should be able to switch this feature on or off freeview This implies that the DTR has a caching feature whereby the current service is constantly being recorded to the HDD ina 30 minute to one hour buffer If th
50. or further details 4 5 Logical Channel Numbering The logical channel numbering specification used is based on the Australian and French variation to the UK specification For more information see Mransmission Rules For Freeview DTH Networkodocument Freeview Limited 29 67 Freeview Limited freeview 5 Region Service Functionality 5 1 Background TVNZ transmits multiple versions of its channels in order to provide regional advertising since revenues can be enhanced per hour of programming by selling the same time slot more than once to different advertisers who target different geographic regions The Freeview DTH satellite service intends to at least replicate the capability to deliver separately to the four geographic regions to which TVNZ currently deploys its terrestrial analogue advertising Over time other Freeview broadcasts may also wish to utilise this regional functionality to target services to specific geographic locations The Service Information associated with all channels will be designed to allow identification of the region for which they are intended Receivers will be set up on installation with a code that enables the delivery of the appropriate set of regional services for its location This will entail the use of DVB BAT tables 5 2 The Technology The DVB standards provide for this functionality routinely within the set of data tables that can be broadcast along with the video and audio signals The relevant ta
51. quired sizes and styles e Control of text flow e Text rendering Text mark up e EntryFields e HyperT ext e Character repertoire 6 3 1 Maori character extensions This package provides macronised vowels to support characters in the Maori alphabet 6 3 1 1 Font Receivers shall implement this package of characters using one of the following fonts Tiresias V7 51 NZ from Bitstream Inc www bitstream com 6 3 1 2 Character encoding Text shall be encoded as in MHEG UTF 8 6 3 1 3 Invocation This package of additional characters shall become available to MHEG applications in text objects that have attributes set as specified Table 2 1 Anvocation of Maori character set packaged fecionvnetd As MHEG UTF 8 encoding is used as specified in MHEG CharacterSet 11 The character repertoire is a specific superset of that defined in MHEG Freeview Limited Freeview Limited freeview TABLE 2 1 Invocation of Maori character set package Note These attributes can be set in a variety of ways For example the attributes can be set globally on the application object or locally on a text object Suitable setting of attributes enables all of the following scenarios e All text objects conform to MHEG e All text objects can use the extensions defined in this package e Some text objects conform to MHEG and others can use the extensions defined in this package 6 3 1 4 Rendering rules When rendering this pack
52. r the current Series It shall be possible to recommend another programme AND the series in which that programme is included as long as the recommended series does not also include the current programme The programme only or the series only shall be booked using the logic described in 2 1 Manufacturers Response 51 67 Freeview Limited Freeview Limited Resources 5 2 Cancel 5 3 Conflict 5 4 List Freeview Limited Reference Detail The EPG shall handle the cancellation of a previously booked programme by sending a TR_cancel booking instruction to the DTR The DTR shall return a return code to the EPG according to the success or failure of the operation as described in Section 6 This information may be used to inform the user of the outcome via the EPG If a booked programme also includes recommendations the programme booking shall be made first and any conflict resolution performed Each recommended programme or series booking shall then be made one at a time as separate bookings Conflict resolution shall be performed on each as it is booked It is therefore possible to book a complete list of recommendations or a partial list only if some of the listed programmes conflict with previously made bookings All recommendations are therefore handled in the same way as individual programme or series bookings A maximum of 5 recommendations per programme shall be defined H a recommended programme or series a
53. receivers This specification defines rapplication domainoin the terms set out in Annex D of ISO IEC 13522 5 This document defines the following rapplication domaina e fNZProfile1o 6 1 1 Scope As far as is practical this document does not intend to create new specifications Where possible existing public standards specifications are referenced and if required profiled 6 2 Specifications Unless stated otherwise specifications follow those in MHEG For the avoidance of doubt these specifically include e Content data encoding e Application defaults Note No features specified in MHEG are removed or modified so as to fail conformance tests defined for MHEG This section specifies additions to MHEG Some features e g additional characters require invocation by the MHEG application before they become active For example additional characters require attributes to be set in the application Without such activation the receiver shall conform to MHEG and shall pass the conformance tests specified for MHEG 6 2 1 Miscellaneous This clause provides specifications that may be used in one or more of the extensions packages 6 2 2 Platform identification 6 2 2 1 UniversalEngineProfile GetEngineSupport feature string The UniversalEngineProfile UEP GetEngineSupport feature string is defined in MHEG It allows version information about the platform to be interrogated This clause extends this behaviour allow ing the nnt
54. rough of DD audio to the Digital Audio Connector is required nl Dolby Digital AC 3 32 44 1 amp 48KHz Downmix to Opt ISO IEC 14496 3 and signalled by TS stereo Pair 101 154 Annex C Time exclusive The DTR shall handle the transition between the active and inactive states of a time exclusive service in an services orderly fashion presenting clean transitions into and out of video audio and inter active content streams Freeview Limited 11 67 Freeview Limited Resources Reference Detail 3 5 DVB Subtitles Display of Where both are components of a service ability to subtitles during simultaneously present both Subtitles and interactive enhanced application graphics if required by viewer preferences programming D Book sections 17 4 and 15 2 Note If simultaneous presentation is not possible either an automated transition is required or as a minimum an onscreen message to warn the user that they cannot launch the interactive application until subtitles is disabled Generally subtitles with have priority over interactive applications with the exception on the Freeveiw EPG application which shall have priority over subtitles Freeview Limited ETSI EN 300 743 V1 3 1 DVB subtitles shall be invoked from a suitable labelled remote control key which is always under the control of the DTR i e not under control of DIR group 13 of MHEG DT Rs that are capable of simultaneously presenting both subtitles and int
55. s are implemented by the broadcaster in accordance to the dransmission rules and are compliant with the DVB SI standards ETSI EN 300 468 TR 101 211 The intent of this requirement is to allow the broadcaster to vary the services offering within the relevant broadcast transport stream s without the viewer needing to rescan the DTR 6 2 Logical channel Ability to locate store and handle services with Logical numbers Channel Numbers LCNs within the ranges of 1 to 799 6 3 Identification of Automatic identification storage of services or service service changes changes without the need for user intervention by reference to the NIT and or SDT It shall be without disturbance to the viewer and shall not require a rescan 6 4 Selection via The initial displayed service list following a full automatic service list scan must present services in ascending order of LCN 6 5 Selection via Service selection via numeric entry shall always select a numeric entry service with a corresponding LCN regardless of any viewer favourites Hidden services Services identified as fhidden in the LCN descriptor shall not appear in the service list presented to the viewer In addition such services shall also be identified as selectable by numeric entry Freeview Limited 19 67 Freeview Limited Resources 6 7 EPG fNow Next Freeview Limited Reference Detail Now Next screen guide shall be derived using information from DVB SI EIT p f
56. s the time of the next programme in the series shall be displayed This mechanism shall include a default message if there are no events in scope of the booked series within the current schedule The DTR shall regularly check EIT schedule for any update to the date time information associated with each event in the Recording List and update the list to reflect the schedule freeview Manufacturers Response 59 67 Freeview Limited Resources Content recorded 10 5 Recording in progress Record and Replay Update EPG Freeview Limited Reference Detail The DTR shall be able to record at least the following essential signal components a The video if a TV service b The audio as selected by the user c The subtitles as selected by the user Where the components above are recorded separately the user shall be able to switch them on or off during playback The DTR shall indicate to the user when a recording is in progress via the front panel display of the DTR not via OSD The Recording list should also highlight a programme that is in the process of recording The DTR shall be capable of replaying one program and recording at least 2 programs simultaneously The DTR shall create an rUpdateBookingList Engine Event each time a change to the Recording List is made Refer to Section 6 for details of this Engine event freeview On screen informational messages or menus generated by the
57. shall indicate success via an onscreen icon R against that programme listing The EPG shall display a rare you sure you want to cancel this programme booking O dialog before the amp ancel booking instruction is sent For a successful cancelled booking the EPG shall indicate success by no longer displaying the onscreen icon R Manufacturers Response 46 67 Freeview Limited Reference Detail freeview Manufacturers Response Freeview Limited The EPG shall handle the booking of a programme that is also part of a series If the viewer books a programme that is also part of a series the EPG will present them with a dialog that will allow them to make the choice between recording the programme only and recording the series only The EPG will then send a TR_make_ booking instruction to the DTR The DTR shall return a return code to the EPG according to the success or failure of the operation as described in Section 6 This information may be used to inform the user of the outcome via the EPG Any successful series booking made via the EPG shall indicate success via an onscreen icon S against all programmes in that series If a programme that is part of a series has already been booked for recording i e not as part of the series and this is subsequently rebooked as a series the original programme booking shall be removed from the booking list automatically and the seri
58. shall support DVB System Software Update SSU to at least the simple profile ETSI TS 102 006 refers As soon as a DTR is installed it must offer the viewer all services that may be received in that geographic region compliant with the Freeview regional advertising requirement as defined in section 5 of this document The services being broadcast may change over time To ensure that the viewer is always able to access all services being broadcast to the selected region the receiver must detect and reflect to the viewer any such changes with minimal viewer involvement All services have an associated Logical Channel Number Use of the logical channel number ensures that the viewer becomes familiar with a specific remote control unit button number for each channel Access to and use of accurate service information is essential if the viewer is to enjoy all of the content being broadcast DTRs must offer a complete list of available services and information as carried in DVB S I EIT present following about the current and following programmes A comprehensive multi day programme schedule will be broadcast as an EPG service to an MHEG 5 V1 06 application to the DTR 18 67 Freeview Limited freeview m Resources Reference Detail Mee Manufacturers Response 6 1 Scanning for The DTR shall be capable of automatically detecting Services changes in the services configuration of each broadcast transport stream provided that such change
59. t Stream signalling and allow the viewer to select the region in which they are located Once selected the receiver shall present to the viewer only those services that are broadcast as part of the selected region All services broadcast in the Transport Stream that are not defined as part of the currently selected region shall be hidden from the viewer This is the basis of the proposed extension to include additional regional functionality as required within the New Zealand Freeview 2 Request for Service Index given a service reference Calls to the SI GetServicelndex ResidentProgram shall return a non negative integer when the following are true 1 The referenced service is signalled in the Bouquet Association Table for the currently selected region AND 2 the running status of the referenced service defined in the Service Description Table is either frunning or fundefineda If either of the above requirements is not met the ResidentProgram shall return a Servicelndex value of 1 Freeview Limited Freeview Limited freeview 6 7 Profiles This clause identifies the features specified in section 2 0 rSpecificationso that a receiver must implement in addition to the requirements specified in MHEG to implement a particular profile Note that OPT defines a normative option Profile Ref International profile Number Profile name Version 1 string UK MHEG i New Zealand Freeview 1 001 000 000 INT002001000000 TABL
60. then re order the sequence of channels so that particular channels will appear with particular RCU buttons The Freeview DTH satellite service will in this context be a managed service The DVB Sl service information system that will be used will provide the necessary level of rchannels to RCUO button assignment control via use of logical channel number descriptors The logical channel numbering specification used is based on the Australian and French variation to the UK specification For more information see Alransmission Rules For Freeview DTH Networko document 5 5 Summary The Freeview DTH satellite service will provide a Regional Service capability for its participating broadcasters based upon the existing six geographic regions deployed by TVNZ with limited scope for additional regions to be added at some future time The viewer or installer of participating FTA receiver products will identify the geographic region that is to be associated with each receiver at time of the initial power up of the STB Once set this process will not need to be repeated but in the event that the receiver is relocated to another region a setup menu option will exist which will enable the relevant geographic region to be re defined Freeview Limited Freeview Limited freeview 6 NZ MHEG 5 extensions to MHEG 5 UK Profile v1 06 6 1 Purpose This section provides the detailed specification of the MHEG 5 engine required in compliant digital TV
61. upport a primary and secondary audio language based on the ISO 639 language descriptors associated with the audio streams in the ISO IEC 13818 MPEG transport stream freeview Manufacturers Response DTRs must support Teletext either via OSD or VBI pass through mechanisms Providing both mechanisms is optional The d EXTORCU button is under MHEG control see 3 11 Design of controls should take into account that many users of audio description are visually impaired If the secondary audio language is not present then the DTR shall automatically choose the primary audio language 13 67 Freeview Limited Resources Active Format Descriptors 14x9 processing Freeview Limited Reference Detail Ability to handle 16 9 widescreen and 4 3 picture format changes as detailed in the dransmission rules including support for correct aspect ratio and Active Format Descriptors DTR may offer the option of a 14 9 letter box format when working with SD outputs on 4 3 displays D Book section 24 DTR shall not support WSS insertion on any analogue outputs G freeview Manufacturers Response 14 67 Freeview Limited feet Minimally Support for a 2 graphics layer model Reference Detail Image Layer a full colour layer to display l Frame stills captured from the video decoder Layer to support Y 8 bit Cb 8 bit Cr 8 bit Chroma to be sub sampled to either 4 2 0 or 4 2 2 Alpha blending nee
62. view Limited Resources 8 2 Support package Primary output 8 3 9 1 9 2 9 3 Secondary output Freeview Limited Reference Detail The following peripheral items should be included within a baseline DTR package An RF lead cable for connection of loop through connector from output of first tuner into the RF input of second tuner male F Type connectors each end Composite CVBS and stereo audio RCA cable 1m min length Component video and stereo audio RCA cable s 1m min length HDMI Cable OPT cable 1m min length secure fixing type fully connected internal screening on appropriate connections EN 50049 Remote control and batteries An easy to understand user manual in English language A basic status check may be invoked by a menu driven option or a user selected key The OSD is to present the reception quality signal strength indicator Channel ID and Video and Audio PIDs RCA phono providing Component YPbPr RCA phono providing composite CVBS video output TV SCART with both composite CVBS and RGB or YPbPr selectable Audio output L R SCART shall support widescreen switching on pin 8 B freeview Manufacturers Response Req Opt Opt Opt Req Req t Shall meet the characteristics in ITU report 624 4 Shall meet the characteristics in ITU report 624 4 EN 50049 1 cU 23 67 Freeview Limited freeview Secondary Output

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