PRELIMINARY DATA SHEET
MSP 44x8G
1.3. MSP 44x8G Versions and their Application Fields
Table 1–1 provides an overview of TV sound standards
that can be processed by the MSP 44x8G family. In
addition, the MSP 44x8G is able to handle the terres-
trial FM-Radio standard. With the MSP 44x8G, a com-
plete multimedia receiver covering all TV sound stan-
dards together with terrestrial and satellite radio sound
can be built; even ASTRA Digital Radio can be pro-
cessed (with a DRP 3510A coprocessor).
Table 1–1: TV Stereo Sound Standards covered by the MSP 44x8G Family (details see Appendix A)
MSP Version
System
Position of Sound
Carrier / MHz
Sound
Modulation
Color
System
Broadcast e.g. in:
5.5/5.7421875
5.5/5.85
FM-Stereo (A2)
PAL
Germany
B/G
FM-Mono/NICAM
AM-Mono/NICAM
FM-Mono/NICAM
FM-Mono/NICAM
FM-Stereo (A2, D/K1)
FM-Stereo (A2, D/K2)
FM-Stereo (A2, D/K3)
PAL
Scandinavia, Spain
France
L
I
6.5/5.85
SECAM-L
PAL
6.0/6.552
UK, Hong Kong
China, Hungary
Slovak. Rep.
currently no broadcast
Poland
6.5/5.85
PAL
6.5/6.2578125
6.5/6.7421875
6.5/5.7421875
SECAM-East
PAL
D/K
SECAM-East
6.5
FM-Mono
7.02/7.2
7.38/7.56
etc.
FM-Stereo
Europe Sat.
ASTRA
Satellite
PAL
ASTRA Digital Radio (ADR)
with DRP 3510A
4.5/4.724212
FM-Stereo (A2)
FM-FM (EIA-J)
NTSC
NTSC
NTSC
Korea
M
4.5
Japan
4.5
BTSC-Stereo + SAP
FM-Stereo Radio
USA
FM-Radio
10.7
USA, Europe
33 34 39MHz
4.5 9 MHz
SAW Filter
Sound
IF
Mixer
Main
Channel
Tuner
1
Mono
Aux
Vision
Demodu-
lator
Channel
MSP 44x8G
2
2
2
2
Aux
Channel/
FM-Modulator
SCART1
SCART2
SCART3
SCART4
SCART
Inputs
2
2
SCART1
SCART2
COMPOSITE
Video
SCART
Outputs
2
2
2
ADR
I S3
I S1
I S2
Dolby-
Digital/
MPEG
Digital
Signal
ADR
Decoder
Fig. 1–2: Typical MSP 44x8G application
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