FCC 15.118 Revised as of October 1, 2006
Goto Year:2005 |
2007
Sec. 15.118 Cable ready consumer electronics equipment.
(a) All consumer electronics TV receiving equipment marketed in the United
States as cable ready or cable compatible shall comply with the provisions
of this section. Consumer electronics TV receiving equipment that includes
features intended for use with cable service but does not fully comply with
the provisions of this section are subject to the labelling requirements of
Sec. 15.19(d). Until such time as generally accepted testing standards are
developed, paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section will apply only to the
analog portion of covered consumer electronics TV receiving equipment
(b) Cable ready consumer electronics equipment shall be capable of receiving
all NTSC or similar video channels on channels 1 through 125 of the channel
allocation plan set forth in CEA–542–B: “CEA Standard: Cable Television
Channel Identification Plan,” (incorporated by reference, see Sec. 15.38).
(c) Cable ready consumer electronics equipment must meet the following
technical performance requirements. Compliance with these requirements shall
be determined by performing measurements at the unfiltered IF output port.
Where appropriate, the Commission will consider allowing alternative
measurement methods.
(1) Adjacent channel interference. In the presence of a lower adjacent
channel CW signal that is 1.5 MHz below the desired visual carrier in
frequency and 10 dB below the desired visual carrier in amplitude, spurious
signals within the IF passband shall be attenuated at least 55 dB below the
visual carrier of the desired signal. The desired input signal shall be an
NTSC visual carrier modulated with a 10 IRE flat field with color burst and
the aural carrier which is 10 dB below the visual carrier should be
unmodulated. Measurements are to be performed for input signal levels of 0
dBmV and +15 dBmV, with the receiver tuned to ten evenly spaced EIA IS–132
channels covering the band 54 MHz to 804 MHz.
(2) Image channel interference. Image channel interference within the IF
passband shall be attenuated below the visual carrier of the desired channel
by at least 60 dB from 54 MHz to 714 MHz and 50 dB from 714 MHz to 804 MHz.
The 60 dB standard applies at 714 MHz. In testing for compliance with this
standard, the desired input signal is to be an NTSC signal on which the
visual carrier is modulated with a 10 IRE flat field with color burst and
the aural carrier is unmodulated and 10 dB below the visual carrier. The
undesired test signal shall be a CW signal equal in amplitude to the desired
visual carrier and located 90 MHz above the visual carrier frequency of the
desired channel. Measurements shall be performed for input signals of 0 dBmV
and +15 dBmV, with the receiver tuned to at least ten evenly spaced EIA
IS–132 channels covering the band 54 MHz to 804 MHz.
(3) Direct pickup interference. The direct pickup (DPU) of a co-channel
interfering ambient field by a cable ready device shall not exceed the
following criteria. The ratio of the desired to undesired signal levels at
the IF passband on each channel shall be at least 45 dB. The average ratio
over the six channels shall be at least 50 dB. The desired input signal
shall be an NTSC signal having a visual carrier level of 0 dBmV. The visual
carrier is modulated with a 10 IRE flat field with color burst, visual to
aural carrier ratio of 10 dB, aural carrier unmodulated. The equipment under
test (EUT) shall be placed on a rotatable table that is one meter in height.
Any excess length of the power cord and other connecting leads shall be
coiled on the floor under the table. The EUT shall be immersed in a
horizontally polarized uniform CW field of 100 mV/m at a frequency 2.55 MHz
above the visual carrier of the EUT tuned channel. Measurements shall be
made with the EUT tuned to six EIA IS–132 channels, two each in the low VHF,
high VHF and UHF broadcast bands. On each channel, the levels at the IF
passband due to the desired and interfering signals are to be measured.
(4) Tuner overload. Spurious signals within the IF passband shall be
attenuated at least 55 dB below the visual carrier of the desired channel
using a comb-like spectrum input with each visual carrier signal
individually set at +15 dBmV from 54 to 550 MHz. The desired input signal is
to be an NTSC signal on which the visual carrier is modulated with a 10 IRE
flat field with color burst and the aural carrier is unmodulated and 10 dB
below the visual carrier. Measurements shall be made with the receiver tuned
to at least seven evenly spaced EIA IS–132 channels covering the band 54 MHz
to 550 MHz. In addition, spurious signals within the IF passband shall be
attenuated at least 51 dB below the visual carrier of the desired channel
using a comb spectrum input with each signal individually set at +15 dBmV
from 550 to 804 MHz. Measurements shall be made with the receiver tuned to
at least three evenly spaced EIA IS–132 channels covering the band 550 MHz
to 804 MHz.
(5) Cable input conducted emissions. (i) Conducted spurious emissions that
appear at the cable input to the device must meet the following criteria.
The input shall be an NTSC video carrier modulated with a 10 IRE flat field
with color burst at a level of 0 dBmV and with a visual to aural ratio of 10
dB. The aural carrier shall be unmodulated. The peak level of the spurious
signals will be measured using a spectrum analyzer connected by a
directional coupler to the cable input of the equipment under test. Spurious
signal levels must not exceed the limits in the following table:
From 54 MHz up to and including 300 MHz–26 dBmV
From 300 MHz up to and including 450 MHz–20 dBmV
From 450 MHz up to and including 804 MHz-15 dBmV
(ii) The average of the measurements on multiple channels from 450 MHz up to
and including 804 MHz shall be no greater than -20 dBmV. Measurements shall
be made with the receiver tuned to at least four EIA IS–132 channels in each
of the above bands. The test channels are to be evenly distributed across
each of the bands. Measurements for conducted emissions caused by sources
internal to the device are to be made in a shielded room. Measurements for
conducted emissions caused by external signal sources shall be made in an
ambient RF field whose field strength is 100 mV/m, following the same test
conditions as described in paragraph (c)(3) of this section.
(d) The field strength of radiated emissions from cable ready consumer
electronics equipment shall not exceed the limits in Sec. 15.109(a) when
measured in accordance with the applicable procedures specified in Sec. Sec. 15.31
and 15.35 for unintentional radiators, with the following modifications.
During testing the NTSC input signal level is to be +15 dBmV, with a visual
to aural ratio of 10 dB. The visual carrier is to be modulated by a 10 IRE
flat field with color burst; the aural carrier is to be unmodulated.
Measurements are to be taken on six EIA IS–132 channels evenly spaced across
the required RF input range of the equipment under test.
Note: The provisions of paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section are
applicable as of June 30, 1997.
[ 59 FR 25341 , May 16, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 18509 , Apr. 26, 1996; 65 FR 64391 , Oct. 27, 2000; 68 FR 68546 , Dec. 9, 2003; 69 FR 2849 , Jan. 21, 2004;
69 FR 57861 , Sept. 28, 2004]
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