Testing Digital Audio On An Hdtv Or A/V Receiver; Connecting The 780C To An Audio Rendering Device - Quantum Data 780C User Manual

780C Multi-Interface Interoperability Tester – User Guide
4.7

Testing Digital Audio on an HDTV or A/V Receiver

This section provides procedures for testing digital audio on an HDTV or A/V Receiver.
Note: It is recommended not to select bitmap images when outputting compressed audio clips.
Table 4-5 below summarizes the 780C support for digital audio.
Table 4-5: Summary of Audio Signal Types
Audio Signal Type
Dolby 5.1
Dolby Digital Plus 7.1
DTS-ES 6.1
Dolby TrueHD
DTS HD Master Audio
PCM Sine Wave
(programmable)
4.7.1

Connecting the 780C to an Audio Rendering Device

Use the following procedures to make the physical connections from the 780C to the audio rendering device
under test.
September 29, 2014
Interfaces Description
 HDMI Provides a set of Dolby Digital 5.1 noise patterns:
 HDBaseT 
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SDI
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 Optical
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SPDIF
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HDMI ARC
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(780C only)
HDMI Provides a set of Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 sine wave clips:
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HDBaseT
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SDI
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 HDMI Provides a set of DTS ES 6.1 noise pattern clips:
HDBaseT
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SDI
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 Optical
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 SPDIF
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HDMI ARC
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(780C only)
HDMI Provides a set of Dolby TrueHD Hi Bit Rate sine wave clips:
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 HDBaseT 
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HDMI Provides a set of DTS-HD Hi Bit Rate sine wave clips:
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HDBaseT
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 HDMI Provides programmable sine waves:
HDBaseT
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SDI
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 Optical
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 SPDIF
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HDMI ARC
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500-2kHz Pink
20-20kHz Pink
Sine Wave
Impulse
Polarity
Auto Time Delay
2.0 192kHz – 2 channel @ 192kHz sampling rate
5.1 192kHz – 6 channel @ 192kHz sampling rate
7.1 192kHz – 8 channel @ 192kHz sampling rate
500-2kHz Pink
20-20kHz Pink
Sine Wave
Impulse
Polarity
Auto Time Delay
192kHz 7.1 1kHz TrueHD – 8 channel @ 192kHz sampling rate
192kHz 7.1 2kHz TrueHD – 2 channel @ 192kHz sampling rate
192kHz 7.1 HDMA – 8 channel @ 192kHz sampling rate
192kHz 5.1 HDMA – 6 channel @ 192kHz sampling rate
Bits per sample – 16, 20, 24
Sampling rate (kHz) – 32, 44.2, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192
Channels – 2.0, 2.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1
Level – 0dB to -99dB in 1dB or 3dB increments (per channel)
Frequency – 0.01kHz to 20kHz in 1Hz, 10Hz, 100Hz or 1000Hz
increments (per channel)
Mute – On/Off (per channel)
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