Quantum Data 780C - Testing Digital Audio on an HDTV or A;V Receiver; Connecting the 780 C to an Audio Rendering Device

780C Multi-Interface Interoperability Tester – User Guide Page 54
September 29, 2014
Revision A1
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
Interfaces
Description
Dolby 5.1
 HDMI
 HDBaseT
 SDI
 Optical
 SPDIF
 HDMI ARC
(780C only)
Provides a set of Dolby Digital 5.1 noise patterns:
 500-2kHz Pink
 20-20kHz Pink
 Sine Wave
 Impulse
 Polarity
 Auto Time Delay
Dolby Digital Plus 7.1
 HDMI
 HDBaseT
 SDI
Provides a set of Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 sine wave clips:
 2.0 192kHz – 2 channel @ 192kHz sampling rate
 5.1 192kHz – 6 channel @ 192kHz sampling rate
 7.1 192kHz – 8 channel @ 192kHz sampling rate
DTS-ES 6.1
 HDMI
 HDBaseT
 SDI
 Optical
 SPDIF
 HDMI ARC
(780C only)
Provides a set of DTS ES 6.1 noise pattern clips:
 500-2kHz Pink
 20-20kHz Pink
 Sine Wave
 Impulse
 Polarity
 Auto Time Delay
Dolby TrueHD
 HDMI
 HDBaseT
Provides a set of Dolby TrueHD Hi Bit Rate sine wave clips:
 192kHz 7.1 1kHz TrueHD – 8 channel @ 192kHz sampling rate
 192kHz 7.1 2kHz TrueHD – 2 channel @ 192kHz sampling rate
DTS HD Master Audio
 HDMI
 HDBaseT
Provides a set of DTS-HD Hi Bit Rate sine wave clips:
 192kHz 7.1 HDMA – 8 channel @ 192kHz sampling rate
 192kHz 5.1 HDMA – 6 channel @ 192kHz sampling rate
PCM Sine Wave
(programmable)
 HDMI
 HDBaseT
 SDI
 Optical
 SPDIF
 HDMI ARC
Provides programmable sine waves:
 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)
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.