CCIR System C

CCIR System C (originally known as the Belgian 625-line system) is an analog broadcast television system used between 1953 and 1978 in Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Used on VHF only.

Specifications

Some of the important specifications for System C are listed below:

• Frame rate: 25 Hz
• Interlace: 2/1
• Field rate: 50 Hz
• Lines/frame: 625
• Line rate: 15.625 kHz
• Visual bandwidth: 5 MHz
• Vision modulation: Positive
• Preemphasis: 50 μs
• Sound modulation: AM
• Sound offset: +5.5 MHz
• Channel bandwidth: 7 MHz
• Assumed display device gamma: 2.0

Television channels were arranged as follows:

See also

• CCIR System B
• CCIR System L
• Broadcast television systems
• Television transmitter
• Transposer

Notes and references

External links

• World Analogue Television Standards and Waveforms
• Fernsehnormen aller Staaten und Gebiete der Welt