FCC 2.1400 Revised as of October 1, 2014
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§ 2.1400 Application for advance approval under part 73.
(a) An original application for advance approval of a subscription TV
(STV) system and one copy thereof must be filed by the party who will
be responsible for the conformance of the system with the subscription
TV standards specified in part 73 of the Rules. The application must
include information to show that the system conforms to the
requirements of § 73.644(b).
(b) Advance approval may be applied for and granted in accordance with
and subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(1) A separate request for each different technical system must be made
by the applicant in writing.
(2) The applicant must certify that the application was prepared by or
under the direction of the applicant and that the facts set forth are
true and correct to the best of the applicant's knowledge and belief.
(3) The applicant must identify the technical system by a name or type
number and define the system in terms of its technical characteristics;
a functional block diagram must be included. In addition, a complete
description of the encoded aural and visual baseband and transmitted
signals and of the encoding equipment used by the applicant must be
supplied. These descriptions must include equipment circuit diagrams
and photographs, and diagrams or oscillographs of both baseband and
transmitted aural and visual signal waveforms and of the signal
basebands and occupied bandwidths. If aural subcarriers are to be used
for transmitting aural portion of the subscription program, for decoder
control, or for other purposes, a full description and specifications
of the multiplex subcarrier signals and all modulation levels must be
included.
(4) Preliminary test data must be submitted to show system capability
with regard to compliance with the criteria set forth in § 73.644(b).
(5) The applicant must identify the specific requirements of
§ § 73.682, 73.687 and 73.699 (Figures 6 and 7) from which the
transmitted signal will normally deviate.
(6) The applicant must specify the method to be used in determining and
maintaining the operating power of the transmitter if the procedures
given in § 73.663 cannot be used due to suppression of the
synchronizing pulses or for other reasons. If the operating power of
the station must be reduced to accommodate the encoded aural or video
signal, the operating power limitations must be specified.
(7) The applicant must supply any additional information and test data
requested by the FCC, to show to its satisfaction that the criteria
given in § 73.644(b) are met.
(8) The information submitted by the applicant may be subject to check
by field tests conducted without expense to the FCC or, if deemed
necessary, at the laboratory or in the field by FCC personnel. This may
include the actual submission of equipment for system testing under the
provisions of § 2.945 of part 2 of the Rules.
(9) No technical system will be deemed approved unless and until the
FCC has notified the applicant in writing of the approval. Such
notification of approval will be by letter to the applicant.
(10) Approval by the FCC is limited to a determination that the
particular technical system (the scheme for encoding and decoding the
subscription TV signal) is capable of meeting the criteria given in
§ 73.644(b).
(11) The FCC will maintain a listing of approved technical systems.
(c) Multichannel sound may be transmitted for stereophonic or bilingual
service with encoded subscription programs provided the technical
operating specifications for this service are included in the
application for advance system approval.
(d) Subscriber decoder devices must comply with any applicable
provisions of subpart H, part 15 of the FCC Rules for TV interface
devices.
(e) No modifications may be made by either the applicant or the user of
a system having advance FCC approval that would change any of the
operating conditions as submitted in the application for advance
approval. Should system modifications be necessary, a new application
must be submitted in accordance with the requirements of this section.
[ 48 FR 56391 , Dec. 21, 1983]
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