CONTENTS

Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
 1     Introduction
 2     Terminology
        2.1     Audio sample data
        2.2     Channel
        2.3     Two-channel format
        2.4     Frame
        2.5     Link
        2.6     Sync symbol
        2.7     MADI
        2.8     NRZI (Non-return to Zero, Invert on Ones)
 3     Format
        3.1     Frame format
        3.2     Channel format
                  3.2.1     Mode bits
                  3.2.2     Audio data representation
                  3.2.3     Active channels
                  3.2.4     Inactive channels
                  3.2.5     Bit description
        3.3     Transmission format
                  3.3.1     4B5B coding
                  3.3.2     4B5B synchronization symbol (sync symbol)
                  3.3.3     Sequence of transmission
                  3.3.4     NRZI transmission
                  3.3.5     Control data carriage
 4     Sampling frequency and data rates
        4.1     Sampling frequency
        4.2     Link transmission rate
        4.3     Data transfer rate
 5     Synchronization
        5.1     Sampling
        5.2     Sample timing
        5.3     Transmitted frame start time
        5.4     Received frame start time
 6     Electrical characteristics
        6.1     Coaxial cable
                  6.1.1     Transmitter
                  6.1.2     Receiver
                  6.1.3     Cable
                  6.1.4     Connectors
                  6.1.5     Interface circuit example (informative)
                  6.1.6     Grounding
        6.2     Fibre-optic interfacing
                  6.2.1     Fibre type
                  6.2.2     Connectors