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Model 8084, 8084AD and 8085 Closed Caption Encoders

Manual Change Sheet 1.3-1

Date of Issue: July 26, 2002

Page 6 of 6

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8. 

NETWORK NAME PADDED TO 4 CHARACTERS

Panasonic VCRs require that the network name XDS packet contain either the string “<sp>PBS” or
“PBS<sp>” where <sp> is the space character.  As of Firmware revision R020726 the 8084 will
automatically add a <sp> character to the end of 3 character Network Name packets in order to satisfy
this requirement.

9. 

8085 CAPTION TRANSLATOR ‘0 BASED’ INDEX (8085 Only)

Starting with firmware version R020618, the 8085 caption translator has been modified to comply with
the CEB-10-A clarification to EIA-708B rules for the 

Define Windows

 and 

Set Pen Location

 commands.

Previously the top left co-ordinates of the raster were defined as “1,1’. CEB-10-A has clarified that the
top left of the raster should be defined as ‘0,0’.

Summary of Contents for 8084

Page 1: ...ctly from the front panel Note that the time and date entered are the UTC time Setting of the clock is done in four stages Setting the UTC time Setting the UTC date Setting the local time zone offset from UTC Setting whether Daylight Saving time is observed in the local region When you press the key you will be prompted to set the time Press the SELECT key to move from one stage to the next or pre...

Page 2: ...ke advantage of the later hours of daylight between April and October In 1966 the U S Congress passed the Uniform Time Act that standardized the length of Daylight Saving Time For those parts of the United States that observe Daylight Saving Time it begins at 2 a m local time on the first Sunday of April Time reverts to standard time at 2 a m local time on the last Sunday of October In the spring ...

Page 3: ...ross the network The Time Zone packet 0704 encodes the time zone offset from UTC time and contains a flag bit DSO Flag that is to be set when the entire area served by the signal observes Daylight Saving Time When the DSO Flag bit is set to Off it means that the VCR will ignore the DST Flag bit in the Time of Day packet The Time Zone packet must be inserted locally at each affiliate in order to en...

Page 4: ...ime Zone packets in accordance with EIA 608 B rules the AUTO CLOCK function in these VCRs will not work These VCRs ignore the state of the DSO bit When they are set to DST AUTO they assume DST is always observed in the region and figure out whether DST is in effect based on the current date time using the typical rules for changing the clock For regions that do not observe daylight saving time you...

Page 5: ... VCR must be set to DST Off VCR will not automatically do rollovers for Daylight Saving Time if Time of Day and Time Zone packets are not present The VCR needs to be turned off and then on to adjust to the correct time again 5 XDS CONTENT ADVISORY PACKET ENCODING The encoding of the XDS Content Advisory packet 0105 has been enhanced to guarantee that this high priority packet will be inserted even...

Page 6: ...ware revision R020726 the 8084 will automatically add a sp character to the end of 3 character Network Name packets in order to satisfy this requirement 9 8085 CAPTION TRANSLATOR 0 BASED INDEX 8085 Only Starting with firmware version R020618 the 8085 caption translator has been modified to comply with the CEB 10 A clarification to EIA 708B rules for the Define Windows and Set Pen Location commands...

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