CCIR System N


CCIR System N is an analog broadcast television system introduced in 1951 and adopted by Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, paired with the PAL color system since 1980.
It employs the 625 line/50 field per second waveform of CCIR Systems B/G, D/K, and I, but on a 6 MHz channel with a chrominance subcarrier frequency of 3.582056 MHz.

Specifications

The general System N specifications are listed below:
  • Frame rate: 25 Hz
  • Interlace: 2/1
  • Field rate: 50 Hz
  • Lines/frame: 625
  • Line rate: 15.625 kHz
  • Visual bandwidth: 4.2 MHz
  • Vision modulation: Negative
  • Preemphasis: 75 μs
  • Sound modulation: FM
  • Sound offset: +4.5 MHz
  • Channel bandwidth: 6 MHz