CEI EN 60712 : 1998

INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 - SPECIFICATIONS FOR BASIC SYSTEM
SECTION 1 - GENERAL
1. Scope and object
2. Normative references
3. Environment
SECTION 2 - VIDEO-TAPE CASSETTE
4. Mechanical parameters
SECTION 3 - VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDERS
5. Mechanical parameters
6. Tape speed
7. Track configuration and dimensions
8. Recording characteristics
SECTION 4 - TAPE CHARACTERISTICS
9. Type of magnetic tape
10. Construction and dimensions of the tape
11. Magnetic tape properties
SECTION 5 - RECORDING CHARACTERISTICS
12. Luminance channel
13. Audio signal channels
14. Control signal channel
15. Chrominance channel
16. U-matic H-format chrominance channel
CHAPTER 2 - SPECIFICATIONS FOR STANDARD ALIGNMENT TAPE
SECTION 6 - GENERAL
17. Scope and object
18. Environment
SECTION 7 - RECORDED TAPE CHARACTERISTICS
19. Construction of tape and cassette
20. Type of tape
21. Tape dimensions
22. Magnetic orientation
23. Track configuration and dimensions
SECTION 8 - VIDEO TAPE RECORDER
24. Type of video-tape recorder
SECTION 9 - RECORDING CHARACTERISTICS
25. Recording characteristics
26. Recording of luminance signal
27. Recording current of chrominance signal
SECTION 10 - RECORDED SIGNALS
28. Video signal
29. Audio signal
Annexes A (informative) - IEC U-matic SP-format reference tape
Annexes ZA (normative) - Other international publications quoted
                        in this standard with the references of
                        the relevant European publications

Describes the magnetic video recording and/or playback with 19 mm (3/4 in) tape cassettes on two-head helical-scan videocassette recorders, suitable for recording and/or playback of monochrome as well as colour television programmes.