EN IEC 60958-3:2021

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-april-2022
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 60958-3:2007
SIST EN 60958-3:2007/A1:2010
SIST EN 60958-3:2007/A2:2015
Digitalni zvokovni vmesnik - 3. del: Porabniške aplikacije (IEC 60958-3:2021)
Digital audio interface - Part 3: Consumer applications (IEC 60958-3:2021)
Digitalton-Schnittstelle - Teil 3: Allgemeingebrauch (IEC 60958-3:2021)
Interface audionumérique - Partie 3: Applications grand public (IEC 60958-3:2021)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60958-3:2021
ICS:
33.160.30 Avdio sistemi Audio systems
35.200 Vmesniška in povezovalna Interface and interconnection
oprema equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60958-3

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
October 2021
ICS 33.160.01 Supersedes EN 60958-3:2006 and all of its amendments
and corrigenda (if any)
English Version
Digital audio interface - Part 3: Consumer applications
(IEC 60958-3:2021)
Interface audionumérique - Partie 3: Applications grand Digitalton-Schnittstelle - Teil 3: Allgemeingebrauch
public (IEC 60958-3:2021)
(IEC 60958-3:2021)
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Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
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Ref. No. EN IEC 60958-3:2021 E

European foreword
The text of document 100/3543/CDV, future edition 4 of IEC 60958-3, prepared by IEC/TC 100 “Audio,
video and multimedia systems and equipment” was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and
approved by CENELEC as EN IEC 60958-3:2021.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2022–07–07
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2024–10–07
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60958-3:2006 and all of its amendments and corrigenda (if any).
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national committee. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CENELEC website.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60958-3:2021 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards
indicated:
IEC 60841 NOTE Harmonized as HD 544 S1
IEC 60908 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60908
IEC 61119-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61119-1
IEC 61119-6 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61119-6
IEC 61880:1998 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61880 (not modified)
IEC 61883-6:2014 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61883-6:2014 (not modified)
IEC 61937 (series) NOTE Harmonized as EN 61937 (series)

To be published. Stage at time of publication: prEN 61880:2021.
Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1 Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the
relevant EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available
here: www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60958-1 - Digital audio interface - Part 1: General EN IEC 60958-1 -
IEC 60958-5 - Digital audio interface - Part 5: Consumer EN IEC 60958-5 -
application enhancement
IEC 60958-3 ®
Edition 4.0 2021-09
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Digital audio interface –
Part 3: Consumer applications
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 33.160.01 ISBN 978-2-8322-1017-1

– 2 – IEC 60958-3:2021 © IEC 2021
CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 7
1 Scope . 9
2 Normative references. 9
3 Terms and definitions . 9
4 Interface format . 9
5 Channel status . 9
5.1 General . 9
5.2 Application . 10
5.2.1 Channel status general format . 10
5.2.2 Mode 0 channel status format for digital audio equipment for consumer
use . 13
5.3 Copyright management guidelines for consumer application of the digital
audio interface . 18
5.3.1 General . 18
5.3.2 Category code groups . 19
6 User data . 22
6.1 General . 22
6.2 Application . 22
6.2.1 User data bitstream . 22
6.2.2 User data message structure . 22
6.2.3 Equipment classification . 23
6.2.4 User data message length and contents . 24
6.3 Information for synchronization . 26
6.3.1 General . 26
6.3.2 SMPTE time code information . 26
6.3.3 Latency information . 27
6.3.4 Loudness information . 28
Annex A (normative) Application of the digital audio interface in the compact disc
digital audio system . 30
A.1 Overview. 30
A.2 General: application-specific details. 30
A.3 Channel status: application-specific details . 30
A.4 User data: application-specific details . 30
Annex B (normative) Application of the digital interface in the 2-channel PCM
encoder/decoder . 32
B.1 Overview. 32
B.2 General: application-specific details. 32
B.3 Channel status: application-specific details . 32
B.4 User data: application-specific details . 32
Annex C (normative) Application of the digital interface in the 2-channel digital audio
tape recorder in the consumer mode . 33
C.1 Overview. 33
C.2 General: application-specific details. 33
C.3 Channel status: application-specific details . 33
C.4 User data: application-specific details . 34
Annex D (normative) Application of the digital interface in laser optical digital audio
systems for which no other category code is defined . 37

IEC 60958-3:2021 © IEC 2021 – 3 –
D.1 Overview. 37
D.2 General: application-specific details. 37
D.3 Channel status: application-specific details . 37
D.4 User data: application-specific details . 37
Annex E (normative) Application of the digital interface in a digital audio mixer in the
consumer mode . 38
E.1 Overview. 38
E.2 General: application-specific details. 38
E.3 Channel status: application-specific details . 38
E.4 User data: application specific details . 38
Annex F (normative) Application of the digital interface with a sampling rate converter
in the consumer mode . 39
F.1 Overview. 39
F.2 General: application-specific details. 39
F.3 Channel status: application-specific details . 39
F.4 User data: application-specific details . 39
Annex G (normative) Application of the digital interface with a digital sound sampler
in the consumer mode . 40
G.1 Overview. 40
G.2 General: application-specific details. 40
G.3 Channel status: application-specific details . 40
G.4 User data: application specific details . 40
Annex H (normative) Application of the digital interface in a digital broadcast receiver

(Japan) in the consumer mode .
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