Technicolor COM1002 Key Loss Avoidance Manual

Pro:Idiom Key Loss Avoidance – Best Practices

Key Loss Causes

There are two mechanisms which can cause Pro:Idiom key loss in
commercial television sets that have been identified to us by LG

 Unapproved mapping or remapping of PIDs

 Off air (OA) ATSC receivers may use PIDs which conflict with PIDs in use in

Pro:Idiom licensed systems.

 edgeQAMs map or remap PIDs in violation of the Pro:Idiom (P:I) licensing

agreement.

 Other unapproved digital video equipment may also use PIDs which conflict

with P:I licensed equipment.

 TV set power on sequencing design problems

 A very small number of TV set models are known to have power up

sequencing issues that cause the Pro:Idiom licensed decryptors to operate
improperly. The manufacturers of these sets have taken strong corrective

action measures to update them. Contact your specific set’s manufacturer for

details.

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Causes - PID remapping

Channel 1

Channel 2

VIDEO PID = 0x27

VIDEO PID = 0x27

AUDIO PID = 0x30

AUDIO PID = 0x30

Pro:Idiom PID = 0x105A

AUDIO PID = 0x31

Pro:Idiom PID = 0x105A

Channel 1

Channel 2

VIDEO PID = 0x13

VIDEO PID = 0x13

AUDIO PID = 0x18

AUDIO PID = 0x18

Pro:Idiom PID = 0x1A

AUDIO PID = 0x1A

Pro:Idiom PID = 0x1B

PID mapping at the COM24 receiver

Pro:Idiom PIDs are in a protected range

PID remapping at the edgeQAM

Pro:Idiom PIDs have been remapped and

overlap with Audio PIDs on other channels

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Avoidance Techniques – Off Air Receivers

 ATSC off air receivers

 There is no way to control the PID mapping used in broadcast

programming and we recommend that this equipment NOT be used in

P:I systems unless the broadcast PIDs can be remapped in accordance
with the P:I system requirements.

 If an installer does choose to use ATSC off air receivers, broadcast off

air (OA) channels MUST NOT be placed adjacent to P:I protected

channels in the channel map. It does not matter where the physical
channels are located, only whether they are mapped to adjacent
channels in the TV lineup.

 A non-P:I, non-off air channel MUST be placed in the channel map

between any broadcast channel and a Pro:Idiom protected channel.
The COM1000 EPG channel makes a good buffer. Analog SMATV
channels can also be used as buffers.

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QAM plant

channel

Analog

plant

channel

Channel

map

channel

Station

Satellite/Air Ch

Signal Type

21-1

4

WFOR-4 CBS

22 / 4.1

HD OA

22-3

5

WTVJ-6 NBC

31 / 6.1

HD OA

23-3

6

WSVN-7 FOX

7 / 7.1

HD OA

24-3

7

WPLG-10 ABC

10 / 10.1

HD OA

25-3

8

WSFL-39 CW

19 / 39.1

HD OA

26-3

9

WPBT-2 PBS

20 / 17.1

HD OA

27-3

10

WLTV-23 Univision

23 / 23.1

HD OA

28-3

11

WSCV-51 Telemundo

51 /51.1

HD OA

29-1

12

A & E

265

DTV HD P:I

2

13

AMC

254

DTV SD Analog

29-2

14

Animal Planet

282

DTV HD P:I

3

15

Bloomberg

353

DTV SD Analog

30-1

16

Bravo

237

DTV HD P:I

4

17

Cartoon Network

296

DTV SD Analog

30-2

18

CNBC

355

DTV HD P:I

31-1

19

CNN

202

DTV HD P:I

6

20

Comedy Central

249

DTV SD Analog

31-2

21

Discovery Channel

278

DTV HD P:I

7

22

E! Entertainment

236

DTV SD Analog

31-3

23

COM1000 EPG

SD

32-1

24

ESPN

206

DTV HD P:I

32-2

25

ESPN 2

209

DTV HD P:I

Avoidance Techniques – Off Air Channel Lineup

NO! – Off Air and P:I adjacent at 2 locations in the channel
ring.

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