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111) BTS (C) — VIII — 10 — 001 — M

B. Tech Degree VIII Semester Examination, April 2010

EC 801 AUDIO AND VIDEO ENGINEERING
(2006 Scheme)

Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks 100

PART - A
(Answer ALL questions)
(8 x 5 = 40)

I. (a) Distinguish between loudness and pitch.

Explain the working principle of magnetic recording.
How does interlaced scanning avoids flicker?
Compare positive and negative modulation.
Explain the additive mining and substractive mining of primary colours.
(1) Explain the luminance and chrominance signals.
Explain the need for video compression.
Write a short note on HDTV systems.

PART — B
(4 x 15 = 60)

II. With diagram, explain the working of a condensor microphone. (8)

Explain the uniform tube model of speech. (7)
OR
III. (a) Explain moving coil loud speaker. (8)
(b) Explain CD — recording system. (7)

Draw the block schematic of a monochrome television transmitter and receiver,

and explain the function of each block. (15)
OR
(a) Write short notes on VSB txion in TV. (7)
(b) Explain composite video signal. (8)

Explain the working of PAL encoder and decoder with block diagram. (15)
OR
(a) Explain the block schematic of colour television camera. (8)
(b) Compare LCD and plasma displays. (7)

With the help of block diagrams, explain MPEG audio encoder and decoder. (15)
OR
Write short notes on :
DCT based transform coding
H.261 video coding
(iii) DVB — T (15)

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