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Appendix 1 to ETSO-C139a A1 — Correction to RTCA DO-214A, ‘Audio Systems Characteristics and Minimum Performance Standards for Aircraft Audio Systems and Equipment’

ED Decision 2022/018/R

A1.1 Introduction

This Appendix corrects RTCA DO‑214A, ‘Audio Systems Characteristics and Minimum Performance Standards for Aircraft Audio Systems and Equipment’, regarding an optical character recognition error in the value of a test capacitor in a test procedure not detected during the peer review process. The value was ‘1E‑14 F (0.01 pF)’ instead of the required
‘1E
-8 F (0.01 µF)’, so it was six orders of magnitude too low for interphone channels.

In addition, this Appendix clarifies RTCA DO-214A, ‘Audio Systems Characteristics and Minimum Performance Standards for Aircraft Audio Systems and Equipment’, regarding an ambiguous requirement for the HOT microphone feature in Section 1.4.5.

A1.2 Correction

In Section 2.8.2.9 of RTCA DO-214A, ‘Audio Systems Characteristics and Minimum Performance Standards for Aircraft Audio Systems and Equipment’, ‘0.01 pF’ is replaced by ‘10 nF’.

[Amdt ETSO/17]

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