BS EN IEC 63296-2:2024
Portable multimedia equipment. Determination of battery duration - Headphones and earphones with active noise-cancelling functions

Standard No.

BS EN IEC 63296-2:2024

Release Date

2024

Published By

British Standards Institution (BSI)

Latest

BS EN IEC 63296-2:2024

Scope

This document is applicable to active acoustic noise-cancelling headphones and earphones that have the function of reducing the ambient noise heard by the user by the level of the output sound from the transducer, which is generated by the ambient noise detection microphone and the noise reduction signal processing circuit. This document covers headphones and earphones to be worn over-the-ear or in-ear, all of which are referred to as "headphones" in this document. This document specifies the terms and definitions relating to battery duration of this type of headphones and the measurement and evaluation methods. The noise detection microphones are mounted in the body, on the surface, or on an accessory of the headphones. Signal-processing circuits are analogue and digital electronic circuits. This document does not deal with equipment intended for hearing protection. It is also not applicable to music players, recorders, etc. that have a noise-cancelling function. The battery duration measurement methods can be applied to headphones having no active noise-cancelling function.

BS EN IEC 63296-2:2024 Referenced Document

• IEC 60268-1 Sound system equipment. Part 1: General
• IEC 60268-24:2023 Sound system equipment - Part 24: Headphones and earphones - Active acoustic noise cancelling characteristics
• IEC 60268-7:2010 Sound system equipment - Part 7: Headphones and earphones
• IEC 60318-4 Electroacoustics - Simulators of human head and ear - Part 4: Occluded-ear simulator for the measurement of earphones coupled to the ear by means of ear inserts
• IEC 60318-7 Electroacoustics - Simulators of human head and ear - Part 7: Head and torso simulator for the measurement of sound sources close to the ear

BS EN IEC 63296-2:2024 history

• 2024 BS EN IEC 63296-2:2024 Portable multimedia equipment. Determination of battery duration - Headphones and earphones with active noise-cancelling functions

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