A video signal receiving apparatus for processing an analog video signal including a binary data signal portion having at least a start-code or sync word section and a data section, the apparatus comprising:
- means for converting the binary data signal into a sequence of multi-bit samples having at least a start-code or sync word section and a data section;
- means for processing the sequence of multi-bit samples to obtain a word sync signal indicating synchronization information;
- means for obtaining a disturbance measurement signal from at least the start-code or sync word section of the sequence of multi-bit samples;
- means for code demodulating the data section of the sequence of multi-bit samples in response to the word sync signal in dependence upon the disturbance measurement signal to obtain a demodulated data signal;
- means for processing the analog video signal in dependence upon the demodulated data signal to obtain a processed video signal;
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- means for displaying or recording the processed video signal.