A NICAM system includes a NICAM deframer, a FIFO buffer and a symbol rate
conversion (SRC) unit. The NICAM deframer obtains multiple deinterleaved
symbols according to a strobe signal and a data signal in each timing and
expands the deinterleaved symbols to corresponding multiple pulse code
modulation (PCM) symbols. The FIFO buffer temporarily stores the symbols
and outputs the PCM symbols at a local timing, rate. The SRC unit
determines whether a SRC function is enabled according to the statuses of
the symbols in the FIFO buffer every a constant time interval. When the
SRC function is enabled, the SRC unit interpolates the PCM symbols to
obtain multiple new PCM symbols and outputs the new PCM symbols at the
local timing rate.