8. A method of transmitting a digital information signal according to claim 1, wherein said step of transmitting said second block of words together with said second series of check words includes delaying at least certain ones of the words of said second block of words an amount different from any delay imparted to the remaining words.
8. A method of transmitting a digital information signal according to claim 1, wherein said step of transmitting said second block of words together with said second series of check words includes delaying at least certain ones of the words of said second block of words an amount different from any delay imparted to the remaining words. 9. A method of transmitting a digital information signal according to claim 8, wherein alternate ones of said input channels provide words representing the more significant bits of respective digitized values and the remaining bits of such values, and the substep of delaying included in said transmitting includes delaying those words representing one of said more significant bits and said less significant bits by said amount.