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The following glossary is to help you better
understand INDEX Plus+ and its operation.
INDEX Plus+: The name for the system described in
this manual. The system was designed to give you
random access to recorded programs, and to make it
easy for you to organize your video library (see
"library" below).
CSPG (Channel-Specific Program Guide): A listing
of upcoming programs on the currently-selected
channel. If sent by the broadcaster, this listing can be
displayed on screen, and you can use the data for
timer recording.
PRI (Program-Related Information): Information
relevant to the program currently being received. If the
broadcaster is sending this information, you can
access it and display it on screen. Typical PRI
includes a particular player's statistics from a sporting
event, recipes or techniques from a cooking show, or
questions and answers from an educational program.
HR (Home-Recorded) Tape: A tape containing
programs you've recorded at home on an INDEX Plus+
VCR.
PR (Pre-Recorded) Tape: A tape produced by a
video publisher, and available for purchase, which
contains an INDEX Plus+ directory (see "directory"
below).
RI (Retroactively-Indexed) Tape: A tape consisting
of programs recorded at home on a non-INDEX Plus+
VCR. You can add INDEX Plus+ data to this type of
tape using the HR-IP820U.
Library: This term describes a person's entire video
collection, including HR and PR tapes.
Directory: A listing of all programs contained on a
particular tape. The listing can be called to the screen,
and contains such information as tape name and
number, program names, and each program's
recording mode.
Download: The capability of receiving CSPG and
storing it in the VCR's internal memory, for easy
access at a later time.
Preferred channel: If you live in an area in which a
great many regular and cable TV channels are
available, the title data for these stations may exceed
the VCR's memory capacity. To prepare for this, you
can select preferred channels. In the event of memory
overload, the data for the channel(s) you select will be
kept.
Host station: A data center which receives
information from regular and cable TV broadcasters,
and sends it, along with the host station's own CSPG
and PRI, to users of INDEX Plus+. Each host station
covers a specific region.
VISS (VHS Index Search System): A VISS mark, or
index mark, is written on the tape during recording. Its
purpose is to indicate to the VCR, during playback,
that a new program is beginning. VISS marks are
always written on HR and RI tapes, but are optional
on PR tapes.
On-Screen Menu System: The specially-designed
screens, at which required data can be input and
functions or options selected, make INDEX Plus+
operations easy to perform.
RF (Radio Frequency) Connection: This describes
the VCR-to-TV connection where the RF OUT
terminal of the VCR is connected to the ANTENNA
terminal of the TV. When this method of connection is
employed, the VCR essentially "broadcasts" the
program to your TV on channel 3 or 4.
AV (Audio/Video) Connection: This describes the
VCR-to-TV connection where the AUDIO OUT and
VIDEO OUT terminals of the VCR are connected to
the AV IN terminals of the TV. As the audio and video
signals are sent independently and directly to the TV,
there's no need to convert them into RF signals.
Tuner: Off-the-air and cable TV signals are received
by this section of the VCR. This VCR's Frequency-
Synthesized Tuner is extremely accurate, and has a
maximum reception capability of 181 channels.
Mode: The word used to describe the operational
status of the VCR at any given time. For example,
when the tape is being rewound, the VCR is in the
Rewind mode.
VCR Plus+: The easy timer-programming system
which allows you to set your VCR by simply inputting
the desired program's code number from the TV
listings in newspapers and magazines.
Cable Box: This box serves as a control unit for cable
TV subscribers, and is usually placed on or near the
TV.
Cable Box Controller: A remote unit that sends
signals to the cable box during timer recording.
Guide Channel: The number assigned to a TV
broadcaster for purposes of VCR Plus+ programming.
This number must match the number of the channel
on which your VCR receives the station before you
can use VCR Plus+ to record programs shown on that
particular station.
Helpful terms and information
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