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EN
EN
A
na
l
o
g
Au
d
io
g
An electrical signal that directly represents sound.
Compare this to digital audio which can be an electrical
signal, but is an indirect representation of sound. See also
“
Digital Audio”
.
A
s
p
ect Rati
o
p
T
he width of a TV screen relative to its height.
Conventiona
l
TVs are 4:3 (in ot
h
er wor
d
s, t
h
e TV screen
i
s almost square); widescreen models are 16:9 (the TV
screen is a
l
most twice as wi
d
e as it is
h
ig
h
).
Block Noise
A distortion of di
g
ital ima
g
es in the shape of blocks
c
aused by the application of data compression
.
Cha
p
ter (HDD/DVD)
p
J
ust as a book is split up into several chapters, a title on
HDD/DVD is usually divided into chapters. See also “Title”
.
Com
p
onent Video Out
p
ut
pp
Each signal of luminance (Y) and component (P
B
/
C
B
,
P
R
/
C
R
) is independent to output so that you can experience
picture color as it is.
A
l
so,
d
ue to compati
b
i
l
ity wit
h
progressive vi
d
eo (480p),
you can experience higher-density picture than that in
i
nter
l
ace (480i)
.
Di
g
ital Audio
g
An indirect representation of sound by numbers. During
recor
d
ing, t
h
e soun
d
is measure
d
at
d
iscrete interva
l
s
(44,100 times a second for CD audio) by an analog-
t
o-digital converter, generating a stream of numbers.
On p
l
ay
b
ac
k
, a
d
igita
l
-to-ana
l
og converter generates
a
n ana
l
og signa
l
b
ase
d
on t
h
ese num
b
ers. See a
l
so
“
Samp
l
ing Frequency” an
d
“Ana
l
og Au
d
io”
.
Do
lby
Di
g
ita
l
yg
T
he s
y
stem to compress digital sound developed b
y
Dolb
y
Laboratories. It offers
y
ou sound of stereo(2ch) or
m
u
l
t
i
c
h
a
nn
e
l
aud
i
o.
Finalize
T
o ma
k
e DVD, w
h
ic
h
h
ave
b
een recor
d
e
d
on, possi
bl
e to
p
l
ay
b
ac
k
in DVD p
l
ayers. Wit
h
t
h
is unit, it is possi
bl
e to
f
in
a
liz
e
DVD+R, DVD-RW, and DVD-
R
.
HDMI (hi
g
h definition multimedia interface
)
g
A digital interface between audio and video source. It can
t
ransmit component video, audio, and control signal with
o
n
e
cab
l
e
co
nn
ect
i
o
n
.
JPEG (joint photographic experts group)
jpgp pgp
J
PEG is a method of compressing still image files. You can
c
opy JPEG files from your personal computer to a disc,
a
nd play them back on this unit.
PB
C
(
pl
a
yb
ac
k
contro
l
py
)
(vi
d
eo CD on
ly
y
)
T
his function enables
y
ou to pla
y
back interactive
software usin
g
a menu screen. See also “Video CD”.
PCM (
p
u
l
se co
d
e mo
d
u
l
ation)
p
The most common system of encoding digital audio,
f
ound on CD and DAT. Excellent quality, but requires a
lot of data compared to formats such as Dolby Digital
and MPEG audio. For compatibility with digital audio
recorders (CD, MD and DAT) and AV amplifiers with
d
igital inputs, this unit can convert Dolby Digital and
MPEG audio to PCM. See also “Digital Audio”
.
Pro
g
ressive Scan (480
p)
gp
A type of display that does not split each frame into
f
ields, and instead scans directly through all the scan lines
of each frame in order. Progressive scan provides less
f
lickering and higher image resolution than traditional
(480i) TV signals. Refer to page 113 for instructions on
selective progressive scan mode.
Re
g
ion Code
g
Regions associate discs and players with particular areas
of the world. This unit will only play back discs that have
compatible region codes. You can find the region code
of
y
our unit b
y
looking on the rear panel. Some discs are
compatible with more than one re
g
ion (or all re
g
ions).
Sam
p
lin
g
Fre
q
uenc
y
pg q y
The rate which sound is measured b
y
a speci
f
ied interval
to turn into digital audio data. The numbers o
f
sampling
in one second de
f
ines as sampling
f
requency. The higher
the rate, the better the sound qualit
y
.
S
AP
(
secondar
y
audio
p
ro
g
ram
)
ypg
Sub-audio channel which is delivered separately
f
rom
main-au
d
io channel. This au
d
io channel is use
d
as an
a
l
ternate in
b
i
l
ingua
l
b
roa
d
casting
.
S-Video Out
p
ut
p
It delivers independently each signal o
f
color(C) and
l
uminance(Y) to TV as vi
d
eo signa
l
s, so t
h
at
h
ig
h
er-qua
l
ity
picture wi
ll
b
e gaine
d
.
Title (HDD/DVD)
A collection of cha
p
ters on HDD/DVD. See also “Cha
p
ter”
.
Trac
k
Audio CD use tracks to divide up the content o
f
a
d
isc. The DVD equivalent is called a chapter. See also
“C
h
apter”
.
Vi
deo
C
D
A digital
f
ormat
f
or store video data in compact disc
.
+VR Mo
d
e
+VR Mode is a recording format for DVD+RW/DVD+R/
DVD-RW
/
DVD-R discs
.
This format allows disc editing feature to be available in
ou
r r
eco
r
de
r
.
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