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A
nalo
g
Audio
g
An electrical signal that directly represents sound.
Compare t
his to digital audio which can be an electrical
signal, but is an indirect representation of sound. See also
“Digita
l Audio”.
A
s
p
ect Rat
io
p
The 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
is a
lmost square); widescreen models are 16:9 (the TV
screen is a
l
most twice as wi
d
e as it is
h
ig
h
).
Cha
p
ter (DVD onl
y
)
py
Just as a book is split up into several chapters, a title on a
DVD is usuall
y divided into chapters. See also “Title”
.
Com
p
onent Video Out
p
Each signal of luminance (Y) and component (P
B
/
C
B
,
P
R
/
C
R
) is independent to output so that
y
ou can experience
p
icture color as it is.
Also, due to compatibilit
y with progressive video
(
525p/480p), you can experience higher-density picture
than that in interlace
(
525i/480i
).
D
i
g
ital Audio
g
An indirect representation o
f
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
f
or CD audio) by an analog-
to-digital converter, generating a stream o
f
numbers.
On p
layback, a digital-to-analog converter generates
an ana
l
og signa
l
b
ase
d
on t
h
ese num
b
ers. See a
l
so
“Samp
ling Frequency” and “Analog Audio”
.
D
olb
y
Di
g
ita
l
yg
T
h
e system to compress
d
igita
l
soun
d
d
eve
l
ope
d
b
y
Dolby Laboratories. It o
ff
ers you sound o
f
stereo(2ch) or
mu
l
ti c
h
anne
l
au
d
io
.
Fina
l
ize
To make DVD, which have been recorded on,
p
ossible to
pla
y
back in DVD pla
y
ers. With this unit, it is possible to
f
in
a
liz
e
D
VD+R, DVD-RW, and DVD-
R
.
HDMI™ (hi
g
h definition multimedia interface
)
g
A digital interface between audio and video source. It can
transmit component video, audio, and control si
gnal with
o
n
e
cable
co
nn
ect
i
o
n
.
M
P3 (MPEG audio la
y
er 3)
y
M
P3 is a method of compressing files. You can copy MP3
f
iles on CD-
R
W
/-R
f
rom the computer and play back the
f
iles on this unit
.
PB
C
(
p
la
y
back contro
l
py
)
(video CD onl
y
y
)
This function enables you to play back interactive
software using a menu screen. See also “Video CD”.
PCM (
p
ulse code modulation)
p
The most common s
y
stem of encoding digital audio,
found on CD and DAT. Excellent quality, but requires a
lot o
f data compared to formats such as Dolby Digital
an
d
MPEG au
d
io. For compati
b
i
l
ity wit
h
d
igita
l
au
d
io
recorders (CD, MD and DAT) and AV ampli
fiers with
d
igita
l
inputs, t
h
is unit can convert Do
lb
y Digita
l
an
d
MPEG au
d
io to PCM. See a
l
so “Digita
l
Au
d
io”
.
Pro
g
ressive Scan (525
p
/480
p)
gpp
A type of display that does not split each frame into
fields, and instead scans directl
y
through all the scanlines
of each frame in order. Pro
g
ressive scan provides less
flickerin
g and higher image resolution than traditional
(525i/480i) TV si
g
nals. Refer to pa
g
e 90 for instructions on
selective pro
gressive scan mode.
Re
g
ion Code
g
Regions associate discs and players with particular areas
of the world. This unit will onl
y play back discs that have
compatible re
gion codes. You can
f
ind the region code
of
your unit by looking on the rear panel. Some discs are
compatible with more than one re
gion (or all regions).
Sam
p
lin
g
Fre
q
uenc
y
pg q y
The rate which sound is measured by 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
t
he rate, the better the sound quality.
S
AP (secondar
y
audio
p
ro
g
ram
)
ypg
Sub-audio channel which is delivered separately
f
rom
main-au
d
io c
h
anne
l
. T
h
is au
d
io c
h
anne
l
is use
d
as an
a
lternate in bilingual broadcasting
.
S-Video Out
p
ut
p
It delivers independentl
y
each signal of color(C) and
luminance(Y) to TV as video signals, so that higher-qualit
y
picture will be
g
ained
.
Title (DVD onl
y
)
y
A collection o
f
chapters on DVD. See also “Chapter”.
Tr
a
c
k
Audio CD use tracks to divide up the content of a
d
isc. The DVD equivalent is called a chapter. See also
“C
hapter”
.
Vi
d
e
o
C
D
A digital format for store video data in compact disc
.
+ VR M
ode
+ VR mode is a recording format for DVD+RW/DVD+R
/
DVD-RW/DVD-R discs. This format allows disc editing
f
eatu
r
es
to
be
a
v
a
il
ab
l
e
in
ou
r DVD R
eco
r
de
r
.
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