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Analog: Sound that has not been turned into numbers.Analog sound varies,
while digital sound has specific numerical values.Analog sound is available when
you use the red and white audio jacks on your equipment.These jacks send audio
through two channels, the left and right.
AUDIO Out Jacks: Left and right jacks on the rear of the Player that send
audio to another system (TV, Stereo, etc.).The jacks are white and red.
Chapter: A part of a Title.
COAXIAL Out jack: Sends digital audio to a Stereo, allowing you to adjust the
volume at the Stereo.The Stereo must have a Coaxial In jack.This connection
provides the 5.1 channel surround sound as heard in movie theaters. The
COAXIAL Out jack on the DVD Player is black.
Color system: There are various systems for transmitting television signals, for
example PAL, SECAM, and NTSC. NTSC is the most common color system in the
United States of America.
Digital: Sound that has been converted into numerical values. Digital sound is
available when you use the Player’s COAXIAL Out jack, which sends audio
through multiple channels instead of two channels as analog does.
Dolby Digital: A surround sound system that provides 5.1 channel sound as
used in movie theaters.
DVD: Digital Video Disc.
Letter Box: Widescreen format; a TV aspect ratio setting (4:3). Displays the
video in full-width, with black bars at the top and bottom of the TV screen.This
format is similar to seeing a movie in a theater. If the Disc does not include a let-
ter box format, selecting letter box may have no effect. Some DVDs are two-
sided, with one side playing in widescreen format and the other side playing in a
normal (pan & scan) format.
Pan & Scan: A TV aspect ratio setting (4:3). Displays the video with full-height
picture with one or both sides of the picture trimmed to fit on your TV screen.
Some movie companies refer to this as “reformatting the picture to fit your TV
screen.”
PBC: Playback Control.A special feature on some Video CDs/Super Video CDs
that enables interactive use.
PCM: Pulse Code Modulation. A digital audio encoding system.
RGB: Red-Green-Blue.A top-quality video connection where red, green, and
blue components of the picture are carried through separate wires.This also is
referred to as the component video connection.
Title: A unit of recording on a DVD.
VCD: Video Compact Disc.
VIDEO Out Jack: Yellow jack on the rear of the DVD Player that sends video
(picture) to a TV.
Widescreen: A TV aspect ratio setting (16:9). Displays the video appropriately
when you connect the DVD Player to a widescreen TV.
Y Pb Pr Jacks: The Component Video Out jacks on the rear of the Player that
send high-quality video to a TV that has Component Video In jacks. The jacks on
the DVD Player are red, blue, and green.