na
o
Au
i
An e
ectrica
signa
t
at
irect
represents soun
.
ompare t
is to
igita
au
io w
ic
can
e an e
ectrica
signal, but is an indirect representation o
sound. See also
“Digita
Au
io”
s
ect Rati
he width of a TV screen relative to its hei
ht.
onventiona
TVs are 4:3 (in ot
er wor
s
t
e TV screen
s a
most s
uare); wi
escreen mo
e
s are 16:9 (t
e T
screen is almost twice as wide as it is hi
h)
Cha
ter
ust as a book is s
lit u
into several cha
ters, a title on a
DVD is usuall
divided into chapters. See also “Title”
Com
onent Vi
eo Out
ut
Each si
nal of luminance (Y) and component (P
C
P
) is independent to output so that
ou can experience
icture color as it is
Also, due to compatibilit
with progressive video (480p),
ou can experience higher-densit
picture than that in
nterlace
480i
Di
ita
Au
i
An indirect representation of sound b
numbers. During
recordin
, the sound is measured at discrete intervals
(44,100 times a second for CD audio) b
an analog-
to-di
ital converter,
eneratin
a stream of numbers.
n pla
back, a digital-to-analog converter generates
n analo
si
nal based on these numbers. See also
“Sampling Frequenc
” and “Analog Audio”.
Do
Di
ita
he s
stem to compress digital sound developed b
Dolb
Laboratories. It offers
ou sound of stereo(2ch) or
m
l
i
h
nn
l
i
DTS® (Di
ita
T
eater S
stem)
DTS® is a mu
ti c
anne
surroun
soun
system. By
connecting to DTS
eco
er you can enjoy
ynamic an
rea
istic soun
i
e movie t
eatre. DTS surroun
soun
tec
no
ogies were
eve
ope
y DTS, Inc
Fin
iz
o ma
e DVD, w
ic
ave
een recor
e
on, possi
e to
p
ay
ac
in DVD p
ayers.
HDMI™ (hi
h de
inition multimedia inter
ace)
A digital inter
ace between audio and video source. It can
transmit component vi
eo, au
io, an
contro
signa
wit
one ca
e connection
JPEG (joint photographic experts group)
PEG is a method o
compressing still image
iles. You can
cop
JPEG
iles on CD-RW/-R
rom a computer and pla
back the
iles on this unit
P3 (MPEG audio la
er 3)
MP3 is a method o
compressing
iles. You can cop
MP3
il
n
D-
-R
rom the computer and pla
back the
il
n
hi
ni
PCM (
u
se co
e mo
u
ation
The most common s
stem o
encoding digital audio,
ound on CD and DAT. Excellent qualit
, but requires a
lot o
data compared to
ormats such as Dolby Digital
an
MPEG au
io. For compati
i
ity wit
igita
au
io
recorders (CD, MD and DAT) and AV ampli
iers with
igita
inputs, t
is unit can convert Do
Digita
an
MPEG au
io to PCM. See a
so “Digita
Au
io”
Pro
ressive Scan (480
A t
pe o
displa
that does not split each
rame into
fields, and instead scans directl
through all the scanlines
of each frame in order. Pro
ressive scan provides less
flickerin
and hi
her ima
e resolution than traditional
(480i) TV si
nals. Re
er to pa
e 89
or instructions on
selective pro
ressive scan mode
Re
ion Code
Regions associate discs and pla
ers with particular areas
of the world. This unit will onl
pla
back discs that have
compatible re
ion codes. You can find the re
ion code
of
our unit b
looking on the rear panel. Some discs are
compatible with more than one re
ion (or all re
ions)
Sam
in
Fre
uenc
The rate which sound is measured b
a specified interval
to turn into di
ital audio data. The numbers of samplin
in one second defines as sampling frequenc
. The higher
the rate, the better the sound qualit
S-Vi
eo Out
ut
It delivers independentl
each signal of color(C) and
luminance(Y) to TV as video signals, so that higher-qualit
picture will be
ained
Tit
e (DVD on
)
A collection of cha
ters on DVD. See also “Cha
ter”
Tr
Audio CD use tracks to divide up the content o
a disc.
T
e DVD equiva
ent is ca
e
a c
apter. See a
so “C
apter”.
Vi
m
Video mode is the same recording
ormat as used on
t
e DVD vi
eos you purc
ase in
oca
s
ops. You can
play back the discs recorded in this
ormat in most DVD
players, however it o
ers only limited editing. You will
need to
inalize discs recorded in video mode be
ore
p
aying t
em
ac
on ot
er unit
VR m
A basic recording
ormat
or DVD-RW. VR mode o
ers
a
vance
e
iting,
owever it is p
aya
e on
y on VR
mo
e compati
e unit. Fina
ization is recommen
e
be
ore playing them back on other unit
+VR m
A recording
ormat
or DVD+RW/+R. +VR mode o
ers basic
e
iting, an
it is p
aya
e on most DVD p
ayers. Fina
ization
is recommended be
ore pla
ing them back on other unit
GLOSSARY
