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