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A
nalo
g
Audi
o
g
An electrical signal that directly represents sound.
Compare t
h
is to
d
igita
l
au
d
io w
h
ic
h
can
b
e an e
l
ectrica
l
si
g
nal, 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 height.
Conventional TVs are 4:3 (in other words
,
the TV screen
is 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
b
oo
k
is s
pl
it u
p
into severa
l
c
h
a
p
ters, a tit
l
e on a
DVD is usuall
y
divided into chapters. See also “Title”
.
Com
p
onent Vi
d
eo Out
p
u
t
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
interlace
(
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
-
t
o-di
g
ital converter,
g
eneratin
g
a stream of numbers.
On 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
t
ec
h
no
l
ogies were
d
eve
l
ope
d
b
y DTS, Inc.
Fina
l
ize
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-Definition Multimedia Interface
)
g
A digital inter
f
ace between audio and video source. It can
t
ransmit component vi
d
eo, au
d
io, an
d
contro
l
signa
l
wit
h
o
n
e
cable
co
nn
ect
i
o
n
.
JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
gp p p
J
PEG is a method o
f
compressing still image
f
iles. You can
copy JPEG
f
iles on CD-RW/-R
f
rom a computer and play
back the
f
iles on this unit
.
MP3 (MPEG audio la
y
er 3
)
y
MP3 is a method o
f
compressing
f
iles. You can cop
y
MP3
f
iles on CD-
R
W
/-R
f
rom the computer and play back the
f
il
es
o
n
t
hi
s
u
ni
t.
P
CM (Pulse Code Modulation)
T
he most common system o
f
encoding digital audio,
f
ound on CD and DAT. Excellent qualit
y
, but requires a
l
ot o
f
data compared to
f
ormats such as Dolby Digital
a
n
d
MPEG au
d
io. For compati
b
i
l
it
y
wit
h
d
igita
l
au
d
io
r
ecorders (CD, MD and DAT) and AV am
p
li
f
iers with
d
igita
l
inputs, t
h
is unit can convert Do
lb
y Digita
l
an
d
M
PEG au
d
io to PCM. See a
l
so “Digita
l
Au
d
io”
.
P
ro
g
ressive Scan (480
p
)
gp
A
t
y
pe o
f
displa
y
that does not split each
f
rame into
f
ields, and instead scans directl
y
through all the scanlines
of
each
f
rame in order. Pro
g
ressive scan provides less
f
lickering and higher image resolution than traditional
(
480i) TV si
g
nals. Re
f
er to pa
g
e 90
f
or instructions on
s
e
l
ective progressive scan mo
d
e
.
R
e
g
ion Cod
e
g
R
egions associate discs and pla
y
ers with particular areas
o
f the world. This unit will onl
y
pla
y
back discs that have
c
ompatible re
g
ion codes. You can find the re
g
ion code
o
f
y
our unit b
y
looking on the rear panel. Some discs are
c
ompatible with more than one re
g
ion (or all re
g
ions)
.
S
am
pl
in
g
Fre
q
uenc
y
pg q y
T
he rate which sound is measured b
y
a specified interval
t
o turn into di
g
ital audio data. The numbers of samplin
g
i
n one second defines as sampling frequenc
y
. The higher
t
he rate, the better the sound qualit
y.
S
-Vi
d
eo Out
p
u
t
p
I
t delivers independentl
y
each signal of color(C) and
l
uminance(Y) to TV as video signals, so that higher-qualit
y
p
icture will be
g
ained
.
T
it
l
e (DVD on
ly)
y
A
collection of cha
p
ters on DVD. See also “Cha
p
ter”.
T
r
ack
A
udio CD use tracks to divide up the content o
f
a disc.
Th
e DVD equiva
l
ent is ca
ll
e
d
a c
h
apter. See a
l
so “C
h
apter”
.
Vi
d
eo mo
de
V
ideo mode is the same recording
f
ormat as used on
th
e DVD vi
d
eos you purc
h
ase in
l
oca
l
s
h
ops. You can
p
lay back the discs recorded in this
f
ormat in most DVD
p
layers, however it o
ff
ers only limited editing. You will
n
eed to
f
inalize discs recorded in video mode be
f
ore
pl
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
ad
vance
d
e
d
iting,
h
owever it is p
l
aya
bl
e on
l
y on VR
m
o
d
e compati
bl
e unit. Fina
l
ization is recommen
d
e
d
b
e
f
ore playing them back on other unit
.
W
MA
(
Win
d
ows Me
d
ia™ Au
d
io
)
W
MA is t
h
e au
d
io compressing tec
h
no
l
ogy
d
eve
l
ope
d
b
y
M
icroso
f
t. You can copy WMA
f
iles on CD-RW/-R
f
rom a
c
omputer an
d
p
l
ay t
h
em
b
ac
k
on t
h
is unit
.
+
VR m
ode
A
recording format for DVD+RW/+R. +VR mode offers basic
e
diting, and it is playable on most DVD players. Finalization
i
s recommended before pla
y
ing them back on other unit
.
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