na
o
Au
io
An electrical signal that directly represents sound.
Compare this to digital audio which can be an electrical
signal, but is an indirect representation of sound. See also
Digital Audio”
s
ect Rati
he width of a TV screen relative to its height.
Conventiona
TVs are 4:3 (in ot
er wor
s, t
e TV screen
s almost square); widescreen models are 16:9 (the TV
screen is a
most twice as wi
e as it is
ig
).
Block Noise
A distortion of di
ital ima
es in the shape of blocks
aused by the application of data compression
Cha
ter (HDD/DVD)
ust as a book is split up into several chapters, a title on
HDD/DVD is usually divided into chapters. See also “Title”
Com
onent Video Out
ut
Each signal of luminance (Y) and component (P
C
,
) is independent to output so that you can experience
picture color as it is.
A
so,
ue to compati
i
ity wit
progressive vi
eo (480p),
you can experience higher-density picture than that in
nter
ace (480i)
Di
ital Audio
An indirect representation of sound by numbers. During
recor
ing, t
e soun
is measure
at
iscrete interva
s
(44,100 times a second for CD audio) by an analog-
o-digital converter, generating a stream of numbers.
On p
ay
ac
, a
igita
-to-ana
og converter generates
n ana
og signa
ase
on t
ese num
ers. See a
so
Samp
ing Frequency” an
“Ana
og Au
io”
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
Finalize
o ma
e DVD, w
ic
ave
een recor
e
on, possi
e to
p
ay
ac
in DVD p
ayers. Wit
t
is unit, it is possi
e to
in
liz
DVD+R, DVD-RW, and DVD-
HDMI (hi
h definition multimedia interface
A digital interface between audio and video source. It can
ransmit component video, audio, and control signal with
n
l
nn
i
n
JPEG (joint photographic experts group)
PEG is a method of compressing still image files. You can
opy JPEG files from your personal computer to a disc,
nd play them back on this unit.
PB
a
ac
contro
(vi
eo CD on
his function enables
ou to pla
back interactive
software usin
a menu screen. See also “Video CD”.
PCM (
u
se co
e mo
u
ation)
The most common system of encoding digital audio,
ound on CD and DAT. Excellent quality, but requires a
lot of data compared to formats such as Dolby Digital
and MPEG audio. For compatibility with digital audio
recorders (CD, MD and DAT) and AV amplifiers with
igital inputs, this unit can convert Dolby Digital and
MPEG audio to PCM. See also “Digital Audio”
Pro
ressive Scan (480
A type of display that does not split each frame into
ields, and instead scans directly through all the scan lines
of each frame in order. Progressive scan provides less
lickering and higher image resolution than traditional
(480i) TV signals. Refer to page 113 for instructions on
selective progressive scan mode.
Re
ion Code
Regions associate discs and players with particular areas
of the world. This unit will only play back discs that have
compatible region codes. You can find the region 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
lin
Fre
uenc
The rate which sound is measured b
a speci
ied interval
to turn into digital audio data. The numbers o
sampling
in one second de
ines as sampling
requency. The higher
the rate, the better the sound qualit
.
AP
secondar
audio
ro
ram
Sub-audio channel which is delivered separately
rom
main-au
io channel. This au
io channel is use
as an
a
ternate in
i
ingua
roa
casting
S-Video Out
ut
It delivers independently each signal o
color(C) and
uminance(Y) to TV as vi
eo signa
s, so t
at
ig
er-qua
ity
picture wi
e gaine
.
Title (HDD/DVD)
A collection of cha
ters on HDD/DVD. See also “Cha
ter”
Trac
Audio CD use tracks to divide up the content o
a
isc. The DVD equivalent is called a chapter. See also
“C
apter”
Vi
D
A digital
ormat
or store video data in compact disc
+VR Mo
e
+VR Mode is a recording format for DVD+RW/DVD+R/
DVD-RW
DVD-R discs
This format allows disc editing feature to be available in
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r
r
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