Loewe 52 manual TV analogue, TV digital, HD analogue, HD digital, PhotoViewer

Glossary

S

Satellite tuner: Receiver for satellite programmes.

SDTV: Standard Definition TeleVision.

SECAM: French picture standard.

Set-Top-Box:Set-Top-Box (STB for short) refers to a device in entertain- ment electronics which is connected to another device, usually a TV set, and offers the user additional functional options.

Signal input groups: Depending on the applied signal, the signal sources are divided into different groups. All signal input groups with their cor- responding signal types are the possible inputs are listed below.

TV analogue:

Signal type: FBAS, YC, RGB-SD (480i/576i), Component-SD (480i/576i)

Input: Tuner analogue, AV1, AV2, AVS, COMP. In

TV digital:

Signal type: DVB-SD, HDMI-SD (480i/576i)

Input: Tuner digital, HDMI1/DVI, HDMI2/DVI

HD analogue:

Signal type:	RGB-HD (video mode: e.g.1920x1080, 1280x720),
	Component-HD (video modes: e.g. 1920x1080, 1280x720)
Input:	COMP. IN, PC IN
HD digital:
Signal type:	DVB-HD, HDMI-HD
Input:	Tuner digital, HDMI1/DVI, HDMI2/DVI
PC:
Signal type:	RGB
	(PC modes: e.g. 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1360x768)
Input:	PC IN

PhotoViewer:

Input: USB

Signal strength: strength of the received antenna signal.

Signal quality: quality of the incoming antenna signal.

Smart Card: The Smart Card is an electronic chip card issued by the respec- tive programme provider or by the certification-free Pay TV operators. It contains the code which is decoded by the CA module.

Static contrast ratio: Describes the difference between the brightest and darkest picture display.

Stereo: Dual-channel audio.

Switching voltage: Video devices specify this voltage to switch the TV device to playback.

Symbol rate: describes the transmission speed for data transmission.

T

Terrestrial: In data transmission a wireless transmission that does not use satellites as intermediate station is referred to as terrestrial.

TFT: Thin-Film-Transistor. One widely distributed application is control of liquid crystal flat screens, for which a signal transistor is used for each pixel. This design of display is also referred to as active matrix, however it is frequently also referred to as TFT display.

TOP: Table of Pages. Teletext system in which the individual pages are divided into topics. The blocks stand for a higher hierarchy level (e.g. News, Sport, Programmes) and the groups for the level below (e.g. Home/ Abroad, Football/Tennis). Abbreviations can be assigned to the pages which are displayed in colour on the bottom line and can be selected with the four coloured buttons on the remote control. Information is also transmitted which pages exist and which have sub-pages.

Tuner: Another term for receiver.

U

USB: Universal Serial Bus. Serial bus system for connecting external devices (USB card reader, USB stick).

V

VGA: PC interface for connecting a monitor.

Virtual Dolby Surround: A technology certified by Dolby. It creates a virtual sound from two speakers. Prerequisite is Dolby Surround or Dolby ProLogic as a source. The used virtualizer processes all multi-channel signals and gives the impression of additional speakers.

VPS: The Video Programming System (VPS) is a signal that some (not all) television transmitters transmit in the vertical blanking interval of the television signal. The signal is used by video and DVD recorders when re- cording programmes to react to delays in start time, programme changes and excesses of the planned program time.

Y

Ycc/Ypp: Colour standards for Set-Top-Boxes.

YCbCr: Digital colour model, see COMPONENT IN.

YPbPr: Analogue colour model, see COMPONENT IN.

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