Panasonic CX-D3000U operating instructions Definition of Terms

Definition of Terms

Digital audio output connector (Optical)

EThe digital audio output connector (optical) converts

N electrical signals into optical signals and transfers

Gthem to the amplifier. Consequently, it has a number

L

of features including its immunity from electricalI

Sinterference from external sources and its ability to

Hprevent the generation of noise and its minimal effect

27 on the external environment.

Dolby Digital

Dolby Digital is a digital sound compression technique developed by the Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.

Supporting 5.1-channel surround sound, as well as stereo (2-channel) sound, this technique enables a large quantity of sound data to be efficiently record- ed on a disc.

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby” and the double-D sym- bol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential unpublished works . C 1992 – 1997 Dolby Laboratories. All rights reserved.

Interactive DVD

An interactive DVD is DVD software which includes multiple angles, multiple plot endings, etc.

Letterbox screen

This refers to a screen on which the playback picture of wide-screen DVDs or Video CDs appears with black bands running along the top and bottom.

Linear PCM audio (LPCM)

This refers to a signal recording format used in CDs. While CDs are recorded in 44.1 kHz/16 bit, DVDs are recorded in 48 kHz/16 bit up to 96 kHz/ 24 bit, thus achieving higher quality audio than that of CDs.

36

CX-D3000U

MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group)

MPEG is an international standard format for the compression of motion video as defined by the Moving Picture Experts Group, a working committee which functions under the auspices of the International Standardization Organization and International Electrotechnical Commission. The Group established the MPEG 1 standard in 1991 and the MPEG 2 standard in 1994. MPEG 2 builds on MPEG 1 with many improvements, and it yields a higher picture quality level.

Pan & Scan screen

This refers to a screen on which the playback picture of wide-screen DVDs or Video CDs is cut off at the left and right sides.

Playback control (Video CD)

If the Video CD has “With Playback Control” or others written on the disc surface or on the jacket, the scenes or information to be viewed (or listened to) can be selected interactively with the screen by looking at the menu shown on the screen.

In these instructions, playback using the menu screen is referred to as the “menu play” for video CDs. This player supports Video CDs with playback control.

Title, Chapter (DVD)

DVDs are divided into some large sections (titles) or some small sections (chapters). Each section is numbered; these numbers are called “Title number” or “Chapter number”.

	Title 1		Title 2
Chapter 1	Chapter 2	……	Chapter 1	……

Track (Video CD/CD)

Video CDs or CDs are divided into some sections (tracks). Each section is numbered; these numbers are called “Track number”.

Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track ……