SHORT TECHNICAL GUIDE
Scart cable
Smart card
Card from Pay TV provider to decrypt its channels
Stand-by
Standby mode
Symbol Rate
The symbol rate describes the quantity of data that is transmitted per second. The symbol rate is measured in MSymbols/s and is equal to the number of symbols received per second.
Timer function
Clock function for
VCR/PVR connection
Connection for an external recorder (such as a video or DVD recorder)
Video bit rate
The video bit rate describes the quantity of data from the digitised video signal that is transmitted per second.
Viterbi rate
The Viterbi rate (code rate, error rate) characterises the error protection used by the programme provider. The DVB standard provides the following values: 1/2 - 2/3 - 3/4 - 5/6 - 7/8
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