Glossary

5.1Surround Sound An audio standard that uses a center speaker, two front speakers and two rear speakers, as well as a subwoofer (the .1 of the 5.1) to envelop a movie watcher with sound.

CD An audio and data format that uses optical discs. Not to be confused with DVDs, though Video CDs (VCDs) are part of the same family.

CD+G An extension of the Compact Disc standard that displays graphics while music is playing. A popular format for karaoke discs. See also CD.

Chapter A part of a movie. DVDs often separate movies into separate chapters to allow access to specific scenes or sequences of interest to the viewer. It is much like an individual CD audio track.

Coaxial Output (Coax) A dedicated digital audio output used for 5.1 surround sound. The use of this connection requires a coaxial audio cable.

Component Video One of the video output options available on your KOD-1000. It is a connection type often found on high-definition televisions. Component Video can be identified by its three multicolored connectors: a green connector marked Y, a red connector marked Pr/Cr and a blue connector marked Pb/Cb.

DVD Although at one time the letters stood or Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc, the DVD Forum stated in 1999 that the letters do not stand for anything. Introduced in the early 1990s, the DVD is a popular, standard-definition video format that eclipsed VHS in quality and popularity. It can also carry more than nine gigabytes of data (on a Dual Layer, DL, disc) and over 10 times as much music as a CD.

Hard Disk Drive A magnetic disk capable of storing large amounts of data. Usually found in computers, it is also featured in the KOD-1000 to store songs.

Hard Disk Drive Mode A mode for using songs stored on the KOD-1000’s internal hard drive, rather than from a disc. The advantages of using Hard Disk Drive Mode is faster access to your karaoke library. To enter hard drive mode, simply start up the KOD-1000 without a disc.

JPEG (JPG) Stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group. A popular computer graphic format that allows pictures to be shown on a wide range of devices.

MP3 A digital sound format that compresses an existing song into a file one-tenth its original CD- Audio size for playing on digital audio products.

NTSC National Television System Committee, a television encoding system used in the United States and many other parts of the world. See also PAL.

Optical Output A dedicated digital audio output usually used for 5.1 surround. The connection uses pulses of light and requires a fiber optic cable to connect to a receiver or amplifier.

PAL Phase Alternate Line, a TV encoding system used in much of the world, but not the United States.

RCA Cables and Jacks Cables, usually colored white, red and yellow, that connect an audio/visual device to a TV or amplifier. The yellow cable is used to for the video signal and the red and white cables are used for the stereo audio signals.

Track A selection of a CD. It usually means a song and the two terms are often used interchangeably.

USB (Universal Serial Bus) A connection that allows a computer or audio/visual device to interface with

a variety of other devices. USB/flash/thumb drives and laptop hard drives can be used on a KOD-1000 through its USB port.

USB/Flash/Thumb Drives Computer storage devices that can carry hundreds or thousands of songs in the MP3 format. These can be accessed on the KOD-1000 through its built-in USB port. See also MP3 and USB.

VCD (Video Compact Disc) A video format that uses compact discs. Not to be confused with DVDs, which can store much more information and have better picture quality. While never a popular video format in the United States, VCDs are popular in Asia and are also often used in karaoke machines.

VCD 2.0 An improved version of the VCD format. See VCD.