Bose 18 manual Introduction, English, The logo representing Dolby Digital

Introduction

English

Composite video – A single video signal that contains luminance, color, and synchronization information. NTSC and PAL are examples of composite video systems.

1– The logo representing Dolby Digital.

Dolby Digital – A perceptual coding system for audio, developed by Dolby Laboratories and accepted as an international standard. Dolby Digital is the most common means of encoding multi-channel audio.

– The logo representing DTS.

DTS – A type of multi-channel surround sound format used on discs.

DVD – An acronym that is most commonly known to mean Digital Video Disc or Digital Versa- tile Disc. The audio/video/data storage system is based on 12-cm optical discs.

DVD video – A standard for storing and reproducing audio and video on DVD-ROM discs, based on MPEG video, Dolby Digital and MPEG audio, and other proprietary data formats.

IR – An acronym for infrared. Pertains to the type of remote that sends/receives commands on an infrared light beam.

Letterbox – A video format which has black borders at the top and bottom of the picture.

MP3 – MPEG-1 Layer III audio. This is a compressed audio format that allows you to record many hours of music on a single CD.

NTSC – An acronym for National Television System Committee. The U.S. organization that developed both the American Black & White and Color television system.

PAL – An acronym for Phase Alternate Line. This is one of several composite video systems. The PAL format is used extensively in Western Europe.

Pan & Scan – The technique of reframing a picture to conform to a different aspect ratio by cropping parts of the picture. DVD-Video players can automatically create a 4:3 pan & scan version from widescreen video by using a horizontal offset encoded with the video.

PCM – The form of the digital audio signal used for both CD and laserdisc. It is a serial data stream that is coded for transmission or recording.

S-video– A video interface standard that carries separate luminance and chrominance sig- nals, usually on a four-pin mini-DIN connector. Also called Y/C. The quality of S-video is sig- nificantly better than composite video since it does not require a comb filter to separate the signals. Most high-end televisions have S-video inputs.

Videostage® 5 – Our proprietary Videostage 5 decoding circuitry gives you a five-channel surround sound experience from everything you listen to – VHS tapes, stereo CDs, even mono TV programs.

YPbPr – A component analog video signal containing one luminance and two chrominance components. Often referred to loosely as YUV or Y, B-Y, R-Y.

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