| Glossary |
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Lumen | A unit of measure of the flow, or rate of emission, of light. | |
| An ordinary wax candle generates 13 lumens while a 100 | |
| watt bulb generates 1,200 lumens. | |
Luminance | Abbreviated as "Y." The portion of the signal that contains | |
| the black and white information, which affects brightness. | |
Monochrome | Single color and refers to monitors that display only one color | |
| along with back, such as white on black, black on white, | |
| green on black and amber on black. | |
MTS | ||
| transmitted together with the regular TV signal. Allows | |
| stereo audio for TV. | |
Multisync Monitor | A display monitor that adjusts automatically to the |
| synchronization frequency of the video display board that's |
| sending signals to it. Multisync monitors can adjust to a |
| range of frequencies, but not all of them. |
Noise | An undesirable electrical interference of a signal. |
NTSC | (National Television Standards Committee) The NTSC |
| governs the standard for television and video playback and |
| recording in the United States. The NTSC standard is 525 |
| lines of resolution and is transmitted at 60 half frames |
| (interlaced) per second. |
Optics Module | Contains the optics used to transmit light from the arc lamp to |
| the projection channels (blue, green and red). |
Overscanning | Displaying less than the complete area of an image to a |
| viewer (i.e., scanning beyond the visible area). All TV sets |
| are overscanned at least slightly, so that viewers do not see |
| blanking. |
PAL | (Phase Alternate Line) The |
| the UK, Western Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, South |
| Africa and other countries. |
Pluge | Test pattern used to set B/W scale. Grid of four squares |
| within four squares. |
Model 330, 340SC, and 370SC Service Manual
