Short technical lexicon
Transponder
A transponder is a satellite transmitter which transmits TV and radio signals. A satellite has several transponders.
Analogue transponders transmit only one TV channel and possibly several radio channels on their transmit frequencies.
Digital transponders simultaneously transmit several TV and several radio channels on their transmit frequencies. When a channel provider broadcasts several TV channels via a digital transponder, this is referred to as the channel package of the channel provider. The terms "digital transponder" and "channel package," therefore have the same meaning.
Video bit rate
The video bit rate describes the quantity of data of the digitised video signal that is transmitted per second.
Viterbirate
The viterbirate (code rate, error rate) characterises the type of error protection used by the channel provider. The DVB standard stipulates the following values: 1/2
Glossary
Audio output | Receiver sound output |
AV channel slot | Preferential channel location of TV set for SCART input |
Decoder | Decoder Unscrambling unit for |
DiSEqC | Control system between receiver and LNB, |
DVB | Digital Video Broadcasting |
Eb/No [dB] | Power density per unit of information |
Eb/No ratio | Digital |
Receiver display | |
LNB | Low Noise Block Converter |
Mute | Mute switch |
OSD | |
PAL | Analogue television standard |
PCMCIA | Standard of internal decoder interface for |
PIN | Personal identification number |
Receiver | Receiver |
RGB | Video signals made up of 3 individual colour signals (red, green, |
| blue) |
Receiver input signal | |
SCART cable | |
Standby | Standby |
| Super Video Home System (Video |
Symbol rate | Transmitted data rate of satellite signal |
Timer function | Clock function for |
Transponder | See glossary |
VCR connection | Video recorder connection |
Viterbirate | See glossary |
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