Loewe 37, 32, 42 TV analogue, TV digital, HD analogue, HD digital, PhotoViewer

Glossary

S

Satellite tuner: Receiver for satellite programmes.

SDTV: Standard Definition TeleVision.

Set-Top-Box:Set-Top-Box (STB for short) refers to a device in entertain- ment electronics which is connected to another device, usually a TV set, and offers the user additional functional options.

SECAM: French standard.

Signal input groups: Depending on the applied signal, the signal sources are divided into different groups. All signal input groups with their cor- responding signal types are the possible inputs are listed below.

TV analogue:

Signal type: FBAS, YC, RGB-SD (480i/576i), Component-SD (480i/576i)

Input: Tuner analogue, AV1, AV2, AVS, COMP. In

TV digital:

Signal type: DVB-SD, HDMI-SD (480i/576i)

Input: Tuner digital, HDMI1/DVI, HDMI2/DVI

HD analogue:

Signal type:	RGB-HD (video mode: e.g.1920x1080, 1280x720),
	Component-HD (video modes: e.g. 1920x1080, 1280x720)
Input:	COMP. IN, PC IN
HD digital:
Signal type:	DVB-HD, HDMI-HD
Input:	Tuner digital, HDMI1/DVI, HDMI2/DVI
PC:
Signal type:	RGB
	(PC modes: e.g. 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1360x768)
Input:	PC IN

PhotoViewer:

Input: USB

Signal strength: Strength of the received antenna signal.

Signal quality: Quality of the incoming antenna signal.

Smart Card: The Smart Card is an electronic chip card issued by the respec- tive programme provider or by the certification-free Pay-TV operators. It contains the code which is decoded by the CA module.

Static contrast ratio: Describes the difference between the brightest and darkest picture display.

Stereo: Dual-channel audio.

Switch voltage: Video devices specify this voltage to switch the TV device to playback.

Symbol rate: Describes the transmission speed for data transmission.

T

Terrestrial: In data transmission a wireless transmission that does not use satellites as intermediate station is referred to as terrestrial.

TFT: Thin Film Transistor. One widely distributed application is control of liquid crystal flat screens, for which a signal transistor is used for each pixel. This design of display is also referred to as active matrix, however it is frequently also referred to as TFT display.

TOP: Table of Pages. Teletext system in which the individual pages are divided into topics. The blocks stand for a higher hierarchy level (e.g. News, Sport, Programmes) and the groups for the level below (e.g. Home/Abroad, Football/Tennis). Abbreviations can be assigned to the pages which are displayed in colour on the bottom line and can be selected with the four coloured buttons on the remote control. Infor- mation is also transmitted about which pages exist and which of them have sub-pages.

Tuner: Another term for receiver.

U

USB: Universal Serial Bus. Serial bus system for connecting external devices (USB card reader, USB stick).

V

VGA: PC interface for connecting a monitor.

VPS: The Video Programme System (VPS) is a signal which transmits some (but not all) TV stations in the blanking gap. The signal is used by video and DVD recorders when recording programmes to react to delays in start time, programme changes and excesses of the planned programme time.

W

WLAN: Abbreviation for Wireless Local Area Network. Also referred to in brief as wireless network.

Y

Ycc/Ypp: Colour standards for Set Top Boxes.

YCbCr: Digital colour model, see COMPONENT IN.

YPbPr: Analogue colour model, see COMPONENT IN.

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