Glossary

A

AV socket: Audio and video signal.

AV sources: Audio/video source.

AVS: Audio/video front sockets on the TV set (cinch and Mini-DIN).

C

Cinch cable: Cable for transmitting sound or picture.

Component Signal: Video signal which is transmitted by three separate cinch connections. It is made up of the brightness signal “Y” and the colour difference signals “Pb” and “Pr”. YPbPr is the original analogue version of the digital YcbCr in which the video data stored on the DVD are colour coded.

D

Digital Link: System for controlling recorders (for Loewe video recorders and DVD recorders) via the Euro AV sockets of the Loewe TV set when installed in a concealed place. Control of the recorder for timer recordings.

Digital Link Plus: System for controlling recorders according to protocol 50. Station and timer data are transmitted to the recorder via the Euro AV socket for analog stations. The time recording is made exclusively by the recorder. Different names at different manufacturers.

DTS: Digital multi-channel sound.

Dolby Digital: Digital multi-channel sound.

Dolby Pro Logic: Analog multi-channel sound.

Dolby Surround: is an analog multi-channel sound system which accommodates four audio channels in two sound tracks using a matrix coding.

DVD: abbreviation for Digital Video Disc and later Digital Versatile Disc.

DVD-Preceiver: combi-device of DVD player and radio.

DVI: Digital Visual Interface is an interface for transmitting digital video and graphic data (without sound).

E

Euro AV socket: Interface for connecting video recorders to a TV set. This socket is also known as a Scart socket.

F

Finalising: Finishing the disc for playing on other players.

H

HDCP: Copy protection standard.

HDD: (hard disc) Integrated hard disc.

HDMI: High Definition Multimedia Interface is a newly developed interface for full digital transmission of audio and video data.

I

Initialising: Preparing the disc for recording video signals.

L

LCD: Liquid Crystal Display.

L-Link: Interface for detection and control of Loewe audio components.

M

MPEG: Digital compression method for video.

Modulator: Transmitter in the recorder to receive signals via the TV tuner.

Mono: single channel sound.

N

NICAM: Sound standard NICAM is used in Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Sweden and Spain.

NTSC: American color standard.

P

PAL: European colour standard.

PCM: Puls Code Modulation for digital sound.

PIP: Picture in Picture, a function which shows two pictures on one screen.

Progressive Scan: Technique for setting up images with real full images for flicker-free display.

Picture In Picture: see PIP.

R

RGB: colour signals red, green, blue.

S

Switching voltage: Video devices transmit this voltage to switch the TV to play.

SECAM: French colour TV standard.

SetTop-Box: (STB) Accessory connected to the TV set which enables additional functions.

Signal strength: strength of the reception signal.

Signal quality: quality of the incoming signal.

Stereo: dual channel sound.

T

Terrestrial: In data transmission, a radio transmission which does not use a satellite as an intermediate station is called terrestrial.

Tuner: receiver

U

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

V

VPS: The Video Program System (VPS) is a signal which some (but not all) stations transmit in the scanning gap of the TV signal. The signal serves for video or DVD recorders to react to differences in the starting time, postponements and overrunning of the planned transmission time when recording programs.

Y

Ycc/Ypp: colour standard in Set-Top-Boxes.

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