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General Information • Glossary
GLOSSARY OF TELEVISION TERMS
Audio/Video Inputs ¥ Connectors (RCA
Closed Captioning ¥ The broadcast standard feature that allows you to read the voice content of television programs on the TV screen. Designed to help the hearing impaired, Closed Captioning uses
Component Video Input ¥ The input that allows the separate reception of blue, red, and luminance signals. Provides the high- est possible color and picture resolution in the playback of digi- tal signal source material, such as the kind available from DVD players. Allows improved bandwidth information not possible through composite video (A/V) or
Identify ¥ The method by which a TV remote control searches and finds an operating code for another product (such as a VCR or a cable converter). After the code has been Òidentified,Ó the TV remote control can operate and send commands to the other product.
Incredible Stereo (or Surround) ¥ False acoustic management of the audio signal that produces a dramatic expansion of the wall of sound that surrounds the listener and heightens overall viewing pleasure.
Menu ¥ An
Multichannel Television Sound (MTS) ¥ The broadcast stan- dard that allows for stereo sound to be transmitted with the TV picture.
Programming ¥ The process of adding or deleting channel num- bers in the televisionÕs memory circuits. Through programming, the TV ÒremembersÓ only the locally available or desired chan- nel numbers and skips over any unwanted channel numbers.
PTV ¥ Projection Television. (Rear- and/or
Remote Control Sensor Window ¥ The window or opening found on the television control panel through which infrared remote control command signals are received.
RF ¥ Radio Frequency or modulated signal design used as the carrier for television broadcasts.
RF coaxial cable ¥ Used to connected a broadcast or cable sig- nal to the TV. Also can be used to connect a VCR to the TV (or cable box or DBS).
Second Audio Program (SAP) ¥ An additional audio channel provided for in the Multichannel Television Sound (MTS) broad- cast standard. A monaural soundtrack included within the record- ed or video signal (usually containing a second language transla- tion for the displayed programming).
Status ¥ Allows the user to quickly confirm what channel num- ber is currently being viewed. Status can also be used to clear the TV of
TwinÐlead Wire ¥ The more commonly used name for the two- strand,
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