Philips DVD590M owner manual Glossary

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Analog: Sound that has not been turned into numbers. Analog sound varies, while digital sound has specific numerical values. Analog sound is available when you use the red and white, left and right audio jacks on your equipment.These jacks send audio through two channels, the left and right.

Bit Rate: The amount of data used to hold a given length of music; measured in kilobits per seconds, or kbps. Or, the speed at which you record. Generally, the higher the bit rate, or the higher the recording speed, the better the sound quality. However, higher bit rates use more space on a disc. For example, an MP3 music file recorded at 32 kbps will record slowly, use the least Disc space, and have the poorest sound quality. But, an MP3 music file recorded at 96 kbps will record quicker, use more Disc space, and have significantly better sound quality.

CD: Compact Disc (audio).

COAXIAL (DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT) jack: Sends digital audio to a Stereo, allowing you to adjust the volume at the Stereo.The Stereo must have a Coaxial In jack.This connection provides the 5.1 channel surround sound as heard in movie theaters.

Component Video: Use the Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr jacks on the rear of the Player to send high-quality video to a TV that has Component Video In jacks.

Digital: Sound that has been converted into numerical values. Digital sound is available when you use the COAXIAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT jacks.This jack sends audio through multiple channels, instead of just two channels as analog does.

Direct Stream Digital (DSD): New technology used to record Super Audio CDs. DSD uses a 1-bit system with a digital sampling frequency 64 times higher than a regular Audio CD, resulting in a frequency response of over 50 kHz and a 120 dB dynamic range.

Dolby Digital: A surround sound system that provides 5.1 channel sound as used in movie theaters.

DTS: Digital Theater Systems.This is a surround sound system, but it is different from Dolby Digital. The formats were developed by different companies.

DVD: Digital Video Disc.

Letterbox: A TV SCREEN setting (4:3 aspect ratio). Displays the video in full-width, with black bars at the top and bottom of the TV screen.This format is similar to seeing a movie in a theater. If the Disc does not include a Letterbox format, selecting Letterbox for TV SCREEN may have no effect. (For example, some DVDs are two-sided, with one side playing in Letterbox and the other side playing in a normal format.) DVDs may refer to Letterbox as the Widescreen format.

Multichannel sound: Available when you connect the Player to a six-channel Receiver.The Receiver

sends sound to six speakers: front left and right, rear or surround left and right, center, and subwoofer.

Pan Scan: A TV SCREEN setting (4:3 aspect ratio). Displays the video with full-height picture, with one or both sides of the picture trimmed. Some movie companies refer to this as “reformatting the picture to fit your TV screen.”

Super Audio Compact Disc (SACD): There are three types of Super Audio CDs: single-layer, dual-

layer, and hybrid. Each may contain two areas of recorded audio: High Quality (HQ) Stereo and High Quality (HQ) Multi-channel.

Hybrid SACDs may contain both HQ Stereo and HQ Multi-channel, plus a standard CD layer, making it playable on standard CD players. Check the SACD case to determine what type of SACD you have. This Player will play only the CD layer (if it is available on the SACD).

S-Video: Produces a clearer picture by sending separate signals for the luminance and the color. If you connect an S-Video cable, you will not need to use the supplied yellow video cable.You can use S-Video only if your TV has an S-Video In jack.

VIDEO Jack: Yellow jack on the rear of the Player that sends video to a TV.

Widescreen: A TV SCREEN setting (16:9 aspect ratio). Displays the video appropriately when you connect the Player to a widescreen TV.