Appendix

Appendix

Glossary

DivX

AAC

DivX is a popular media technology created by

DivX, Inc. DivX media files contain highly com-

AAC is short for Advanced Audio Coding and

pressed video with high visual quality that

refers to an audio compression technology

maintains a relatively small file size. DivX files

standard used with MPEG-2 and MPEG-4.

can also include advanced media features like

 

Aspect ratio

menus, subtitles, and alternate audio tracks.

Many DivX media files are available for down-

This is the width-to-height ratio of a TV screen.

load online, and you can create your own

A regular display has an aspect ratio of 4:3.

using your personal content and easy-to-use

Wide screen displays have an aspect ratio of

tools from DivX.com.

16:9, providing a bigger picture for exceptional

 

presence and atmosphere.

DivX Certified

 

Bit rate

DivX Certified products are officially tested by

the creators of DivX and guaranteed to play all

This expresses data volume per second, or bps

versions of DivX video, including DivX 6.

units (bits per second). The higher the rate,

 

the more information is available to reproduce

Favorites

the sound. Using the same encoding method

A frequently visited location (such as your

(such as MP3), the higher the rate, the better

workplace or a relative’s home) that you can

the sound.

register to allow easy routing.

 

Built-in sensor

GPS

The built-in sensor that enables the system to

Global Positioning System. A network of satel-

estimate your vehicle’s position.

lites that provides navigation signals for a vari-

 

CD-DA

ety of purposes.

 

This stands for a general music CD (commer-

Guidance point

cial-release audio CD). In this manual, this

These are important landmarks along your

word is sometime used for a distinction be-

route, generally intersections. The next gui-

tween data CDs (which include compressed

dance point along your route is indicated on

audio files) and general music CDs.

the map by the yellow flag icon.

 

Chapter

Home location

Titles of DVD-Video are in turn divided into

Your registered home location.

chapters which are numbered in the same

 

way as the chapters of a book. With discs fea-

ID3 tag

turing chapters, you can quickly find a desired

This is a method of embedding track-related

scene with chapter search.

information in an MP3 file. This embedded in-

Current location

formation can include the track title, the ar-

tist’s name, the album title, the music genre,

The present location of your vehicle; your cur-

the year of production, comments and other

rent location is shown on the map by a red tri-

data. The contents can be freely edited using

angle mark.

software with ID3 tag editing functions.

 

Destination

Although the tags are restricted by the num-

ber of characters, the information can be

A location you choose as the end point of your

viewed when the track is played back.

journey.

 

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