14 . a p pendi x, 14 .5 g lossar y – Humax HDPVR-1000C User Manual

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14

.

A

p

pendi

x

GB

80

U

ser

’s

M

anual

14

.5

G

lossar

y

1

.

Dolb

y

Digital

An enc

oding sy

st

em that dig

itally c

ompr

esses up t

o

5.1 discr

et

e channels of audio (lef

t fr

ont, c

e

ntr

e

,

right fr

ont, lef

t surr

ound

, right surr

ound) int

o

a single Bitstr

eam. A lo

w fr

equenc

y eff

ec

t (LFE) channel

is included pr

o

viding the sound needed f

or special eff

ec

ts

.

2

.

DV

B (

Digital

V

ideo

B

roadcasting

)

S

et of standar

ds that defi

ne dig

ital br

oadcasts using sat

ellit

e

, cable or t

e

rr

estrial sy

st

ems

.

3

.

EP

G (

Elec

tr

onic

P

rogr

amme

G

uide

)

An elec

tr

onic equivalent t

o

a print

ed t

elevision listings magazine; it is an application used with

dig

ital set-t

op bo

x

es and dig

ital t

elevision sets t

o

list curr

e

nt and scheduled pr

og

rams that ar

e or

will be a

v

ailable on each channel

, including a shor

t summar

y or c

ommentar

y f

or each pr

og

ram.

T

he

inf

ormation supplied in the EPG is sent and updat

ed b

y

the channel br

oadcast

er

.

4

.

Fr

e

q

uenc

y

T

he pr

oper

ty

of a sig

nal measur

ed in c

y

cles per sec

ond (=H

z).

5

.

FT

A

(

Fr

e

e

-

To

-Ai

r)

An unscrambled br

oadcast

er allo

wing cust

omers t

o

view channels or ser

vic

es without pa

ying an

y

subscription.

6.

HDD

(

Har

d

Disk

Dri

v

e

)

T

he primar

y c

omput

er st

orage medium, which is made of one or mor

e aluminum or glass platt

ers

,

co

at

ed with a f

e

rr

omag

netic mat

e

rial

.

7

.

Hi

-Fi

(

High

F

idelit

y)

T

he charac

te

ristics of audio devic

es that can pla

y back all the audio fr

equencies a person can det

ec

t,

which is the range of 16H

z~20KH

z. S

ometimes it is used t

o

indicat

e

good qualit

y of audio devic

es such

as st

er

eo tape r

e

co

rders

.

8

.

OSD

(

On

S

c

reen

Displa

y)

OSD displa

y

s the basic inf

ormation nec

essar

y f

or the users t

o

c

onfi

gur

e monit

or or

T

V

settings

. OSD

inf

ormation ma

y include brightness

, c

o

ntrast, tuning

, RGB adjustment, and scr

een siz

e and position.

9.

OT

A

(

O

v

er

the

Ai

r)

A standar

d f

or the transmission of sof

tw

ar

e f

or equipment, thr

ough a br

oadcast sy

st

em. M

anufac

tur

ers

reser

v

e

the right f

or deciding the r

elease of the sof

tw

ar

e f

or their pr

oduc

ts

.

10

.

PV

R

(

P

ersonal

V

ideo

Rec

or

der

)

V

ideo r

e

co

rder that can r

e

co

rd

and pla

yback pr

og

rammes dir

ec

tly using the embedded har

d disk

driv

e(s).

11

.

RF

(

R

adio

Fr

e

q

uenc

y)

Television sig

nals ar

e modulat

ed ont

o

RF sig

nals and ar

e then demodulat

ed b

y

y

our t

elevision

’s

or

STB

’s

tuner

.

12

.

RF

Modula

tor

Enables y

ou t

o

output the r

e

ceiv

er

’s

dig

ital sig

nals t

o

a

T

V

s RF (

A

erial) input, allo

wing y

ou t

o

c

onnec

t

the r

e

ceiv

er t

o

a

T

V

set without a SCAR

T c

onnec

tion.

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