Glossary – Kenwood KDV-C820 EN User Manual

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DVD: Digital Versatile Disc

A type of disc which contains recording of audio/video packaged
media with high video and audio quality, such as a movie,
featuring large recording capacity and digital signal processing
capability.

VIDEO CD (VCD)

A type of CD which contains the recording of moving images. It
compresses image information by about 1/120 and audio
information by about 1/6 and accommodates up to 74 minutes of
recording in a disc with the same diameter as ordinary music CD
of 12 cm.
Some VCDs do not have the P.B.C. compatibility and are capable
of playback only, while some are P.B.C.-compatible and are
capable of various special playback control operations. This player
can play both of these VCDs.

MPEG: Moving Picture Expert Group (DVD, VCD)

This is an international standard for digital video and audio
compression and decompression in media.

Dolby Digital

This is a digital audio compression technology developed by Dolby
Laboratories. It is compatible with 5.1-channel surround audio as
well as normal stereo (2-channel) audio and can accommodate a
large amount of audio data efficiently in a disc.

DTS

Name of a digital surround system developed by Digital Theater
Systems, Inc.

MENU/TOP MENU (DVD)

Some DVDs display more than one title in a screen. This screen is
referred to as the title menu.
The DVD menu is the item display (menu screen) for use in
setting operations. The DVD menu can be recalled any time during
playback to perform settings according to the current software,
including the audio switching between Dolby Digital and PCM,
switching of language used in the subtitles and spoken voice.

Subtitles (DVD)

Some DVD discs contains the recording of more than one subtitle
language. This player allow you to select one of the recorded
subtitle languages during playback.

Title number (DVD)

The title is the largest unit of video and audio recorded in a DVD.
It usually corresponds to a single movie of video software or an
album (sometimes a piece of music) of music software. The
numbers assigned to individual titles are referred to as the title
numbers.

Chapter number (DVD)

The chapter is a section of video and audio recorded in a DVD. A
title is composed of several chapters. The numbers assigned to
individual chapters are referred to as the chapter numbers.

Track number (CD, VCD)

A track is also a section of video and audio recorded in a disc. The
numbers assigned to individual tracks are referred to as the track
numbers.
With most of music Discs, a track is assigned to a piece of music.
However, with a VCD, the sections of the contents do not always
correspond to the assigned tracks.
As (special) playback functions such as skipping and programming
of ordinary Discs are based on track number data, such playback
functions are sometimes impossible with some VCDs.

P.B.C.: Play-Back Control (VCD)

When a VIDEO CD carries “Play Back Control capable” or similar
message on the disc or jacket, desired scenes and information
can be played back in an interactive manner using a hierarchical
structure while viewing the menu screens displayed on the TV
screen.

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