ROTEL RDV-1050 - Manual (Page 7)

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Composite Input TV Connection
Connect the COMPOSITE VIDEO output
to the composite video input of your TV. Con-
nect the ANALOG AUDIO
outputs to the
audio inputs of your TV. A cable for these con-
nections is supplied.
If your TV has a single monaural audio input
instead of a pair of stereo inputs, you need to
use a “Y” cable adapter to connect the two
output channels of the RDV-1050 to the single
input.
You can improve the sound quality of the sys-
tem by connecting the audio outputs to a sepa-
rate hi-fi audio system. (See the following sec-
tion.)
S-Video Input TV Connection
If your TV has an S-video input, you should
connect it to the S-VIDEO
output of
RDV-1050 using an S-video cable. This will
produce better picture quality.
Component Input TV Connection
If your TV has component video signal input
jacks you will get better video performance
by using the COMPONENT VIDEO
out-
put jacks of the RDV-1050. The required cable
is not provided. Be sure to connect the “Y” out-
put to the “Y” input, “P
B ” output to the “P B ”
input, and the “P
R
” output to the “P
R
” input.
NOTES: The component signal inputs on
some TV’s have BNC type connectors. (BNC
connectors are coaxial connectors that
have keyed locking collars.) In such in-
stances adapters or a special cable may be
needed.
A Progressive Scanning signal can be
produced with both PAL (576p) and NTSC
(480p) outputs depending on the setting of
the Video Output Selector switches.
European Version Note: When Pro-
gressive Scanning is used with a PAL output
signal, set the Video Signal Selector Switch
to REMOTE.
Y
VIDEO OUT DIGITAL OUT AUDIO OUT
COMPONENT
VIDEO
S-VIDEO FRONT REAR
PCM/STREAM
COAXIAL
OPTICAL
LEFT
RIGHT
CENTER
SUB
WOOFER
P R P B
Audio/video cable
S-video cable
White
Red Yellow
Red
White
Yellow VIDEO
AUDIO
RIGHT
LEFT
IN
S-VIDEO
TV
TV
Y P B P R
Y
VIDEO OUT DIGITAL OUT AUDIO OUT
COMPONENT
VIDEO
S-VIDEO FRONT REAR
PCM/STREAM
COAXIAL
OPTICAL
LEFT
RIGHT
CENTER
SUB
WOOFER
P R P B
White White
Red Red
Component video cable
Red Green
Blue
Red Green
Blue
Audio Cable
White
Red
Red
White
VIDEO
AUDIO
RIGHT
LEFT
IN
S-VIDEO
S-video cable
NOTE: See the Video Signal Selector Switches section for information on setting the switch
for the various types of connections.
NOTE: See the Video Signal Selector Switches section for information on setting the switch
for the various types of connections.
34 RDV-1050 DVD Player
MPEG
MPEG stands for Moving Picture coding Ex-
perts Group. MPEG is a family of standards
for compressing audio-visual information.
“MPEG” standards include MPEG-1, MPEG-
2 and MPEG-4. Video CD and MP3 are based
on MPEG-1, while DVD is based on MPEG-
2.
MPEG Multichannel
This feature expands the 5.1 channel audio
format recorded on the disc to a 7.1 channel
format. The further expansion of the 5.1 chan-
nel audio makes it easy for you to reproduce
the movie theater experience in your own
home.
NTSC (National television system
committee - U.S. version)
A black and white and color television sys-
tem format used in the U.S.A., Canada, Mexico
and Japan.
PAL (Phase Alternation by Line)
A color television system format used exten-
sively in Western Europe.
PBC
PBC stands for “Playback control” and is a
method of controlling disc play for Video CDs
(VCD). You are able to interact with the disc
through menus.
Progressive scanning
Progressive scanning displays all the horizontal
lines of a picture at one time, as a single frame.
A progressive scanning DVD unit converts the
interlaced video from DVD into progressive
format for connection to a progressive display.
It dramatically increases the vertical resolu-
tion.
RGB
An abbreviation for Red, Green and Blue.
Color monitors and color television sets dis-
play different hues by mixing these three col-
ors.
S-video
A video signal which improves picture qual-
ity over standard composite connections. Used
on Super VHS, DVD, high end TV monitors,
etc.
Track
The smallest division on SVCD, Video CD and
Audio CD discs.
Glossary
Aspect ratio
A ratio which defines the shape of the rect-
angular picture in a TV. It is the width of the
picture relative to the height. A conventional
TV picture has 4:3 in aspect ratio.
Bit rate
Shows the number of digital information
needed to play back sound for 1 second. The
bit rate is expressed in bits per second.
Bitstream
The digital form of multichannel audio data
(e.g., 5.1-channel) before it is decoded into
its various channels.
Chapter/title
Chapter is the smallest division and title is the
largest division on DVD Video. A chapter is
a division of a title and similar to a track for
Video CD or Audio CD.
Component video
Video signals with three separate channels of
information that make up the picture. There
are several types of component video, such
as R/G/B and Y/CB(PB)/CR(PR).
Composite video
A single video signal commonly used in most
consumer video products that contains all lu-
minance, color, and synchronization informa-
tion.
Dolby Digital (AC3)
A six-channel system consisting of left, cen-
ter, right, left rear, right rear and LFE (Low-
Frequency Effect channel for use with a sub-
woofer) channels. All processing is done in
the digital domain. Not all Dolby Digital discs
contain six (5.1) channels of information.
Dolby Surround/Dolby Pro Logic
Dolby Surround records four channels of front
and rear audio in two channels in a way that
allows a decoder to recover the original four
channels for playback. Because the audio is
recorded in two channels, it can be played
back by a two-channel stereo system.
Dolby Pro Logic introduces directional circuits
in decoder-side processing (increasing the level
of specific channels and lowering the level of
silent channels) for greater spatial perspec-
tive, and adds a center speaker used prima-
rily for dialog. The result is enhanced chan-
nel separation.
Down-mix
Internal stereo mix of multichannel surround
audio by a DVD player. The down-mix sig-
nals are output from stereo output connectors.
DTS
DTS stands for Digital Theater Systems, a Digital
Surround audio encoding format configured
with six (5.1) channels, similar to Dolby Digital.
It requires a decoder, either in the player or
in an external receiver. Not all DTS discs con-
tain six (5.1) channels of information.
Dynamic range
The difference between the loudest and soft-
est sounds.
Group
The largest division on DVD AUDIO.
Interlaced scanning
In a conventional video system, a picture is
shown on the display monitor in between lines
of two halves. The Interlaced scanning system
places lines of the second half of the picture
in-between lines of the first half of the picture.
JPEG
A popular file format for still image compres-
sion and storage. JPEG stands for Joint Pho-
tographic Experts Group.
There are three sub-types of the JPEG format
as follows.
• baseline JPEG: used for digital cameras, the
web, etc.
• progressive JPEG: used for the web
• lossless JPEG: an old type, rarely used now
Linear PCM audio
PCM stands for “pulse code modulation.” Lin-
ear PCM is the usual method for digitally en-
coding audio without compression, and is used
for the audio tracks on DVD Video discs, Au-
dio CDs, etc.
MLP
MLP stands for “Meridian Lossless Packing.”
A lossless audio compression system that can
completely recreate the PCM signal.
MP3
MP3 is an audio data compression format,
which stands for MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3. Using
MP3, you can achieve a data reduction of
about 1:10.