Moving the recorder, Glossary, Additional information 13 – Pioneer DVR-3100-S User Manual

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Use in a dusty or damp environment or in a room

where it will be exposed to excessive cigarette smoke.

Place directly on top of an amplifier, or other

component in your stereo system that becomes hot in
use.

Use near a television or monitor as you may

experience interference—especially if the television uses
an indoor antenna.

Use in a kitchen or other room where the player may

be exposed to smoke or steam.

Use on a thick rug or carpet, or cover with cloth—this

may prevent proper cooling of the unit.

Place on an unstable surface, or one that is not large

enough to support all four of the unit’s feet.

Moving the recorder

If you need to move the recorder, first remove the disc, if
there’s one loaded, and close the disc tray. Next, press

STANDBY/ON

to switch the power to standby, checking

that the

POWER OFF

indication in the display goes off.

Lastly, disconnect the power cord. Never lift or move the
unit during playback or recording—discs rotate at a high
speed and may be damaged.

Glossary

Analog audio

An electrical signal that directly represents sound.
Compare this to digital audio which can be an electrical
signal, but is an indirect representation of sound. See
also

Digital audio

.

Aspect ratio

The width of a TV screen relative to its height.
Conventional TVs are 4:3 (in other words, the screen is
almost square); widescreen models are 16:9 (the screen
is almost twice as wide as it is high).

Chapter

Just as a book is split up into several chapters, a title on
a DVD disc is usually divided into chapters. See also

Title

.

Digital audio

An indirect representation of sound by numbers. During
recording, the sound is measured at discrete intervals
(44,100 times a second for CD audio) by an analog-to-
digital converter, generating a stream of numbers. On
playback, a digital-to-analog converter generates an
analog signal based on these numbers. See also

Sampling frequency

and

Analog audio

.

Dolby Digital

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With multichannel audio, this high quality surround
system is used in many movie theaters around the world.

Manufactured under licence from Dolby Laboratories.
“Dolby” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby
Laboratories.

DTS

DTS stands for Digital Theater System. DTS is a surround
system different from Dolby Digital that has become a
popular surround sound format for movies.

“DTS” and “DTS Digital Out” are registered trademarks of
Digital Theater Systems, Inc.

Dynamic range

The difference between the quietest and loudest sounds
possible in an audio signal (without distorting or getting
lost in noise). Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks are
capable of a very wide dynamic range, delivering
dramatic cinema-like effects.

EXIF (Exchangeable Image File)

A file format developed by Fuji Photo Film for digital still
cameras. Digital cameras from various manufacturers
use this compressed file format which carries date, time
and thumbnail information, as well as the picture data.

File extension

A tag added to the end of a filename to indicate the type
of file. For example, “.mp3” indicates an MP3 file.

ISO 9660 format

International standard for the volume and file structure of
CD-ROM discs.

JPEG

A file format used for still images, such as photographs
and illustrations. JPEG files are identified by the file
extension “.jpg” or “.JPG”. Most digital cameras use this
format.

MP3

MP3 (MPEG1 audio layer 3) is a compressed audio file
format. Files are recognized by their file extension “.mp3”
or “.MP3”.

MPEG audio

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