Televes HD DTT Receiver - Manual (Page 31)

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DVB: Digital Video Broadcasting.
Consortium of different international bodies and
companies devoted to achieve world level standards for
the development of digital television.
EPG: Electronic Programme Guide.
Guide provided to users with a list of events transmitted
in each programme, the time of transmission and a
description of the contents.
L etterbox: One of the modes of presenting on 4:3
televisions the programmes transmitted details of 16:9
aspect ratio.
In this case black bands appear on the upper and lower
part of the screen to create a window over the television
with details of the appearance required.
OSD: On Screen Display.
System of on screen menus.
D igital: Sound that has been transformed into numeric
values. To obtain a digital sound, SPDIF or HDMI
connectors must be used. These connectors send the
sound through various channels, instead of only two,
such as with the analogical system.
HDMI: High Definition Multimedia Interface.
High definition multimedia interface which permits the
use of standard, improved or high definition video, as well
as multi-channel digital audio through one single cable.
PVR: Personal Video Recorder
Interactive device used to record television in digital
format.
SPDIF: Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format
Hardware protocol for the transmission of PCM modulated
stereo digital audio signals between devices and
stereophonic components.
USB : Universal Serial Bus
Standard for the connection of peripherals.
Multiplex:
Group of TV or Radio channels which are mixed for
transmission.
JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group
It is a compression and coding standard for still images. It
is the most common image format used by digital cameras
and other devices to record pictures.
MPEG4/MP4:
Family of compression standards for digital audio / video
used by the DVB.
MKV: Matroska
It is an extensible, open source, open standard multimedia
container; a computer file that can contain an unlimited
number of video files, audio files, subtitle files and
stereoscopic/3D video files..
MMC/SD: MultiMediaCard/ Secure Digital
Memory card formats.
FAT 32: File Allocation Table
It is a file system developed for MS-DOS.
16. Glossary of terms